Fish sleeps with the Tessios.

Abe Vigoda, the sad-faced actor who emerged from a workmanlike stage career to find belated fame in the 1970s as the earnest mobster Tessio in “The Godfather” and the dyspeptic Detective Phil Fish on the hit sitcom “Barney Miller,” died on Tuesday morning in Woodland Park, N.J. He was 94, having outlived by about 34 years an erroneous report of his death that made him a cult figure.

His daughter Carol Vigoda Fuchs, told The Associated Press that Mr. Vigoda had died in his sleep at her home.

I am working through the complete Barney Miller and just got through all of his episodes only days ago, and wondered when he would be gone for real. It's amazing that he was playing a retiree over forty years ago yet was still around. So long, Abe, for the last time.

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RIP Detective Fish.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

"Oh yes, the bomb is in the briefcase!"

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

R.I.P.

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TimeLord04
Have TARDIS, will travel...
Come along K-9!
Join Calm Chaos

R.I.P.

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R.I.P.

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Here's what CNN said of Abe Vigoda.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's