RIP Carl Ballantine, 92, "McHale's Navy"

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Carl Ballantine, 92, magician, was also on TV's "McHale's Navy"
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-carl-ballantine5-2009nov05,0,6542290.story

Photo: "McHale's Navy" cast:
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/lat-me-carl-ball_kslznnc20091104174258,0,4373632.photo
Carl Ballantine, second from right, was best known for playing crew member Lester Gruber on the popular 1962-66 series "McHale's Navy," which starred Ernest Borgnine, center. At right is Tim Conway. "He was a natural; everything to him had humor," Conway said of Ballantine.

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Carl Ballantine, 92, magician, was also on TV's "McHale's Navy"
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-carl-ballantine5-2009nov05,0,6542290.story

Photo:
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/lat-me-carl-ball_kslznnc20091104174258,0,4373632.photo
Carl Ballantine, second from right, was best known for playing crew member Lester Gruber on the popular 1962-66 series "McHale's Navy," which starred Ernest Borgnine, center. At right is Tim Conway. "He was a natural; everything to him had humor," Conway said of Ballantine.

Love this:

"He wanted to have his ashes scattered over Santa Anita racetrack," said Saratoga Ballantine, who was named after the racetrack in New York; her sister Molly's middle name is Caliente, after the track in Tijuana.

"He loved the ponies," she said.

May you hit the daily double at that big racetrack in the sky.