# RIP Pugsley **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728 "2014-12-09T04:17:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **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:** [December 9, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728/1 "2014-12-09T04:17:57Z")
[Ken Weatherwax has died](https://tv.yahoo.com/news/ken-weatherwax-played-pugsley-tv-addams-family-dies-233834062.html). ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728/2 "2014-12-09T05:48:00Z")
I didn’t realize he had so many show business connections. Ruby Keeler was his aunt, animal trainer Rudd Weatherwax was his uncle, and his brother played Jeff Miller’s friend Porky on “Lassie.” Only 59. That’s too soon to die. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728/3 "2014-12-09T05:50:19Z")
Oh, snap!! ---
**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:** [December 9, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728/4 "2014-12-09T13:17:59Z")
The fan funeral should be interesting. I wonder who’s left from the original cast? RIP! ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728/5 "2014-12-09T13:38:21Z")
When I first read the story I thought they were talking about Pugsley from The Addams Family movies and couldn’t understand how that kid was already 59, honestly I’m a little too young to have watched the old tv show except seeing a random scene on occasion. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728/6 "2014-12-09T13:43:03Z")
He did a great job with that character. R.I.P. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728/7 "2014-12-09T14:24:27Z")
I’m sure Wednesday is full of woe. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728/8 "2014-12-09T14:48:09Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I wonder who’s left from the original cast John Astin and Lisa Loring. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728/9 "2014-12-09T14:53:34Z")
Per our own Eve: “If only he could have held on two more days the headline could have been 'Pugsley dies on Wednesday.” ---
**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:** [December 9, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728/10 "2014-12-09T16:25:54Z")
Addams Famly. . . son died. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728/11 "2014-12-09T18:15:31Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Oh, snap!! You are a bad, bad person. C’mon over for a drink some time. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728/12 "2014-12-09T18:50:16Z")
Aww. I feel like I grew up with him. A couple weeks ago I caught an old Addam’s Family rerun and it was a Pugsley-centric episode where he joined the boy scouts. He did a good job. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728/13 "2014-12-09T18:58:03Z")
Among the main characters: From the TV show, the Gomez actor (John Astin) is the last survivor. (Felix Silla who played cousin Itt in less than a third of the episodes is also still alive.) From the movies, the Gomez actor (Raul Julia) was the first to die. It’s a role that is both blessed and cursed. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728/14 "2014-12-09T19:07:30Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Addams Famly. . . son died. Sorry, that made me laugh. That’s something only Charles Addams himself or the Dope would provide. (Link to the ref’d thread: [All in the family...son died - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=742744)) - maybe spoiling the joke. If so, sorry **Earl**! I loved the Addams family - and 59 is way, way too young to leave the world. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728/15 "2014-12-09T19:14:22Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Among the main characters: > > From the TV show, the Gomez actor (John Astin) is the last survivor. Does Lisa Loring know? ---
**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:** [December 9, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728/16 "2014-12-09T19:22:57Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Among the main characters: > > From the TV show, the Gomez actor (John Astin) is the last survivor. (Felix Silla who played cousin Itt in less than a third of the episodes is also still alive.) Lisa Loring is indeed still around and has evidently led an interesting life: > **[Lisa Loring](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Loring)** > > Lisa Loring (born Lisa Ann DeCinces; February 16, 1958 – January 28, 2023) was an American actress. She was best known for her work as a child actress from age six playing Wednesday Addams on the 1964–1966 sitcom The Addams Family. > Loring was born on Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, a United Nations Trust Territory at the time, which had been administered by the United States. Her parents, Judith Ann (Callies) and James P. DeCinces, both served in the United States Navy, and divorced shortly... ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-pugsley/706728/17 "2014-12-09T19:28:15Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > Sorry, that made me laugh. That’s something only Charles Addams himself or the Dope would provide. > > (Link to the ref’d thread: [All in the family...son died - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=742744)) - maybe spoiling the joke. If so, sorry **Earl**! There’s also [this attempted riff on it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=743008).