# Who would you bring back? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 7, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845 "2002-06-07T15:04:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/1 "2002-06-07T15:04:53Z")
If you could bring someone back from the dead and give them another chance at life, who would you choose? Whether it be a \*\*friend, family member, actor, musician, comedian, historical figure etc. \*\* I would chose Chris Farley. For those of you who don’t know, he was an actor/comedian on Saturday Night Live and was also in a few movies. He made me laugh every time I saw him and from what people said about him, he was a very kind and genuine human being. I believe he died in 1997 of a drug overdose. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/2 "2002-06-07T15:35:26Z")
John Lennon. His contributions to the world were undeniably significant and, more importantly to me, the circumstances of his death were unfair and worthy of a do-over. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/3 "2002-06-07T15:42:48Z")
It won’t mean anything to y’all; my choice would be my stepmom. She held the since scattered family together, and made us all laugh and enjoy each other. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/4 "2002-06-07T16:46:04Z")
JFK. I’m very curious about how he’d be remembered in history had he had the opportunity to live a full life. Doris Kearns Goodwin I’m not but I believe had he not been assisinated, we’d have a very different impression of him, not to mention of his family’s perpetually tragic contributions. ---
**Author:** ![Montezuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@Montezuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montezuma)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/5 "2002-06-07T17:24:49Z")
JFK, for shutting down Vietnam and making huge contributions to the exploration of space. ---
**Author:** ![Montezuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@Montezuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montezuma)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/6 "2002-06-07T17:26:13Z")
for attempting to shut down Vietnam ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/7 "2002-06-07T17:34:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dreamer \* > If you could bring someone back from the dead and give them another chance at life, who would you choose? Whether it be a \*\*friend, family member, actor, musician, comedian, historical figure etc. \*\* > > I would chose Chris Farley. For those of you who don’t know, he was an actor/comedian on Saturday Night Live and was also in a few movies. He made me laugh every time I saw him and from what people said about him, he was a very kind and genuine human being. I believe he died in 1997 of a drug overdose. Funny you should mention SNL, because when I saw the thread title, I immediately thought of Phil Hartman - murdered by his wife in the prime of his career, if I remember correctly. He was one funny guy. In the historical figure category, I’m thinking Martin Luther King, Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/8 "2002-06-07T22:32:42Z")
I’d have to go with a bright, cute girl in my high school who died suddenly (of an asthma attack of all things) before her 17th birthday. Her firends have continued to wonder what she would have made of her life. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/9 "2002-06-07T23:38:08Z")
Me, after I die. 😃 Seriously, I think my grandfather. He died before I was born, but he seemed like an amazing man. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/10 "2002-06-08T01:24:20Z")
George Orwell. I’d love to see his take on today’s world. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/11 "2002-06-08T01:25:44Z")
My grandma. I miss her a lot. I would make her take her insulin shots and keep her away from the donuts and soda pop this time around. And give her even more hugs. ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/12 "2002-06-08T02:50:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montezuma \* > \*\*JFK, for shutting down Vietnam and making huge contributions to the exploration of space. \*\* Well, you need to re-read your history, and yes I saw your second post. Nixon shut down Vietnam. I would bring back Einstein or Richard Feynman. Well, Turing would also make the list. Out of those three Feynman would be my pick. All of them should be considered as great thinkers but I think Feynman would contribute the most in todays world. Slee ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/13 "2002-06-08T06:32:28Z")
\*\*Stevie Ray Vaughn ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/14 "2002-06-08T07:26:13Z")
For me, it’s kind of a tie between Mohandas Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King, Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/15 "2002-06-08T08:14:33Z")
Mozart. Gershwin. Two (is that against the OP’s rule?) who were cut off way too young (both under forty), and who would have contributed much more if they had had the chance. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/16 "2002-06-08T08:28:00Z")
Oh, I forgot Capt. Kirk - he died in the last movie. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/17 "2002-06-08T19:38:11Z")
“And Schubert. _Especially_ Schubert.” “Why Schubert?” “So he could finish his symphony!” ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/18 "2002-06-08T20:47:06Z")
Well, since I haven’t lost any loved ones (Thank God), I might bring back Dian Fossey. (sp?) She seemed neat. Or maybe Julius Caesar…he’d be pretty well set on the lecture circuit. Or, if it doesn’t have to be a human, I can think of three family dogs that I wish were still around…Make that four or five, actually. Ranchoth ---
**Author:** ![barking\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@barking\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barking_frog)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/19 "2002-06-08T21:13:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sleestak \* > \*\* > I would bring back Einstein or Richard Feynman. Well, Turing would also make the list. Out of those three Feynman would be my pick. All of them should be considered as great thinkers but I think Feynman would contribute the most in todays world. > \*\* Well, likewise, Feynman was what came to mind first when I saw this thread title. But on second thought, how sacrilegious would it be to say “Jesus”? ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/20 "2002-06-08T21:16:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ian Fan \* > \*\* > > But on second thought, how sacrilegious would it be to say “Jesus”? \*\* Jesus is already coming back 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845.md?page=2)