# Ernest Borgnine dead at 95 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 8, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632 "2012-07-08T21:24:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/1 "2012-07-08T21:24:32Z")
Breaking news on [MSNBC.com](http://MSNBC.com) right now. Cue the “you know how he lived so long” jokes. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/2 "2012-07-08T21:26:42Z")
Aww. We’ll miss you, Marty. ---
**Author:** ![Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashley_Pomeroy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/3 "2012-07-08T21:37:50Z")
Poor chap. I remember him in _Airwolf_ - but also _The Black Hole_, _The Poseidon Adventure_, _Ice Station Zebra_, etc. He was the go-to man when you wanted a solid supporting actor for a film that would one day be shown on a Bank Holiday afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/4 "2012-07-08T21:39:03Z")
Durn it. And _JUST_ when I figured out what I wanna do tonight… Ah, well; there’s always another Mickey Spillane novel I could read again. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/5 "2012-07-08T21:51:27Z")
We should all do it tonight in his memory (I’ve started already). R.I.P. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/6 "2012-07-08T21:56:36Z")
So long McHale your Pt boat finally sunk. R.I.P. Ernie ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/7 "2012-07-08T22:08:35Z")
The Borg hive will simply replace him with Ernest Borgten. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/8 "2012-07-08T22:13:18Z")
So long, Mermaid Man. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/9 "2012-07-08T22:20:51Z")
Goodbye, Quinten McHale. The SO and I always say how cool he is, whenever we happen to see him. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/10 "2012-07-08T22:21:26Z")
Go with God, Cabbie. ---
**Author:** ![ScarletNumber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@ScarletNumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScarletNumber)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/11 "2012-07-08T22:38:27Z")
RIP Marty If it makes you feel better, A&P was very recently bankrupt. ---
**Author:** ![bmasters1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/12 "2012-07-08T22:39:36Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > So long McHale your Pt boat finally sunk. > > R.I.P. Ernie I’ve started taking a liking to it. I have the #2 and #3 releases on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/13 "2012-07-08T22:40:54Z")
Goodbye to the Mermaid Man (but do NOT call him Merman). I saw him last year at DragonCon and he seemed super outgoing. He was laughing and talking to a kid while signing a Mermaid Man photo, and he didn’t look a day over 75 if he looked that. He was active in his career, his final marriage lasted many years (and she was very rich from her cosmetics), and he was popular and [really enjoyed himself](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/a3b3ed3077/ernest-borgnines-secret-to-aging-well-from-that-happened), so it seemed he had a good last few decades. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/14 "2012-07-08T22:46:56Z")
I wonder what will happen to that amazing RV he drove and traveled in. That was one deluxe custom ride. Ernie seemed to really enjoy life. Always laughing, traveling and meeting people. He was one of a kind. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/15 "2012-07-08T23:13:34Z")
Snake Plissken could never have escaped from New York without him ;\_; ---
**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:** [July 8, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/16 "2012-07-08T23:33:22Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Goodbye to the Mermaid Man (but do NOT call him Merman). > > I saw him last year at DragonCon and he seemed super outgoing. He was laughing and talking to a kid while signing a Mermaid Man photo, and he didn’t look a day over 75 if he looked that. > > He was active in his career, his final marriage lasted many years (and she was very rich from her cosmetics), and he was popular and [really enjoyed himself](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/a3b3ed3077/ernest-borgnines-secret-to-aging-well-from-that-happened), so it seemed he had a good last few decades. I met him once back in the '60s. For whatever reason, he was the doorman for a lecture on Objectivism. We chatted for a while as he greeted people, and I think I’d best describe him as a convivial raconteur. ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/17 "2012-07-08T23:41:49Z")
He’s masturbating in Heaven now. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/18 "2012-07-08T23:46:53Z")
Trivia item: “McHale’s Navy” was actually spin-off of a one-shot TV-anthology dramedy, “Seven against the Sea,” in which a group of US sailors had to decide between their idyllic life on a desert isle and their duty in the war against Japan. Borgnine played the skipper in both shows. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/19 "2012-07-09T00:15:41Z")
I’m going to have to watch _Bad Day At Black Rock_ tonight, he was so eeevvvil! ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632/20 "2012-07-09T00:42:41Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > I’m going to have to watch _Bad Day At Black Rock_ tonight, he was so eeevvvil! My favorite eeeeevvvil Borgnine is _Emperor of the North_, where he plays a sadistic, hammer-wielding, hobo-killing train conductor, while legendary hobo A#1 (Lee Marvin) dares to ride his train. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ernest-borgnine-dead-at-95/627632.md?page=2)