Karl Malden has passed away

Welcome to We Love Soaps Message Board - WeLoveSoaps.net. We hope you enjoy your visit.

You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.

Join our community!

If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Karl Malden has passed away
Topic Started: Jul 1 2009, 03:43 PM (43 Views)
halways	Jul 1 2009, 03:43 PM Post #1
Member Posts: 291 Group: Members Member #44 Joined: September 2, 2008	I just saw the news on CNN and it said that Karl Malden passed away at the age of 97. He died in his sleep of natural causes. A few weeks ago, Michael Douglas was being honored by AFI for a lifetime honor and Karl was unable to attend (I knew then that the end might be near for him), but he sent a video message. In it he said that he wished that "Michael had been his son". Karl Malden and Michael Douglas made a wonderful series in the '70s called the Streets of San Francisco. It had a very wonderful character quality between the 2 actors that is not widely known when you view the reruns as they cut most of the character scenes from the episodes. They were mentor and student on and off screen. Karl even had a hand in having Michael's father Kirk change his name from Isadore Demsky many years earlier. Karl changed his name from Mladen Sekulivich. The man that played Mike Stone in that series was very much the same man in real life. I am glad that I had the chance to know both character and actor. The likes of him will not be seen again in our lifetime. Sorry, to ramble on ............but he meant a great deal to me personally. halways Edited by halways, Jul 1 2009, 03:46 PM.



quilts	Jul 1 2009, 04:09 PM Post #2
Advanced Member Posts: 2,263 Group: Members Member #54 Joined: September 3, 2008	Sad! Karl Malden was really a great actor. I remember his role in A Streetcar Named Desire. I remember The Streets of San Fransisco. That was a cool show. My sister's and I thought Michael Douglas was a "hottie".



Judy	Jul 1 2009, 04:21 PM Post #3
Advanced Member Posts: 17,843 Group: Members Member #6 Joined: August 31, 2008	That is sad news. I always liked Karl Malden. May he R.I.P. I loved the series The Streets of San Francisco. That is when I became a Michael Douglas fan but I really enjoyed Karl in it also. He always seemed like a very nice man in interviews.


« Previous Topic · Off Topics Board · Next Topic »