Robert Clary, last of the ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ stars, dies at 96

Platapus · 11-18-22, 04:21 PM

Robert Clary, a French-born survivor of Nazi concentration camps during World War II who played a feisty prisoner of war in the improbable 1960s sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died. He was 96.
Clary died Wednesday of natural causes at his home in the Los Angeles area, niece Brenda Hancock said Thursday.
“He never let those horrors defeat him," Hancock said of Clary's wartime experience as a youth. “He never let them take the joy out of his life. He tried to spread that joy to others through his singing and his dancing and his painting.”
When he recounted his life to students, he told them, “Don't ever hate,” Hancock said. “He didn't let hate overcome the beauty in this world.”
“Hogan’s Heroes,” in which Allied soldiers in a POW camp bested their clownish German army captors with espionage schemes, played the war strictly for laughs during its 1965-71 run. The 5-foot-1 Clary sported a beret and a sardonic smile as Cpl. Louis LeBeau.

Buddahaid · 11-18-22, 07:20 PM

R.I.P. Cpl. LeBeau. Another show brought to you by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez. Stalag 13 was part of the back forty lot of the old RKO film studio where Gone with the Wind was filmed.
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les green01 · 11-18-22, 08:40 PM

rip

August · 11-18-22, 09:01 PM

A5714 was his concentration camp number which was tattooed on his forearm. He got to look at it until he died. RIP.

Commander Wallace · 11-18-22, 10:45 PM

Rest in peace, Robert.

Jimbuna · 11-19-22, 06:17 AM

R I P Sir

11-18-22, 04:21 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,401 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Robert Clary, last of the ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ stars, dies at 96 Robert Clary, a French-born survivor of Nazi concentration camps during World War II who played a feisty prisoner of war in the improbable 1960s sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died. He was 96. Clary died Wednesday of natural causes at his home in the Los Angeles area, niece Brenda Hancock said Thursday. “He never let those horrors defeat him," Hancock said of Clary's wartime experience as a youth. “He never let them take the joy out of his life. He tried to spread that joy to others through his singing and his dancing and his painting.” When he recounted his life to students, he told them, “Don't ever hate,” Hancock said. “He didn't let hate overcome the beauty in this world.” “Hogan’s Heroes,” in which Allied soldiers in a POW camp bested their clownish German army captors with espionage schemes, played the war strictly for laughs during its 1965-71 run. The 5-foot-1 Clary sported a beret and a sardonic smile as Cpl. Louis LeBeau. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-18-22, 07:20 PM	#2
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	R.I.P. Cpl. LeBeau. Another show brought to you by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez. Stalag 13 was part of the back forty lot of the old RKO film studio where Gone with the Wind was filmed. https://retroweb.com/40acres_rko_later_years.html https://retroweb.com/40acres_desilu_years.html __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

11-18-22, 08:40 PM	#3
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11-18-22, 09:01 PM	#4
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,232 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	A5714 was his concentration camp number which was tattooed on his forearm. He got to look at it until he died. RIP. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

11-19-22, 06:17 AM	#6
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11-18-22, 10:45 PM	#5
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,325 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	Rest in peace, Robert.