Blind Item #7 - Reader Blind Item

A tale of two comedic actors, one deceased and one living, who never worked together and as far as I can tell did not know other but had four things in common….

1. Both were the first of an ensemble cast on long running shows (one show still running) to become stars and it is widely agreed that as a result both left their respective shows too quickly as neither was able to duplicate their initial success either in TV (deceased actor) or movies and later tv (living actor).
2. Both are tall, over six feet
3. Both come from wealthy old money families with family trees that include both business and political leaders.
4. Both have been mentioned recently in relation to various #metoo transgressions

The accusations against the deceased actor are shocking as his persona was of an amiable bumbler, often an incompetent authority figure.  However, during his run on the high rated show that made him famous in the day he was notoriously handsy and also was accused of unwanted kissing and even full on sexual assault by two female crew members.

The living actor has a reputation as kind of a jerk and in his first two marriages as well as other relationships he is rumored to have been physically abusive (primarily with his fists).  As he has been happily married for several decades, he has blamed this on his drug abuse at the time and credits rehab for changing him.