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Actor Mike Connors, best known as TV detective "Mannix", passed away on Thursday 1/26/17, age 91.

You model car nuts of a certain age will remember Mannix's first season car, a Barris-built custom '66 Olds Toronado. MPC made a kit of the car. The last I knew of it, the actual car was in the "Star Cars" museum in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

 

 

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So do You think CBS did something to pee him off?

I wouldn't have any idea what's going on at CBS. I haven't watched anything on that network since Jericho and The Unit went off, whenever that was, and I "fired" Letterman in the spring of 2009 over his repeated inane and hateful comments (after being a loyal fan of his since the late '70s).

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He was Armenian, as memory serves. A success story from humble beginnings, I believe.

Armenian descent, yes. Born in Fresno, according to Wikipedia. 

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I liked Mannix too! When I was a kid I saw that Toronado at the NY auto show. But I don't remember it from the TV series. He always had Mopars.

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I recently started watching Mannix reruns on MeTV.

I never liked the lines of that custom Tornado. But all the Mopars were cool!

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