FRED ASPARAGUS
SID RENO
Does anyone hav any info on his passing ? Dave
FPace45810
>From: sidreno
>Does anyone hav any info on his passing ?
************************************Heard Feddy died of a heart attack..went on
a weight loss program..I hate those fucking things...Killed Mac Zac too...Gonna
miss you Freddy...My Love to goes out to you and your family..
............FP
a...@1funplace.com
In article <199807020306...@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
I hadn't heard that Freddy had died.
You know how you read quotes from the old guys and they say things like, "The
really brilliant guy was ------- but nobody in the public ever got to see
how really funny he was and he died before having the chance to really make
it,"? Well, Freddy is the first comic I know who died that I feel that way
about.
I had a lot of experiences with him. We wrote together, we fought, we slept
on floors next to each other (just friends). Sometimes he distrusted me
because I wouldn't get high and he decided I must be a narc.
I hadn't seen him in a long time and frankly, the last time I saw him was at
a party at Michael Rosenberg's (Jackie Diamond) house and I avoided him
because he just wanted to keep talking about his career. But he was, in
truth, a beautiful man (despite a significant number of entertaining
adventures I could tell you about).
I once thought I had the vehicle to make him a star -- a sitcom based on the
Angel Toro wrestling character he used to do with Joey Gaynor. Maybe it
would have been the right vehicle if I had been a different person (or if he,
in some ways, had been. Of course, now I blame myself for not pursuing the
project.)
I didn't feel this way about Kinison and others who have passed on. (I wasn't
unmoved. I just didn't have this particular reaction.) I wanted to lay down
some thoughts because this is a man who deserves to be talked about.
If it turns out he isn't really dead, please inform me, so I can cancel this
message. I don't want anybody to see what a sensitive character I am unless
it's absolutely necessary.
Andrew J. Lederer
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Dane Michaels
Standup comic and character actor Fred Asparagus died June 29 of a heart
attack in Panorama City. He was 51. Asparagus, born Fred Reveles,
appeared in 16 features including “This is Spinal Tap,” “Terminal Force,”
“Beverly Hills Cop III” and “Selena. Small screen credits included
“Roseanne,” “Lands End,” “Cheers,” “Hunter,” “Andrew Dice Clay’s the
Diceman Cometh” and “Falcon Crest. He is survived by his wife, Sandy
Acord, a son, father, brother, aunt, uncle and two cousins. A funeral
service will be held at 12:30 p.m. today at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills.
A memorial fundraiser, hosted by Andy Garcia, with an Afro-Cuban All Star
Jam Session, will be held at 6 p.m. July 19 at the Conga Room in L.A.