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Death of Edward G. Robinson

posted 6 years ago by Adam60z (3766)
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According to Dick Van Patten Edward G. Robinson died that same evening of the final scene when he leads him to the room in the "Home Clinic" . The next day Charlton Heston had the whole cast meet in the studio and made the announcement. Van Patten also said it was the first time he'd met Robinson and he kept blowing the line; instead of "come with me Mr. Wilson", by mistake he said, "come with me Mr. Robinson".

[–] Druff (1796) 5 years ago

Damn, he really did blow that line. The character's name was Sol Roth. =P

[–] Adam60z (3766) 5 years ago

That's right! Wow, guess he had someone else's Soylent Green form (;-p)

[–] PaladinNJ (21510) a year ago

They said that Heston was the only one who knew how sick he was. His reaction in the final scene was because Heston realized this was the last time he was going to see his friend in action.

[–] liscarkat (18373) a year ago

Robinson died twelve days after filming his last scene for "Soylent Green".

[–] rateater (10016) 5 months ago

he would make for delicious soylent green.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (17735) 5 months ago

It's a very moving scene. You feel the weight behind it.