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  • Alexis Bledel Joins Other ‘Gilmore Girls’ Family Members in Remembering Edward Hermann

    Alexis Bledel, 33, joins other members of the on-screen Gilmore family in remembering the late Edward Hermann, who played the patriarch in the popular Gilmore Girls series.

    Bledel, who played Rory Gilmore, the granddaughter of Hermann’s character, Richard Gilmore, for seven years on the show, released a statement to E! News in the wake of the actor’s death on New Year’s Eve.

    “Ed Herrmann was a wonderful actor and a kind man,” she said of the 71-year-old veteran actor. “He was endlessly knowledgeable about theater, TV and film, and would generously share his wisdom or tell stories from a long and rewarding career. I am grateful to him for that, and will miss him tremendously. He loved acting and was the head of our Gilmore family with his strong presence and great sense of humor. May he rest in peace.”

    A number of other Gilmore Girls co-stars have also expressed their grief and admiration for the actor.

    “My friend Ed Herrmann was the kindest, classiest, most talented man,” said Lauren Graham, who played daughter Lorelai Gilmore. “It was an honor and a joy to know him, a devastating blow to lose him.”

    “Besides being a consummate actor, he was kind and funny, fair and honest and always willing to join in the game,” said Kelly Bishop, who played Hermann’s onscreen wife, Emily Gilmore. “We shared a love of acting and of being working actors and I suspect he was secretly grateful for all the opportunity and success he enjoyed…and deserved. His brother told me Ed never stopped learning; he was always curious. When I think of my dear friend, a phrase comes to mind: ‘A hale fellow, well met.’ And I am so lucky to have met him.”

  • Lauren Graham, ‘Gilmore Girls’ Cast Mates Remember Edward Hermann

    Lauren Graham was among members of the Gilmore Girls cast who fondly remembered actor Edward Hermann following his passing on December 31st from brain cancer. Hermann played the role of Richard Gilmore on the long-running TV show.

    Lauren Graham–who presently stars in the TV drama Parenthood–played the role of Lorelai Gilmore, Edward Hermann’s on-screen daughter.

    “My friend Ed Herrmann was the kindest, classiest, most talented man. It was an honor and a joy to know him, a devastating blow to lose him,” she said.

    Kelly Bishop played Richard’s wife Emily Gilmore for all seven seasons of the small-town drama. She released a statement to the media about the loss of her on-screen husband.

    “We, the Gilmore Girls family, are so terribly sad and somewhat stunned,” Bishop said in the statement. “We only learned about his illness a week or so ago. I got a call from [Edward’s wife] Star Monday night asking if I wanted to come to the hospital to say good-bye. I went yesterday and was able to give Ed love from Lauren [Graham], Alexis [Bledel] and Amy [Sherman-Palladino]… I have so many fond memories of our time together on Gilmore Girls and since, mainly via email. I think everyone who knew or worked with Ed found him to be absolutely delightful… Everything looks a little dim, as if the lights went down.”

    Keiko Agena, who played Rory Gilmore’s (Lauren Graham’s on-screen daughter, played by Alexis Bledel) best friend Lane Kim, tweeted her condolences when learning of Edward Hermann’s death.

    Herrmann is survived by is wife of 22 years Star Hayner, two daughters Ryan and Emma, and stepson Rory. He is also survived by his cast mates from the Gilmore Girls–Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Kelly Bishop, and more.