# New Buick Commercial-What Happened to Harley Earl?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 25, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-buick-commercial-what-happened-to-harley-earl/184277 "2003-06-25T12:39:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-buick-commercial-what-happened-to-harley-earl/184277/1 "2003-06-25T12:39:37Z")

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JUst saw the latest BUICK ad…and the late Harley Earl is nowhere to be seen! Has he been returned to the netherwiorld? Or has GM figuredout that his ghost wasn’t welcome anymore?  
Does this mean that we will be spared these resurrected spirits from the past?

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**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-buick-commercial-what-happened-to-harley-earl/184277/2 "2003-06-25T13:52:00Z")

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Keeping reanimated corpses from decaying further takes a lot of energy. With the escalating prices lately, GM decided he wasn’t worth the cost.

Upon hear the news that he was re-terminated, it’s reported that he “fell apart”.