# What elderly celebrity will you miss most when he or she dies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694 "2016-04-09T19:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/1 "2016-04-09T19:57:00Z")
The title says it: What elderly celebrity will you miss most when he or she dies? The person I’ll miss will be Dick Van Dyke, who’s 90. He’s still active and still surprisingly sexy. I hope he sticks around to become a super-centenarian. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/2 "2016-04-09T20:01:38Z")
I’ll miss Bill Clinton. He was president when I came of age, and when he goes, that’ll be one of those life milestones that’ll sorta hit hard. He’s grown into the grumpy but fun uncle that comes to visit every so often. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/3 "2016-04-09T20:04:54Z")
He isn’t elderly by any means at 53, but Jon Stewart. He probably has another 30 years left though. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/4 "2016-04-09T20:06:13Z")
Author Beverly Cleary, who was such a big part of my childhood, hits 100 Tuesday, April 12th. I’ll miss her. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/5 "2016-04-09T20:08:41Z")
It’s the ones that die young that i miss the most, not the elderly ones. I wonder what Andy Whitfield or Heath Ledger or Brittany Murphy could be doing. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/6 "2016-04-09T20:10:40Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > He isn’t elderly by any means at 53, but Jon Stewart. He probably has another 30 years left though. :smack: I should have stated this in the OP. Let’s define “elderly” as age 70 and above, okay? 53 may have seemed startlingly ancient in the Dark Ages, but let’s use contemporary standards. ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/7 "2016-04-09T20:18:48Z")
Well he was one year shy of the OP’s definition of elderly, but David Bowie dying at the age of 69 has affected me deeply. I am surprised how much my heart is broken over the death of someone i’ve never personally known. It’s been 3 months now and I still haven’t come to terms with it. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/8 "2016-04-09T20:22:41Z")
> [@dada2fish](#): > > Well he was one year shy of the OP’s definition of elderly, but David Bowie dying at the age of 69 has affected me deeply. I am surprised how much my heart is broken over the death of someone i’ve never personally known. It’s been 3 months now and I still haven’t come to terms with it. Oh, that’s okay, **dada2fish**. One year shy is within reasonable range. I miss Patty Duke, who also died at 69. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/9 "2016-04-09T20:42:47Z")
I’ve heard that no one is invincible, but won’t truly _believe_ it until Sean Connery dies. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/10 "2016-04-09T21:43:22Z")
Another one who’s only 69, but Steven Speilberg. He’s always been one of my all-time, personal inspirations growing up in the 80s. He still is, may he have a long life and continue to create movie magic. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/11 "2016-04-09T21:53:23Z")
Russell Brand. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/12 "2016-04-09T21:58:28Z")
Paul McCartney. Ringo Starr. Mick, Keith, and Charlie. William Fucking Shatner. Elton John is reasonably close, at 69. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/13 "2016-04-09T22:12:21Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I’ve heard that no one is invincible, but won’t truly _believe_ it until Sean Connery dies. I think Betty White can take him in a fair fight. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/14 "2016-04-09T22:36:22Z")
I will miss Betty White and William B. Davis most of all. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/15 "2016-04-09T22:41:38Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I will miss Betty White and William B. Davis most of all. Who is William B. Davis? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/16 "2016-04-09T22:44:32Z")
Shit. I’ll most definitely miss Clint Eastwood. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/17 "2016-04-09T22:46:19Z")
Thread relocated to Cafe Society from IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/18 "2016-04-09T22:53:03Z")
Dick Van Dyke Julie Andrews Carol Burnett I’m 70, and I wish your “elderly” threshold were a bit higher. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/19 "2016-04-09T22:56:03Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Shit. I’ll most definitely miss Clint Eastwood. Me too. ---
**Author:** ![W0X0F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b77776/32.png) [@W0X0F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/W0X0F)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/20 "2016-04-09T23:02:00Z")
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