# God Finally Got Walter...Bill Macy Dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-finally-got-walter-bill-macy-dies/841966 "2019-10-18T18:52:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-finally-got-walter-bill-macy-dies/841966/1 "2019-10-18T18:52:50Z")
Bill Macy, who played Maude’s long-suffering husband Walter has passed away at 97. [Here’s the link.](https://deadline.com/2019/10/bill-macy-dead-obituary-maude-costar-bea-arthur-1202763520/) I have to admit I was surprised to hear this. I thought he had been dead for many years. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-finally-got-walter-bill-macy-dies/841966/2 "2019-10-18T18:59:15Z")
I thought you meant William Macy! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-finally-got-walter-bill-macy-dies/841966/3 "2019-10-18T19:09:13Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I thought you meant William Macy! Me too and with his wife in jail. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-finally-got-walter-bill-macy-dies/841966/4 "2019-10-18T19:52:48Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I thought you meant William Macy! Instantly thought of Maude’s husband but then I thought he must have died a while ago and William Macy had died but was relieved when the truth was revealed. What a rollercoaster! Also, sorry Bill for being less sad that you died. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-finally-got-walter-bill-macy-dies/841966/5 "2019-10-18T19:54:44Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I thought you meant William Macy! Damn those glasses! ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-finally-got-walter-bill-macy-dies/841966/6 "2019-10-18T21:03:47Z")
Man, I just looked him up the other day. I didn’t watch Maude growing up, but he was just so damn familiar looking. Sure enough, he was the glasses guy in The Jerk. I remember being surprised he was still among us at his advanced age. Maybe I should stop looking up wikipedia articles of old actors, because I this isn’t the first time that’s happened to me. No more creeping Kirk Douglas’s page to keep track of how old he is! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-finally-got-walter-bill-macy-dies/841966/7 "2019-10-18T21:23:10Z")
Ah, he was on my 2020 death list I’m making. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-finally-got-walter-bill-macy-dies/841966/8 "2019-10-18T22:20:19Z")
Everyone else got stuff they could hit out of the park in THE PRODUCERS, and he didn’t get much to do at all; but he nailed his moment all the same. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-finally-got-walter-bill-macy-dies/841966/9 "2019-10-18T22:37:19Z")
Why would anybody who was given the name Wolf at birth want to change it to Bill? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-finally-got-walter-bill-macy-dies/841966/10 "2019-10-18T22:47:20Z")
I really enjoyed him in the otherwise forgotten film _Serial_. He was working regularly well into his 80s. That was a very impressive run. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-finally-got-walter-bill-macy-dies/841966/11 "2019-10-18T22:51:44Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I thought you meant William Macy! In fact, when William H. Macy began his acting career, he was usually billed as W.H. Macy, specifically to avoid confusion with the already-established Bill Macy.