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The death of Lt Bookman

“We're too old to change the world, but what about that kid, sitting down, opening a book, right now, in a branch at the local library and finding drawings of pee-pees and wee-wees on the Cat in the Hat and the Five Chinese Brothers?”

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Dan Barrett
Jun 13, 2022
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The death of Lt Bookman

It's a sad day to note the passing today of Phillip Baker Hall. He's a character actor that you have seen on screen more times than you will remember. Today you will see a lot of people reposting a clip of his appearance on Seinfeld where he played a library cop, Lt Bookman. Like many people, it was the first time that I had noticed Hall on screen and i…

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