# Ever been thinking fondly of a celebrity... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266 "2005-06-14T20:18:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/1 "2005-06-14T20:18:36Z")
Then remember that they died. And it just sort of hits you again? I was thinking fondly of Madelaine Kahn in “Clue”. Then I was thinking about I hadn’t seen her in anything recently… then I remembered she had died. Then I was sad. What celebrities did you think were still around and then realize they were dead? ---
**Author:** ![Cockatiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cockatiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cockatiel)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/2 "2005-06-14T20:41:55Z")
John Ritter. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/3 "2005-06-14T20:48:34Z")
In reverse. I was watching the start of the Indy 500 this year wondering who was going to sing that Indiana song because Jim Nabors is dead when who should appear to sing the song? I could have SWORN i heard about him dying. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/4 "2005-06-14T20:54:52Z")
[Adam Rich](http://www.mcsweeneys.net/authorpages/eggers/eggers5.html). What? Sorry. My serious answer: Teresa Wright. ☹ ---
**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:** [June 14, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/5 "2005-06-14T21:28:14Z")
Phil Hartman. What a terrible waste & I wonder how his kids are doing quite often. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/6 "2005-06-14T23:33:07Z")
Another wistful Phil Hartman moment. In [CalMeacham’s Alibris thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=321107), Cal mentioned the SNL commercial about the bank that only makes change. “People ask how can we make money? The answer: Volume.” _sniff_ Miss ya, Phil. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/7 "2005-06-15T02:39:12Z")
This thread reminded me of this quote from **U-Turn.** * * * ## Jenny(Claire Danes): You like Patsy Cline? I just love her. I wonder how come she don’t put out no more new records. Bobby(Sean Penn): She’s dead. Jenny: Oh… that’s sad. Don’t that make you sad? Bobby: I’ve had time to get over it. ---
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/8 "2005-06-15T14:48:29Z")
Richard Harris. ☹ Sigh. He made a great Dumbledore. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/9 "2005-06-15T15:47:37Z")
I have nothing of substance to contribute to this thread (nothing new there), but I wanted to pop in to say that this is not the subject I thought the thread was about, based solely on the title. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/10 "2005-06-15T17:04:51Z")
Jerry Orbach. Very often. ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/11 "2005-06-15T17:08:09Z")
Heh. I too thought this thread was about contemplations of \*fondling \* a celebrity. I’ve been meaning to post this for several hours now, but I’ve been . . . busy. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/12 "2005-06-15T17:16:03Z")
My answer to the original query: John Candy. Wish he, along with lots of other dearly departed, were still making movies. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/13 "2005-06-15T17:30:23Z")
Whenever I see or hear Kermit the Frog from a post-1990 piece, I always get a little sad… Jim Henson is the only “celebrity” whose death made me rather emotional - I was depressed for days. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/14 "2005-06-15T17:50:17Z")
Madeline Kahn is _dead_? Now I’m sad. ☹ My input would probably be Rodney Dangerfield, except he died making jokes an dbeing cheerful, so how sad could I be? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/15 "2005-06-15T19:29:26Z")
Definetly Phil Hartman. I was watching _NewsRadio_ over the weekend with **SolGrundy** , and it really brought home what a great comedian he was, and how much more he had ahead of him. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/16 "2005-06-15T19:46:08Z")
Animal House was on the other day. Then I remembered than John Vernon died. Then I thought, wow, I own **6** DVDs with him in them. Then I was sad. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Gene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Soylent\_Gene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Gene)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/17 "2005-06-15T20:00:04Z")
I often think people are **already dead that aren’t**. I was really surprised to hear that \*\*Oliver Reed \*\* was alive prior to Gladiator. Then he died anyways. Then there was another hard drinking Irishman a few years ago… **Richard Harris**. I though he was long gone (then _he died_) I could \*\*have sworn \*\* that \*\*Don Adams \*\* (Get Smart() died about 20 years ago. I just found out he’s alive! ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/18 "2005-06-15T20:02:12Z")
Of all the talented musicians that have died too soon, for some reason I always feel especially upset for Jim Ellison (Material Issue), partly because he was local, and partly because he’s the kind of songwriter I would’ve liked to have been, had I the facility to write songs. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/19 "2005-06-15T20:33:08Z")
> [@Soylent Gene](#): > > I often think people are **already dead that aren’t**. > > I was really surprised to hear that \*\*Oliver Reed \*\* was alive prior to Gladiator. Then he died anyways. > > Then there was another hard drinking Irishman a few years ago… **Richard Harris**. I though he was long gone (then _he died_) > > I could \*\*have sworn \*\* that \*\*Don Adams \*\* (Get Smart() died about 20 years ago. I just found out he’s alive! Uh…I’m thinking Don Adams better watch his back. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/20 "2005-06-15T20:36:23Z")
For me, I think of Fred Rogers from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and Bob “Captain Kangaroo” Keeshan. I watched a fair bit of children’s programming when I was a youngster, back in the days when we didn’t have cable TV and tons of TV channels to choose from. I’ll always remember watching Captain Kangaroo in the morning before school and Mr. Rogers when I came home. I still have many fond thoughts about those two guys, and I was genuinely surprised at how sad I felt when they both passed away – particularly when Mr. Rogers died. ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266.md?page=2)