# Charles Bronson about to die... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 19, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160 "2003-08-19T07:00:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/1 "2003-08-19T07:00:16Z")
[http://www.wtev.com/entertainment/story.aspx?content\_id=BE9DB245-A846-481E-8152-D2E2959A58D0](http://www.wtev.com/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=BE9DB245-A846-481E-8152-D2E2959A58D0) This is getting ridiculous. Is their a list somewhere of all the celebrities that have passed this year? ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/2 "2003-08-19T07:28:33Z")
[http://www3.sympatico.ca/jenoff/obit.htm](http://www3.sympatico.ca/jenoff/obit.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/3 "2003-08-19T07:35:36Z")
::reads Fibber’s link:: Holy crow! I didn’t know Robert Stack died! What about “Unsolved Mysteries?” And who will provide filler stories for “Biography” episodes about old-time Hollywood types? This isn’t right–he had the coolest voice ever! Death sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/4 "2003-08-19T12:17:30Z")
The Great White drummer (?) got left out. Not so much famous, but died in the famous fire. How many years do two famous _100 year old_ people die (Strom Thurman and Bob Hope)? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/5 "2003-08-19T14:15:14Z")
_sigh_ After Bronson, are any of the Magnificent Seven left? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/6 "2003-08-19T14:19:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skammer \* > \*\*_sigh_ After Bronson, are any of the Magnificent Seven left? \*\* Only Robert Vaughn. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/7 "2003-08-19T14:24:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skammer \* > \*\*_sigh_ After Bronson, are any of the Magnificent Seven left? \*\* That was my first thought. We lost James Coburn, Horst Buchholz, and Brad Dexter within the last twelve months. Robert Vaughn needs to hang in there and keep doing those law firm commercials! ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/8 "2003-08-19T15:22:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > \*\*The Great White drummer (?) got left out. Not so much famous, but died in the famous fire. > \*\* As is Gregory Hines (not sure if you’re referring to him)… ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/9 "2003-08-19T16:28:18Z")
At his age, I don’t doubt Bronson might be ill, but as soon as I read, “A relative tells a British paper” I start to think of Elvis and Bigfoot sightings. Rumor has it the British press is sometimes less than reliable. ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/10 "2003-08-19T16:45:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BabaBooey \* > \*\*As is Gregory Hines (not sure if you’re referring to him)… \*\* I just noticed that myself. I don’t know who maintains that site, but it seems weird with some of the obscure celebs listed that they’d miss a relatively well-known name like Gregory Hines. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/11 "2003-08-19T17:20:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > **The Great White drummer (?) got left out. Not so much famous, but died in the famous fire.** No, it was the guitarist who died. He was a scab (i.e. just hired for that tour, I think) so I don’t remember his name. Still, death is death. ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/12 "2003-08-19T18:15:04Z")
oops! > [@](#): > > “Death Wish” star **Brosnan** has been fighting Alzheimer’s Disease for the past two years, and suffered organ failure earlier this month. (bolding mine) [sheepish] I have nothing further to add. [/sheepish] ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/13 "2003-08-19T18:24:53Z")
From the link provided by **Fibber McGee** : > [@](#): > > Strom Thurmond, ultra conservative US politician, died June 26 at the age of 100. I don’t know why, but it cracks me up that they are commentating like this on a website which counts dead people. ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/14 "2003-08-19T18:49:37Z")
[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent\_deaths](http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_deaths) This is a very inclusive list of people who have recently left us. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/15 "2003-08-19T22:43:03Z")
An obituary list is about the only place I could imagine seeing Bob Hope, Barry White, Uday Hussein, and Sam Phillips all listed in the same column. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/16 "2003-08-19T23:22:51Z")
The guitarist of the band Great White was Ty Longley. He was one of the 100 people killed by the fire at the Rhode Island nightclub “the Station”. ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/17 "2003-08-20T04:51:09Z")
I had no idea Lynne Thigpen died. Of course, I didn’t remember her name, so even if I had seen it I wouldn’t have noticed. She was the ‘Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego’ lady, and had many other small film roles. I loved seeing her in stuff. Shame. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/18 "2003-08-20T05:38:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Labdad \* > \*\*Robert Vaughn needs to hang in there and keep doing those law firm commercials! \*\* Are you referring to Gary Becker’s law office? I didn’t know that Becker had offices that far south. I see a lot of the commercials here in the Louisville, KY area. I had to convince a friend of mine that it wasn’t Becker himself doing the commercials. I weep for the future. ---
**Author:** ![Mithril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mithril/32/3517_2.png) [@Mithril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithril)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/19 "2003-08-21T15:23:39Z")
Vaughn made one commercial and sold it to lots of different law firms. One in Massachusetts used it when I lived there, and another one uses it in Rhode Island now. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160/20 "2003-08-21T15:48:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sampiro \* > \*\*An obituary list is about the only place I could imagine seeing Bob Hope, Barry White, Uday Hussein, and Sam Phillips all listed in the same column. \*\* Well, there, or in my Little Black Book . . . [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson-about-to-die/196160.md?page=2)