He was a sweet, wonderful man."Īctor Jamie Lee Curtis thanked Willard for making people laugh. Steve Carell wrote, "Fred Willard was the funniest person that I've ever worked with. In a tweet, Los Angeles Times sports writer Farmer wrote. During Wednesday’s episode of Modern Family, Jay (Ed O’Neill), Claire (Julie Bowen) and Mitchell ( Jesse Tyler Ferguson) learn that Jay’s ex-wife and Mitchell and Claire’s mother, DeDe. The news was announced by his friend and neighbour Sam Farmer on Monday (13 June). We were so lucky to know Fred Willard and will miss his many visits," Jimmy Kimmel tweeted. Hollywood star Philip Baker Hall has died, aged 90. RIP, Funny Man," filmmaker Kevin Smith said on Twitter. It was a sad day for Modern Family fans across the globe when it was announced on Sunday, March 15, that Stella the French bulldog that.
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"This man was so brilliant and he elevated the flicks and TV shows in which he popped up. Beatrice the French bulldog who played Stella on Modern Family died just days after the show ended. It was a sad day for Modern Family fans across the globe when it was announced on Sunday, March 15, that Stella the French bulldog that belonged to Ed O’Neill ’s character Jay Pritchett passed. Pic: Mario Perez/ABC-TV/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock. Many from the entertainment industry took to social media to honour the late actor. The Modern Family cast are mourning the death of one of their most loved members who passed away just weeks after the show's finale was filmed. Willard also made various appearances in sketches on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He also appeared in various movies and some of his most notable work in cinema include Pixar's much-beloved Wall-E, in which he played Shelby Forthright, the hugely optimistic CEO of the Buy n Large Corporation Ed Harken, the news director of KVWN, in 2004's Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and medical school dean, Dr Willoughby, in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. His character received a send-off in a January episode of Modern Family's final season that revealed his death. Willard, who was known for his deadpan cameos, was nominated four times for Emmy Awards - three of them (in 2003, 20) for playing Hank on Everybody Loves Raymond and the fourth in 2010 for his recurring role as Frank Dunphy, the father of Ty Burrell's Phil Dunphy, on Modern Family.
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