# Jack Elam  RIP

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-elam-rip/209083>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 23, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-elam-rip/209083 "2003-10-23T11:53:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-elam-rip/209083/21 "2003-10-23T22:35:28Z")

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Jack Elam was a man’s man. Look at his last name spelled backwards.

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**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-elam-rip/209083/22 "2003-10-24T05:18:22Z")

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Burt: Is she okay?  
Jack: Oh, she’s fine, I just gave her a little prick…  
[holds up hypodermic]  
Jack: With this.

Yeah. He’ll be missed.

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