Marcia Wallace (Edna Krabappel) dead at 70

[Ninjinister]

http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/r-i-p-marcia-wallace/

Well... even if Krabappel's not the one dying in the show next week, they might have to off her anyway, or cast someone else.

[NinjaPug]

I'm sure The Simpsons will do the same thing they did with Phil Hartman's characters when he died. No way they recast her.

It'll be weird seeing Bart with a different teacher.

[blindturtle02]

Sad news. I liked her character.

[Redeemer]

That stinks....may she rest in peace. I wonder what they will do with her character now??? probably kill her off like everyone else is suggesting.

[NinjaPug]

According to the article below she wasn't the character they planned to kill off and she won't be replaced.


Wallace, who was also a breast cancer survivor for 28 years, has died at age 70, according to the showrunner of The Simpsons. “I was tremendously saddened to learn this morning of the passing of the brilliant and gracious Marcia Wallace,” producer Al Jean said in a statement to EW. “She was beloved by all at The Simpsons and we intend to retire her irreplaceable character.”

It has become a sad tradition of the extremely long-running show to simply cease using characters whose voice actors pass away. The first instance was when Phil Hartman died in 1998, and the show retired his sleazy attorney Lionel Hutz and desperate pretty-boy actor Troy McClure.

The program, which began in 1989, had recently announced it planned to end the life of a veteran character. Producers previously killed off Ned Flanders’ wife Maude in 2000. But Jean said today that Mrs. Krabappel was not one they had planned to eliminate. “Earlier we had discussed a potential storyline in which a character passed away,” Jean said. “This was not Marcia’s Edna Krabappel. Marcia’s passing is unrelated and again, a terrible loss for all who had the pleasure of knowing her.”



http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/10/26/marcia-wallace-actress-from-the-simpsons-and-the-bob-newhart-show-dies-at-70/

[Donatello19]

Wow, very sad news. I wonder if they'll get rid of Edna now...that would be a shame since they just started the whole story with her and Ned.

[ZariusTwo]

Horrible news. I don't know what they'll do with Ned and Edna now, it feels too convieniant/cruel to have Ned lose two wives to the grim reaper, but you don't want to villify Edna by having her divorce him either.

[Guitar_Raph]

Besides her roles on The Simpsons & The Bob Newhart SHow, she also guested on Full House (chasing after Joey Gladstone), did two Brady Bunch episodes (Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?/Getting Davy Jones).

She's a fixture game show panelist, on Hollywood Squares, Password Plus and its 1980s spin-off Super Password, (Celebrity) Whew!, the 1980s version of Crosswits, (Celebrity) Hot Potato, Body Language, The $25,000 Pyramid, Double Talk, Win, Lose or Draw, To Tell the Truth and Match Game. She was also on special celebrity episodes of the Ray Combs version of Family Feud and the Jim Perry version of Card Sharks.

On Match Game, she wrote an answer that the CBS Censors had to cover!
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She will be missed.

[BubblyShell22]

Wow. I really liked her a lot on The Simpsons so she'll be missed. I had just watched the episode "A Special Edna" a few days ago, too. So horrible to think she'll be gone now. I always loved her character and how Edna always put up with Bart's antics. R.I.P., Marcia. You'll be missed.

[Jester]

I agree with Zarius. Dealing with this death might be a rough one for the show. Unless they DO kill Edna and make Ned question his faith...

You will be missed Ms. Wallace.

[TurtleTitan97]

Man, that's awful news. But at least the Simpsons writers won't kill off Krabappel.

RIP:cry:

[Redeemer]

Man, that's awful news. But at least the Simpsons writers won't kill off Krabappel.

RIP:cry:

Who says they wont??? They probably will

[TurtleTitan97]

Who says they wont??? They probably will

The link that NinjaPug posted above said that she wasn't planned to be the Simpsons character that would be killed off.

[NinjaPug]

As the article i posted above says, they will not recast her character.

[Mayhem]

This is sad news... I was fortunate to meet her a few years ago at San Diego, and had time to get an autograph, ask her a couple of questions about The Simpsons, and comment that our version of Match Game, called Blankety Blank, would have been right up her alley as well as it was just as risque :D

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayhemers/2714806926/in/set-72157606439787144

They won't recast Edna, she'll be retired... it will be interesting to see how the writers achieve this...

[Ninjinister]

Spoiler'd for length
http://i.imgur.com/jH4sCck.png

[BubblyShell22]

Wow. Awesome pic, and the look on Bart's face says it all. I've been thinking of writing a short fan fiction about her death and how Bart feels now that she's gone.

[ZariusTwo]

Wow. Awesome pic, and the look on Bart's face says it all. I've been thinking of writing a short fan fiction about her death and how Bart feels now that she's gone.

I'd like to read that Bubbly. Hell I always wanted to write an AU fic where Bart was adopted by Edna.

[BubblyShell22]

Well, you will get to read it. I just haven't put it up yet. Not in the mood for writing today, but it will be up soon. Ooh, I think an AU about Bart being adopted by Edna would be awesome. Go for it, Zar.

[Guitar_Raph]

Looks like Ned Flanders is a widower again. The company behind The Simpsons will retire Edna Krabappel like they did Troy McClure, Lionel Hutz, Bleeding Gums Murphy, Dr. Marvin Monroe & Maude Flanders.

[BubblyShell22]

I didn't know Ned and Edna got married. I knew they were dating, but then again, I stopped watching The Simpsons mainly because The Amazing Race was always on at that time, so I ended up missing a lot of the episodes.

Do you think they will address her death directly in the show or that she will just not be there like most of the others, with the exception of Bleeding Gums Murphy and Maude Flanders?

[ZariusTwo]

Well, you will get to read it. I just haven't put it up yet. Not in the mood for writing today, but it will be up soon. Ooh, I think an AU about Bart being adopted by Edna would be awesome. Go for it, Zar.

Sure, I'll write it once I "nail" how to do Simpsons-style comedy right. If I had a firm grasp of that I'd have written my first fic ages ago. The other idea I had kicking about was a story where Lisa married Ralph in the future (yeah, you can tell I was big fan of the "I Love Lisa" episode...I c-c-choose you)

[BubblyShell22]

Awesome. Can't wait to read it. I put my fic up already, so don't forget to check it out.

Also, they did address her death in the latest episode. Bart wrote, "We'll really miss you, Mrs. K." on the chalkboard and at the end they had, "In Loving Memory of Marcia Wallace" showing Edna on her desk in her classroom. Then she gives her signature, "Ha!" before they fade to the Gracie Films logo.

[MikeandRaph87]

TV Land honored her Sunday afternoon with her two appearances on Brady Bunch with a title card with her name, picture, and dash. It would have been nice to see The Bob Newhart Show on Me TV have done something or for TV Land to have done more than her two cameos on Brady Bunch. A wonderul character actress that will be truely missed. Goodbye, Mrs. Curthers.

[ZariusTwo]

Awesome. Can't wait to read it. I put my fic up already, so don't forget to check it out.

Just read it Bubbly. Good work, I loved how you had Bart come to terms with the death and had him and Skinner bond over harrasing her replacement.

[BubblyShell22]

Thanks, Zar. Yeah, I had to put that in there. I'm also thinking of doing a series of one shots about Edna called "A Teacher's Life."

Also, this past Sunday, they had two tributes to her on The Simpsons. Bart wrote, "We'll really miss you, Mrs. K." on the chalkboard, and at the end, they had, "In Loving Memory of Marcia Wallace" with Edna sitting on her desk. Then before the screen switches to the Gracie Films logo, Edna does her trademark, "Ha!" of laughter. I thought that was sweet.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Also, this past Sunday, they had two tributes to her on The Simpsons. Bart wrote, "We'll really miss you, Mrs. K." on the chalkboard, and at the end, they had, "In Loving Memory of Marcia Wallace" with Edna sitting on her desk. Then before the screen switches to the Gracie Films logo, Edna does her trademark, "Ha!" of laughter. I thought that was sweet.
Ok I missed that last part but the chalkboard thing almost made me cry

[BubblyShell22]

Yeah, that was really sweet and made me tear up as well as at the end.

[TheCanadiandrome]

I see that she's going to be in a few eps. I wonder how Mrs. K gets sent off

[BubblyShell22]

She may just eventually disappear like Lionel Hutz and Troy Maclure did.

[ZariusTwo]

She may just eventually disappear like Lionel Hutz and Troy Maclure did.

Given her importance to Flanders, that's a little more difficult. It's instances like this where continuity in this show can be a real hinderence.

[BubblyShell22]

Yeah, that's true. I do hope that they do an episode where they actually mention her death because I feel that if she just disappears, it'll sort of be an insult to her character, and I don't want that.

[raphmike]

aww, she doing really well voice over edna. all her family in my prayer rip.

[ZariusTwo]

Yesterday's new episode of The Simpsons confirmed Edna's character is indeed dead, there's a breif scene at the end where Ned is mourning her, Nelson interupts with his usual "HA HA" routine, but admits he misses her. Would have preferred Bart to have said something here:cry:

[TheCanadiandrome]

Yesterday's new episode of The Simpsons confirmed Edna's character is indeed dead, there's a breif scene at the end where Ned is mourning her, Nelson interupts with his usual "HA HA" routine, but admits he misses her. Would have preferred Bart to have said something here:cry:

i watched, that was lovely :( :cry:

[CyberCubed]

Yesterday's new episode of The Simpsons confirmed Edna's character is indeed dead, there's a breif scene at the end where Ned is mourning her, Nelson interupts with his usual "HA HA" routine, but admits he misses her. Would have preferred Bart to have said something here:cry:

Was her voice in that episode a re-used sound clip from an earlier episode?

[BubblyShell22]

Yesterday's new episode of The Simpsons confirmed Edna's character is indeed dead, there's a breif scene at the end where Ned is mourning her, Nelson interupts with his usual "HA HA" routine, but admits he misses her. Would have preferred Bart to have said something here:cry:

Aw, crud, I had to miss it due to The Amazing Race being on. I also think it would have been good of Bart to say something as he had the most history with her.

[Jester]

Yesterday's new episode of The Simpsons confirmed Edna's character is indeed dead, there's a breif scene at the end where Ned is mourning her, Nelson interupts with his usual "HA HA" routine, but admits he misses her. Would have preferred Bart to have said something here:cry:
But it fit the scene. He said he missed her "HA!" laugh...which Nelson's laugh kinda sounds like...

[shuriken]

I know this is uber late and all, but she was one of my favorite characters, plus she played a bunch of others too. Marcia Wallace will be missed.