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Burgess Meredith, Hollywood's favorite codger, is dead at 89. Meredith appeared in almost 100 films over seven decades, from Winterset in 1936 to Grumpier Old Men. But it was after Rocky in 1976 that his image became indelible: the rasps in his throat, the twinkles in his eye are so familiar that the young, unweathered Meredith is barely recognizable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burgess Meredith: 1907-1997 | 9/10/1997 | See Source »

Lemmon and Matthau are still producing movies together--including the recent Grumpy Old Men and its sequel Grumpier...

Author: By Jay S. Kimmelman, | Title: 'Some Like It Hot': After Two Oscars. Lemmon Still Sizzles | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

YOUR "GRAND OLD POPULISTS" COVER with Alexander, Buchanan, Dole and Forbes looks like a movie poster for Grumpier Old Men. JOHN CRANE San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 18, 1996 | 3/18/1996 | See Source »

...main reason for his popularity, however, is the power of the man. Sports phone-in hosts are a notoriously testy bunch, but Franklin is grumpier and more unpredictable than most. He's hung up on callers who root for teams he dislikes, banned others from the air, and played irritating ditties like the Cleveland Crusader fight song a half-dozen times a night...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Making Air--Waves | 5/6/1980 | See Source »

...least the facade is possible. Her husband's letters counsel the children to study and not watch too much television; they inquire whether she has got braces for Mike, the oldest at 13. Mrs. Grumpier has other problems in a manless house. "I tried to sell a car and I couldn't find?what do you call it ?the title." And she has a problem with Mike that her dentist cannot handle, nor can she. The blond, rangy boy was switched from offense to linebacker on the defensive platoon for his junior high school football team and came home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Living with Uncertainty; The Families Who Wait Back Home | 12/7/1970 | See Source »

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