{"id":292210,"date":"2020-05-11T10:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1150493"},"modified":"2020-05-11T10:02:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T16:02:00","slug":"read-leah-reminis-heartfelt-tribute-to-late-tv-dad-jerry-stiller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/read-leah-reminis-heartfelt-tribute-to-late-tv-dad-jerry-stiller\/","title":{"rendered":"Read Leah Remini&#8217;s Heartfelt Tribute to Late TV Dad Jerry Stiller"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-meta\" readability=\"8.3181818181818\">\n<p class=\"entry-meta\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"><span class=\"entry-meta__author\"><span class=\"u-lc\">by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/authors\/jess-cohen\">Jess Cohen<\/a><\/span> | <span class=\"entry-meta__time\">Mon., May. 11, 2020 9:02 AM<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-detail-social-icons\" class=\"cs-container\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" data-omniture-info=\"{ &quot;pagename&quot; : &quot;news:news:top-stories:articles:1150493:leah-remini-remembers-tv-dad-jerry-stiller-in-heartfelt-message&quot;, &quot;widgetType&quot; : &quot;share:social&quot;, &quot;pageType&quot; : &quot;text-blocks&quot; }\">\n<ul class=\"cs-list clear\">\n<li class=\"cs-fb cs-item\">\n<p><span class=\"cs-sharetext\">Share<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"cs-ts cs-item\">\n<p><span class=\"cs-sharetext\">Tweet<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"email-bttn-article-detail-social-icons\" class=\"cs-email cs-item\">\n<p><span class=\"cs-sharetext\">Email<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-0\" class=\"video--dock post-content post-content--grouped\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-dock=\"parent\">\n<div data-dock=\"item\">\n<p>move<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dock__close dock__button dock__button--hidden hidden\" data-dock=\"button\" data-hook=\"dock-close\">close<\/a><\/p>\n<div data-dock=\"shadow\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"video__container video__container--dock\" data-js=\"video-embed\" data-video-id=\"286126\" data-video-scope=\"video_286126\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" data-autoplay=\"true\">\n<div class=\"vilynx_wrapper\" data-hook=\"vilynx-video_286126\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eonlinethumbs-a.akamaihd.net\/images\/943\/327\/raw_20190913_memoriam_v5_286126_560x315_1722057795767.jpg\" class=\"video__placeholder-img\" data-hook=\"img-video_286126\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dock__title hidden\" data-dock=\"title\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><em>Now Playing<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Up Next<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" class=\"post-content text-block clearfix post-content--groupedn-txt\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"44.38338658147\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"30.875399361022\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/leah_remini\">Leah Remini<\/a><\/strong> is paying tribute to <strong>Jerry Stiller<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The actor and comedian has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1150364\/jerry-stiller-dead-at-92-ben-stiller-pays-tribute-to-his-dad-in-touching-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed away<\/a> at the age of 92, his son <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/ben_stiller\">Ben Stiller<\/a><\/strong> confirmed early Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes,&#8221; Ben wrote to fans on Twitter. &#8220;He was a great dad and grandfather, and the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years. He will be greatly missed. Love you Dad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jerry was known for his role as Arthur Spooner on <em>The King of Queens<\/em>, where he played the father of Leah&#8217;s character. After hearing the news, the actress took to social media to honor the late star.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was lucky enough to work with Jerry Stiller, playing his daughter for 9 years on The King Of Queens, but even luckier to know him, the man, the husband, the father, the grandfather,&#8221; Leah wrote alongside a series of photos. &#8220;I am only comforted knowing that Anne &amp; Jerry, the great comedy duo of Stiller &amp; Meara are back together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cta-1\" class=\"post-content cta clearfix\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"4.9318181818182\">\n<div class=\"column cta__thumb\" data-url=\"\/photos\/29845\/celebrity-deaths-2020-s-fallen-stars\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2020411\/rs_600x600-200511033437-600-Ben-Stiller-Jerry-Stiller-LT-051120-GettyImages-109020762.jpg?fit=inside|192:192&amp;output-quality=90\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column cta__text\" data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-cta\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"5.0909090909091\">\n<h2 class=\"cta__title\">Photos<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/photos\/29845\/celebrity-deaths-2020-s-fallen-stars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Celebrity Deaths: 2020&#8217;s Fallen Stars<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" class=\"post-content text-block clearfix post-content--groupedn-txt\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"39.965517241379\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"2.8045977011494\">\n<p>Jerry&#8217;s wife and Ben&#8217;s mom, actress <strong>Anne Meara<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/659687\/anne-meara-dies-actress-ben-stiller-s-mother-and-jerry-stiller-s-wife-was-85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed away five years ago<\/a> in May 2015.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-3\" class=\"post-content text-block clearfix post-content--groupedn-txt\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"41.5\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2020411\/rs_634x1024-200511084612-634-Leah_Remini_Jerry_Stiller-gj-5-11-20.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Leah Remini, Jerry Stiller\" alt=\"Leah Remini, Jerry Stiller\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Tony Esparza\/CBS via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"21\">\n<p>&#8220;I will be forever grateful for the memories, the fatherly talks off screen and for the many years of laughter, the kindness he had shown to me and my family&#8230;You will be so very missed Jerry,&#8221; Leah concluded her post. &#8220;Our thoughts and prayers are with you Amy &amp; Ben. #JerryStiller #stillerandmeara&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Actor <strong>Jason Alexander<\/strong> was also among the many fans, friends and celebs to honor Jerry on social media Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Such sad news that my beloved friend, Jerry Stiller, has passed. He was perhaps the kindest man I ever had the honor to work beside,&#8221; Jason wrote. &#8220;He made me laugh when I was a child and every day I was with him. A great actor, a great man, a lovely friend. #RIPJerryStiller I Love you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1150493\/leah-remini-remembers-tv-dad-jerry-stiller-in-heartfelt-message?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jess Cohen | Mon., May. 11, 2020 9:02 AM Share Tweet Email move close Now Playing Up Next In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2020 Leah Remini is paying tribute to Jerry Stiller. The actor and comedian has passed away at the age of 92, his son Ben Stiller confirmed early Monday morning. &#8220;I&#8217;m sad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-20 10:53:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}