Everyone in Happy Gilmore to have died since the first film as Adam Sandler confirmed that the Netflix sequel had to be rewritten for a tragic reason

On February 16, 1996, Universal Pictures introduced Happy Gilmore to audiences. The Adam Sandler starrer went on to gross $41 million and became a cable TV perennial enroute to its belated Netflix sequel in 2025. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below:

A look back at the Happy Gilmore cast members who have passed away, including Carl Weathers, Bob Barker, and Morris the Alligator.

Richard Gilmore — yes it’s proper and necessary to put his full name all the time — truly was the best character on the mostly female series, and we’ll forever love him.

Richard Gilmore isn’t the only character in Gilmore Girls whose outfit speaks to their personality. According to Brenda Maben, the show’s costume department tried its best to dress each actor ...

TV shows have an amazing ability to captivate your heart and make you feel true admiration for the characters on it. That’s precisely why it cuts so deep when our favorite characters have an untimely or shocking death.

Richard Gilmore (Edward Hermann) dies, Paris Geller (Liza Weil) is on the brink of divorce, and Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) and Luke Danes (Scott Patterson) have moved in together.

Richard Gilmore is largely remembered as stoic, proper, and well-mannered by Gilmore Girls fans. While the famed character was all those things, there were more than a few moments when his dry wit ...

Edward Herrmann died this morning, BuzzFeed reported and confirmed today. The 71-year-old actor lived a career on stage and screen that spanned decades, with award-winning and acclaimed roles on ...

Richard Gilmore always feels like the voice of reason that permeates the often, bizarre world of Stars Hollow, and there is plenty to be learned from this fictional patriarch.