Happy Birthday
Born: Jacob Joachim Klugman
April 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: December 24, 2012 (age 90) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Personal Quotes:
[on attending rival and decades-old enemy Norman Fell’s funeral]: Best funeral I’ve ever been to. I’ve never laughed so hard in years. I had the time of my life. NOTE: As it turned out, their “feud” was just a friendly rivalry that got blown out of proportion, and they just mischievously encouraged the perception of a feud. In reality, they were friends.
[on people comparing him to “Oscar Madison” from The Odd Couple (1970)] People think I’m like Oscar. When they find out I’m not, they seem disappointed.
[on his show Quincy M.E. (1976)]: We were the first CSI [CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)]. All these other shows just took what we did and made it bloodier and sexier. Our show was…
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