Beloved Beverly Hills 90210 actor Joe E Tata has died, aged 88. Fans and casual viewers alike of the show will remember him fondly as Nate, the owner of 90210 hangout cafe The Peach Pit. Tata appeared in 238 episodes over the course of the shows 293-episode run.

In 2018, Tata was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. His death was reported this week by former co-star Ian Ziering who focused on Tata's long career in Hollywood productions stretching back to 1960 where he debuted in an episode of Peter Gunn. Following that viewers saw him regularly in shows like Gomer Pyle, The Outer Limits, Ben Casey, Hogan's Heroes, The Outer Limits, Green Acres, Mission: Impossible, Wonder Woman, The Streets of San Francisco, and many more. Eagle-eyed Batman viewers may have seen him appearing multiple times as a henchman where he has five credited episodes.

Joe E. Tata Dies: ‘Beverly Hills, 90210 Actor’ Was 85
Joe E. Tata, the actor best known for playing Nat on Beverly Hills, 90210, has died. He was 85. His longtime 90210 costar Ian Ziering announced his death Thursday on Instagram. Tata’s charact…
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The music of Bluey

Aussie kids animated show Bluey is generating a lot of coverage in the US lately, even if much of it is around Disney+ censoring an episode focused on farts. One of the more interesting articles is focused on the series composer Joff Bush.

The New York Times goes a bit deeper than one would expect, referencing Bush's work in relation to classic Warner Bros animated scores and how both reflect classical music.

And there is a lot of Bach in “Bluey”: a Brandenburg Concerto’s counterpoint as a girl-gang’s game of nail salon on a tree stump intertwines with their fathers’ manly-man efforts to chop it up in “Stumpfest,” for example, or a prelude from “The Well-Tempered Clavier,” its already disjointed theme broken up by Bush and made to flow only when the girls successfully deliver a love letter that resolves a parental fight about the trash in “Postman.”
A Children’s Show About Everything, Especially Music
The creator behind the series “Bluey” on Disney+ says, “I didn’t want the usual kids’ TV scoring.”
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