# Green Hornet dies at 82.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 6, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-dies-at-82/774022 "2016-12-06T15:02:28Z")\
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**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:** [December 6, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-dies-at-82/774022/1 "2016-12-06T15:02:28Z")

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Last week, but they just [announced](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/arts/television/van-williams-tvs-green-hornet-dies-at-82.html?_r=0) it.

I think Kato will be waiting for him.

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**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-dies-at-82/774022/2 "2016-12-06T16:47:07Z")

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I thought about that show just yesterday as my wife played the tune “Flight of the Bumblebee” which was used as the theme.

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**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:** [December 6, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-dies-at-82/774022/3 "2016-12-06T17:50:10Z")

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I really liked _ **The Green Hornet** _ (much less campy overall than _ **Batman** _) and was disappointed when they cancelled it after only one season. ☹

I wonder how many people remember Van from _ **Surfside 6** _ (not to be confused with _ **Hawaiian Eye** _, **DUH!** :smack: )\*

I was just looking over the cast list for _ **Surfside** _ on IMDB, and holy crap! Three seasons (1960–62), and just about everyone you can think of from that period was a guest star, including pretty much every actor who was ever on _ **Star Trek** _, right down to the AP colonel and Bela Oxmyx.

RIP, Van.

\*After checking, I see he was also in an episode of that series, “Two Million Two Much,” the one I was thinking of. He guest starred along with Barbara Bain. The episode is on YouTube, but the first act is missing for some reason (probably because of copyright issues).

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-dies-at-82/774022/4 "2016-12-06T18:14:34Z")

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Let’s roll, Kato.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-dies-at-82/774022/5 "2016-12-07T00:42:35Z")

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RIP Lone Ranger’s nephew’s son (or the guy that played him)