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Randolph Mantooth, Who Played Johnny Gage on ‘Emergency!,’ Dies at 80

Randolph Mantooth, known for playing paramedic John Gage on the “Emergency!” TV series in the 1970s, died July 9 in Ventura. He was 80.

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RIP Mr Mantooth
googling him I found out his involvement with EMTs
>He served as a spokesperson for the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), and was a lifetime member of the National Association of EMTs (NAEMT). Along with Mantooth co-produced Into the Unknown: The Paramedics' Journey, a documentary shedding light on the challenges and realities of modern EMS work,

 

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This one stings.

Those two were a couple of good imaginary everyday heroes

 

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Loved watching Emergency as a kid. Especially with a firefighter dad. He’d always comment “where’s the smoke?” whenever they had scenes of fires inside buildings.

 

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RUtix4me said:

Randolph Mantooth, Who Played Johnny Gage on ‘Emergency!,’ Dies at 80

Randolph Mantooth, known for playing paramedic John Gage on the “Emergency!” TV series in the 1970s, died July 9 in Ventura. He was 80.

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dead at 80

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My wife and I watched a lot of reruns of the show.
She said "Emergency" really raised awareness of the importance of paramedics and EMT's.
RIP Mr. Mantooth

 

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RIP. Loved that show as a kid.

 

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What a great show that was! RIP!

 

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