# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/21 "2005-06-15T22:53:17Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > 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. Funny you should mention him, everytime I hear “Very First Lie”, his death hits me. I would also like to add Bradley Nowell to the list. I can’t count how many times I’ve thought, “God, I cant wait until he puts out his nex—wait, no…” And I always get a little bummed when I realize that Dean Martin isn’t around anymore… especially around Christmas time. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/22 "2005-06-15T23:00:08Z")
I guess Mitch Hedberg would count. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/23 "2005-06-16T00:43:50Z")
> [@Guy Incognito](#): > > 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. > > ☹ Uh-huh. And Sharri Lewis. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/24 "2005-06-16T01:16:50Z")
I’m not even a sports fan, and I **still** miss Johnny Most. (Of course, if you’re not from the Boston area between ~1950 to 1990 you’ll have no idea who he might have been.) I also still feel a little sad to see Jerry Orbach’s image with the ubiquitous reruns on cable. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/25 "2005-06-16T02:38:02Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > 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. Seconded. It’s a shame that Phil Hartman has died, and Horatio Sanz won’t. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/26 "2005-06-16T02:39:44Z")
☹ Gilda Radner . Such a shining talent , taken far too soon . ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/27 "2005-06-16T02:48:28Z")
I only learned recently that Denholm Elliot died back in 1990. Great character actor. Here’s another: Lane Smith. Just died. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/28 "2005-06-16T03:02:03Z")
Whenever I hear “Corpus Christi Carol” or “Hallelujah, I Know It’s Over” by Jeff Buckley I get very, very sad. I think he would have been a legend. I miss Layne Staley of Alice in Chains. I miss Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon. Farley. Hartman. Carol O’Connor. Even though it was low-brow entertainment, I miss the wrestler Owen Hart. He made that stuff so fun to watch because he could be such an over the top bad guy. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/29 "2005-06-16T03:20:14Z")
> [@ZebraShaSha](#): > > I guess Mitch Hedberg would count. “Man. You really like Tide.” Even tho we saw it coming, it still bit big time to hear the news. “Food reaches its optimum flavour potential when it falls.” Phil Hartman was a biggie for me, too. Why do the funny geniuses die young? Candy, Belushi, Farley, etc… (Yeah, I know. Most of these guys were from drugs, the other a murder.) ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/30 "2005-06-16T03:28:47Z")
I was listening to the song “Stand by Me” the other day and I quickly got to thinking about how River Phoenix was dead. It really put me in a funk. Every time I watch a John Candy movie I get sad as well. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/31 "2005-06-16T06:08:49Z")
I’ll agree with Layne, Mitch, Phil, Owen and Jerry Orbach. Hell, I still don’t think of Lenny as being dead, since I gave up on the new L&O episodes a while ago. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/32 "2005-06-16T07:19:36Z")
> [@](#): > > 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! I was at work a few weeks back and we were trying to remember whether or not Peter O’Toole was still alive. I checked later and he is. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/33 "2005-06-16T07:25:59Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. > [@](#): > > Heh. I too thought this thread was about contemplations of fondling a celebrity. You guys want [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6267326#post6267326). ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/34 "2005-06-16T13:58:06Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > “Man. You really like Tide.” > > Even tho we saw it coming, it still bit big time to hear the news. > > “Food reaches its optimum flavour potential when it falls.” > > Phil Hartman was a biggie for me, too. Why do the funny geniuses die young? Candy, Belushi, Farley, etc… (Yeah, I know. Most of these guys were from drugs, the other a murder.) Also with Candy, wasn’t it just because of his size? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/35 "2005-06-16T14:03:40Z")
> [@Hung Mung](#): > > Even though it was low-brow entertainment, I miss the wrestler Owen Hart. He made that stuff so fun to watch because he could be such an over the top bad guy. Sigh. So many wrestlers have died over the last few years, and sadly, many of them were from drug abuse (muscle relaxants and painkillers in lots of cases). I got into wrestling shortly before Owen’s death in the summer of 1999, and that is one of the saddest of all because it was so tragic and unnecessary, and not due to any mistakes or problems he made in his own life. Plus, wasn’t it live, during a Pay-Per-View? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/36 "2005-06-16T23:03:00Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Also with Candy, wasn’t it just because of his size? [Not entirely](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001006/bio). I’m not about to say that his weight wasn’t a factor, but his father died at age 35 of a heart attack. With that kind of family history, a number of people decide that there’s nothing they can do to avoid their fate, so why bother? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/37 "2005-06-16T23:05:43Z")
Interesting. Still, I apologise to Candy fans for appearing to imply drug use. A typo of sorts it was. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/38 "2005-06-17T00:42:48Z")
Superman. ☹ But then, DC brought him back to life again. Which means that now they can kill him again. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266/39 "2005-06-17T01:06:25Z")
I had been recently wondering about Frank Gorshin, Then I saw him on the season finale of CSI and thought, “oh good, glad to see he’s still working”.Then the “in memory of…” came up at the end of the show. Bummer. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-thinking-fondly-of-a-celebrity/308266.md?page=1)