# R.I.P. Hal Holbrook **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [February 2, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-hal-holbrook/932043 "2021-02-02T12:09:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**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 3, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-hal-holbrook/932043/21 "2021-02-03T00:08:45Z")
In costume? ---
**Author:** ![Ficer67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-hal-holbrook/932043/22 "2021-02-03T01:51:36Z")
I remember him in Midway. “AF has got to be Midway!” ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-hal-holbrook/932043/23 "2021-02-03T02:29:38Z")
Abe Lincoln, even! ---
**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 3, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-hal-holbrook/932043/24 "2021-02-03T02:57:09Z")
He was the oddball who went to conferences in a bathrobe and said “Isn’t that worth a hot diggety-damn, Admiral?” I always pictured him at home in later years, long after the war was over: “Gosh, Gramps! Did you really say that to the _Admiral_?!?” “Sure did! And the next day, I found myself on board a PBY headed for Spokane!” ---
**Author:** ![TiberiusNeroClaudius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@TiberiusNeroClaudius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TiberiusNeroClaudius)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-hal-holbrook/932043/25 "2021-02-03T03:42:14Z")
Joe Rochefort wasn’t exactly highly decorated for his code-breaking skills during his lifetime > **[Joseph Rochefort](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Rochefort)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Joseph John Rochefort (May 12, 1900 – July 20, 1976) was an American naval officer and cryptanalyst. He was a major figure in the United States Navy's cryptographic and intelligence operations from 1925 to 1946, particularly in the Battle of Midway. His contributions and those of his team were pivotal to victory in the Pacific War. > Rochefort was born in Dayton, Ohio. In 1917, he joined the United States Navy while still in high school in Los An... ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-hal-holbrook/932043/26 "2021-02-03T13:14:38Z")
I was a bit shocked that the NBC Nightly News made no mention of his death. Another legend gone. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-hal-holbrook/932043/27 "2021-02-03T14:49:43Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I was a bit shocked that the NBC Nightly News made no mention of his death. That doesn’t surprise me too much, honestly. The network news broadcasts have devolved terribly over the past couple of decades, and are now focused almost exclusively on (a) politics, (b) disasters, and (c) a few very brief human-interest stories at the very end. The death of an actor whom most Americans probably wouldn’t recognize by name (sad, but true), and whose greatest visibility was on the stage, plus TV series and movies which were made 30+ years ago, probably doesn’t make the cut anymore. ---
**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 5, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-hal-holbrook/932043/28 "2021-02-05T14:49:41Z")
Having worked in both publishing and broadcasting, I can assure you that 99.999% of what’s offered as “news” is a pack of carefully chosen and crafted lies, regardless of the source you’re watching or reading. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-hal-holbrook/932043.md?page=1)