# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/81 "2016-04-11T21:23:00Z")
Another vote for Carol Burnett. She’s a comedy goddess. ---
**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 11, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/82 "2016-04-11T21:34:22Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > > [@xizor](#): > > > > Is this a whoosh or did you not know he died in January? > > I’m sure you were whooshed. People Magazine mistakenly printed Vigoda’s obituary in the 80s and it’s been a running joke ever since. There’s even a website called “Is Abe Vigoda Dead?” > > Yes. 😃 I think once the man really died, it’s time to drop the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/83 "2016-04-11T22:39:37Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I think once the man really died, it’s time to drop the joke. Sorry, should have checked with you first. mmm ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/84 "2016-04-11T22:46:30Z")
Maggie Smith ---
**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 12, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/85 "2016-04-12T01:01:34Z")
Agreed about Stephen King and Harrison Ford. Stephen King will hurt the most. I’ve consistently consumed everything he’s written since what feels like I could begin to read. ---
**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 12, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/86 "2016-04-12T01:05:16Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > I think once the man really died, it’s time to drop the joke. > > Sorry, should have checked with you first. > mmm Well, at least now you know for next time. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/87 "2016-04-12T01:23:10Z")
Anita Gillette Valerie Harper Judy Collins Liza Minnelli ETA: ditto Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/88 "2016-04-12T01:29:48Z")
John Mahoney and Sam Waterston. Frasier and Law and Order are like comfort viewing for me. I could watch reruns all day, and it won’t be the same once they’re gone. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694/89 "2016-04-12T01:39:30Z")
ditto Sam Waterston. Also, Angela Lansbury. She and Olivia de Haviland, I think, are the last links to Hollywood’s Golden Age. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elderly-celebrity-will-you-miss-most-when-he-or-she-dies/751694.md?page=4)