Joseph Wapner, star of 'The People's Court,' dead at 97

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  1. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

  2. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member

    RIP, Joseph Wapner.

    In Heaven there are no bailiffs.
     
  3. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    1000x better than Judge Milian.

    RIP
     
  4. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    And why not?
     
  5. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    Why are there no bailiffs in heaven?
     
  6. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    Agreed. I think Rusty passed away some years ago as well.
     
  7. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member


    The verdict has been rendered.
     
  8. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    And, of course, the real connection with this forum is that Wapner was, early in life, a serious beau of Lana Turner, who went on to marry (as her 7th and last husband) diploma mill kingpin Ronald Pellar (Doctor Dante).

    -John Bear, whose mind is just too full of trivia.
    Ought to be on Jeopardy. No, wait, I was.
     
  9. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member


    Losing Lana may have been the best thing that happened to him.
     
  10. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    Ha! I like that.
     
  11. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    Rusty the bailaff

    I wonder if he is still alive? I really liked that guy.
     
  12. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

  13. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    And since I brought it up, I am now wondering if Ronald Pellar (Dr. Dante) still walks among us? A Google search does not tell me. He harassed me more extensively and devastatingly than all the other diploma mill operators combined. (Where was Cheryl Crane when I needed her?)
     
  14. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    His variously given birthdates make him around 88-90 years old. Pellar himself said he was born earlier, in 1920. That would make him 96 or 97. A while ago, I looked and found no indications anywhere of his demise. Dr. Bear, I'm sure you would agree with Steve Foerster that "Satan is patient." Oddly, we were discussing Pellar, Judge Wapner and Lana Turner in another thread. http://www.degreeinfo.com/accreditation-discussions-ra-detc-state-approval-unaccredited-schools/54313-phoenix-university-theology.html

    Lana and the judge dated about twice, perhaps, as teenagers. He went on to marry "Mickie" in 1946 and she survives him today. They were married 70 years.

    J.
     
  15. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member


    Still a Pellar of our community, as far as I can determine. But that would make him at least in his mid eighties.
     
  16. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Dr. Bear, didn't you appear (as yourself) in a movie about (and featuring) Ronald Pellar, in 2010?

    "Mr. Hypnotism" by Brad Beesley? This one? Mr. Hypnotism (2010) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb

    If anybody wants to watch it, it's available on Vimeo and a few other websites. Just Google the title.

    J.
     
  17. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    Useless trivia; Rusty Burrell was one of the bailiffs for the Charles Manson trial, and is mentioned a couple of times in the Helter Skelter book by author/prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi. Burrell used to to sit in on unofficial conversations between Manson & Bugliosi, just because he found them interesting.
     
  18. Ian Anderson

    Ian Anderson Active Member

    I used to live in the same area as Wapner in the 1980s.
    Occasionally I would see him in a local barber shop; he spent his time there explaining judicial verdicts to the barbers (who did not have a great grasp of the English language) and who just ignored him. I wondered if he was practicing for his TV show.
     

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