# KHAAAAANNN!!! GONNNE? (Ricardo Montalban)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 14, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324 "2009-01-14T21:04:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/1 "2009-01-14T21:04:28Z")
I just saw [this report](http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/01/fantasy-island-star-ricardo-montalban-dead.php)of Ricardo Montalban’s passing but I haven’t seen it reported anywhere else.
He had a very long and interesting career. If he has indeed passed may he rest in peace.
Do you suppose his coffin will be lined with rich Corinthian leather?
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/2 "2009-01-14T21:18:09Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#):
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> Do you suppose his coffin will be lined with rich Corinthian leather?
Dammmit, I was going to say that!
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### Author:  [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/3 "2009-01-14T21:18:50Z")
RIP, Bawth!
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### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/4 "2009-01-14T21:20:33Z")
**NOISY LINK!!!**
[http://www.khaaan.com/](http://www.khaaan.com/)
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### Author:  [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/5 "2009-01-14T21:21:18Z")
From the AP:
A LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCILMAN SAYS RICARDO MONTALBAN HAS DIED. HE WAS 88.
THE MEXICAN-BORN ACTOR, WHO BECAME A STAR IN SPLASHY MGM MUSICALS AND LATER THE WISH-FULFILLING MR. ROARKE IN TV’S ``FANTASY ISLAND,’’ DIED AT HIS HOME IN LOS ANGELES, CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ERIC GARCETTI (GAR-SET’-TI) SAID WEDNESDAY.
MONTALBAN LIVED IN GARCETTI’S DISTRICT IN LOS ANGELES.
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### Author:  [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/6 "2009-01-14T21:23:27Z")
Patrick McGoohan AND Ricardo Montalban? What a shitty day in Los Angeles.
My little nerd heart hurts. ☹
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### Author:  [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/7 "2009-01-14T21:25:01Z")
> [@Stephe96](#):
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> From the AP:
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> A LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCILMAN SAYS RICARDO MONTALBAN HAS DIED. HE WAS 88.
> THE MEXICAN-BORN ACTOR, WHO BECAME A STAR IN SPLASHY MGM MUSICALS AND LATER THE WISH-FULFILLING MR. ROARKE IN TV’S ``FANTASY ISLAND,‘’ DIED AT HIS HOME IN LOS ANGELES, CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ERIC GARCETTI (GAR-SET’-TI) SAID WEDNESDAY.
> MONTALBAN LIVED IN GARCETTI’S DISTRICT IN LOS ANGELES.
It sounds bad but I am a little relieved there is some other confirmation. I just happened across the article looking for something else and it seems to have been so recent there were no other reports and I was afraid I might have fallen for a hoax.
Perhaps a moderator could change my question mark in the title to another exclamation point?
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/8 "2009-01-14T21:25:18Z")
:(, everyone, ☹
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### Author:  [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/9 "2009-01-14T21:32:57Z")
Damn, Patrick McGoohan too.
Ah, KHAAAAAAAAAN’s been done.
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/10 "2009-01-14T21:52:43Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#):
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> I just saw [this report](http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/01/fantasy-island-star-ricardo-montalban-dead.php)of Ricardo Montalban’s passing but I haven’t seen it reported anywhere else.
>
> He had a very long and interesting career. If he has indeed passed may he rest in peace.
> Do you suppose his coffin will be lined with rich Corinthian leather?
[Obligatory Nitpick] **soft** Corinthian leather [/ON]
Da plane has finally landed for Mr. Roarke.
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### Author:  [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/11 "2009-01-14T21:55:20Z")
Aw crap. ☹
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### Author:  [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/12 "2009-01-14T21:58:26Z")
☹ Now I need a broom… cause my heart just broke.
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### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/13 "2009-01-14T22:02:32Z")
[I have but one automotive need: Cordoba!](http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=vIL3fbGbU2o)
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/14 "2009-01-14T22:07:39Z")
Awww, damn. ☹
I knew he was getting up in years and figured he wouldn’t last forever, but I’ve liked him ever since his Fantasy Island days. A genuine Hollywood class act.
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### Author:  [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/15 "2009-01-14T22:09:40Z")
[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28661103/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28661103/)
Confirmed- Vaya con Dios, Ricardo.
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### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/16 "2009-01-14T22:15:20Z")
[His last role](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001544/) was “The Cow” on _Family Guy_ You can watch it on [Hulu.](http://www.hulu.com/watch/6134/family-guy-mcstroke#x-0,vepisode,1)
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/17 "2009-01-14T22:29:24Z")
Did anyone else know he starred with (swam with?) Esther Williams in three MGM musicals?
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### Author:  [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/18 "2009-01-14T22:29:39Z")
He had been married to one of the Young sisters, Georgina. You may have known her sisters better: Polly Ann Young, Sally Blaine and Loretta Young.
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### Author:  [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/19 "2009-01-14T22:33:29Z")
I loved him as Frank Drebin’s nemesis in The Naked Gun.
He will be greatly missed.
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/20 "2009-01-14T22:54:33Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#):
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> [I have but one automotive need: Cordoba!](http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=vIL3fbGbU2o)
Hm! I thought I remembered him plugging the [Volare.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Volar%C3%A9)
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