From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 2/16/2026 5:41 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > super70s  wrote:   
   >> On 2026-02-16 20:15:26 +0000, BTR1701 said:   
   >>> Feb 16, 2026 at 12:05:10 PM PST, Adam H. Kerman    
   >>>> 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.   
   >   
   > I would like to spend a moment in this thread to remember all the   
   > entertainment and many fine performances of Robert Duvall. I am not   
   > interested in De Niro's opinion of Trump nor your opinion of anything   
   > but Duvall.   
   >   
   > If you want to ruin a thread, start your own. Stay out of on topic   
   > threads that I start.   
      
   Initiating a thread doesn't confer ownership.   
      
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