Peter Boyle’s character used to say that on Everybody Loves Raymond. I’m sad that he is gone.

NEW YORK – Peter Boyle, the actor who transformed from an angry workingman in “Joe” to a tap-dancing monster in “Young Frankenstein” and finally the comically grouchy father on “Everybody Loves Raymond,” has died. He was 71.

Here’s a tribute to him, by his niece.