# Jan Michael Vincent 74 died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-michael-vincent-74-died/830775 "2019-03-08T16:32:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-michael-vincent-74-died/830775/1 "2019-03-08T16:32:25Z")
I remember in the 70’s Jan-Michael Vincent was a big star. I took a date to see Baby Blue Marine and White Line Fever. Both were pretty good movies. He switched to television in the 80’s. RIP > **['Airwolf' Star Jan-Michael Vincent Dead at 73](https://www.tmz.com/2019/03/08/airwolf-star-jan-michael-vincent-dead/)** > > Jan-Michael Vincent is dead at 73. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-michael-vincent-74-died/830775/2 "2019-03-08T16:39:04Z")
He died Feb 10, 2019. But, the story is just now being reported. He’s been out of show business for a long time. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-michael-vincent-74-died/830775/3 "2019-03-08T16:40:58Z")
Too bad. Luckily there’s another dimension with, like, [more than a dozen Jan-Michael Vincents](https://rickandmorty.fandom.com/wiki/Jan_Quadrant_Vincent_16). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-michael-vincent-74-died/830775/4 "2019-03-08T16:45:49Z")
[Uh-oh, Chongo!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtzKQKNSQNo). ☹ ---
**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:** [March 8, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-michael-vincent-74-died/830775/5 "2019-03-08T16:56:30Z")
My aunt had a gigantic crush on him after she saw the movie Baby Blue Marine, so that’s what I remember him for. I vaguely remember Airwolf. It was a helicopter, right? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-michael-vincent-74-died/830775/6 "2019-03-08T16:57:39Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Uh-oh, Chongo!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtzKQKNSQNo). ☹ I’d forgotten about that kid’s series. It was like a cartoon but with real people. Jan-Michael had a long career. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-michael-vincent-74-died/830775/7 "2019-03-08T17:08:07Z")
Jan-Michael had a lot of health problems. Lost a leg to infection a few years ago. > **[80's heartthrob Jan-Michael Vincent admits he's lucky to be alive](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2824218/The-tragic-downfall-80-s-heartthrob-Jan-Michael-Vincent-Recovering-alcoholic-admits-s-lucky-alive-right-leg-amputated.html)** > > Once the highest paid actor on TV, Airwolf star Jan-Michael Vincent now lives out his days as a recovering alcoholic who almost died having his right leg amputated two years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-michael-vincent-74-died/830775/8 "2019-03-08T17:24:49Z")
Wow, Jan did not age well. I will always remember from [Defiance](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080605/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_51) and [Hooper](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077696/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_52). ---
**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:** [March 8, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-michael-vincent-74-died/830775/9 "2019-03-08T17:25:13Z")
Redlettermedia watched a movie of his and said he had major alcohol problems. Is that true? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-michael-vincent-74-died/830775/10 "2019-03-08T17:31:37Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Redlettermedia watched a movie of his and said he had major alcohol problems. Is that true? He was arrested for cocaine possession in 1977, 1978, and 1979. He was charged with drunk-driving in 1988 and sent to rehab. In 1996 he was charged with drunk driving again, and sentenced to rehab and probation. In 2000 he was arrested for violating his probation for appearing drunk in public and for assault, and sentenced to 60 days in jail. (He had a record of brawling and assaults.) . ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-michael-vincent-74-died/830775/11 "2019-03-08T19:56:48Z")
Dude lived longer than I thought he would Gonna play the airwolf intro in honor of his memory ---
**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:** [March 8, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-michael-vincent-74-died/830775/12 "2019-03-08T20:54:34Z")
He’ll always be Stringfellow Hawke to me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-michael-vincent-74-died/830775/13 "2019-03-08T21:23:09Z")
I remember seeing him in a few soft core flicks on showtime and tmc in the late 90s …… he seemed very “out of it” in the scenes he did ……… and as a kid I loved airwolf……. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-michael-vincent-74-died/830775/14 "2019-03-08T21:27:28Z")
What happened to the other 73?