When Dick York was replaced by Dick Sargent as Darrin, (due to chronic back pain that caused him to be bedridden) the show dropped 13 places in the ratings. The new Darrin was never explained, and audiences never liked the lame, angrier Darrin. Dick York died in 1992 from emphysema. Everyone who met him said he was a very kind man. He gave all his money to the homeless while he was still alive, and he was quite wealthy from a lifetime of steady acting.
Elizabeth Montgomery, my idol, liked to be called, "Lizzie," and she lied about her age. She always claimed to be five years younger than she was.
Lizzie was most famous as "Samantha" in the long running television show Bewitched. After the series went off the air, she concentrated on television films, racking up a respectable number of them, including my favorite, The Legend of Lizzie Borden. (I don't know why I tell you my favorites. like you care.)
In March of 1995, she was filming the CBS television film, Deadline for Murder. She thought she had the flu, because she was always tired and losing weight. After the shoot was over, she checked in to Cedars Sinai Medical Center, and had exploratory surgery. She was told that she had colon cancer. Shocked, Lizzie was too weak for radiation therapy, so she went home to rest and returned 4 days later. More surgery proved that the disease spread to her liver, and there was no hope.
She went home to her house on Benedict Canyon that she shared with her partner of 20 years, Robert Foxworth. They had met in 1974, on the set of another classic piece of television, Mrs. Sundance.
Lizzie normally weighed 122 pounds, but had wasted down to 82 pounds in the following weeks. On May 8th, she went back in to Cedars Sinai, dehydrated and malnourished. They treated her, kept her on painkillers, and discharged her on May 15th. She went home to die with dignity. The doctors ceased giving her all medication, except for morphine.
Supposedly, she made Foxworth promise that he would marry again. They embraced, and she drifted off, never to wake again. Elizabeth Montgomery died quietly, alone, on May 18th. She requested that her husband and her three children wait quietly in the living room. She didn't want anyone to see her that way.
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Erin Murphy, (Tabitha) and her hubby Darrin (yes Darrin,) have 6 kids, and all are boys! She still makes personal appearances. Her husband is a physician. Above is a link to her myspace profile.
