# Brett Somers dead at age 83 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491 "2007-09-17T14:55:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/1 "2007-09-17T14:55:40Z")
[Cite](http://www.brettsomers.com/) Guess she’s gone to join Charles Nelson Reilly in that big \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ in the sky ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/2 "2007-09-17T14:59:00Z")
She looks great in that link - somewhere a cosmetic surgeon is relaxing on a very big yacht. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/3 "2007-09-17T15:01:03Z")
Nice OP, **Annie**! I whiled away (wiled away?) many a childhood afternoon watching _The Match Game_. Those two were pretty damn funny together. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/4 "2007-09-17T15:04:31Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Guess she’s gone to join Charles Nelson Reilly in that big \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ in the sky [/QUOTE] Brilliant. Just wanted to say that. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/5 "2007-09-17T15:26:22Z")
Oh, that’s some sad news. I always enjoyed Brett so much. I have a friend who took acting lessons from her. She said that Brett was just a cute and funny and nice as she seemed on TV. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/6 "2007-09-17T16:40:46Z")
Too bad she never accomplished her greatest dream: dancing on Jack’s grave. 🙂 Godspeed, Brett. God saved the middle seat in the top row just for you. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/7 "2007-09-17T19:04:52Z")
My first thought upon hearing the news was, “At least Charles Nelson Reilly is still with us…” Dammit. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/8 "2007-09-17T19:17:15Z")
Aw, poo! I’m allowed to say “poo” on television, aren’t I, Gene? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/9 "2007-09-17T19:22:44Z")
Missed the edit window. Wikipedia had a strangely appropriate Match Game question in Brett’s article. “You may or may not believe in reincarnation, but listen to this. In a previous life, Brett used to be a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/10 "2007-09-17T20:26:57Z")
So, Heaven’s Match Game show now has who all? Gene, the star top row: Nipsey, Brett, and Charles bottom row: ?, ?, and Debralee ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/11 "2007-09-17T21:04:55Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] So, Heaven’s Match Game show now has who all? Gene, the star top row: Nipsey, Brett, and Charles bottom row: ?, ?, and Debralee [/QUOTE] McLean Stevenson can fill the bottom middle chair. As for the ditsy blonde…Eva Gabor, perhaps? [Everyone else](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Game#Hosts.2C_announcers_and_celebrity_panelists) (except Steve Allen) is still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/12 "2007-09-17T21:16:30Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] [Cite](http://www.brettsomers.com/) Guess she’s gone to join Charles Nelson Reilly in that big \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ in the sky [/QUOTE] I agree, a brilliant tribute. I also grew up watching Brett on numerous TV shows and The Match Game. It always looked like they had lots of fun on that show. ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/13 "2007-09-18T02:47:53Z")
Did 'er. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/14 "2007-09-18T03:56:29Z")
Well, at least Old Man Periwinkle won’t have to shuffle too far to get to Old Lady Perkins. She’s over there on the top center cloud — the one with vodka in her ambrosia cup. (RIP and Ogspeed to whatever your destiny, Ms Somers.) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/15 "2007-09-18T04:13:07Z")
[QUOTE=Operation Ripper] Did 'er. [/QUOTE] Sometime prior to [1953](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Somers#Personal_life), I’m guessing. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/16 "2007-09-18T16:37:25Z")
Loved the Match Game growing up, and it still holds up quite well as entertainment (though the $$$ values seem incredibly small now). [Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FBKrzHIrRA&mode=related&search=) are [some](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40pTxP0S9Ms) fun [clips](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRBc9z4aKJI&mode=related&search=). ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/17 "2007-09-18T17:38:03Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] Loved the Match Game growing up, and it still holds up quite well as entertainment (though the $$$ values seem incredibly small now). [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t turn my nose up at five or ten grand. Lingo on GSN offers a $5,000 prize (with a “first pull” progressive jackpot that starts at $10K), as do Chain Reaction and Camouflage. And I like those shows a lot more than the big ticket bore-fests like Millionaire, Deal or No Deal or that 5th Grader show. For that matter, The Price is Right prizes are generally in the few thousand dollar range too, except for the cars and such. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/18 "2007-09-18T19:35:28Z")
[QUOTE=KGS] McLean Stevenson can fill the bottom middle chair. As for the ditsy blonde…Eva Gabor, perhaps? [Everyone else](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Game#Hosts.2C_announcers_and_celebrity_panelists) (except Steve Allen) is still alive. [/QUOTE] To me, the bottom middle chair will always be Richard Dawson. Hmm…I’ll put him on the short list for the 2008 Death Pool. I’ll have to tell my brother about this. He’s still a big Match Game fan. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/19 "2007-09-18T19:50:12Z")
[QUOTE=Nutty Bunny] To me, the bottom middle chair will always be Richard Dawson. [/QUOTE] I actually typed Richard Dawson first, then Wiki’d him and realized he was NDY (Not Dead Yet). ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491/20 "2007-09-18T20:11:22Z")
Yeah, I started to post something about how we could let McLean on, but only as a place-holder, and I realized that was a little over the line even for me. You know, for a “R.I.P. Brett Somers” thread. Not in general, no, no, no. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-somers-dead-at-age-83/419491.md?page=2)