Tragic Deaths in Chico and the Man Cast
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Have you wondered about what the circumstances were that led to tragic deaths in Chico and the Man cast? Chico and the Man was one of the great hidden gems of American sitcoms - and perhaps one that needs a revival today.
▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
00:28 - Freddie Prinze
02:18 - Jack Albertson
03:57 - Della Reese
05:16 - Scatman Crothers
06:14 - Ronny Graham
07:23 - Outro
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The show was created by James Komack, whose brilliant writing made this show a tremendous comedic success. But the show’s success is also due to the stellar cast members.
Sadly, many of the Chico and the Man cast members are no longer with us - with some of them dying tragic deaths. Let’s look back at their incredible careers. Their life’s journey can serve as an inspiration for you to pursue your dreams.
One of the great comic performers of the 1970s was Freddie Prinze. He played Chico Rodriguez, which was the role that made him a household name. But even before the show, he had a formidable comedy career - which included guest-hosting for Johnny Carson. He sadly committed suicide in 1977, at the age of 22.
Jack Albertson was a prolific film and television actor. He played the role of Ed Brown in Chico and the Man. He sadly suffered from colon cancer in his 70s and died in 1981 at 74.
Della Reese was one of the great renaissance artists of our time. She could act, sing, and dance and had a prolific career. She was a part of the Chico and the Man cast, playing the role of Della Rogers. She sadly suffered from diabetes in her later years. She died in 2017 at the age of 86.
Two of the other great Chico and the Man cast members were Scatman Crothers and Ronny Graham. They were also versatile performers who are sadly no longer with us.
We can all learn about perseverance and resilience from learning about the careers of the Chico and the Man cast members.
Let’s learn more about the tragic deaths in Chico and the Man cast…
Tragic Deaths in Chico and the Man Cast
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Jack Albertson & Freddie Prinze had such on screen chemistry-They're sorely missed!
I love Chico and the Man. This show was hilarious. The cast was great. They all will be missed. RIP.
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2 жыл бұрын
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@da_blade5040
2 жыл бұрын
AGREE 💯💯💯!! So sad and They as SORELY MISSED!! 😢
@claudegrantt4686
5 ай бұрын
Nice
I loved this show, and was devastated when Freddie Prinze died. He was sooooo funny! I even had his comedy album.
@carolynfrancis1047
2 жыл бұрын
I even remember seeing him before and after he got his teeth fixed.
Yes! Chico and the man would be the number one hit if it aired today! Freddie was so funny! Great cast great show my all time favorite!!
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2 жыл бұрын
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This show not only stands up to present day sitcoms, it shames them. This is what comedy was meant to be, without barriers or prejudice, to see the humor within ourselves.
I wish they would make reruns for chico and the man..It was a GREAT show back in the mid 70's and it would be AWESOME to see it again today!!
@sonyafox3271
2 жыл бұрын
It has! Check Me Tv , TV Land and Attena TV, if you have a activated voice remote, just say it into you remote, other wise just check those channels on ONDemand. I am sure that someone might have posted them here on KZread.
@leesashriber5097
2 жыл бұрын
@@sonyafox3271 , that's awesome to know!! I love old sitcoms! 😊
@sylvestermcmullen1364
Ай бұрын
They do on tubi
Yes, this show stands the test of time. Its as relevant to as when it first premiered and when it ended. The cast was 1st class all the way.
Freddy Prinze was one of the best comics who walked the Earth,young n talented,a comic genius at best...
This was a remarkable comedy TV show. Chico and the Man had fantastic actors, wonderful writing and appeal to the audience. May they rest in peace.
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2 жыл бұрын
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Oh just saw this!!!! 😊 Loved Chico and The Man!!!! 💗 I saw Freddie on the Tonight show that night!!!! It was an instant teenage crush!!!😄 Followed him until his way too soon death!!!! I bought every 16 Magazine and Tiger Beat he was in!!! When his album came out a record store special ordered it for me!!!! 💖 I have it to this day!!! He missed so much with his son who has had a great life and marriage and beautiful kids!!!! 💞 I know Freddie would have been so very proud!!! 😊 RIP FREDDIE 💕
Great show! So sad when Freddie Prinz killed himself. A definite talent. He'd be proud of his son today. ❤️🙏🕊️ May they all rest peacefully.
The show started out like all in the family .later it became a loveable classic
Jack Albertson also won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Subject Was Roses.
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2 жыл бұрын
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@harperstacey9604
2 жыл бұрын
Jack Albertson was in the movie, the posedian adventure. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
I watched Chico and the Man. It was a very good show. I watch a movie about Chico and was saddened by his tragic death.
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2 жыл бұрын
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@StephanieElizabethMann
2 жыл бұрын
@@FactsVerse I like Chico for his humour and wit but more than that I liked the old style wisdom of the man.
I miss these classic shows.
@FactsVerse
Жыл бұрын
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Sadly 😥 a now long forgotten show in my country. Has never been in re_runs, since it first played here in 1976. I myself can only just remember it on television 📺 all those years ago.
I loved Chico and the Man! Freddie prince sr was good looking. His son is even hotter!
Scatman Carouthers also voiced Medowlark Lemon on the Harlem Globetrotters cartoon. Which is where I first heard of him.
I've been watching "Chico & The Man" lately. It still making me laugh to this day. I would've been too young to see it the first time since I was 2,3 & 4 years old RIP all
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7 ай бұрын
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YES IT DOES. THIS WAS AND STILL IS A GREAT SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@FactsVerse
Жыл бұрын
We're happy to know that you love the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?
AMAZING TV Show back in the Day!! We Never Missed an Episode!! ❤️❤️❤️ So Sad 😭 we Lost those Great Actors wayyyyy to Early!! 😭 Their Legacies Will Always go on!! ❤️❤️ Would Love to see the show redone but....Today's Culture Couldn't Handle it!! 😕
Chico and the man would hold up today 😊
Freddie would be proud to see the man his son has become.
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2 жыл бұрын
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@chrisbacos
2 жыл бұрын
@@FactsVerse YW
Scatman did the voice of Hong Kong Phooey von the cartoon Hong Kong Phooey.
lts sad Freddie died so young. He had alot going with his career. l watch this show when l was a kid. l miss Freddie.
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Жыл бұрын
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That’s so sad I didn’t know he died that way and so young🤭🤧😢😘Rest In Peace 💐
It blows my mind that Freddie Prinze is the father of Freddie Prinze Jr, beside Jr being named after his father's most would've never guessed
@mayhemjr.803
Жыл бұрын
His father was so funny and so talented. He would've ruled the Entertainment industry and Hollywood for years hadn't he not fallen for the drugs. I was 9 years old when he died. I was truly sad. He left us all far too soon.😪
@ValleyoftheRogue
Жыл бұрын
Prinze Jr. more resembles his mother than his father. BTW, Sr. and Kathy were not divorced; she was still legally married to him at the time of his death.
I loved "Chico and the Man" and "Welcome Back Kotter" as a kid. (Both were created by James Komack.) I thought both shows were funny back then. I have since watched them as an adult and sadly, I don't think they are as funny as I remembered them.
I am a fan of Chico and the Man and enjoyed watching it very much. There just doesn't seem to be very many good sitcom comedies nowadays like there was back in the 60s 70s and 80s. SMH I just watch all the reruns of the oldies and goodies sitcoms and definitely more wholesome entertaining than this, what seems to be mostly junk, of today.
what a fantastic show
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Жыл бұрын
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@danielcorreard3746
Жыл бұрын
@@FactsVerse it's really hard to say but I really like the champs aint chumps episode.
I would love to see this show
@shirleymaro
7 ай бұрын
Tubi is showing them all. Freddie is fabulous
I love the show Chico and the man
I loved this show and I believe a remake of it would be very popular today but it needs to be put on a day like a Wednesday night 8:00pm you have a great pool of actors who could pull it off
@FactsVerse
Ай бұрын
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Prinze was not divorced as this piece says. He was separated/estranged from his wife but not divorced.
Yes, Chico and The Man would of held a position on today's TV's Comic-Pretentious series!!!!!!!! Robertemdex gave his opinion!!!!
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2 жыл бұрын
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Yes i grew up watching this 1974 I was 9years old
I think the Chico and the man yes every 10 years a new breed comes in and that’s it so yeah it’s on awesome memories that’s what life is made out of memories❤️
YES IT DOES!!!!!!
*It requires money to make money this is the best secert I have ever heard we don’t make money we make multiple money*
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2 жыл бұрын
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Yes Ed and Chico was very very funny
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2 жыл бұрын
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Freddie Prinze did the best impression of black people.
I don't know because I never watched it but my dad loved it
It’s Terre Haute not Terre Hotter, Indiana. I remember when, the show got pulled because, my family loved the show, I loved Chico’s character. It came out that Freddie Prince had died of a overdose of drugs, it was very sad that he got caught up in that Hollywood Culture. Della Reese was on very many shows, let’s not forget Touched By A Angel. Freddie the Garbage man also played a garage man on Sesame St. They all will be forever in our hearts, R.I.P.
Why should it not hold up today? There’s nothing that special about today. After all, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
a little fun fact here mabel albertson was chloris leachmans mother in law.
Loved Chico and the Man! Is it on the web somewhere?
@andywinslow9638
2 жыл бұрын
Try dailymotion
@sylvestermcmullen1364
Ай бұрын
On Tubi
He was 22 years old when he died 😳
@harperstacey9604
2 жыл бұрын
He was so young. Freddie prinze had a promising career. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
When did Freddie Prinze appear on the Jack Parr show? Parr did a talk show in the 1950's, right?
Yes very good show ?❤❤❤
WHAT A SHAME THAT CHICO DIED SO SOON HE HAD IT ALL ,, BUT SOME THINGS TO FAST DRUGS AND DRINKING ,, BUT THE MOST HE WANTED WAS HIS SON BUT HIS WIFE THOUGHT HE WAS NOT AT THAT TIME THE GREATEST FATHER .. SAD.. HE HAD THE LOOKS AND THE LAUGHS AND A LOT OF MONEY WAS COMING IN FAST.. I DO VISIT CHICO AT TIMES AND SAY WHY ??? HE WAS NOT THINKING RIGHT THAT EVENING ,, IF THINGS COULD BE SO DIFFERNT COUPLES THERP.. JACK ALBERTSON LOVED CHICO LIKE A SON IN REAL LIFE,, BUT ON THE TV SHOW THEY WOULD FIGHT A LITTLE ,..AT THE FUNERAL JACK CRYED SO MUCH FOR CHICO , HE SAID HE WOULD MISS HIM SO MUCH.. R.I.P. MY FRIEND .. SHALOM.
@sonyafox3271
2 жыл бұрын
You know, you aren’t supposed to be writing comments in all caps, that’s like yelling!
@ValleyoftheRogue
Жыл бұрын
It was the drugs that caused Kathy to leave the marriage. She did it for the sake of the baby. The divorce was in the works and not finalized when he died. The first thing she and the other family members did upon FP's death was leave Hollywood. It was obviously the correct decision.
Freddie Prinze didnt attempt suicide he succeeded
I don't understand why regular TV doesn't show reruns
@ValleyoftheRogue
Жыл бұрын
Most likely because FP committed suicide and out of respect for the family.
Good shows Sanford and son next they all will be missed rip.👍😀
Would it hold up, Today? no. Today's Network execs would consider it dated as well as prejudiced. Prinze was Unbelievably talented! He made the show! I remember watching it when I was a child. It was a good show.
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5 ай бұрын
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@sylvestermcmullen1364
Ай бұрын
Yes all you have to do is get the right cast
Did Scatman Crothers voiced Hong Phooey??
All prarys Chico and Ed..🙏
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
May Chico and Ed find peace. Thank you for your kind words.
@andywinslow9638
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Both too amazing men who I hope now found happiness
Also I don’t think Jack Albertson wuz an Anglo Saxon.
The first couple of years were good. The 3rd season began to drop, something was lost. Della Reese was a great actress, singer By the time she came to the show, the ratings were lower and the story was tired. Della's first couple of episodes were filled with racist comments between she and Brown.. It became a tired, old story .. Ed complains, yells at Chico, calls him names and tries to run his garage. There was an episode in season 3 where Ed and Chico had a big fight...Chico moved out He went back at the end of the episode... WHY would he do that? The show had become " mean old white man castigates young latino"
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5 ай бұрын
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And Hong Kong Phooey
In today’s society the Comedy show Chico and The Man wouldn’t stand a chance. Today’s generation are into in blood guts, and gore. Violence is what this generation wants. No way will Chico and The Man stand a chance.
Political correctness would get this show cancelled if it was rebooted.
Drugs are pooh-pooh.
Chico And The Man was funny so,no it doesn't stand up today. Today sitcoms aren't meant to be funny,they all just want to out dry eachother and prove who is the wittiest. That's why 90% of what I watch now are on tv channels where all they show are reruns of programs from the 60s to the 90s
Mexicans told me Chico and the Man is racist.
The only '70s sitcom we DID NOT have re-runs of to enjoy growing up in the '80s...F..ked up!