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25.08.2022 - 23:23 / variety.com
EJ Panaligan editor Joe E. Tata, the character actor best known for playing Nat Bussichio in the popular teen drama series “Beverly Hills, 90210,” died on Wednesday, his daughter Kelly announced on their GoFundMe page. He was 85. He had long been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, having been officially diagnosed in 2018 according to Kelly’s GoFundMe fundraiser. “The remaining funds raised from this campaign will be donated to the Alzheimer’s Association,” she wrote. “90210” star Ian Ziering posted on Instagram a heartfelt account of his experiences working with Tata.
“Joey was truly an OG, I remember seeing him on the Rockford files with James Garner years before we worked together on 90210. He was often one of the background villains in the original Batman series,” Ziering said in his post. “One of the happiest people I’ve ever worked with, he was as generous with his wisdom as he was with his kindness. Though the peach pit was a 90210 set, It often felt like the backdrop to the Joe E. Tata show.”
Tata played the character of Nat Bussichio throughout the show’s ten-year run, even playing the character’s father, Salvatore, in a couple of season four episodes. He returned to the role of Nat in three episodes of the 2008 reboot “90210.” His other television credits included roles on the 1966 “Batman” television series starring Adam West and “The Rockford Files.” Born in New York, he started out in television with roles in 1960s series including “Peter Gunn,” “General Hospital,” “The Outer Limits,” “Lost in Space” and “No Time for Sergeants.” Ziering ended his tribute with more touching thoughts about the late actor: “He may have been in the back of many scenes, but he was a leading force, especially to us guys, on how
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Peter Caranicas Deputy Editor The Beverly Hills Bar Association (BHBA) will honor two legal powerhouses at its 10th Annual BHBA Litigation Awards Dinner: leading litigator Mathew Rosengart, shareholder at the Greenberg Traurig law firm, and Hon. David Cowan, supervising judge of the Civil Division of the Los Angeles Superior Court. The dinner will take place on Sept. 21 at the outdoor terrace of the Maybourne in Beverly Hills. Rosengart, pictured at left, a former federal prosecutor and current litigator with clients throughout entertainment and other industries, will receive the Excellence in Advocacy Award, which honors a litigator whose case successes have resulted from expert legal skills, unique trial strategy and courtroom teamwork, and who also gives back to the community.
The memories flowed and the tributes poured out on social media from the cast of Beverly Hills, 90210, who mourned the death of Joe E. Tata, who played Peach Pit owner Nat on the show.
remembered Tata on Instagram Thursday, writing, “In the last few months we’ve lost Jessica Klein one of 90210’s most prolific writers and producers, Denise Douse who played Mrs. Teasley, and now I’m very sad to say Joe E Tata has passed away. “ “Joey was truly an OG, I remember seeing him on the ‘Rockford Files’ with James Garner years before we worked together on ‘90210,’” Ziering, 58, said of the native New Yorker who co-starred with Tata alongside original series stars Shannon Doherty, Jason Priestley, Tori Spelling, Jenni Garth, Brian Austin Green, Gabrielle Carteris and the late Luke Perry.“He was often one of the background villains in the original ‘Batman’ series,” Ziering added.
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