{"id":135340,"date":"2017-11-09T22:42:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T05:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135340"},"modified":"2017-11-10T07:19:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T14:19:13","slug":"rip-john-hillerman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/09\/rip-john-hillerman.html","title":{"rendered":"RIP, John Hillerman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Higgins (or was it actually Robin Masters?) on <i>Magnum,<\/i> certainly, and the snobbish Simon Brimmer in <i>Ellery Queen,<\/i> but also a number of other fun roles.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, sir, for much entertainment over the years.<\/p>\n<p><em>Zeus! Apollo! Escort Mr. Hillerman onward.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/john-hillerman-dead-magnum-pi-actor-was-84-1056800\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 650px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/vxe9GOGJ4IMoiFloWVbXJwMO4KtajxdcwOcGkgFbLcoMPEwuM_41hSQn8Fi83INcbMiqfnp0MX4MnOoAQgyCW1ZH33El7UgTvXbrEVb_38CtBA=w506-h910\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/john-hillerman-dead-magnum-pi-actor-was-84-1056800\">John Hillerman, Higgins on &#8216;Magnum, P.I.,&#8217; Dies at 84<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nThe Texan played the stuffy (but lovable) character on the Tom Selleck starrer, winning an Emmy in 1987, and appeared in &#8216;Chinatown&#8217; and &#8216;Blazing Saddles.&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/DbCkwu1CbA3\">View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Higgins (or was it actually Robin Masters?) on Magnum, certainly, and the snobbish Simon Brimmer in Ellery Queen, but also a number of other fun roles. Thank you, sir, for much entertainment over the years. Zeus! Apollo! Escort Mr. Hillerman onward. John Hillerman, Higgins on &#8216;Magnum, P.I.,&#8217; Dies at 84 The Texan played the stuffy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/09\/rip-john-hillerman.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;RIP, John Hillerman&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-performers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hillerman.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135136,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/20\/need-rebooted-version-magnum-p.html","url_meta":{"origin":135340,"position":0},"title":"*So do we need a rebooted version of &#8220;Magnum, P.I.&#8221;?","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 20-Oct-17 11:32pm","format":false,"excerpt":"My immediate reaction is to say no. 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They're definitely playing fast and loose with the original, but maintaining enough classical elements to warrant the name. I'm hooked enough to watch the first ep or two, which is what a trailer such as this hopes to do. 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