# That's Outrageous! Henry Gibson passes away **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390 "2009-09-17T01:44:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390/1 "2009-09-17T01:44:38Z")
Henry Gibson: poet, Illinois Nazi and Namby-Pamby Judge from Boston Legal has [passed away](http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/16/obit.henry.gibson/index.html). Man, this has not been a good day for stars from the '60s. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390/2 "2009-09-17T02:01:07Z")
Wow ☹ Thanks for the laughs, Henry. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390/3 "2009-09-17T02:07:19Z")
He was also the self-absorbed Haven Hamilton in **Nashville** and the sinister Dr. Verringer in **The Long Goodbye.** He actually had a lot of range, and his mild manner was perfect for showing a dark side. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390/4 "2009-09-17T02:29:06Z")
I’ll always remember him as the pitchman for “The United Appeal for the Dead.” ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390/5 "2009-09-17T02:30:17Z")
I will always remember him as the creepy neighbor from The 'Burbs. I had nightmares about him. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390/6 "2009-09-17T02:53:21Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > Man, this has not been a good day for stars from the '60s. So, who has Jo Anne Worley in the Death Pool? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390/7 "2009-09-17T13:02:47Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > So, who has Jo Anne Worley in the Death Pool? I saw her on stage 2 years ago in WICKED. Looked pretty healthy to me, but ya never know. That was the week Harvey Korman died. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390/8 "2009-09-17T13:17:20Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > Henry Gibson: poet, Illinois Nazi and Namby-Pamby Judge from Boston Legal has [passed away](http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/16/obit.henry.gibson/index.html). Very interesting. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390/9 "2009-09-17T14:10:23Z")
Death continues to be our nation’s number one killer. It’s a sad day. No more poems by Henry Gibson. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390/10 "2009-09-17T14:34:14Z")
I hate Illinois Nazis. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390/11 "2009-09-17T15:18:54Z")
> [@Chez\_Guevara](#): > > Very interesting. That would be Arte Johnson. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390/12 "2009-09-17T15:22:07Z")
Thus making the inevitable “but stupid!” even more apropos. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390/13 "2009-09-17T16:36:52Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > That would be Arte Johnson. Apologies to Arte for that pre-emptive strike against his mortality. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390/14 "2009-09-17T16:52:48Z")
I always loved him. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390/15 "2009-09-17T17:00:42Z")
I feel sorry for him. I will let you finish. But Michael Jackson has one of the best deaths of all time. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390/16 "2009-09-18T07:52:08Z")
All those plays he wrote in Norwegian are pretty good too. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2009, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-outrageous-henry-gibson-passes-away/510390/17 "2009-09-18T08:07:15Z")
Damn, another beloved entertainer from my childhood.