# RIP, Admiral Ackbar **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 5, 2016, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-admiral-ackbar/751235 "2016-04-05T06:31:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-admiral-ackbar/751235/1 "2016-04-05T06:31:55Z")
Haven’t seen anything about this on the Dope yet - apologies if it’s already been posted. Erik Bauersfeld, who played everyone’s favourite fishy Admiral, has passed away aged 93. > **[Admiral Ackbar voice actor Erik Bauersfeld dies at 93](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35965835)** > > Voice actor Erik Bauersfeld - whose brief turn as Admiral Ackbar in the Star Wars films launched a pop culture catchphrase - has died, aged 93. ---
**Author:** ![StJoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@StJoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StJoan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-admiral-ackbar/751235/2 "2016-04-05T07:52:56Z")
Are they sure it’ not a trap 😉 ? RIP. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-admiral-ackbar/751235/3 "2016-04-05T08:37:53Z")
Luckily, should the character reappear in Episode VIII, which is not unlikely, almost anyone can do his voice. It’s basically just a bad Nixon impression. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-admiral-ackbar/751235/4 "2016-04-05T14:24:57Z")
Well, Allahu, Ackbar. . . . ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-admiral-ackbar/751235/5 "2016-04-05T14:54:23Z")
He just couldn’t repel firepower of that magnitude… ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-admiral-ackbar/751235/6 "2016-04-05T16:24:09Z")
He will be wrapped in old newspaper and buried in the garden. (He’s too big to flush down the toilet.) ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-admiral-ackbar/751235/7 "2016-04-05T17:57:50Z")
It’s a rap! ---
**Author:** ![Hocus\_Pocus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hocus\_Pocus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hocus_Pocus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-admiral-ackbar/751235/8 "2016-04-06T06:56:44Z")
It’s a death trap! ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-admiral-ackbar/751235/9 "2016-04-06T07:29:43Z")
Here’s a nice story about him: [Lawrence Ferlinghetti Helped Erik Bauersfeld, Voice Of Admiral Ackbar, Die | Birth.Movies.Death.](http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/04/04/lawrence-ferlinghetti-helped-erik-bauersfeld-voice-of-admiral-ackbar-die) ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-admiral-ackbar/751235/10 "2016-04-07T16:09:46Z")
> [@Lobot](#): > > Here’s a nice story about him: [http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/04/04/lawrence-ferlinghetti-helped-erik-bauersfeld-voice-of-admiral-ackbar-die](http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/04/04/lawrence-ferlinghetti-helped-erik-bauersfeld-voice-of-admiral-ackbar-die) How many Bothans died to bring you that information? Actually, that’s Mon Mothma’s line, not Admiral Ackbar… but at least he was in the room! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-admiral-ackbar/751235/11 "2016-04-07T16:51:04Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > He will be wrapped in old newspaper and buried in the garden. (He’s too big to flush down the toilet.) It’s a wrap! It’s not a crap!