# Who were the most famous people when you were growing up who have completely disappeared? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 22, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761 "2016-11-22T19:33:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/101 "2016-11-23T07:43:45Z")
Andy Gibb. Dying young can be a great career move, but not for him, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/102 "2016-11-23T12:57:47Z")
The UP television network is advertising a holiday movie that stars WKRP’s Tim Reid. It looks like a dreadful movie. Tim Reid plays a guy who has a Christmas tree on his roof due to some promise he made, and the neighbors don’t like it. Hopefully it’s just makeup, but Tim does not look good. He looks like some homeless guy who had a stroke. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/103 "2016-11-23T13:00:49Z")
Paul “Crocodile Dundee” Hogan. He soared to fame when the rage, in the U.S. anyway, was everything Australia. Come to think of it, is Qantas still in business? I used to love the commercials with the koala grumbling “I hate Qantas”. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/104 "2016-11-23T15:17:02Z")
Where do old celebrities go now that they don’t have _Hollywood Squares_ and _The Love Boat_ anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/105 "2016-11-23T15:33:16Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > David McCallum? He’s played Dr. Mallard on NCIS for the past 14 years. I’ve never watched it, but good to know he’s still around. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/106 "2016-11-23T15:33:42Z")
For the record, I not only know who Heidi Montag and her husband Spencer are, I bought their [book](https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Famous-Looking-Becoming/dp/0446555916/ref=sr_1_4?) as a gag gift for my wife. I did not download his [tune](https://www.amazon.com/Im-A-Celebrity/dp/B0030DH9TY/ref=sr_1_2?). ---
**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:** [November 23, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/107 "2016-11-23T15:43:36Z")
Arlo Guithre. Remember Arlo? He sang a song about Alice ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/108 "2016-11-23T15:53:20Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Duncan Sheik had that huge hit “Barely Breathing” and a lesser hit called “She Runs Away”. I purchased his album, and those were the only two listenable songs; the rest was filler. Duncan Shiek has found a successful career writing music for the stage, including winning a Tony for the highly regarded _Spring Awakening._ He may have disappeared from TV show soundtracks, but he has not disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/109 "2016-11-23T16:36:06Z")
Everyone that was in a 90s boy band except Justin Timberlake. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/110 "2016-11-23T16:49:07Z")
Remember how big a movie star Val Kilmer was in the oh-so-recent '90s? Could college students today readily identify him? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/111 "2016-11-23T16:54:21Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Rufus Wainwright still performs; he’s always been better known for being gay than he has for any of this music IMNSHO. :rolleyes: > > Duncan Sheik had that huge hit “Barely Breathing” and a lesser hit called “She Runs Away”. I purchased his album, and those were the only two listenable songs; the rest was filler. > > Mary Tyler Moore has been a Type 1 diabetic for more than 40 years and has experienced other health problems; however, she has had acting jobs in recent years. > > [Mary Tyler Moore - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Tyler_Moore#Filmography) Duncan Sheik won a Grammy and a Tony award for the score of “Spring Awakening” in 2007-2008 ---
**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:** [November 23, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/112 "2016-11-23T17:19:36Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’ve never watched it, but good to know he’s still around. They even made a joke of it. Someone asked Mark Harmon’s character what Ducky (Dr. Mallard) looked like when he was younger and he replied, “Illya Kuryakin.” ---
**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:** [November 23, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/113 "2016-11-23T17:28:48Z")
> [@ioioio](#): > > The UP television network is advertising a holiday movie that stars WKRP’s Tim Reid. It looks like a dreadful movie. Tim Reid plays a guy who has a Christmas tree on his roof due to some promise he made, and the neighbors don’t like it. > > Hopefully it’s just makeup, but Tim does not look good. He looks like some homeless guy who had a stroke. He is 71. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/114 "2016-11-23T17:37:03Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Arlo Guithre. Remember Arlo? He sang a song about Alice Arlo’s around and still touring, I think. Mine are all singers of a certain age, too: Melanie, Grace Slick, Lulu, Diana Ross ---
**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:** [November 23, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/115 "2016-11-23T17:39:52Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Arlo’s around and still touring, I think. > > Mine are all singers of a certain age, too: Melanie, Grace Slick, Lulu, Diana Ross Just don’t ask him to sing “Alice’s Restaurant.” ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/116 "2016-11-23T17:40:23Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Remember how big a movie star Val Kilmer was in the oh-so-recent '90s? > > Could college students today readily identify him? As much weight as he’s gained, recognizing him is a challenge for everybody! Anybody but me remember Wayland Flowers and Madame? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/117 "2016-11-23T17:51:41Z")
Doris Day and Tatum O’Neal ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/118 "2016-11-23T18:18:22Z")
Captain and Tennille? John Denver? ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/119 "2016-11-23T18:27:52Z")
[Avery Schreiber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avery_Schreiber) was ubiquitous in the 70s/80s. Game shows, variety shows, movies, commercials. Dying is of course the reason he isn’t around, but I’ve constantly been surprised how few people have any recollection of him in comparison to how commonplace he was in media. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761/120 "2016-11-23T18:59:38Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Farrah and Lee. Of course Farrah is dead now but she never reached that level of saturation that she did then. Farrah Fawcett is a great example. At least from the perspective of a kid, she was more or less THE iconic face (and hair) of the 1970s, and was so in a way that I haven’t seen since. And she was really only famous for being on “Charlie’s Angels” and a certain swimsuit poster. Weren’t Donny and Marie Osmond pretty famous for a while there too? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-most-famous-people-when-you-were-growing-up-who-have-completely-disappeared/772761.md?page=7)