This isn't an obituary, it's a blog for "awards nuts," as you see by headline of next item. I'm sure the writer meant no disrespect to Robert Culp. To the contrary, by pointing out that Robert Culp never won an Emmy or GG, he told how he was nominated, and how his show won Emmy based a lot on his contributions. The blog item also hit a nerve such that fans replied with good information, much of it from personal pov, that I enjoyed reading. But no reason to get upset 'cause this wasn't an obit and obviously wasn't meant to be.

The "spy" genre exploded during the 1960s and resulted in a plethora of spy adventures on both film and television. A successful television spy adventure had more obstacles to overcome than a film adventure because of the limitations of the smaller television screen and less story time. So, a successful television spy series required, among other things, that the star(s) possess strong acting talents and a unique appeal to its audience. Robert Culp was such a star and, in the 1960s, his style of acting ranked him closer to Steve McQueen or Paul Newman than his television spy peer, Robert Vaughn. RIP

My experience is more on a personal level. In the early 70's a young black guy was trying to get in an exclusive club in LA (The Climax) with his date. The doorman would not let him in as his dates guest who was a member. The guy in line behind him said you can be my guest. The young black man was me. The guy behind me was Bob Culp. That is the one and only time we ever met. But it spoke volumes to me what kind of man he was. He wins my most coveted award great human being.

I'll forever love Robert Culp for his lawsuit to free Billy the elephant from a warehouse existence at the LA Zoo and send him to an elephant sanctuary where he can socialize and have freedom of movement.

Sadly, still today Billy is confined and solitary -- out of public view -- at the horrible LA Zoo, and Robert Culp is gone forever.

His death is a true loss to what is good about humanity.

Though Obit writers are not expected to have talent (or they wouldn't be writing Obits in the first place), they are expected to exhibit tact. Sadly the author has neither talent nor tact. The editor must have been sleeping on the job. What a hack job!

This is a bit crass isn't it? Hardly the way to remember an actor who made it all look so easy while entertaining generations at the cinema and on TV. RIP Mr Culp.

It must be remembered, political correctness be damned, television was birthing its own civil rights morality when "I Spy"'s actors were under the microscope of popular culture. The industry, I believe, felt compelled to sacrifice Culp's Emmys to Cosby (as talented as the newcomer was) as a show of progressiveness. Again, as immensely talented as the young Cosby was, it must be spoken that Culp was a professional and a gentleman that he knew he was taking a back seat to, what should have been, rightfully one of his awards.

I honestly don't know who has won Emmys over the years, but Robert Culp's contribution to entertainment will not be forgotten to me. Greatest American Hero, I Spy, Outer Limits, to name just a few.

RIP, Robert....

Seriously. No class at all in the lede or the headline. The man is dead. Do you really think he was lying there in the street breathing his last breaths and thinking, "No, not yet, God! I...never...won...an Emmy or a Golden Globe!"

America has enough snotty people in it without writers having to lead obits with the deceased's failure. Selling your web site or just seling out?