You may have already heard that the popular movie and tv actor Peter Graves passed away yesterday at age 83. He had been out to have a brunch with his family to celebrate his upcoming 84th birthday, but when he arrived back home he collapsed on the driveway before he could reach his house.
He was born Peter Aurness in Minneapolis and got into the entertainment business early at age 16. After serving in the Air Force, he followed his older brother James Arness (who had refined the spelling of their last name) to Hollywood and began appearing in various movie roles. By then James was already a major star in the hit tv series Gunsmoke.
Graves’ big break that took him to stardom was when he became the lead in the tv hit Mission: Impossible, a six-year run that began in 1967. After that, he was probably better known as Jim Phelps, the lead character in the popular series. If you’d like to read more about his life, there is a good obituary posted today HERE.
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I have to serve up some congratulations to brave souls who entered this week’s Caption Contest that we posted on Friday (HERE). I knew from the start that this week’s photo would be a real challenge to the imaginations of the contestants, but many of you came through with some good captions. If you’re new to the contest and would like to practice for this week’s upcoming CC, go to the right sidebar in the Categories section and click on “caption contest.”
And a thanks to all of you who helped answer the question about the rope on the hose cart. They started arriving within minutes after the article was posted (HERE) and everyone seems to agree on its purpose.
Now let’s agree to getting this equipment checked out. I need to get some more coffee started. See you back in the day room.
Also on FireGeezer…
- Morning Lineup – June 4 – June 4, 2011
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