Who did not deserve to be murdered?
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SuperWittySmitty — 9 years ago(April 10, 2016 11:41 AM)
As a kid, I really disliked Jack Cassidy. His characters were always smarmy but even worse, he was married to Shirley Jones and I had a crush on her. He just seemed so wrong for her! Anyway, he met with a horrible, real-life death and I remember being secretly happy about it. I was only 14 and somewhat confused, I admit. I still have a crush on her, though.
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louiseculmer — 9 years ago(April 24, 2016 10:08 AM)
that doesn't prove he murdered her. You can't convict a man of murder because he has no picture of his wife in his apartment. besides, there are other reasons why there might be no picture - he might find it painful to look at pictures of her for instance.
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lanceus — 9 years ago(April 20, 2016 06:46 AM)
"Bird in the Hand": Fernando the gardener did not. It can argued that his death was an accident, but Harold could have stopped it in time.
"Swan Song": The girl (Tina?) flying with Tommy and Edna. True she was aware of Tommy's misdeeds, but she wasn't the one trying to control him and the money.so this one is questionable.
Incidentally, in "Try and Catch Me", I've always assumed that Abigail's niece DID accidentally drown, but Abigail could not accept that; so I would add Edmund to the list as well. -
scamper67 — 9 years ago(April 20, 2016 05:49 PM)
I don't think it's so much a matter of "deserving" to die, nevertheless real life murders happen for some of the same reasons represented here; Blackmail, jealousy, money, or just plain hatred.
Having said that, the one who really did not deserve murder was Leonard Fisher in "Murder, Smoke and Shadows". He did threaten to ruin Brady, but only because Brady left his sister to die during an accident, he wasn't blackmailing him because he never asked for money, he wanted revenge when he found out the truth on how his sister died, not smart the way he went about it but understandable. -
rosarypliers — 9 years ago(April 21, 2016 01:24 PM)
I think nobody "deserves" to be murdered. There's a reason why every civilized society has homicide laws. However, some Columbo characters seemed to push their luck, or they made themselves assessors to murder after the fact by choosing blackmail instead of telling the police.
Also, some murder victims were obnoxious people, like Edna in Swan Song, or Verity Chandler in Ashes to Ashes. We tend not to feel sorry for such people.
Characters who were neither obnoxious nor pushed their luck: Louise in Murder: A Self-Portrait, Maryann in Swan Song, or the old physician husband of Janet Leigh's character in Forgotten Lady.
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mg! — 9 years ago(April 25, 2016 01:14 PM)
Maryann Cobb was the other plane victim. She was a co-conspirator and silent blackmailer. She also was a lead vocalist (forgive me, as I do not remember the phrase) and was replaced by a better voice. Her name was Tina.
Could Maryann had elbowed her way there? Had anyone else wondered why she gets to fly with the Browns while everyone else takes the backseat to the bus behind a guitar? -
rosarypliers — 9 years ago(April 25, 2016 02:40 PM)
I had the suspicion that Edna was controlling her and was keeping her as some kind of personal assistant, and that Maryann was afraid of her ire.
Brown claimed that he had the song re-arranged for Tina as the lead vocalist of the choir just because he wanted a new version of the song, but it may also have been because he wanted Tina closer to him. The scene at the piano speaks for itself.
I think it's a bit strange to have the song re-arranged while on tour for artistic reason. It would have made more sense to have it re-released after the tour was over, on a new album or so.
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Jennie_Portrait — 9 years ago(April 24, 2016 05:56 PM)
No one deserves to be murdered.
In
Any Old Port in a Storm
Donald Pleasence kills his younger brother. What is very troubling is that he does it in a way that must have caused a lot of suffering to the poor guy.
Never say never
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Justice5 — 9 years ago(April 28, 2016 08:02 AM)
I not sure I am aware of a loving way to kill one's brother, but that episode is rare in that the murder is a crime of passion. The Columbo killers' premeditate their murders. As angry as Adrian was in that scene, if I were brother, I would not have turned my back on him. I love that scene as well as the one in the restaurant where he rails against "liquid filth".