# Tommy Kirk has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [October 7, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-kirk-has-died/952080 "2021-10-07T15:11:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-kirk-has-died/952080/2 "2021-10-07T15:15:48Z")
For anyone else thinking _wasn’t that a week ago, and didn’t someone already post about it?_. Apparently no, at least not in a separate thread. > [@Last Remaining Cast Members](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/223): > > Tommy Kirk’s passing earlier this week eliminated or greatly winnowed the surviving casts of many old Disney movies from the 50s and early 60s. Among his many credits, I believe he was the last surviving principle cast member at least of Swiss Family Robinson, The Absent Minded Professor, and Son of Flubber. His death also appears to leave only one surviving principle cast member from Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, Babes in Toyland, The Misadventures of Merlin Jones and Bon Voyage! I’m sure ther… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-kirk-has-died/952080)._