Kevin Dobson is DEAD to me!

I thought he was so sexy in Knots Landing,

He's not dead.

Or OP has very inside information.

"Who loves ya baby?"

Kevin Patrick Dobson is 77 and alive.

Someone help me. I'm still alive, only I'm in a lot of pain.

As a kid he was so hot to me on Kojak — me in the middle of a Dobson / Danno second banana sandwich would have been my ultimate sex fantasy if I had been old enough to have sex fantasies back then.

I’m not dead. I get up to piss five times a night. I’m a dribbler.

Per wikipedia at r5's link, he is dead.

I think it's true...

They just updated the page, then, because an hour ago, there was nothing online about his death.

His family announced it on Facebook yesterday.

He was the main reason I watched Knots Landing. RIP, if true.

From the United Veterans Council of San Joaquin County FB page

Army Veteran, Veterans Rights Activist, Film and Television Actor Kevin Dobson has passed away. He was 77 Years Old. Condolences to the entire family. Rest In Peace...

March 18 1943-September 6 2020

Wikipedia updated to say he died after suffering a heart attack.

Didn't mean to prove you wrong, r5, r15. When I looked at it, it had the statement, but was still lacking the citation. So it must have been a brand new update when I looked at it.

A few posters said Kevin's wife Susan Dobson made a facebook post about Kevin's death, but I can't find it

Another post from the United Veterans Council of San Joaquin County

The United Veterans Council regrets to inform you that our former Chairman and Army Veteran Kevin Dobson passed away this evening Sunday September 6th, 2020 due to medical complications. Our condolences to his family and May he Rest In Peace. More information will be posted about his funeral services once available.

He was a sexy man. And apparently a stand up man as well. Married to the same woman for 52 years.

Paul Carafotes (Harold) just tweeted

Kevin Dobson a great and generous actor passed. I remember him for his friendship a gracious, open minded actor with ideas to augment a scene and didnt mind if ideas gave it toYOU. We had fun

then he tweets

Idk if it was today but the news came through today

Someone posted on FB that they had spoken to his wife and that it’s true. Someone else spoke to his nephew and said that they have a large family to notify before making a public announcement.

Re R21 - which is why I think the media is holding off on this until an official statement is released from the family.

[quote]which is why I think the media is holding off on this until an official statement is released from the family.

He was no Kobe.

I’d better order this now before they raise the price!

soap sites are reporting it; didn't know he was on the Doctors and BB and DAYS and OLTL

Good looking trio - Bruce Boxleitner, Kevin Dobson, and Jameso Parker

Battle of the Network Stars; 1982

Has Michelle Phillips commented?

[quote] Has Michelle Phillips commented?

Maybe she will be singing "California Dreaming" at the funeral?

R17 The wife put up a non-specific emoji post requesting prayers for him on September 3.

[quote] My husband❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

It's hard to get through her page with all the right-wing, rethug crap she adheres to.

[quote] The wife put up a non-specific emoji post requesting prayers for him on September 3.

But there are other posts that she has put up that are "hidden" away and only available to people she has "friended" I suspect it was one of those posts she made the announcement.

With Barbra “All Night Long”

"CROCK-HER" His son Peter was a hottie also.

R30 Oh, sure, it could be hidden there somewhere; but as I implied, I'm not going to go weeding through all her right-wing crap.

Does (or did) he adhere to that "thinking" as well?

RIP Kevin :( He was so talented and very handsome and sexy well into his 50s.

I remember him well when he was a conductor on the Long Island Railroad in the early 1970s. He was sexy as hell.

I thought he was the sexiest guy on Knot's Landing.

San Joaquin County....he was living in Stockton?!

Has Ted Shackleford commented?

Constance McCashin and Tonya Crowe must be devastated.

R19

Yes, Kevin Dobson was one of the greats; stand-up husband and family man, never went "Hollywood", military vet and never forgot fellow servicemen.

Loved him on Kojak as Sgt. Crocker. Even then his character wasn't far from the man; Theo Kojak would mention that Sgt. Crocker went to church events (fairs, parties, etc...) instead of the 1970's NYC single dating scene in search of a wife.

Obligatory

Great actor. RIP.

Constance tweeted this earlier today R39

“You can’t hurry love, as the song goes. You can’t hurry grief either” - “The Friend” by Sigrid Nunez

Bumped, since people are seeing fit to make nine more threads on this

I am in mourning.

Joan van Ark expressed sadness in words but was unable to move her face to match the sentiment

Hollywood Reporter obit.

OP mean Kevin Pollack, not Dobson.

No R48, actually he meant Kevin Federline

R48 = Larry King

He had a hot ass but he couldn't live forever.

Mack!

Has Susan Dey commented?

Hot to death at R19

Has George Savalas commented?

Sid Fairgate outlived Mack MacKenzie

If he hadn't gone bald over that dome-head he could've been a contender.

Plus my understanding was that he was a big precummer and would have a wet spot on his pants after any love scene.

He was a good actor and hot in that Queens kind of way, but the toupee...the toupee, the toupee, eww. He could give Tony Bennett and Robert Redford a run for the money.

Before the rug

He was very good on Knots Landing. His character, Mack, could be annoying and at times and self righteous, but you still liked him despite that because he always meant well. I preferred Mack over Sid, because Mack was a more complex character.

I think this might be my favorite scene on his on Knots. He tries to convince Jason, an abused teen he befriended, not to go back to his abusive father by recounting the abuse he suffered at the hands of his own father, something he tried to downplay nearly his whole life up until then. Very well done scene.

He was also Mickey on DOOL after John Clarke retired.

Aren't we sure foul play wasn't involved?

Could be Joshua who survived the fall.

R60, great scene!

Thanks for posting.

He looks like a less attractive Christian from NIP/TUCK

R60 I always thought the writing in that storyline was a little heavy-handed. I just tried to watch this scene with fresh eyes. I still think that, but I can appreciate Kevin’s simultaneous vulnerability and masculinity in this scene in a way I never did before. Thanks for posting.

Kevin was great in that scene; Eric and Michael were gone at this point, no? I loved watching Mac play dad to them especially Michael; if he was stern with him he'd say "Mike" and when he was gentle with him, he'd say "Michael"

I don't recall Mac's dad being abusive when Jeff Corey played the part years before this....

That said, the acting is great from him. The kid who played Jason, too; I'm not sure he ever did much after other than play a photographer's assistant on DAYS. (how do I KNOW that??)

R59 - like most handsome buy not pretty men he looks hot with a receding hairline. Balding can certainly be sexy, (if you’re already sexy).

Donna Mills has commented

R68 Yes, Donna. Loosing someone is very hard. Tightening them is even harder.

Has she posted any photos of Lotus Point on her Instagram page?

Never watched Kojak when it was on in the '70s, but seeing it not too long ago on the pharma lawsuit channels reminded me how much KD looked like a married fuck buddy I had for a long time back in the late '90s-early '00s. Hot dudes - both of 'em.

Donna’s Instagram post needs a giant “Oh, dear!” Loose!?!

Always got a right wingy straight male homophobe vibe from him...anyone interact with him in real life, on set , etc.? I could be wrong.

R73 who used to work for the NAACP, I think like a lot of people I know, like my family, he WAS a Drmocrat and fought for equality but since Democrats have gone insane in recent years and are pushing for socialism and abolishment of the police, he switched parties or maybe might be an Independent

Like me

Michele Lee commented on a post I saw on FB, but I looked on all of Michele's accounts -- twitter, fb (her page isn't public), and instagram -- and I can't see it.

it's shot and sweet; she thanks Kevin's wife Susan for sharing him and letting her be his second/tv wife.

I did hear some gossip: they waited as long as possible before telling Joan Van Ark.

They also did not want her making the coffee at a social-distancing memorial.

I can make the coffee!!!

I CAN make the coffee!!!