# Louis Jourdan dead at 93 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774 "2015-02-16T01:12:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [February 16, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/1 "2015-02-16T01:12:26Z")
[Link](http://www.tmz.com/2015/02/15/louis-jourdan-dead-octopussy-dies-james-bond/). The title should be ‘Jourdan’, not ‘Jourdin’. Will a passing mod please correct? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/2 "2015-02-16T01:47:39Z")
Was he poisoned through an injection corkscrew? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/3 "2015-02-16T01:54:50Z")
No, [the Count](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075882/?ref_=nv_sr_2) was staked in his coffin, just as the sun was going down. (One of the better versions, BTW) RIP, [DEL]Count Dracula[/DEL] Monsieur Jourdan ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/4 "2015-02-16T01:56:31Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Link](http://www.tmz.com/2015/02/15/louis-jourdan-dead-octopussy-dies-james-bond/). > > The title should be ‘Jourdan’, not ‘Jourdin’. Will a passing mod please correct? > > Thank you. Ask and ye shall receive… ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/5 "2015-02-16T01:58:23Z")
To be the world, and to own it! ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/6 "2015-02-16T02:05:00Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > No, [the Count](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075882/?ref_=nv_sr_2) was staked in his coffin, just as the sun was going down. > > (One of the better versions, BTW) > > RIP, [DEL]Count Dracula[/DEL] Monsieur Jourdan I agree, Lois Jourdan’s Dracula redefined the role for me ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/7 "2015-02-16T02:05:30Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > No, [the Count](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075882/?ref_=nv_sr_2) was staked in his coffin, just as the sun was going down. > > (One of the better versions, BTW) > > RIP, [DEL]Count Dracula[/DEL] Monsieur Jourdan I remember watching that show back in the 70’s and being surprised that certain scenes kind of got me…aroused. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/8 "2015-02-16T02:10:55Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I remember watching that show back in the 70’s and being surprised that certain scenes kind of got me…aroused. The Count is working his mojo on you. 🙂 The first time I saw it on PBS, Dracula gives his brides a baby in a satchel, and they spend the next 15-30 seconds tearing it up. That is not being broadcast any more, I believe. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/9 "2015-02-16T02:15:43Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Dracula gives his brides a baby in a satchel, and they spend the next 15-30 seconds tearing it up. Was it a nice satchel? Because if it was a cheap one, it wouldn’t really matter if they tore it up. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/10 "2015-02-16T02:20:19Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Was it a nice satchel? Because if it was a cheap one, it wouldn’t really matter if they tore it up. It was a nice baby (male, too). They don’t speak English in Transylvania, why should I? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Coffeecup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Coffeecup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coffeecup)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/11 "2015-02-16T02:24:02Z")
Sorry to hear this sad news, but I’m glad he made it to age 93. RIP Louis. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/12 "2015-02-16T02:32:13Z")
Oh, goodness…I thought you meant _Louis Jordan_ had died. Thank god he’s still with us! > **[Louis Jordan: 'Jukebox King'](https://www.npr.org/2008/03/04/87905064/louis-jordan-jukebox-king)** > > One of the most popular and successful bandleaders of his day, the saxophonist and singer broke from the mainstream jazz of the Swing Era, producing hard-driving chart toppers and becoming a founding father of rhythm & blues. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/13 "2015-02-16T03:38:19Z")
[One of my favorite James Bond scenes.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBz2GIxfYXA) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/14 "2015-02-16T04:03:53Z")
One of my favorites as well. It almost defines Bond for me. And, IMHO, puts to the lie the notion that Roger Moore is an actor unworthy of the role. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2015, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/15 "2015-02-16T08:42:14Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Was he poisoned through an injection corkscrew? I saw that episode just a couple of weeks ago and wondered if he was still alive. He was one of those actors who never seem to age until right around the end. RIP! ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/16 "2015-02-16T09:39:13Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Was he poisoned through an injection corkscrew? > [@terentii](#): > > I saw that episode just a couple of weeks ago and wondered if he was still alive. He was one of those actors who never seem to age until right around the end. > > RIP! Episode of what? I just finished binge reading some Peter Wimsey books and a bottle of port poisoned with nicotine spooged in through the cork with an injection corkscrew was how it was done… ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/17 "2015-02-16T14:25:27Z")
Perfection in Gigi. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/18 "2015-02-16T14:34:07Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Oh, goodness…I thought you meant _Louis Jordan_ had died. Thank god he’s still with us! > > [Louis Jordan: 'Jukebox King' : NPR](http://www.npr.org/2008/03/04/87905064/louis-jordan-jukebox-king) Ummm, Louis Jordan died in 1975. 😕 But yeah, I thought the same thing at first. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/19 "2015-02-16T15:12:27Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774/20 "2015-02-16T15:17:31Z")
He scared the hell out of me, not just Doris Day, in _Julie_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-jourdan-dead-at-93/712774.md?page=2)