The news of Mr. Frid's death is extremely sad news for both the cast members and for the many fans of Dark Shadows. I first learned of Mr. Frid's death early on Friday morning on WCBS 880-AM in New York City. Columnist David Hinckley of the New York Daily News wrote an obituary on Mr. Frid in Friday's edition of the newspaper.
I believe that Mr. Frid was the last surviving member of the veteran members of the cast, including Joan Bennett, Louis Edmonds, Grayson Hall, Thayer David, David Ford and Addison Powell.
Mr. Frid served as a young man in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II (along with American WW II veterans and fellow Dark Shadows actors Louis Edmonds and Addison Powell, of the US Navy and the US Army Air Force, respectively). With Mr. Frid's death, along with many of our own fathers and uncles, yet another member of the Greatest Generation has left us.
Watching the FOX Channel last night, I found it particularly bittersweet to see a commercial for the upcoming and much-anticipated Johnny Depp Dark Shadows film. However, I am thankful that we will be afforded one final opportunity to see the truly great Jonathan Frid on screen.
Requiescant in Pace, Mr. Frid.