# RIP Stan Kirsch - Richie on Highlander(the TV series)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death\
**Created:** [January 16, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-kirsch-richie-on-highlander-the-tv-series/846485 "2020-01-16T00:55:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-kirsch-richie-on-highlander-the-tv-series/846485/1 "2020-01-16T00:55:03Z")

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He was 51.

Highlander the series might have been the only good thing to come from Highlander that was not the original movie.

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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-kirsch-richie-on-highlander-the-tv-series/846485/2 "2020-01-16T01:05:22Z")

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Bummer. I liked that show. ☹

Waitaminnit . . . He was younger than me! :eek:

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**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:** [January 16, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-kirsch-richie-on-highlander-the-tv-series/846485/3 "2020-01-16T02:08:12Z")

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My ex will be really upset about this. We used to watch the TV series every night on Russian TV around the time our daughter was born.

To die at 51 … that’s bad! ☹

RIP

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**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:** [January 16, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-kirsch-richie-on-highlander-the-tv-series/846485/4 "2020-01-16T02:18:34Z")

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☹

When he left as a regular is when Highlander’s quality dropped to movie-sequel levels. (Admittedly, I’m not sure if there was a cause and effect relationship in there.)

Looks like it was suicide, too. Double damn.

Godspeed, Stan. Hope your demons didn’t follow.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-kirsch-richie-on-highlander-the-tv-series/846485/5 "2020-01-16T02:45:48Z")

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That was one of my favorite shows when it was on. He was a big reason why. It was far from perfect but it did heal some of the wounds caused by the sequels. Apparently he was a successful acting coach. Damn shame.