# Doris Day had died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896 "2019-05-13T13:08:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/1 "2019-05-13T13:08:37Z")
[BBC article](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48257670)… ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/2 "2019-05-13T13:10:34Z")
Que sera, sera. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/3 "2019-05-13T13:20:34Z")
Loved her in Love me or Leave Me. RIP… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/4 "2019-05-13T13:28:48Z")
I was wondering how old she was. She seemed to be around _forever_. I did love her films of the 50s and 60s. Heck, as a kid, I watched her TV show through its various permutations. I see from IMDB that this is her last acting credit. But she has a LOT more citations for “Soundtrack”, right up through last year. > **[Doris Day - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000013/)** > > Doris Day. Actress: Love Me or Leave Me. One of America's most loved actresses was born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff on April 3, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Alma Sophia (Welz), a housewife, and William Joseph Kappelhoff, a music teacher and choir... ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/5 "2019-05-13T13:57:49Z")
I was hopelessly enamored of her when I was a kid. That fresh, freckly face was irresistible. I read a biography of her some years ago. She apparently was sick of that goody image and longed to make a naughty movie, but was convinced not to do so. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/6 "2019-05-13T14:00:42Z")
Loved her movies and her songs. Que sera, sera. RIP, Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/7 "2019-05-13T15:44:35Z")
RIP Miss Day; thanks for sticking around as long as you did. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/8 "2019-05-13T15:49:55Z")
Betty White and Carl Reiner are also 97. Maybe we should brace ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/9 "2019-05-13T15:51:28Z")
Wow. Que sera sera, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/10 "2019-05-13T16:10:32Z")
Every year Doris day did a phone interview with a local radio station on her birthday to a) prove she wasn’t dead, b) prove she wasn’t crazy, but simply didn’t want a lot of people seeking her out and c) talk about animal welfare. [Here’s an interview she did just over a month ago.](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/doris-day-talks-turning-97-her-animal-philanthropy-rock-hudson-1199279) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/11 "2019-05-13T16:16:03Z")
Doris Day was still alive?! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/12 "2019-05-13T18:08:03Z")
We watched an old Carson a few months ago with her as a guest. She just _sparkled_. She was preceded in death by her only child Terry Melcher. Melcher was famous for working with the Beach Boys (_Kokomo_) and many others, like Charlie Manson. Sad that she withdrew from the world for so long. I think I have _Lover Come Back_ still on the DVR … ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/13 "2019-05-13T18:10:51Z")
Aloha, Doris. I’ll always remember Groucho’s quote: “I knew Doris before she was a virgin.” (or words to that effect). ---
**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:** [May 13, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/14 "2019-05-13T18:17:00Z")
Doris Day’s only child Terry Melcher had been living in the house that was later leased to Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate, and the Manson followers thought he was still living there and they were going to kill him for not recording Manson. ETA: In Tribute Watch it, hey, I’m Doris Day I was not brought up that way. Won’t come across Even Rock Hudson lost His heart to Doris Day (But he was gay!) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/15 "2019-05-13T19:30:32Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Sad that she withdrew from the world for so long. She didn’t, she just withdrew from showbiz and celebrityhood. She was no hermit. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/16 "2019-05-13T19:39:24Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Every year Doris day did a phone interview with a local radio station on her birthday to a) prove she wasn’t dead, b) prove she wasn’t crazy, but simply didn’t want a lot of people seeking her out and c) talk about animal welfare. > > [Here’s an interview she did just over a month ago.](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/doris-day-talks-turning-97-her-animal-philanthropy-rock-hudson-1199279) C was huge for her, at least when I lived in the Monterey area. She owned a hotel, Cypress Inn, in downtown Carmel by the Sea, which was notable for at the time being extremely pet friendly She also gave tremendously to local animal welfare charities. I never met her when I lived in the area, but I worked with people who did and they said she was unfailingly gracious. Such a loss. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/17 "2019-05-13T20:23:16Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I was hopelessly enamored of her when I was a kid. That fresh, freckly face was irresistible. I read a biography of her some years ago. She apparently was sick of that goody image and longed to make a naughty movie, but was convinced not to do so. It may not have ben a “naughty” movie, but her role in [The Pajama Game](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050814/?ref_=_100) (one of my favorites of the era, not least because it featured [Carol Haney](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0359776/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm)) was a helluva lot edgier than her usual image. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/18 "2019-05-13T20:44:38Z")
I’m definitely going to listen to “Sentimental Journey” before turning in tonight. One of my all-time favorite songs. :o Now if I can only find a copy of “Rove Me or Reave Me and Ret Me Be Ronery”…\* RIP, Dor! \*A _ **McHale’s Navy** _ quote. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/19 "2019-05-13T21:07:37Z")
I was thinking about her just the other day. She was such a favorite of mine when I was young. RIP Doris. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896/20 "2019-05-13T21:55:37Z")
My Mom’s uncle always claimed he hid cash in his Doris Day LPs. When he died, we checked every LP. Nada. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-day-had-died/833896.md?page=2)