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Hymie...plus Don's daughter died of cancer, so sad!

posted 16 years ago by dinkledeimer
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Hey folks...
We're watching Season 2 and it starts out with the Episode where Hymie (the robot, played by the fabulous Dick Gautier) gets programmed by KAOS to kill the Chief, and then Max. I couldn't help wondering why Dick hadn't become a bigger star. He was gorgeous, talented, and had flawless comic timing. What a delight. I went to his website and he sure seems happy...apparently he's a celebrated cartoonist, does caricatures...maybe he didn't want to become a huge star! Anyway, we think he's great and wondered if there were any other DG fans out there.

Also I just read about Don's daughter Cecily Adam's death of lung cancer in 2004, a year before her father died. So tragic. Cecily was quite a comedian in her own right, and, among other things, had a recurring part as a Ferengi on Deep Space 9. A good friend of hers hosts a website to honor her life and memory, it's really beautiful, it will remind you of what's really important in life. I went to it and read extensively and was crying. Cecily was incredibly loved and an amazing person. You can get to the site from a link on her Wikipedia page.

Best of luck to all!
Cheers!

"De gustibus non disputandum est."
(Latin) There is no disputing taste.

[–] PKLarkins 16 years ago

It must have been incredibly hard on Don Adams for his daughter to die before him. That just isn't supposed to happen.

[–] ghostfan 16 years ago

No, it isn't. My brother died when he was 29 and my mom was 53. two years older than I am now. I think it aged my mom five years overnight.

[–] Louisifer 14 years ago

I second that, my Uncle died in his 50's and it's what killed my Grandpa. Losing a child before their time is a pain that never leaves you.

Try not to take life too seriously, no one gets out alive.

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[–] meowqueenx 10 years ago

She died of lung cancer in March 2004 (and a nonsmoker, from everything I've heard), exactly a year and a half before Don Adams passed away. Sad.

Apparently his health declined rapidly after his daughter's passing and that is not surprising.

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