{"id":51668,"date":"2014-02-15T16:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T00:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/?p=51668"},"modified":"2014-02-15T16:00:46","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T00:00:46","slug":"rip-ralph-waite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2014\/02\/rip-ralph-waite\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Ralph Waite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actor <b>Ralph Waite<\/b> passed away on Thursday, February 13 at the age of 85. Waite guest-starred in eight episodes of <I>NCIS<\/i> as Jackson Gibbs, the father of Leroy Jethro Gibbs (<b>Mark Harmon<\/b>). His first appearance was in 2008&#8217;s &#8220;Heartland&#8221;, and he most recently appeared in &#8220;Better Angels&#8221; earlier this season. Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2014\/02\/ralph-waite-dead-the-waltons-papa-john\/\">statement<\/a> from the cast and crew:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Everyone at <i>NCIS<\/i> is deeply saddened by the passing of our friend and colleague Ralph Waite. Ralph was family to us, a tremendous talent and a very special man. We truly cherish the time we had with him. Our hearts and prayers go out to his loved ones.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nAfter the jump, you can find a series of tweets from the cast and crew about Waite&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>\n<!--more--><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>So Sad. Ralph Waite has passed away. Papa Gibbs. We love him at NCIS SO much. So so sad.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pauley Perrette (@PauleyP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PauleyP\/statuses\/434144625247281153\">February 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>So sad to hear about the passing of Ralph Waite yesterday. He was a wonderful human being, and he will be missed greatly.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Dietzen (@BrianDietzen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianDietzen\/statuses\/434348753923747840\">February 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Just heard about Ralph Waite&#39;s passing. The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23NCIS&amp;src=hash\">#NCIS<\/a> family will miss him. Ralph was a wonderful man and terrific actor.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dennis Smith (@NCISDIR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCISDIR\/statuses\/434428971732570112\">February 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PauleyP\">@PauleyP<\/a>: So Sad. Ralph Waite has passed away. Papa Gibbs. We love him at NCIS SO much. So so sad.\u201d One of the nicest!!!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katie Barker (@KBarkertweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KBarkertweets\/statuses\/434190977780051968\">February 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Grew up watching Ralph Waite on The Waltons, and was lucky enough to watch him as Gibbs&#39; dad on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23NCIS&amp;src=hash\">#NCIS<\/a> set. A lovely sweet man&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23RIP&amp;src=hash\">#RIP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nicole Mirante (@NicoleMirante) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicoleMirante\/statuses\/434142131653857280\">February 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>R.I.P. Ralph Waite. My friend, my co-worker &#8230; as Probie&#39;s father.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Muse Watson (@MuseWatson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MuseWatson\/statuses\/434158699339198464\">February 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23NCIS&amp;src=hash\">#NCIS<\/a> family is deeply saddened by the passing of their beloved &quot;Papa Gibbs,&quot; Ralph Waite. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2miTxZ3nmf\">http:\/\/t.co\/2miTxZ3nmf<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/j0zoKpN5gJ\">pic.twitter.com\/j0zoKpN5gJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCIS (@NCIS_CBS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCIS_CBS\/statuses\/434215201043251200\">February 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nFinally, here&#8217;s some information about an <i>NCIS<\/i> marathon featuring Waite&#8217;s character on the USA Network:<\/p>\n<p>\n<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>In tribute to the late great Ralph Waite next Wed&#39;s 4p-11p (ET) NCIS episodes will all feature his character Jackson Gibbs<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ted Linhart (@TedOnTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TedOnTV\/statuses\/434401596135731200\">February 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Ralph Waite passed away on Thursday, February 13 at the age of 85. 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