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12-29-2005, 09:13 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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You're my boy, Blue!
I didn't know he was from Ft. Worth.
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dw....1be3106c.html 'Old School' actor Patrick Cranshaw dies Fort Worth resident best remembered as Blue in 2003 comedy By TOM MAURSTAD / The Dallas Morning News Patrick Cranshaw, a working actor for more than 50 years who appeared in dozens of films before he got his "big break" playing Blue, the elder fraternity brother in the hit comedy Old School, was found dead of natural causes in his Fort Worth home on Wednesday. He was 86. Since he appeared as "bartender at dance" in the 1955 feature Texas Lady, Mr. Cranshaw made a career out of playing colorful and/or crotchety characters in films and TV shows. But in what is usually the twilight of one's career, Mr. Cranshaw's was reborn. He became a star among the playground crowd with his roles in kid-friendly fare such as Herbie: Fully Loaded and Air Bud and its sequels. And he became a pop culture hero when he played the scene-stealing Blue in Old School. The 2003 comedy starring Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson grossed $75 million at the box office and in its DVD afterlife has become one of those movie that seemingly everyone under the age of 40 can recite scenes from. And at the center of the movie was Mr. Cranshaw's Blue. "You're my boy, Blue," Mr. Ferrell's character screamed in the movie. And as it turns out, lots of people yelled it in real life, too. "Everywhere he went people would yell 'Blue, hey Blue, you're my boy Blue,' " says his daughter, Beverly Trautschold. It's like he became a rock star in his 80s." After all these years, how did he react to his sudden fame? "It shocked him, amazed him," she says. "But he loved it." Though he had moved back from Los Angeles to Fort Worth to be closer to his family, Mr. Cranshaw was still working. He had recently returned from Vancouver, where he was shooting scenes for another Air Bud installment. A public memorial will be held on Sunday at 2 p.m. at First Christian Church, 612 Throckmorton, in Fort Worth. He is survived by two daughters and one son.
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12-29-2005, 09:17 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Keene, NH
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12-29-2005, 09:19 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: NC
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I thought I read that he died last year.
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12-29-2005, 10:01 PM
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FOFC Survivor
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Wentzville, MO
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Dust in the wind.
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12-29-2005, 10:19 PM
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FOFC's Elected Representative
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The stars at night; are big and bright
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We Fort Worth folk are the envy of the world it seems.
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12-29-2005, 10:23 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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Damn straight! If Ft. Worth is "Where the West Begins", then Dallas must be "Where the East peters out"... 
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01-01-2006, 03:54 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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Pfft, it ain't nothin' but a silly little cow town.
...though the little woman wants us to have our rehearsal dinner at Joe T Garcia's. I'll get my way yet, though.
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