# R.I.P. Billy Wilder **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2002, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-billy-wilder/100631 "2002-03-28T21:46:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **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:** [March 28, 2002, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-billy-wilder/100631/1 "2002-03-28T21:46:58Z")
Following hot on the heels of Dudley Moore and Milton Berle, director Billy Wilder died today at the age of 95. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-billy-wilder/100631/2 "2002-03-28T22:15:22Z")
This post is the first I’d heard of it. Damn. ☹ Three great names in the entertainment biz, all gone in the span of 24 hours or so. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-billy-wilder/100631/3 "2002-03-28T22:34:32Z")
And they always happen in 3’s… But these are some pretty big, stupendous 3’s! ☹ Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-billy-wilder/100631/4 "2002-03-28T22:40:21Z")
This is quite the Trioka. ☹ Think Heaven was getting bored, and needed some fresh tallent to liven-up the entertainment…? ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-billy-wilder/100631/5 "2002-03-29T00:08:29Z")
Awwwww…mannnnn. ☹ Wilder was a personal fave. **Sunset Boulevard. Seven Year Itch. Double Indemnity. Witness for the Prosecution. Some Like It Hot.** Classic after classic after classic. Not many like him still around. Good news: Somebody (TCM?) is going to be running a retrospective and I’m finally going to get around to seeing **Ace in the Hole, Sabrina, The Apartment** and some other films I’ve never gotten around to seeing. Farewell good sir…enjoy the view from up there. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Spider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Barking\_Spider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Spider)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-billy-wilder/100631/6 "2002-03-29T00:22:58Z")
As they say, it always happens in threes. I’ll bet Bob Hope and Ronald Reagan are sleeping easier tonight:D I havent seen that many movies by Billy Wilder, but one I did see that I thought was excellent was Stalag 17. A damn good movie. ---
**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 29, 2002, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-billy-wilder/100631/7 "2002-03-29T00:24:56Z")
> [@](#): > > A damn good movie. Aye. Damned good movie. Kinda creepy though when the one guy hallucinated that the guy in the wig was really a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-billy-wilder/100631/8 "2002-03-29T01:06:19Z")
I didn’t know he was still alive!?!? I just bought The Apartment on DVD. Great movie. I actually liked Shirley MacLaine in it.