Riling Peter Falk Til He Snaps
NEWS all over the press that Peter Falk., TV’s Columbo, is suffering from Alzheimer’s.
The Mail does its bit and notes:
Catherine Falk says her father is so ill he is not competent enough to run his own life and needs full-time custodial care. The distraught daughter said yesterday that the 81-year-old ‘does not always recognise familiar people, places and things’ and ‘is unable to bathe himself or care for his clothing’.
Adding:
She also insists he ‘does not always recognise familiar people, places and things’ and ‘is not oriented in time’.
Can this be the same Daily Mail whose report on the “erratic” Falk caused the New York Post to write:
Falk played the title role in the long-running crime drama “Columbo,” about a rumpled LA detective whose keen police skills are underestimated by crooks.
But Falk’s TV character was nothing like the mess the actor has become. As he headed down the street Tuesday, with his belly sticking out from a two-sizes-too-small plaid shirt, he waved his arms maniacally.
Mail readers may recall the Mail’s image of a clearly distressed Falk gesturing for snappers to leave him alone.
Or have you and the Mail forgotten this:
Either the years haven’t been kind to veteran actor Peter Falk or he wasn’t having a very good day…The actor’s unusual gaze is caused by a glass eye fitted at the age of three due to a malignant tumor.
And the snapper flashing him. Other Alzheimer’s carers who understand the Mail’s post-Diana dedication”not in future to purchase pictures taken by paparazzi” and its pain at how awful and cruel the UK has become:
* Maybe he thought the cameras were trying to steal his soul or something.
* Old people do this sometimes. The smallest shit will piss them off so immensely and they will rant and rave. The second anyone goes to check on them they give you the nastiest attitude and get offended and will say “I don’t need your help!” It doesn’t take muttering and arm waving to tell this dude’s crazy.
* Maybe the paparazzi put him into the rage instead of catching the actor mid-frenzy. The pap have been known to have that effect on many Hollywood celebrities. Just a thought.
* It doesn’t take muttering and arm waving to tell this dude’s crazy *
* “Yeah, God, one more thing, why won’t USA pick up my last ‘Columbo’?”
* Peter Falk Runs Amok — Refuses Help and Comb
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September 7th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Leave the man alone.
August 28th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
it’s very sad how peter falk is suffering with this illness. because he’s been such a brilliant actor and apparently he was a lovelly guy too. the paparazzi parasite scum should have their heads chopped off i hate these bastards.. peter falk deserves some respect in my view.
December 18th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Hope nothing like that happens to me touchwood. Oh hang on I’ll just answer that
December 17th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
WE REALLY FEEL BAD FOR MR. FALK IF THIS IS TRUE. I WENT THROUGH
THIS SICKNESS WITH MY LATE FATHER SO I CAN SAY IT IS NOT EASY.
LORD GIVE HIS DAUGHTER THE STRENGTH AND PATIENCE TO DEAL WITH
CHALLENGE. TO US ONE OF THE GREATEST ACTORS OF OUR TIME.
GOD BLESS HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
December 17th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Portraying an ‘abstract minded and not interested in glam’ character is one thing, and very good he was too.
Alzheimers is altogether different, and is a terrifying disease to watch develop in someone you love and care about (my grandmother) She died in 95 but was missing to us long before. Its a cruel fate and one thatcan strike anyone at any time, pre-senile dementia can occur in people much younger.
Joe, your post has suddenly appeared, Anorak is here to diss the media and its crap standards. It is a satirical site, but there’s no satire in Alzheimers, only heartache.
December 17th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
i’m a big fan, loved all the colombo series.
December 17th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
“Falk’s TV character was nothing like the (Mess) the actor has become” Who ever wrote that.. I’d love to meet that person alone….this is journalism in 2008? If you don’t understand the complications involved in Alzheimer’s may I suggest you read a book.
For those to young…. Peter Falk was one of the most underrated actors of our time and a true nice guy. A mans man. The work he did with John Cassavtes and Ben Gazzara speaks for itself. I can’t think of a guy who could watch one of his movies like “Husbands” etc.. (especially if your married) and not have some understanding and appreciate his performance….Evan all theses years later. I’m not a big movie watcher but I’d watch anything with Peter in it. You know I recently saw a video of an old women who was beaten while leaving her apartment building….The scumbag in the video was kicking the crap out of her when she was already down and had given up her pocketbook……I guess that makes him a hero to some. Thanks Peter.. from the kid who’s father died in Vietnam…. getting my younger brothers to watch “Colombo” was easy and it always gave me the time to study………..
If and when your time is up….I’ll say a pray….although I’m not religious You can’t afford to leave things out these days…
Joe
December 17th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
I read that and thought FFS, isn’t the man entitled to privacy and dignity at this time? It really makes me v.v.v. angry.