Peggy Lipton dies at age 72 from cancer.
May 12, 2019 9:29 AM Subscribe
. I'm sure that the old Mod Squad episodes hold up pretty poorly but I did love her and that show when it was in syndication during the early seventies and then of course I loved her in Twin Peaks.
posted by octothorpe at 10:05 AM on May 12, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by octothorpe at 10:05 AM on May 12, 2019 [4 favorites]
"I never had confidence - never. The hardest thing to know is your own worth, and it took me years and years to find out what mine is. - Peggy Lipton
posted by fairmettle at 10:24 AM on May 12, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by fairmettle at 10:24 AM on May 12, 2019 [5 favorites]
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posted by defenestration at 10:37 AM on May 12, 2019
posted by defenestration at 10:37 AM on May 12, 2019
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posted by Halloween Jack at 10:38 AM on May 12, 2019
posted by Halloween Jack at 10:38 AM on May 12, 2019
Peggy Lipton revealed in her memoir that, in her pre-Mod Squad days, she hooked up with Paul McCartney on the same night John & George introduced Ringo to LSD.
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posted by jonp72 at 10:46 AM on May 12, 2019 [9 favorites]
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posted by jonp72 at 10:46 AM on May 12, 2019 [9 favorites]
She was definitely a crush for a lot of late Baby Boomer/early Gen X men. I remember Salem the cat on Sabrina the Teenage Witch (the ABC sitcom version, not the Netflix grimdark version) had a huge crush on Peggy Lipton.
posted by jonp72 at 12:12 PM on May 12, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by jonp72 at 12:12 PM on May 12, 2019 [5 favorites]
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posted by grumpybear69 at 12:32 PM on May 12, 2019
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posted by oneswellfoop at 12:56 PM on May 12, 2019
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posted by Nat "King" Cole Porter Wagoner at 1:11 PM on May 12, 2019
posted by Nat "King" Cole Porter Wagoner at 1:11 PM on May 12, 2019
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posted by limeonaire at 1:21 PM on May 12, 2019
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posted by zachlipton at 2:07 PM on May 12, 2019
posted by zachlipton at 2:07 PM on May 12, 2019
The Double R Diner won't be the same without her.
posted by roger ackroyd at 2:19 PM on May 12, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by roger ackroyd at 2:19 PM on May 12, 2019 [5 favorites]
She was definitely a crush for a lot of late Baby Boomer/early Gen X men.
Count me in on that list. Sorry to hear this news.
posted by LeLiLo at 3:20 PM on May 12, 2019 [1 favorite]
Count me in on that list. Sorry to hear this news.
posted by LeLiLo at 3:20 PM on May 12, 2019 [1 favorite]
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posted by purpleclover at 5:21 PM on May 12, 2019
posted by purpleclover at 5:21 PM on May 12, 2019
Wow. Mod Squad, Norma Jennings, Quincy Jones, Rashida, Paul McCartney. Donovan wrote songs for recording career. That’s a lot of dots I had not connected until today.
She also appeared in an episode of Angie Tribeca as Angie’s mother.
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posted by Slarty Bartfast at 7:25 PM on May 12, 2019 [2 favorites]
She also appeared in an episode of Angie Tribeca as Angie’s mother.
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posted by Slarty Bartfast at 7:25 PM on May 12, 2019 [2 favorites]
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posted by crocomancer at 2:52 AM on May 13, 2019
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posted by Ignorantsavage at 5:32 AM on May 13, 2019
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posted by bonobothegreat at 6:25 AM on May 13, 2019
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posted by lordrunningclam at 6:30 AM on May 13, 2019
posted by lordrunningclam at 6:30 AM on May 13, 2019
Quincy_Jones ...In 1957 he settled in Paris, where he studied composition and theory with Nadia Boulanger and Olivier Messiaen
The same Nadia Boulanger who rejected Leonard Bernstein as a student, he just didn't have the natural talent she demands. And Olivier Messiaen on top of it? That's the deepest end of the pool.
posted by StickyCarpet at 6:34 AM on May 13, 2019 [3 favorites]
The same Nadia Boulanger who rejected Leonard Bernstein as a student, he just didn't have the natural talent she demands. And Olivier Messiaen on top of it? That's the deepest end of the pool.
posted by StickyCarpet at 6:34 AM on May 13, 2019 [3 favorites]
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posted by Gadgetenvy at 10:00 AM on May 13, 2019
posted by Gadgetenvy at 10:00 AM on May 13, 2019
I remember watching The Mod Squad and loving Peggy Lipton and wishing I was like her.
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posted by Archer25 at 10:14 AM on May 13, 2019 [1 favorite]
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posted by Archer25 at 10:14 AM on May 13, 2019 [1 favorite]
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posted by Two unicycles and some duct tape at 10:55 AM on May 13, 2019
posted by Two unicycles and some duct tape at 10:55 AM on May 13, 2019
A year or two ago, Kid Ruki and I stayed at my father in law’s house during a blizzard when the mister’s flight home was delayed. My FIL was flipping through the channels and stopped at an episode of The Mod Squad.
“The actress in this is (my late MIL’s) second cousin,” he said nonchalantly. Kid Ruki and I, both Twin Peaks fans, squealed with delight.
“Norma is Janie’s cousin?!”
My FIL is not very hip to pop culture, so to him, she was just cousin Peggy from The Mod Squad. He had no idea about Twin Peaks, her marriage to Quincy Jones, or that she had two daughters who are also actors.
It was really amusing to tell the mister, when he finally made it home, that his third cousin is Rashida Jones.
Like Peggy Lipton, my MIL was a beautiful woman. They shared the same distinctive chin. Kid Ruki has that chin. It’s a lovely chin.
Anyway, Peggy’s death made me especially miss my MIL. I have a collection of pretty stones on my windowsill and I gave one to the mister before he left for the cemetery yesterday. Janie and Peggy, may their memories be blessings.
posted by Ruki at 1:05 PM on May 13, 2019 [3 favorites]
“The actress in this is (my late MIL’s) second cousin,” he said nonchalantly. Kid Ruki and I, both Twin Peaks fans, squealed with delight.
“Norma is Janie’s cousin?!”
My FIL is not very hip to pop culture, so to him, she was just cousin Peggy from The Mod Squad. He had no idea about Twin Peaks, her marriage to Quincy Jones, or that she had two daughters who are also actors.
It was really amusing to tell the mister, when he finally made it home, that his third cousin is Rashida Jones.
Like Peggy Lipton, my MIL was a beautiful woman. They shared the same distinctive chin. Kid Ruki has that chin. It’s a lovely chin.
Anyway, Peggy’s death made me especially miss my MIL. I have a collection of pretty stones on my windowsill and I gave one to the mister before he left for the cemetery yesterday. Janie and Peggy, may their memories be blessings.
posted by Ruki at 1:05 PM on May 13, 2019 [3 favorites]
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