# Carroll O'Connor - R.I.P. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2001, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716 "2001-06-22T00:47:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/1 "2001-06-22T00:47:35Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/21/obit.oconnor.reut/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/21/obit.oconnor.reut/index.html) Alas, poor Archie, we hardly knew ye. Mr. O’Connor had that rare ability to make a seemingly unlikable character likable. _All in the Family_ was one of the best shows of the '70’s (or any other decade, for that matter). We’ll miss ya Arch. ☹ [Edited by Eutychus55 on 06-21-2001 at 07:53 PM] ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/2 "2001-06-22T00:49:27Z")
[Try this instead](http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/21/obit.oconnor.reut/index.html) Could I get a Mod to fix this? ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/3 "2001-06-22T00:52:55Z")
This one is, indeed, true : [http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010621/re/people\_oconnor\_dc\_1.html](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010621/re/people_oconnor_dc_1.html) John Lee Hooker too : [http://www.yahoo.com/homer/?http://music.yahoo.com/fc/YMusic/John\_Lee\_Hooker/](http://www.yahoo.com/homer/?http://music.yahoo.com/fc/YMusic/John_Lee_Hooker/) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/4 "2001-06-22T00:55:10Z")
Thanks, Euty. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/5 "2001-06-22T00:56:40Z")
Aw Geez! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/6 "2001-06-22T01:00:40Z")
Bummer. Poor Archie. ----:(/ ----///\\ (I feel so old. I clearly remember watching that show, way back when.) (Didn’t watch “In the Heat of the Night.” Is it true that Carroll O’Connor’s son had a part on the show, and died during its run?) ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/7 "2001-06-22T01:08:42Z")
Stifled. Damn. ☹ I remember watching _All In The Family_ when it was first on. **Spider Woman** , yes, his son Hugh O’Connor had a part on _In The Heat Of The Night_, and had some addiction problems. IIRC, he OD’d during the show’s run. Carroll O’Connor made a PSA about it…“Get between your kids and drugs any way you can.” ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/8 "2001-06-22T01:09:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by reprise \* > \*\*This one is, indeed, true : > John Lee Hooker too : > > [http://www.yahoo.com/homer/?http://music.yahoo.com/fc/YMusic/John\_Lee\_Hooker/](http://www.yahoo.com/homer/?http://music.yahoo.com/fc/YMusic/John_Lee_Hooker/) > > \*\* Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/9 "2001-06-22T01:16:58Z")
God that’s horrible. ☹ I love “All in the Family”- it’s one of my favorite shows. I just can’t believe it. I was watching it last night…Poor guy. I agree, Mr. Blue, he did make an unlikable character likable. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/10 "2001-06-22T01:17:08Z")
☹ I loved that show, he was a fine actor. Sighs. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/11 "2001-06-22T01:40:54Z")
Aw. Damn and double damn. For both of them. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/12 "2001-06-22T03:01:08Z")
Oh, Auuuw-chie… Damn damn damn damn damn. I’m gonna miss Hooker too, in a big way. I don’t care if they’re past their three-score-and-ten. Dammit, I want 'em around some more. I’m piggy that way. There’s an AP Hooker obit [here](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Obit-Hooker.html). The Times did a very nice, lengthy O’Connor [obit](http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/22/arts/22OCON.html) too. ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/13 "2001-06-22T04:47:29Z")
I am going to make sure my kids get to experience the genius of both these men who have influenced myself and countless others. How can someone truly die when they have the memories of one or a million to preserve them? I have some good memories. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/14 "2001-06-22T05:10:36Z")
aw jeeeze… ☹ He was one of the finest movie actors and TV personalities I have ever had the pleasure to watch. Archie not only entertained us, in my opinion, he helped to shape the future of network television. Archie and Norman Lear dealt with controversial subjects, which at that time, were not addressed by any other show of its kind. You may not have agreed with Archie’s point of view, but the show shed light on racial issues, women’s issues, gay issues, addictions, politics, and other topics too “hot” for primetime. Making us laugh - while making us aware. He was a pioneer. RIP Archie. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/15 "2001-06-22T05:21:33Z")
I loved the 5 shows I saw you play, especially the night you blew Van Morrison off the stage at Freeborn Hall in '84. Thanks for letting me interview you in '80 when I was a rookie blues DJ and for autographing “Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive.” You’re music made me glad to be alive or helped me survive some right nasty periods. We’ll miss ya. Carrol O’Connor - Archie Bunker just scratched the surface of your talent and skills. ---
**Author:** ![City\_Gent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@City\_Gent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/City_Gent)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/16 "2001-06-22T05:30:28Z")
Well, now he’s relaxing in his “special chair” in the sky. When I was younger and used to argue with my dad about things the same way Meathead argued with Archie Bunker, O’Connor’s three-dimensional portrayal of Archie always made me feel better. Archie and my dad always have the best of intentions; they just get tripped up over the specifics. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/17 "2001-06-22T12:47:24Z")
I just found out that he died at Brotman Medical Centre. That’s just down the street from my apartment. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/18 "2001-06-22T13:18:01Z")
I bet I’m the only person who knows the words to the CLOSING theme from “All in the Family”— All over now, it’s all over now, we’re through. And tomorrow I’ll be cryin’, rememberin’ you— Gotta feelin’ the sun will be gone, The days will be long and blue, And tomorrow I’ll be cryin’, rememberin’ you. There’s a faraway look in your eye when you try to pretend to me That everything is the same as it used to be—I see It’s all over now, all over now, we’re through And tomorrow I can start in, rememberin’, Sad because we’re partin’, rememberin’, Consolate my heart in rememberin’ you! Carroll O’Connor sang it on a variety show in the '70s, and I am blessed with a phonographic memory. He said that, for obvious reasons, the lyrics weren’t right for the show, so they just used the tune. ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carroll-oconnor-r-i-p/69716/19 "2001-06-22T13:36:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spider Woman \* > \*\*Bummer. Poor Archie. > > ----:(/ > ----///\\ > > (I feel so old. I clearly remember watching that show, way back when.) > (Didn’t watch “In the Heat of the Night.” Is it true that Carroll O’Connor’s son had a part on the show, and died during its run?) \*\* Yes, he was a drug addict, although I don’t remember which drug! Carroll O’Connor was later sued by the man who sold him drugs, for slander, when he made it public about his dealings. The suit wasn’t successful.