Re: RIP/ John Berg, 58: actor, committed suicide
DonnaB shallotpeel
<ec2bcc44-2bc9-479a...@b1g2000pra.googlegroups.com>, Charlene
<charlene...@gmail.com> wrote:
> LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An actor who had small roles in more than a dozen
> television shows was found dead at his home after committing suicide,
> authorities said Monday.
>
> The body of John Berg, 58, was found Sunday in Van Nuys.
>
> An autopsy found he had toxic levels of carbon monoxide in his system
> and the cause of death was suicide, said Lt. Fred Corral, a coroner's
> spokesman.
>
> Berg was a guest star on such crime dramas as Law & Order,The Practice
> and NCIS.
>
> He also made appearances in such soap operas as General Hospital,
> Passions and The Young and the Restless.
>
> "Life was treating him well," said Liz Hanley, Berg's agent.
>
> Along with acting, Berg maintained a political blog in which he wrote
> that he was "passionate about acting, and even more passionate about
> leaving the country and the world better" than he found it.
>
> Berg was survived by two brothers and two sisters, Hanley said.
http://bumpshack.com/2007/12/17/veteran-actor-john-berg-found-dead-at-58
http://www.tv.com/john-berg/person/28995/summary.html?q=&tag=search_results;title;1
Grace Noble
"DonnaB shallotpeel" <shall...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Amazingly, the AP got it wrong as usual. None of the sources list him as
ever having been on Y&R. He did a couple of days work on B&B and 3
appearances on Passions, but that's it.
"Life was treating him well," said Liz Hanley, Berg's agent. Not well
enough, obviously.
Laura M. Young
Nor could I find that he had been on General Hospital. According to IMDB he
only appears to have started working as an actor about ten years ago. I
wonder what he did for his first career.
DonnaB shallotpeel
<C38D2E07.65D4%bridgep...@cox.net>, "Laura M. Young"
<bridgep...@cox.net> wrote:
> On 12/18/07 7:49 AM,"Grace Noble" <grace...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> >> http://bumpshack.com/2007/12/17/veteran-actor-john-berg-found-dead-at-58
> >>
> >> http://www.tv.com/john-berg/person/28995/summary.html?q=&tag=search_results;title;1
> >>
> >> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1295834/
> >
> > Amazingly, the AP got it wrong as usual. None of the sources list him as
> > ever having been on Y&R. He did a couple of days work on B&B and 3
> > appearances on Passions, but that's it.
> >
> > "Life was treating him well," said Liz Hanley, Berg's agent. Not well
> > enough, obviously.
>
> Nor could I find that he had been on General Hospital. According to IMDB he
> only appears to have started working as an actor about ten years ago. I
> wonder what he did for his first career.
Well, they get things wrong all the time! The art of writing a good correct
obituary is fast fading in this country. And, I know that I didn't find him
listed for either GH or Y&R, only for B&B. But, that often means nothing as
it is rare for an online source to be complete with an actor's credits.
Sometimes fans can recognize an actor & know he played things that aren't
listed.
--
DonnaB shallotpeel
"What is the difference between a virus and Windows? Viruses rarely fail." -
Unknown
DonnaB shallotpeel
<enqem31tss102qubr...@4ax.com>, DonnaB shallotpeel
<shall...@comcast.net> wrote:
> http://bumpshack.com/2007/12/17/veteran-actor-john-berg-found-dead-at-58
>
> http://www.tv.com/john-berg/person/28995/summary.html?q=&tag=search_results;title;1
>
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1295834/
As Libby pointed out [good catch, Libby] you can see that he was on GH & PC,
and on Y&R at
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1295834/resume
--
DonnaB shallotpeel
"Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all." - John F. Kennedy
Laura M. Young
> In rec.arts.tv.soaps.misc on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:41:11 -0500 in Msg.#
> <enqem31tss102qubr...@4ax.com>, DonnaB shallotpeel
> <shall...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> http://bumpshack.com/2007/12/17/veteran-actor-john-berg-found-dead-at-58
>>
>> http://www.tv.com/john-berg/person/28995/summary.html?q=&tag=search_results;t
>> itle;1
>>
>> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1295834/
>
> As Libby pointed out [good catch, Libby] you can see that he was on GH & PC,
> and on Y&R at
>
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1295834/resume
That's interesting. When you look at the main page in IMDB for John Berg
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1295834/
It lists his various TV appearances under "filmography" with no mention of
GH. You have to click over to the "more detailed biography" to find the
rest of his work.