# Karl Malden dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621 "2009-07-01T19:53:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/1 "2009-07-01T19:53:43Z")
[Link](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_en_mo/us_obit_malden)One of the great character actors. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/2 "2009-07-01T20:01:27Z")
> [@kelly5078](#): > > [Link](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_en_mo/us_obit_malden)One of the great character actors. Dammit! This has to stop! Enough famous actors dying already. I had no idea he was that old! ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/3 "2009-07-01T20:18:52Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I had no idea he was that old! I had no idea he was still alive. “The Streets of San Francisco” was quite some time ago and he didn’t exactly look like a spring chicken then. RIP Lt. Stone. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/4 "2009-07-01T20:21:28Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Dammit! This has to stop! Enough famous actors dying already. Ok this one isn’t THAT bad. Dude was 97. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/5 "2009-07-01T20:25:57Z")
The nose has flown! I wonder if he took his American Express card? RIP Herbie! ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/6 "2009-07-01T20:26:11Z")
Ah shit, one of my all-time favorite actors. Definitely one of the two or three greatest character actors of the 20th century. I saw him in _Cincinnatti Kid_ just last week. Rest well, Karl, while we have your movies you’ll always be alive for us. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/7 "2009-07-01T20:28:49Z")
Well, this should put an end to the media circus surrounding the death of Billy Mays. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/8 "2009-07-01T20:36:22Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I wonder if he took his American Express card? That’s exactly what I was going to post, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/9 "2009-07-01T20:51:39Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > The nose has flown! I wonder if he took his American Express card? No, that’s just when you’re _leaving home_. He’s _going home_. ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/10 "2009-07-01T20:56:35Z")
I am more amazed that his wife is still alive and that they just celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last December. RIP Karl ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/11 "2009-07-01T21:08:14Z")
I know he was 97 but it must make him mad that he missed 100. From Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > On December 18, 1938, Malden married Mona Greenberg, who survives him. Their marriage was one of the longest in Hollywood’s history. Wow 70 1/2 years with the same woman. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/12 "2009-07-01T21:11:25Z")
I will always remember his fine job as th courageous priest in "On The Wterfront. Karl, say hello to Marlon and Martin, and have a drink with Elia! There’s gonna be a big party in Heaven, tonight!😉 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/13 "2009-07-01T21:14:07Z")
RIP And thanks for the AQMP\* memories. [\* [Heavy voice] A Queen Martin Production. [/quote] ]([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F0wlfmxKdU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F0wlfmxKdU)) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/14 "2009-07-01T21:32:29Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I wonder if he took his American Express card? similar to his gravedigger’s shovel: “Never heave loam without it.” ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/15 "2009-07-01T21:33:17Z")
Awww, he was one of the most versatile guys around. Most of my fave actors are character actors; wish I could have seen him onstage. I’ll never forget ON THE WATERFRONT; found him more interesting to watch than Marlon. And I’ve discovered a Hollywood marriage longer lasting than Jane Wyatt’s, whose husband Edgar died in 2000 one day before their 65th anniversary. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/16 "2009-07-01T21:33:45Z")
Wow. He got married before either of my parents was born. Before one of them was even conceived. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/17 "2009-07-01T21:55:33Z")
In other news, drug manufacturers of nasal sprays took a beating on the stock market today … ---
**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:** [July 1, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/18 "2009-07-01T22:13:43Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > similar to his gravedigger’s shovel: “Never heave loam without it.” ::Golf clap:: ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/19 "2009-07-01T22:30:18Z")
This reminds of the time I was buying a book by someone who had just died. \*Cashier #1 - Hey, didn’t this guy just die recently. Me - Yeah, I think so. Cashier #1 - Man, a lot of people died this year. Cashier #2 - Duh! ::laughter:: Cashier #1 - I mean a lot of famous people died this year. Cashier #2 - Duh!\* ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621/20 "2009-07-01T22:37:23Z")
You know, after Billy Mays died, I was thinking we were coming up on another celebrity trifecta…I wonder who’ll be next? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karl-malden-dies/501621.md?page=2)