# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/21 "2014-03-29T10:29:36Z")
Douglas Adams. > [@JKellyMap](#): > > Frank Zappa. Yeah, him too. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/22 "2014-03-29T18:11:39Z")
James Gandolfini. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/23 "2014-03-29T18:16:05Z")
Karlheinz Stockhausen ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/24 "2014-03-29T20:10:08Z")
Johnny Cash Sam Meyers ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/25 "2014-03-29T20:16:12Z")
Abe Vigoda ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/26 "2014-03-29T22:34:45Z")
Peter Jennings. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/27 "2014-03-29T22:42:33Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Abe Vigoda You don’t have to accept his death. He isn’t dead yet. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/28 "2014-03-29T22:55:41Z")
I hold that Margaret Hamilton lived long enough to see the musical _Wicked_. And will not accept any evidence to the contrary. She loved it, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/29 "2014-03-29T23:36:16Z")
Warren Zevon. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/30 "2014-03-30T00:27:34Z")
John Spencer. Who else is going to manage CJ Cregg’s Presidential run? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/31 "2014-03-30T02:29:56Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Abe Vigoda Leave Fish be. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/32 "2014-03-30T02:46:47Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > You don’t have to accept his death. He isn’t dead yet. Have you taken a good look at him lately? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/33 "2014-03-30T23:34:24Z")
Leslie Nielsen. I’m serious that I literally refused to believe it. A few months back, a friend mentioned him in a discussion about awesome actors we miss. I was like, “what are you talking about? He’s not dead.” He argued with me a bit. So I looked it up and holy shit, he did die a few years ago! ONLY after I looked it up, did I remember that I actually had found out when it happened, but I was SO sad at it that I apparently blocked it out. I didn’t just manage to not think about it, but actually locked the fact away where I couldn’t reach it. - This is the only time I’ve done this, I’m not some nutcase. 😉 I think it’s because I’ve adored him and his movies since I was teeny. The only other actor death I could see doing this with is Gene Wilder. ---
**Author:** ![MizQuirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/34 "2014-04-02T00:29:24Z")
John F Kennedy ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/35 "2014-04-02T00:37:44Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Joe Strummer and Joey Ramone. The exact two I came to mention. And each of their final solo albums is completely heartbreaking in light of their deaths. Joey’s came when he knew he was dying, but Joe’s…man, did _he_ somehow know? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/36 "2014-04-02T00:54:52Z")
Richard Biggs. He died way to young, of a brain aneurysm I think. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/37 "2014-04-02T01:51:26Z")
Graeme “Shirley” Strachan Steve Irwin Great Aussie icons. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/38 "2014-04-02T01:56:23Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Richard Biggs. He died way to young, of a brain aneurysm I think. Heart–[an aortic dissection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aortic_dissection). He died of the same thing that took John Ritter, and within a few months of Ritter’s death, too. Danny Kaye. Somewhere, he’s still singing Inchworm and talking about the Pellet with the Poison. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/39 "2014-04-02T02:02:19Z")
Warren Zevon ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/40 "2014-04-02T02:06:02Z")
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