Actress Graves Dies in House Fire
October 10, 2002
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 10:24 a.m. ET
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Actress Teresa Graves, who starred as a
sassy undercover cop in the 1970s television police drama
``Get Christie Love!'', died Thursday in a fire at her
home. She was 54.
Firefighters found Graves unconscious in a bedroom, said
police Sgt. Henry Miller. She was taken to a nearby
hospital, where she died.
The blaze began shortly past midnight at Graves'
1,600-square-foot home in Hyde Park, city fire spokesman
Brian Humphrey said. Firefighters found the rear part of
the home engulfed in flames.
Graves started her career as a singer with the Doodletown
Pipers. She later turned to acting, appearing regularly on
``Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' in 1969 and 1970.
She had supporting roles in several films during the 1970s,
including ``Black Eye,'' ``That Man Bolt'' and ``Vampira.''
On ``Get Christie Love!'', which ran during the 1974-75
season, she played the first black woman hired by a
big-city police department.
Graves left acting in the mid-1970s in favor of religion.
The fire appeared to have started in a 200-square-foot
enclosed patio that was added on to the original home,
Humphrey said. Smoke alarms inside the home were
functional, fire officials said.
The cause of the fire was under
investigation.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Obit-Graves.html?ex=1035265768&ei=1&en=6832d849beabcc75[/UR L]
2002
October 10, 2002
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 10:24 a.m. ET
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Actress Teresa Graves, who starred as a
sassy undercover cop in the 1970s television police drama
``Get Christie Love!'', died Thursday in a fire at her
home. She was 54.
Firefighters found Graves unconscious in a bedroom, said
police Sgt. Henry Miller. She was taken to a nearby
hospital, where she died.
The blaze began shortly past midnight at Graves'
1,600-square-foot home in Hyde Park, city fire spokesman
Brian Humphrey said. Firefighters found the rear part of
the home engulfed in flames.
Graves started her career as a singer with the Doodletown
Pipers. She later turned to acting, appearing regularly on
``Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' in 1969 and 1970.
She had supporting roles in several films during the 1970s,
including ``Black Eye,'' ``That Man Bolt'' and ``Vampira.''
On ``Get Christie Love!'', which ran during the 1974-75
season, she played the first black woman hired by a
big-city police department.
Graves left acting in the mid-1970s in favor of religion.
The fire appeared to have started in a 200-square-foot
enclosed patio that was added on to the original home,
Humphrey said. Smoke alarms inside the home were
functional, fire officials said.
The cause of the fire was under
investigation.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Obit-Graves.html?ex=1035265768&ei=1&en=6832d849beabcc75[/UR L]
2002
That's sad!!!
