Bill Erwin

Veteran actor Bill Erwin died of natural causes at the age of 96. He died at his home in Studio City.

His appearance in Seinfeld episode titled "Old Man" playing the role as Sid Fields brought him the most acclaimed, along with an Emmy nomination.

Bill Erwin also played Arthur the Bellman in the 1980 film Somewhere In Time.


Bill Erwin had a long-running career in film, television and theater. He worked on Broadway, at the Laguna Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse plus Theater 40 in Beverly Hills.

Time Square Car Bomb

New York Time Square has been shut down Saturday evening after a T-shirt vendor - a Vietnam vet - told Officer Wayne Rhatigan there was smoke coming from a Nissan SUV on the southwest corner of 45th St. and Broadway about 7 p.m., sources said. The block was closed between Seventh and Eighth avenues as a precaution, police officer said. Times Square lies about four traffic-choked miles north of where terrorists bombed the World Trade Center in 1993. Thousands of tourists were evacuated from the streets while the bomb is being dismantled. New York City avoided what could have been "a very deadly event", New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, and commended the T-shirt vendor for informing the police officer.