# Who's the sexiest man and woman, dead?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-sexiest-man-and-woman-dead/138764>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 25, 2002, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-sexiest-man-and-woman-dead/138764 "2002-11-25T22:05:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-sexiest-man-and-woman-dead/138764/41 "2002-12-01T05:03:34Z")

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Mark Lenard, best known as Spock’s dad in Star Trek but also a distinguished stage actor and teacher. Also possessed of one of the most beautiful voices of this or any other era.

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-sexiest-man-and-woman-dead/138764/42 "2002-12-01T15:15:24Z")

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\*\*Yul Brenner \*\* The man was cool before cool was defined. Hubba Hubba. (And even cooler, even though he was dying from cancer - smoking related - he did anti-smoking ads on TV. )

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**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-sexiest-man-and-woman-dead/138764/43 "2002-12-01T15:19:51Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \*  
> (And even cooler, even though he was dying from cancer - smoking related - he did anti-smoking ads on TV. )

What was he going to do, shill for Phillip Morris?

Sorry, random thought. Etcetuhlaaaa, etcetuhlaaaa, etcetuhlaaaa.

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**Author:** ![aramis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@aramis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aramis)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-sexiest-man-and-woman-dead/138764/44 "2002-12-01T16:19:27Z")

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[Louise Brooks](http://www.pandorasbox.com/louisebrooks/portraits.html)

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**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-sexiest-man-and-woman-dead/138764/45 "2002-12-01T19:17:06Z")

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> \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \*  
> \*\*oh, jesus. This is really shameful, but…  
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You ought to be shamed for liking Jesus _like that._ 😃

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**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-sexiest-man-and-woman-dead/138764/46 "2002-12-01T19:47:39Z")

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James Dean  
Jimmy Stewart  
Buddy Holly

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