# 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:** 2
**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:** [April 9, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/21 "2016-04-09T23:02:23Z")
One word. Dylan. ---
**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, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/22 "2016-04-09T23:03:04Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > Who is William B. Davis? He is probably most famous for being Cigarette Smoking Man from the X Files. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/23 "2016-04-09T23:05:16Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > The person I’ll miss will be Dick Van Dyke, who’s 90. For possibly random reasons, the first person I thought of when I saw the thread title was Carl Reiner. Who then reminded me of Mel Brooks and Dick Van Dyke. > [@cochrane](#): > > Paul McCartney. Ringo Starr. Mick, Keith, and Charlie. William Fucking Shatner. Yeah, all of those. Along with other 60s musicians like Brian Wilson, Paul Simon, and the Davies brothers. ---
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Jacques Pepin, who is currently 81. I don’t just love watching him cook, but his conversation about life and his experiences is so great. His mother ran a restaurant and he talks about her recipes and methods. As a complete contrast, he worked for Howard Johnson for years when he first came to America and thus familiarized himself with a whole different kind of food and cooking. He seems like someone who has had a wonderful life that he has really enjoyed. He is also an accomplished painter: [http://jacquespepinart.com/](http://jacquespepinart.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/25 "2016-04-09T23:07:50Z")
David Attenborough is fast approaching his 90th birthday. He’ll be missed by many. ---
**Author:** ![Cara\_mel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@Cara\_mel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cara_mel)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/26 "2016-04-09T23:46:09Z")
As mentioned, William Shatner. I don’t want it to happen. I had the biggest crush on Captain Kirk when I was a kid. My friend and I used to kiss a poster of him. And Clint Eastwood? NO!! ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/27 "2016-04-09T23:58:12Z")
When I saw the thread title, Dick Van Dyke was the one that immediately came to mind for me as well. After reading through, I agree with many, including Betty White and William Shatner. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/28 "2016-04-10T00:15:43Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > For possibly random reasons, the first person I thought of when I saw the thread title was Carl Reiner. Who then reminded me of Mel Brooks and Dick Van Dyke. Mel Brooks is the first one I thought of. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/29 "2016-04-10T00:20:01Z")
George Takei and Ian McKellen ---
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There are a lot, but maybe Queen Elizabeth. So much will change with her death. ---
**Author:** ![Goofus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@Goofus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goofus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/31 "2016-04-10T00:57:35Z")
Brian Blessed ---
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Well, Alice (Cooper) is 68 and I’m already planning on going into mourning. There’s just no way he can die on me anytime soon. ---
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> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > :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. Is that a hard 70 or a soft 70? Stephen King is 68. He has produced so much media that has shaped our culture, when he dies in the next 10-20 years it is going to be a shock for a lot of people. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/34 "2016-04-10T01:32:31Z")
Willie Nelson, without a doubt. ---
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> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > 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. Have you seen his most recent wife? He ain’t going anywhere for the next 30-40 years. ---
**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 10, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/36 "2016-04-10T03:29:23Z")
Alan Young. Starred in _The Time Machine_ (1960). Played Wilbur on _Mr. Ed_. Prolific voice actor, famous as Scrooge McDuck. June Foray. Also a famous and prolific voice actor. Both in their 90s and still active. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/37 "2016-04-10T03:38:41Z")
I have a friend who has asked me not to tell her if Tony Orlando dies when she’s at work, because she doesn’t want her reaction to be public. I told her I feel the same way about **Alan Alda**. ---
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Was just speaking about this earlier today, Leonard Cohen… ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/39 "2016-04-10T03:53:59Z")
John Williams. No one can do what he does ---
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