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Leonard Lopate

Overview

  • Born
    September 23, 1940 · Queens, New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    August 5, 2025 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)

Biography

  • Leonard Lopate was born on September 23, 1940 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Saint at the Crossroads (1963), Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) (2002) and the gun thing (2015). He was married to Melanie Baker. He died on August 5, 2025 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

Family

  • Spouse
      Melanie Baker (divorced)
  • Parents
      Fran Lopate
  • Relatives
      Phillip Lopate(Sibling)

Trivia

  • Brother of Phillip Lopate.
  • Son of Fran Lopate.
  • Worked in advertising for fifteen years.
  • His mother, Frances Lopate, was an actor. She was famous for an Alka Seltzer commercial.
  • Host of the radio talk show Leonard Lopate at Large, broadcast on WBAI, and the former host of the public radio talk show The Leonard Lopate Show, broadcast on WNYC.[3] He first broadcast on WKCR, the college radio station of Columbia University, and then later on WBAI, before moving to WNYC.

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