“He made long work days seem short,” Tori Spelling wrote.
Tata died at the age of 85on Aug. 24 after a battle with Alzheimer’s.
“I never saw him without a big smile on his face,” Spelling wrote.

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“His humor was uniquely Joey, and his delivery was always spot on.
He kept us in stitches.
He made long work days seem short.
He was the ultimate professional.”
Tata’s character walked Spelling down the aisle in a season 10 episode of90210.
“I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way,” she wrote.
It meant a lot to me, personally and professionally."
Tata’s daughter Kelly Katharine Tataannounced her father’s deathon theGoFundMe pagededicated to his Alzheimer’s battle.