# Celebrities who you refuse to accept have died

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**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:** 14\
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**Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/41 "2014-04-02T04:23:01Z")

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Paul Newman

Freddie Mercury

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/42 "2014-04-02T04:32:58Z")

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Lots of good ones  
Jim Croce.

And I refuse to accept that Justin Bieber was _born_.

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/43 "2014-04-02T21:27:58Z")

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Leo G. Carroll.

Just because.

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/44 "2014-04-02T21:33:30Z")

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Ones I didn’t see above that I still have trouble with:

DeForest Kelley  
James Doohan

I don’t know who’s next, but I fear it may be Leonard, and I suspect I will not deal with that well.

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/45 "2014-04-02T21:33:56Z")

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Heath Ledger

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/46 "2014-04-02T21:35:38Z")

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Christopher Hitchens.

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/47 "2014-04-02T21:42:41Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Abe Vigoda

[Keep updated.](http://www.abevigoda.com/)

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/48 "2014-04-02T21:56:16Z")

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Eva Cassidy

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/49 "2014-04-02T21:57:22Z")

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Princess Di

She was a train wreck, but what a waste.

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/50 "2014-04-02T22:54:34Z")

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Jim Henson  
Charles Schultz  
Dr. Seuss  
Roald Dahl  
Harold Ramis  
Gregory Peck

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**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/51 "2014-04-03T01:26:02Z")

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I wouldn’t say I “refuse to accept” her death, but the world didn’t get enough of Madeline Kahn.

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**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/52 "2014-04-03T02:43:55Z")

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Mister Rogers

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**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/53 "2014-04-03T02:44:21Z")

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I suppose you can say Robin Crosby, for those of you that don’t know who he is  
he was in Ratt. I also suppose you can say Kevin Dubrow.

but my main celebs would be Randy Rhoads I can’t believe he’s been gone about  
32 years. another Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn.

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**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-you-refuse-to-accept-have-died/684798/54 "2014-04-03T07:05:05Z")

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Gary Coleman  
Hervé Villechaize  
Storm Thorgerson  
Richie Havens  
Ray Manzarek  
George Duke  
Osama Bin Laden  
Ted Kennedy  
Tim Russert  
Dennis Johnson

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