# Jack Ely (Louie, Louie) has died

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-ely-louie-louie-has-died/718762>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 29, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-ely-louie-louie-has-died/718762 "2015-04-29T00:13:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**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:** [April 29, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-ely-louie-louie-has-died/718762/1 "2015-04-29T00:13:33Z")

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[Article](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/04/28/louie-louie-singer-jack-ely-dies-at-71/26537737/). Great garage band, great unintelligible lyrics.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-ely-louie-louie-has-died/718762/2 "2015-04-29T00:27:46Z")

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He gotta go now.

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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-ely-louie-louie-has-died/718762/3 "2015-04-29T00:29:09Z")

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Now we’ll never know!!

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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:** [April 29, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-ely-louie-louie-has-died/718762/4 "2015-04-29T00:43:25Z")

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“Unintelligible at any speed.”

Sounds like some of my debaters.