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   super70s to All   
   Re: death of Robert Duvall   
   16 Feb 26 15:24:16   
   
   From: super70s@super70s.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-16 20:15:26 +0000, BTR1701 said:   
      
   > On Feb 16, 2026 at 12:05:10 PM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman""    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> Plenty of obituaries ae available on line.   
   >>   
   >> I wanted to note that in an old career interview, Robert Duvall named   
   >> his best role as Gus McCrae, in Lonesome Dove (1989), the epic miniseries   
   >> for CBS adapted from the 1985 Larry McMurty novel. Duvall had called the   
   >> character one of the greatest in literature and that it was a privilege   
   >> to play him. Duvall was initially offered Woodrow Call but said he'd   
   >> played that type of character too many times, asking to play Gus.   
   >>   
   >> It was the season's highest-rated miniseries and higher rater than any   
   >> made-for-tv movie that season. Who says viewers aren't hungry for   
   >> quality television?   
   >   
   > He was always my favorite of "The Godfather 3": Duvall, Pacino,  and De Niro   
   > (who has gone insane in his old age)   
      
   Funny, that's exactly what he's said about Donald Trump.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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