# The Big Lebowski has died; Dude still abiding **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796 "2016-08-05T01:36:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/1 "2016-08-05T01:36:08Z")
David Huddlestone, who played the Big Lebowski, as well as Olsen Johnson from _Blazing Saddles_, has [died](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/david-huddleston-dead_us_57a3e214e4b021fd98782a56?section=&). Are we out of celebrities yet? It feels like we should be almost out of celebrities by now. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/2 "2016-08-05T01:46:32Z")
He really tied that movie together. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/3 "2016-08-05T03:26:15Z")
Now who can argue with that? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/4 "2016-08-05T03:28:45Z")
This is a bummer, man. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/5 "2016-08-05T03:58:56Z")
Has anyone told The Other Jeffrey Lebowski? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/6 "2016-08-05T04:13:15Z")
Are you surprised at my tears, sir? Strong men also cry…Strong men also cry ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/7 "2016-08-05T04:15:15Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > David Huddlestone, who played the Big Lebowski, as well as Olsen Johnson from _Blazing Saddles_, has [died](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/david-huddleston-dead_us_57a3e214e4b021fd98782a56?section=&). Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your obituary, man. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/8 "2016-08-05T04:16:39Z")
Just because we’re bereaved, that doesn’t make us saps. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/9 "2016-08-05T04:20:53Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Are we out of celebrities yet? It feels like we should be almost out of celebrities by now. They keep making more. You know you’re getting old when you can no longer keep track of the new ones. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/10 "2016-08-05T04:25:21Z")
Yeah, they keep manufacturing Kardashian kids ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/11 "2016-08-05T04:32:03Z")
I guess that’s the way the whole durned human comedy keeps perpetuatin’ itself. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/12 "2016-08-05T04:51:09Z")
Not really a nitpick because we should get these things right in a memorial thread. It’s Huddleston not Huddlestone. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/13 "2016-08-05T05:53:03Z")
Nothing is fucked? The god damn plane has crashed into the mountain! ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/14 "2016-08-05T06:36:24Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > David Huddlestone, who played the Big Lebowski, as well as Olsen Johnson from _Blazing Saddles_, has [died](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/david-huddleston-dead_us_57a3e214e4b021fd98782a56?section=&). > > Are we out of celebrities yet? It feels like we should be almost out of celebrities by now. Now who can argue with that? I think we’re all indebted to **Miller** for clearly stating what needed to be said. I’m particularly glad that these lovely children were here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/15 "2016-08-05T10:58:21Z")
> [@](#): > > I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner? No anymore, man, not anymore. Peace. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/16 "2016-08-05T14:29:56Z")
Aw, prairie shit. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/17 "2016-08-05T14:37:53Z")
And let us not forget that this man was from a people whose fathers came across the prairies … fought Indians … fought drought … fought locusts … fought dicks … ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/18 "2016-08-05T15:31:50Z")
Condolences…the bums lost. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/19 "2016-08-05T15:52:06Z")
Wonder if he’ll be cremated…and if his ashes end up blowing into people’s faces. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/20 "2016-08-05T15:52:29Z")
But do we still not want the Irish? RIP, sir. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796.md?page=2)