Orson Bean Dead at 91, Struck and Killed by Car
TMZ | Feb. 8, 2020

Actor and comedian Orson Bean is dead after being struck by a car while crossing the street … TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Bean was allegedly jaywalking in Venice Friday night when he was clipped by one vehicle and then struck by another.

We’re told Bean died at the scene and both vehicles stayed after the incident. Cops are currently investigating whether the collision was criminal or an accident.

A comment at the site:

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/08/01/rush-limbaugh-professor-to-andrew-breitbart-celebrates-30-years-of-syndication/

ANDREW BREITBART: *from Righteous Indignation


One day I asked [my father-in-law Orson Bean] why he had Rush Limbaugh’s book The Way Things Ought to Be on his shelf.

I asked him, “Why would you have a book by this guy?”


And Orson said, “Have you ever listened to him?”


I said yes, of course, even though I never had. I was convinced to the core of my being that Rush Limbaugh was a Nazi, anti-black, anti-Jewish, and anti–all things decent.

Without berating me for disagreeing with him, Orson simply suggested that I listen to him again.


While I was listening to Jim Rome and Howard Stern, the intensity of the 1992 election cycle warranted that I switch the frequency over to hearing about the horse race.


This is where my rendezvous with destiny begins. 
I turned on KFI 640 AM to listen to evil personified from 9 a.m. to noon. Indeed, my goal was to derive pleasure from the degree of evil I found in Rush Limbaugh. I was looking forward to a jovial discussion with Orson to confirm how right I was.

One hour turned into three. One listening session into a week’s worth. And next thing I knew, I was starting to doubt my preprogrammed self. I was still a Democrat. I was still a liberal.


But after listening for months while putting thousands of miles on my car, I couldn’t believe that I once thought this man was a Nazi or anything close. While I couldn’t yet accept the premise that he was speaking my language, I marveled at how he could take a breaking news story and offer an entertaining and clear analysis that was like nothing I had ever seen on television, especially the Sunday morning shows, which had been my previous one-stop shop for my political opinions.