# Celebrity deaths 2011 - lets Discuss one last time. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-2011-lets-discuss-one-last-time/607689 "2011-12-29T01:23:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-2011-lets-discuss-one-last-time/607689/21 "2012-01-01T18:49:40Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > I grew up watching _M_A_S_H\*, so Harry Morgan’s death probably affected me the most. Me too, though I never saw MASH(movie or show) until I was about 23. Loved it and he was my fav. actor/character on the show. Still, his age softened the blow for me. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-2011-lets-discuss-one-last-time/607689/22 "2012-01-02T03:44:14Z")
Christopher Hitchens and Amy Winehouse, even though neither was a big surprise. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-2011-lets-discuss-one-last-time/607689/23 "2012-01-02T04:08:59Z")
The one I miss the most is Wangari Mathai. A significant loss for the planet and for the human race. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-2011-lets-discuss-one-last-time/607689/24 "2012-01-02T04:17:32Z")
Elizabeth Taylor-there will never be another like her. Harry Morgan - came across as so sensible and down to earth! Bil Keane, cartoonist for Family Circus - now we’ll never see the melonheads grow up in the strip…- oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-2011-lets-discuss-one-last-time/607689/25 "2012-01-02T04:22:56Z")
_Elisabeth Sladen_ ☹ Completely unexpected (I had no idea she had cancer) and it was right in the middle of production of a season of _The Sarah Jane Adventures_, so it was only half completed. She looked so healthy and energetic, too. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-2011-lets-discuss-one-last-time/607689/26 "2012-01-02T04:50:30Z")
> [@Indygrrl](#): > > Christopher Hitchens and Amy Winehouse, even though neither was a big surprise. Yea, I think these two, not because they were the most important or talented celebrities to die in 2011, but they were both young enough to still be active and producing things had they not died. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-2011-lets-discuss-one-last-time/607689/27 "2012-01-02T11:36:14Z")
Whether or not you agreed with him, Christopher Hitchens could write. I wish I had a nth of his talent in the ability to pick apart something like he did. ---
**Author:** ![Stelios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Stelios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stelios)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-2011-lets-discuss-one-last-time/607689/28 "2012-01-02T11:59:21Z")
I was shocked to hear that Gerard Smith had died. TV On The Radio is one of my favourite bands. And how the _hell_ do you die of lung cancer at 36?!? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-2011-lets-discuss-one-last-time/607689/29 "2012-01-02T13:22:38Z")
Andy Whitfield, of Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Very sad, his illness came back almost immediately after it went into remission. ---
**Author:** ![luv2draw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@luv2draw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luv2draw)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-2011-lets-discuss-one-last-time/607689/30 "2012-01-02T18:52:35Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Several names on that list surprised me. Cliff Robertson, Jane Russell, and Jackie Cooper were obits I missed this year. > > I’ll always associate Cliff Robertson with playing JFK in PT 109. That old movie still plays occasionally on the classic channels. All of them were in my “I thought they were already dead” category.😃 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-2011-lets-discuss-one-last-time/607689/31 "2012-01-02T22:45:28Z")
Saddest loss: Elisabeth Sladen. Not Sarah Jane! ☹ Happiest loss: Osama bin Laden. Angriest loss: Jeff Conaway. Runner-up: Amy Winehouse. Christopher Hitchens was kind of obnoxious and I think he kind of fed his own arrogance, but by golly he could write and he stuck to his guns about his atheism, about politics, and everything else in his life. He wrote stuff about Mother Teresa, the Princess of Wales, and George W. Bush that was sure to get people riled up, but he didn’t care. I was sure the alcohol was going to get him, but maybe he got that under control before the cancer…? Elizabeth Taylor was one of the last of that generation of Hollywood. Definitely a Major Star. However, she kinda threw it away with her marriages, her weight gain, her drinking. She became a bit of a joke, and she really was a one-of-a-kind beauty, an excellent actress, and a compassionate person. I always feel bad for anyone younger than I am (46) dying. Especially that _Spartacus_ actor, Andy Whitfield, and I never even saw the show. Except for Amy Winehouse. Just _try_ to stay alive, would you? Jeez. Also I second **Eve** on Yvette Vickers. Eurghh, how sad. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-2011-lets-discuss-one-last-time/607689/32 "2012-01-02T23:21:19Z")
Harry Morgan started on radio, got involved in tv early and became a major character in two shows that are a part of USA tv highlights. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-2011-lets-discuss-one-last-time/607689/33 "2012-01-02T23:30:32Z")
Elisabeth Sladen’s death actually made me a little teary, and I’m only a Millenial Dr. Who fan. I can’t imagine how old school Whovians felt. Henry Morgan’s death moved me as well, although as said, his age blunted the blow a bit. He’s the first celebrity death my daughter felt, too, as she’s an avid M_A_S\*H fan at 6 years old. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-2011-lets-discuss-one-last-time/607689.md?page=1)