# Celebrities who you refuse to accept have died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798 "2014-03-28T23:32:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/1 "2014-03-28T23:32:34Z")
Even though she died about 23 years before I was even born, every time I listen to Patsy Cline, I refuse to believe that she is dead, and that if I wanted to, I’d be able to go see her in concert. Her voice is just too beautiful, too pure, and too moving to be a voice from the grave. In my world, Patsy is out there every night singing, I just know it, she just has to be! Ok, I’m being a little over the top here, but in some way, are there any celebrities for you whose death is too hard to accept? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/2 "2014-03-28T23:53:16Z")
Frank Muir Spalding Grey Anne Bancroft ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/3 "2014-03-29T01:31:32Z")
Steve Allen. I honestly hoped he would live forever. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/4 "2014-03-29T01:34:21Z")
Ditto for Johnny Carson, Peter Falk, and all of the late _ **Star Trek** _ actors and production people. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/5 "2014-03-29T01:37:58Z")
Paul McCartney 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/6 "2014-03-29T01:44:16Z")
Elvis. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/7 "2014-03-29T01:44:20Z")
Harold Ramis. Jim Henson. Carl Sagan. Phil Hartman. Pete Postlethwaite. Roger Ebert. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/8 "2014-03-29T01:48:02Z")
John Entwistle and Keith Moon ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/9 "2014-03-29T01:51:57Z")
Pavarotti. ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/10 "2014-03-29T01:59:18Z")
Gregory Hines Luther Vandross Ray Charles Redd Foxx Richard Pryor Sylvester JT Walsh John Candy Brian Keith Darren McGavin ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/11 "2014-03-29T02:05:07Z")
Jeremy Brett Peter O’Toole Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Ella Fitzgerald ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/12 "2014-03-29T02:09:58Z")
Joe Strummer and Joey Ramone. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/13 "2014-03-29T02:18:30Z")
Frank Zappa. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/14 "2014-03-29T04:36:04Z")
Warren Zevon Joe Strummer Mark Sandman Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/15 "2014-03-29T05:01:33Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Paul McCartney > > 😃 Those freaks was right when they said he was dead. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/16 "2014-03-29T05:28:15Z")
John Lennon. George Harrison. Roy Orbison. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/17 "2014-03-29T05:31:39Z")
Neil Armstrong. ---
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/18 "2014-03-29T05:40:00Z")
Tupac Richard Pryor ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/19 "2014-03-29T06:06:23Z")
John Ritter ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/20 "2014-03-29T07:46:20Z")
Townes Van Zandt Jerry Garcia Clarence Clemons Johnny Cash (he’s just had a new album released!) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798.md?page=2)