Where Are They Now - Friday, September 2, 2016

Hello fans,

Today we are catching up with Butch Patrick, who as a child was known for his role as Eddie Munster on the TV series The Munsters. What has he been up to in the years since his days playing Eddie? Keep on reading to find out!

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Steve

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":

Peggy Cass: Actress and TV game show panelist

Ed Ames: Played Mingo, sidekick of Daniel Boone, on the TV series "Daniel Boone", was also a singer, including singing with his three brothers in the group The Ames Brothers

Arthur Godfrey: Radio and TV show host, hosted the TV show "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends" for eleven years



(Answer at the bottom)
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Butch Patrick
Learn More About Butch Patrick on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: August 2, 1953, Los Angeles, California

BIRTH NAME: Patrick Alan Lilley

CLAIM TO FAME: He is best known for playing Eddie Munster on the TV series The Munsters.

FAMILY LIFE: Patrick was engaged to marry long-time Munsters fan Donna McCall, but McCall ended their relationship in November 2010.

INFO: Patrick got his start in 1962 playing the son of widow Louise Howard on the CBS comedy The Real McCoys. He made other television appearances during the 1960s, including Mister Ed, My Favorite Martian, Daniel Boone, I Dream of Jeannie, The Monkees, Gunsmoke, and Adam-12, and was featured in eight episodes of My Three Sons as the character Gordon Dearing.

Patrick has also lent his voice to the character of Milo in the 1969 live-action/animated film The Phantom Tollbooth, and to an animated version of Eddie Munster in the "Eight Misbehavin'" episode of The Simpsons (1999). As a teen, he starred in the Saturday morning fantasy program Lidsville (from 1971-1973).

In 1983, he recorded a song called "Whatever Happened to Eddie?" under the group name Eddie and the Monsters featuring Butch Patrick. He recorded a second single, "It's Only Halloween", which was released on Park Lane Drive Records in 2007.

TRIVIA: His stepfather is former pro baseball player Ken Hunt.

Has a half-sister named Kerry Lynn Sprick (formerly Kerry Lynn Hunt).

Once played himself on an episode of "The Simpsons" (1989). Ranked #45 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars".

Best friends of former child actors Brandon Cruz, Danny Bonaduce and Bill Mumy.

Patrick made the news on November 11, 2010 when it was announced that he had entered a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility in New Jersey, one week after Donna McCall announced the end of their relationship.

In May 2011, Patrick announced that he has prostate cancer, and said that it was detected early. Doctors informed him he had a 90 percent chance of surviving cancer.

Credits Yvonne De Carlo as his favorite acting mentor, best friend and surrogate mother.

WHERE IS HE NOW: Butch will appear in the upcoming reality-TV series 'Property Horrors' in 2017.

CREDITS:

2015 Zombie Dream...Butch

2015 Bite School...Butch

2012 Young Blood: Evil Intentions...Principal

2011 Kitaro's Graveyard Gang 2...Wolfman (voice)

2010 Underground Entertainment: The Movie...Butch

2010/I Eat Me (short) ...Flipper

2010 Soupernatural...Man with a Knife

2009 It Came from Trafalgar...Roy Autry

2009 Kitaro's Graveyard Gang...Wolfman

2009 Life's a Butch (TV series)...Butch

2006 Macabre Theatre Halloween Special (TV movie)

2006 Spaced Out (video)...Larry the Bartender

2005 Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove...Transformed Werewolf (as Patrick Lilly)

2002 Macabre Theatre (TV series)...Eddie Munster

2000 Magic Al and the Mind Factory (video)...Sam the Sorcerer

1995 Here Come the Munsters (TV movie)...Cameo appearance

1989 Scary Movie...Eddie

1974 Ironside (TV series)...Barney Parkos

1974 Lucas Tanner (TV series)...Bill

1974 Shazam! (TV series)...Jack

1971-1972 The Smith Family (TV series)...Gary

1971 Lidsville (TV series)...Mark

1971 The Sandpit Generals...No Legs

1962-1971 My Three Sons (TV series)...Gordon Dearing / Elmore Crocker / Little Boy

1969-1970 Adam-12 (TV series)...Paul Foster / Tony Niccola

1970 The Phantom Tollbooth...Milo

1970 Headmaster (TV series)...Ritchie

1969 80 Steps to Jonah...Brian

1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)...Sailor Ballinger

1969 Daniel Boone (TV series)...Black Cat Jack

1968 Family Affair (TV series)...Frankie

1968 The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band...Johnny (uncredited)

1968 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)...Bumper / Frank Wilson

1968 The Young Loner (TV movie)...Bumper

1967 The Monkees (TV series)...Melvin

1964-1967 Gunsmoke (TV series)...Runt / Tom John

1966 I Dream of Jeannie (TV series)...Richard

1966 Pistols 'n' Petticoats (TV series)...Chad Turner

1966 Munster, Go Home!...Eddie Munster

1964-1966 The Munsters (TV series)...Eddie Munster

1964 One Man's Way...John Peale

1963-1964 Mister Ed (TV series)...Stevie / Tommy Slater

1964 Rawhide (TV series)...Danny

1963 Bonanza (TV series)...Jody Fletcher

1963 My Favorite Martian (TV series)...Stevie Richmond

1963 Death Valley Days (TV series)...Tommy

1963 The Real McCoys (TV series)...Greg

1963 A Child Is Waiting...Student (uncredited)

1962 Pressure Point...Imaginary Playmate (uncredited)

1962 The Untouchables (TV series)...Charlie

1962 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)...Wesley

1962 Ben Casey (TV series)

1962 Hand of Death...Davey, little boy on beach

1961 The Two Little Bears...Billy Davis

1961 The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor (TV series)...Bobby

To see Then & Now pictures of Butch Patrick, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Peggy Cass - DEAD (Heart failure)
Born: 05/21/1924 Died: 03/08/1999

Ed Ames - ALIVE
Born: 07/09/1927

Arthur Godfrey - DEAD
Born: 08/31/1903 Died: 03/16/1983

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
9/2
Nalinidhar Bhattacharya, 94, Indian poet and literary critic.
Neville Crowe, 79, Australian rules footballer.
Islam Karimov, 78, Uzbekistani politician, President (since 1990), stroke.

9/1
Thomas G. Doran, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rockford (1994-2012).
Sir Graeme Douglas, 87, New Zealand businessman (Douglas Pharmaceuticals) and philanthropist.
Frederick Drandua, 73, Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Arua (1986-2009).
Dale Grable, 81, American boxing referee, lung cancer.
Kacey Jones, 66, American singer-songwriter ("I'm the One Mama Warned You About"), producer and humorist, cancer.
Len Maddocks, 90, Australian cricketer.
William Ole Ntimama, 88, Kenyan politician, MP (2007-2014).

8/31
Antonino Fernández Rodríguez, 98, Spanish businessman.
Samo Hubad (sl), 99, Slovenian conductor.
Nathan Lyons, 86, American photographer.
Colleen O'Connor, 60, American journalist (The Denver Post), traffic collision.
Moshe Wertheim, 86, Israeli businessman.
Kashmiri Lal Zakir, 97, Indian poet and novelist.

8/30
Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, 38/39, Syrian Islamist leader (ISIL in Syria), bombing.
Josip Bukal, 70, Bosnian footballer.
Vera Cáslavská, 74, Czech gymnast, Olympic champion (1964, 1968), pancreatic cancer.
Dan Dryden, 72, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (since 2011), cancer.
Dave Durie, 85, English footballer (Blackpool, Chester City).
Nabile Farès, 75, Algerian-born French novelist.
Hoot Hester, 65, American fiddle player, cancer.
Frederick King, 93, Canadian politician, MP (1979-1988).
David Lavery, 67, American academic and television historian (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
Reg Matthewson, 77, English footballer (Sheffield United, Fulham).
Doris McLemore, 89, American teacher, last fluent speaker of the Wichita language.
Marc Riboud, 93, French photographer.
Joe Sutter, 95, American aeronautical engineer, chief designer of the Boeing 747.
Zoe Tynan, 18, English footballer (Manchester City, Everton), struck by train.

8/29
Bronislaw Baczko, 92, Polish philosopher.
Ken Black, 84, Canadian politician.
Dee Dowis, 48, American football player (U.S. Air Force Academy), traffic collision.
Harry Jepson, 96, English rugby league administrator.
Anne O'Brien, 60, Irish footballer (Reims, Lazio, Trani).
Dinanath Pathy, 74, Indian painter and art historian.
Vedat Türkali (tr), 97, Turkish author.
Gene Wilder, 83, American actor (The Producers, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Young Frankenstein), screenwriter and author, complications of Alzheimer's disease.

8/28
Hubbard Alexander, 77, American football coach (Dallas Cowboys).
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, 80, Iraqi-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1984-2014), Defense Minister (2001-2002), kidney disease.
Mr. Fuji, 82, American professional wrestler and manager (WWF).
Juan Gabriel, 66, Mexican singer and songwriter, heart attack.
Lennart Häggroth, 76, Swedish ice hockey player, world champion (1962) and Olympic silver medalist (1964).
Joe R. Hicks, 75, American social activist.
Nate Hirsch, 68, American sports broadcaster (Georgia Southern Eagles).
William H. Lacy, 71, American businessman, CEO of MGIC (1987-1999), respiratory failure.
Volodymyr Patyk, 89, Ukrainian artist.
Ken Purchase, 77, British politician, MP (1992-2010).
Shahid Qadri, 74, Bangladeshi poet, kidney disease.
Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, 86, Indian politician, Governor of Madhya Pradesh (1993-1998), Uttar Pradesh (1996, 1998), and Bihar (1991-1993).
Charles Z. Smith, 89, American judge, Justice of the Washington Supreme Court (1988-2002).
Darrell Ward, 52, American reality television personality (Ice Road Truckers), plane crash.