Who remembers Freddie Prinze? (History, Music, famous, show)

[dkf747]

I remember the show, but it's been so long, all I can remember is the title of the show, and the fact that he died.

[Irishiis49]

I was 16 when he died...I remember feeling very sad...

[P47P47]

Originally Posted by Delahanty

I remember him, but more from his appearances on the Tonight Show. His son is the spittin' image of his mother.

I remember his very first appearance on "Tonight". He absolutely killed, and really impressed Carson.

[nightcrawler]

yes ye yes, I remember "Chico and the man".

followed by "The Rockford Files" followed by "Police Woman".

what a good Friday lineup.

i was sad when he shot himself, very sad.

[hellpaso]

I remember him--I thought he was cute--I was 17 when he died.

[Newporttom]

I always thought he was way overrated. I love a good comic. He had a schtick about being Puerto Rican or something, and just nothing behind it.

[Lodestar 77]

I posted about Freddie Prinze on the Herve Villechaize (sp) thread, then I find this one by the same OP.

I was young (21), naive and married (at 19) but still had a crush on Freddie Prinze, who was 22. Like Kennedy, and later Elvis, I remember when I heard about his death/suicide. It bothered me for a looooooooooooooooooong time, as I had never experienced someone I "cared for" dying by their own hand. Being so young (he and I), it just didn't make sense to me.

I am happy that his namesake has made a good life for himself, and I believe he is very close to his mother, Kathy, as well.

[Archan]

Hard to believe that he was only 22. Very sad.

[P47P47]

Originally Posted by Newporttom

I always thought he was way overrated. I love a good comic. He had a schtick about being Puerto Rican or something, and just nothing behind it.

He'd mention being half Puerto Rican and half Hungarian, which he called "Hungarican", but most of his routines were about funny people in his neighborhood.

[cityx]

"lookin' good". He was a pretty cool guy from what I read. I remembered when he died I was about 6 or 7 years old and had a spooked out feeling watching the news reports all day as my mother had a macabre interest in his death.