# The Wizard is Dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2007, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wizard-is-dead/407820 "2007-06-13T07:32:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [June 13, 2007, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wizard-is-dead/407820/1 "2007-06-13T07:32:38Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/12/obit.mr.wizard.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/12/obit.mr.wizard.ap/index.html) Farewell Wiz. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wizard-is-dead/407820/2 "2007-06-13T08:29:57Z")
Damn, I loved that guy’s show. I was born in 1981, so I really grew up with him on TV. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wizard-is-dead/407820/3 "2007-06-13T10:12:45Z")
> **[Good night, Mr. Wizard, you taught me well.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=424656)** > > Don Herbert, aka Mr. Wizard, has died at 89 years old. Yahoo! News link. I watched the 1980’s version of his show on Nickelodeon. I loved it, especially the crazy opening. I remember especially an experiment where they set fire to breakfast cereal... ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wizard-is-dead/407820/4 "2007-06-13T11:52:30Z")
I loved Mr. Wizard when I was a kid. Godspeed, Mr. Herbert.