Thursday 20 October 2022 06:28 PM Kelsey Grammer says John Mahoney's character will be 'given the proper ... trends now
Kelsey Grammer paid tribute to his late costar Frasier costar John Mahoney earlier this week while laying out plans to honor the actor on an upcoming sequel series.
Grammer, 67, called the late Mahoney — who died in 2018 at age 77 — 'man of merit,' and said the show would give him the 'proper attention' while speaking to Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
A follow-up to their series Frasier has been in discussions for years, but it was only earlier in October that the new show was officially greenlit at Paramount+.
Tribute: Kelsey Grammer, 67, praised his late costar John Mahoney as a 'man of merit' while vowing to pay tribute to him on his Frasier sequel series while speaking to Fox News Digital on Tuesday; (L–R) Dan Butler, Peri Gilpin, Mahoney, Grammer, David Hyde Pierce and Jane Leeves
Grammer clarified that the show would 'certainly' deal head on with Mahoney's death.
The English-born American actor appeared on the series as Frasier and his brother Niles' father Martin Crane.
'His loss is and was devastating and must be given the proper attention in honor of the extraordinary man he was and the contribution he made to the show and to the acting profession,' Grammer said. 'We will most certainly be honoring him according to his merit. A man of merit he remains to this day.'
The Cheers star added, 'John was a kind man, and the world cannot afford to lose a kind man at any time.'
'We will most certainly be honoring him according to his merit. A man of merit he remains to this day,' Grammer said. The Cheers
