oscarsear Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Don Adams, Maxwell Smart agent #86 passed on. Guess he's with our other little buddy Gilligan doing the one-liners on that great stage in the sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelerFan Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 That's too bad, I used to love that show when I was a kid. Oh oh, now I can't get that theme music out of my head.[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardP Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 He missed his 83rd birthday...by that much. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codhead Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 I was always partial to Agent 99 myself. Still ain't bad for her age! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flason Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 I said goodbye in my "Dome of Silence". Too bad nobody heard it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Barbara Feldon is in her seventies. Seems like she has published a book in the last year or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfandbark Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Farewell, Tennessee Tuxedo! R.I.P., Don. Woof! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.4knee Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Control will never be the same without him..RIP Agent 86 Maxwell Smart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Agent 86 is dead? Sorry about that, chief! I wonder if they'll bury him under the cone of silence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyKlipschFan Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 What an incredible voice.. He will be missed. Sad he did not get into any of the newer Disney Pixar films??? Or did he? That voice character should of been, if not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyKlipschFan Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Didn't the group TOTO do a song about agent 99? "99 you keep breakin my heart...Oh 99... I love you!......." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelerFan Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Didn't the group TOTO do a song about agent 99? "99 you keep breakin my heart...Oh 99... I love you!......." Thanks Indy...now I can't get that song out of my head.[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputnik Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 What an incredible voice.. He will be missed. Sad he did not get into any of the newer Disney Pixar films??? Or did he? That voice character should of been, if not! Didn't he do the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 As soon as they release the DVD set of Get Smart I am all over it !!! One of my all time favorite shows ! Anybody over the age of 40 should observe 1 minute in the Cone Of Silence ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsear Posted September 28, 2005 Author Share Posted September 28, 2005 I do know that agent 86 actually did marry agent 99 (don't know for how long). Also Adams was the voice of Inspector Gadget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 I didn't know he was that old. I'm sorry to hear he passed away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyKlipschFan Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 Not so sure if any of you know this but he .. now his estate.... owns 1/3 of the proffits from Get Smart. At the time, very unusual.. Don put his own money into the show. Can you imagine an actor today getting 1/3 of the profitts.. Inspector gadget cool.. I forgot.. good one.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heresy2guy Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 Don was a very interesting guy. He was half-jewish ("Only the good half," as Ray Liotta once joked about himself in the movie Goodfellas - LOL) and dropped out of school and lied about his age in order to join the Marines and fight in WWII. He took part in the now-historic Guadalcanal campaign (our first Pacific-theater "victory" in what came to be known as the U.S. "island hopping" strategy wherein we made our way closer and closer to mainland Japan with each costly, bloody, island victory). As a reward for his participation in Guadalcanal, he developed malaria... After being treated for the horrible disease, he was sent back to the states and became a DI (drill instructor). His real name was Donald James Yarmy, which he changed to simply Don Adams after marrying his first wife, Adelaide Adams. He worked as a commercial artist after the war and did stand-up comedy at night, which obviously paid off for him. Don was what could be defined as the quintessential American renegade who did things his own way and took many, many chances but was blessed with a good business sense that served him well later on in his life. Semper Fi, Don. -H2G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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