Patrick Cranford, the superannuated pledge from the movie Old School, passed away at the age of 86 of natural causes. Accordingly to this article, Cranford's daughter claimed that he had "become like a rock star in his 80's", with people calling out "You're my boy, Blue!" when they recognized him.
Author Frank McCourt, his latest memoir Teacher Man, said, "F. Scott Fitzgerald said there were no second acts in American life. He was wrong. He just didn't live long enough to know he was." Patrick Cranford, a character actor for most of his life, reached the apex of his fame whilst in his 80's. Proof once again that Fitzgerald was, as McCourt observed, wrong.
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