RIP Marcia Strassman

https://tv.yahoo.com/news/marcia-strassman-dead-starred-welcome-220306315.html

Actress best known as Gabe Kotter's wife in "Welcome Back, Kotter," and was also in the early seasons of "M*A*S*H," and "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and its sequel.

 

She was a cutie.

Pound for pound it might be the best theme song.

Welcome Back Kotter Theme Song HQ (Opening): http://youtu.be/5VlGyMG0ksg

 

She was also in the pilot of the CBS sitcom "E/R" that featured Elliott Gould and, part way through, a young George Clooney.

RIP

 

That's right, sportsnut, I forgot she was on that show.

When Robert Hegyes (Epstein) died, I remember we were commenting on how gracefully Strassman had aged. I didn't know she had been battling breast cancer all this time.

In addition to Strassman and Hegyes, Ron Pallilo (Horshack) also left us recently, I believe.

 

Oooh, I know this one. Getting a little closer to the Mendoza line on SportsJournalists.com RIPs.

 

Very appealing as a rock journalist in a two-parter of The Rockford Files deep into that series' run. RIP.

 

I seem to remember reading that she Kaplan didn't get along, which made those "Did I tell you about my Uncle Lou..." scenes even more interesting.

 

Wow, she really didn't hold back on Kaplan.

It's entirely possible he was quite a degenerate considering his only two real jobs in life were comedy and poker.

 

Dont forget track and field.

 

Years ago, E! ran a True Hollywood Story doc on "Welcome Back, Kotter." In it, Kaplan blamed the animosity between him and Strassman on the series creator, James Komack, who Kaplan said seemed to like the pit the two against each other. Strassman's comments in that story linked above would refute that, because it seems like she didn't like him from the very start.

One of the Strassman obits I read yesterday said her and Kaplan had actually mended fences in recent years.