Shattered

(Props to Monty)

 

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Serenity Not

 

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Closed Book

Ron Glass, proud upholder of the tradition of Art Carney, Eddie Bracken, Jack Lemmon, Tony Randall and Thomas Lennon, has died of respiratory failure at the age of 71. Glass is best remembered as ambitious Sgt Ron Harris on Barney Miller, more interested in his wardrobe and efforts to publish his memoir Blood on the Badge than his police work. Thirty years later, he got another noteworthy job, the shadowy preacher Shepherd Derrial Book of the Serenity on Firefly. In between, he was Ross’ lawyer during one of his many divorces and played Felix Ungar on the all-black The New Odd Couple.