Pat Brymer, Gopher Puppeteer on 'Caddyshack,' Dies at 70

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Charles Booker, the Democratic senate candidate who narrowly lost to former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath in a close race in Kentucky, is set to have his campaign documented by American Relapse and Bernie Blackout director Pat McGee.Booker’s campaign was gaining steam right up until he lost to McGrath earlier this week by a narrow margin.McGee has been embedded with the Booker campaign after the Kentucky House of Representatives member handed him access

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorStuart Cornfeld, who worked with Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films to produce movies including “Tropic Thunder,” “Dodgeball” and “Zoolander,” has died of cancer.Several of his friends posted about his death on social media.At Red Hour, which he founded with Stiller in 1999, he also produced “Duplex” starring Stiller and Drew Barrymore, “Starsky & Hutch,” “Blades of Glory” and “The Ruins.” One of the last films he produced was “The Polka King,” starring Jack Black.Earlier

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Lewis John Carlino, who wrote and directed The Great Santini, the film adaptation of Pat Conroy's autobiographical novel that starred Robert Duvall as a bullying U.S. Marine Corps pilot, has died.

Stargirl's Courtney Whitmore (Brec Bassinger) is busted. In a sneak peek of Tuesday's episode of The CW and DC Universe series, the teen superhero sneaks into her room after another night of do-gooding only to find her stepdad Pat Dugan (Luke Wilson) waiting up for her.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorSteve Bing, a producer, philanthropist and screenwriter, has died by suicide in Los Angeles. He was 55.Police and the coroner’s office said a man fitting his age jumped from a Century City apartment building on Monday.

Pat Brymer was a puppeteer who operated the gopher puppet in “Caddyshack” (1980) and built an updated Lamb Chop puppet for Shari Lewis (1933 – 1998).Brymer was best known as the person behind the “Caddyshack” gopher, the pesky varmint that was the nemesis of Bill Murray’s groundskeeper character, Carl Spackler. Though Brymer was also a puppet builder, he didn’t build the gopher puppet – “Star Wars” puppeteer John Dykstra did, and Brymer operated it.

'Friends' star Mary Pat Gleason has died at the age of 70.

'Friends' star Mary Pat Gleason has died at the age of 70.

Mary Pat Gleason was an actress known for roles including Jane Horgan on “The Guiding Light” and Mary on “Mom.”

Stars have paid tribute to veteran character actress Mary Pat Gleason after she died at the age of 70.

The prolific actress has over 100 film and TV credits

Mary Pat Gleason, a character actress with a huge list of credits and who most recently played “Mom”‘s Mary, has died. She was 70.

Mary Pat Gleason, who is best known for her work in the movie A Cinderella Story and the CBS series Mom, has sadly passed away at the age of 70.

Character actress Mary Pat Gleason died on Tuesday, June 2, after a battle with cancer. She was 70.