Ron Karabatsos (1933 - 2012)
Film Deaths[]
- Cold Steel (1987) [Fishman]: Forced by Jonathan Banks to swallow a poisonous fish.
- Get Shorty (1995) [Momo]: Dies of a heart attack after climbing up a flight of stairs and then opening the door to his surprise birthday party.
TV Deaths[]
- Murder, She Wrote: Truck Stop (1989) [Pete Gerakaris]: Hit on the head with a tire iron by Elizabeth Ashley; his body is later crushed with a car lift to make it look like an accident. The murder is shown in two flashbacks: (1) when Mike Connors pretends to 'confess' (2) the actual murder when Ken Swofford and Angela Lansbury explain about it.
- The Wayans Brothers: Shawn Takes a News Stand (1995) [Cliff]: Suffers a heart attack as Shawn Wayans is giving a speech in a building lobby (played for comic effect).