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Jay Thomas on "Cheers" in 1987. He played Eddie LeBec, the husband of Carla Tortelli, who was played by Rhea Perlman.
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Jay Thomas
Died on August 24, 2017 at age 69
An actor and radio personality, Mr. Thomas won two Emmy Awards in the early 1990s for his work on the television series “Murphy Brown.” He was also a regular in the cast of “Cheers.”
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.