# RIP Wednesday (Lisa Loring)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-wednesday-lisa-loring/979059>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death\
**Created:** [January 30, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-wednesday-lisa-loring/979059 "2023-01-30T16:58:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-wednesday-lisa-loring/979059/1 "2023-01-30T16:58:30Z")

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[She was no spring chicken but she wasn’t elderly.](https://news.yahoo.com/lisa-loring-played-wednesday-addams-071800431.html) You gotta hit at least 70 to be elderly. The older I get, the older ‘elderly’ gets.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-wednesday-lisa-loring/979059/2 "2023-01-30T17:06:39Z")

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Also mentioned here:

> [@Wednesday's Child is full of Woe. But I'm looking forward to new Wednesday series. Addams Family spinoff \[Open Spoilers as of 2022-12-07\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesdays-child-is-full-of-woe-but-im-looking-forward-to-new-wednesday-series-addams-family-spinoff-open-spoilers-as-of-2022-12-07/965793/192):
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> I’m going post this here, as well. The original Wednesday, Lisa Loring, has died.

And here:

> [@Last Remaining Cast Members](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/294):
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> Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams has died. That leaves John Astin as the final cast member.

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**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-wednesday-lisa-loring/979059/3 "2023-01-31T00:16:04Z")

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Yeah, there were two threads that felt appropriate to the news and I didn’t think she was a big enough star to warrant a dedicated thread.