Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Troubled Waters

More sad news regarding Peter Falk, former star of the popular NBC Mystery Movie series Columbo. As the Associated Press reports,
A judge placed former “Columbo” star Peter Falk in a conservatorship Monday to ensure his daughter could occasionally visit the ailing 81-year-old actor.

Falk’s wife of more than 30 years, Shera, will remain in control of his personal care and affairs. Falk has advanced dementia, likely from Alzheimer’s disease, one of his doctors testified Monday.

Catherine Falk petitioned in December to take over her father’s affairs despite a sometimes contentious relationship with Falk and his wife. By court order, she will be allowed a 30-minute visit with her father every other month.

Falk’s condition virtually ensures he will not remember the meetings, his doctor said.
The full AP piece can be found here.

4 comments:

Cullen Gallagher said...

Falk was a terrific actor. "Husbands" and "Mikey and Nicky" are two of my all time favorite movies.

Gordon Harries said...

Aw crap. Getting old sure ain't easy.

Peter Rozovsky said...

Sad news indeed. Columbo was my first fictional crime favorite. I probably would have worn rumpled raincoats as a youth even if Columbo had never come along, but he made that humble wardrobe article something special. Here's some visual evidence that's he's fondly remembered in one of Europe's crime fiction meccas as well. That's Columbo in the middle, me on the right, Dave Torrans of Belfast's No Alibis on the left.
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Janet Rudolph said...

Very sad news, indeed.