# Wilson died. (Home Improvement, not the volleyball) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 30, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilson-died-home-improvement-not-the-volleyball/221845 "2003-12-30T22:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilson-died-home-improvement-not-the-volleyball/221845/1 "2003-12-30T22:17:01Z")
Aw… he was so [neighbourly.](http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/12/30/obit.hindman.ap/index.html) I had no idea he was ill. ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilson-died-home-improvement-not-the-volleyball/221845/2 "2003-12-30T22:39:14Z")
Wonder if the casket will come up over his nose and just show his eyes… ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilson-died-home-improvement-not-the-volleyball/221845/3 "2003-12-30T22:40:02Z")
Your thread title made me giggle. Heh. Yeah, thats too bad that he died. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilson-died-home-improvement-not-the-volleyball/221845/4 "2003-12-31T01:13:51Z")
An odd error: on [imdb.com](http://imdb.com)’s news [http://imdb.com/StudioBrief/#1](http://imdb.com/StudioBrief/#1) the following headline appears: Actor Earl Hindman Dead at 88 I’m not sure how they got that age since even in their obituary they list his year of birth as 1942. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilson-died-home-improvement-not-the-volleyball/221845/5 "2003-12-31T04:27:29Z")
Gosh, it’s almost like we’ve got people hurrying to die before New Years so 2003 can be the year so many celebrities died. ☹ I liked Wilson. Goodbye, Neighbor. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilson-died-home-improvement-not-the-volleyball/221845/6 "2003-12-31T04:38:36Z")
…also not dead is **Wilson** the SDMB lurker. The character is the inspiration for my nickname at work and my screen name, so I guess a little piece of me has died. Looking at imdb, I remember him being in Silverado… but I had completely forgotten that he was Mr. Brown in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Gotta rent that one sometime soon. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilson-died-home-improvement-not-the-volleyball/221845/7 "2003-12-31T06:27:42Z")
Wilson, I’ve seen _TTOP123_ several times, but I never knew that Earl Hindman was in it. I’ve got to check it out too, as I actually don’t know what the guy looks like full face. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilson-died-home-improvement-not-the-volleyball/221845/8 "2003-12-31T13:08:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wilson \* > \*\*…also not dead is **Wilson** the SDMB lurker. > \*\* Oh, yeah? Prove it! _pokes with stick_ ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilson-died-home-improvement-not-the-volleyball/221845/9 "2003-12-31T20:00:33Z")
At least the morticians won’t have to worry about making him up to look like himself…