Walter Matthau died today – 8 years ago

Actor (in The Odd Couple and JFK) Walter Matthau was born as Walter John Matthow on October 1, 1920 in New York City, New York. He said, “I wanted to be a pharmacist. I liked the way our local pharmacist was always dressed in a nice white coat; he looked very calm, you'd give him money, and he'd give you something that you wanted to buy." [And you get to feel better, too.]... Mr. Matthau died on July 1, 2000 in Santa Monica, California.