# George Takei: not dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei-not-dead/837177 "2019-07-16T16:55:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 16, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei-not-dead/837177/1 "2019-07-16T16:55:28Z")
The front page of the Washington Post online right now has a black & white picture of George Takei, looking pensive. That’s usually SOP for them when someone has passed away. Thankfully, it’s just a story about him (and the WW2 Japanese internment). Whew! ---
**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:** [July 16, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei-not-dead/837177/2 "2019-07-16T17:16:03Z")
[Click here](https://www.washingtonpost.com/) for the shot. You know, it amazes me that people from 1960’s TV shows look so old (but not dead) ---
**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 16, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei-not-dead/837177/3 "2019-07-16T18:20:21Z")
Oh, my! ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei-not-dead/837177/4 "2019-07-16T18:29:00Z")
What’s the status of Generalissimo Francisco Franco? ---
**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:** [July 16, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei-not-dead/837177/5 "2019-07-16T18:35:28Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > What’s the status of Generalissimo Francisco Franco? I’ll let you know as soon as he appears on the front page of today’s Washington Post. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei-not-dead/837177/6 "2019-07-16T18:35:42Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > What’s the status of Generalissimo Francisco Franco? What a coincidence that you should ask because he just received another star. He is now Major Generalissimo Francisco Franco. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei-not-dead/837177/7 "2019-07-16T20:16:14Z")
Owen: Momma! You’re alive! Aside to police officers: Old people: you have to reassure them. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei-not-dead/837177/8 "2019-07-16T22:54:45Z")
Well, Takei is only 82 and seems relatively fit, should still have some good years left. I saw him live on stage in _Allegiance_ a few years ago and he seemed full of energy. Strange how nowadays “only 82” is not that old with so many living into their late 80s or 90s. Things have changed in terms of life spans and expectancies, the first funeral I remember attending (in 1980) was for a relative who was 82, and many people commented on what an advanced age that was. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei-not-dead/837177/9 "2019-07-17T00:33:16Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [Click here](https://www.washingtonpost.com/) for the shot. > > You know, it amazes me that people from 1960’s TV shows look so old (but not dead) heck, even to this day I look at my first grade yearbook and the eighth-graders look like they could be college students. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takei-not-dead/837177/10 "2019-07-17T02:37:55Z")
But Abe Vigoda [is](http://isabevigodadead.com/).