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May 26, 2010

Art Linkletter, Dead at 97
— Ace

Larry King interviewed him at age 93, and, I'm not saying this to be funny, he doesn't look a day over 70. He does not look like any 93 year old I've ever seen; he's all there.

Posted by: Ace at 02:50 PM | Comments (64)
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1 RIP, Link. He was a good man and will be missed.

Posted by: incognito at May 26, 2010 02:54 PM (u6X4c)

2 Getting older sucks cock.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at May 26, 2010 02:54 PM (sGwNK)

Damn, I remember watching Art Linkletter when I was about 5 years old, always did like him.

Agree with you about the age, my father-in-law is 87, and I love him dearly, but these days he isn't looking anywhere near as strong as Art is in that interview. (not bad, either - just normal for someone who's 87 years old!)

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2010 02:54 PM (T1boi)

4 Neal Cavuto said today that he was the nicest person he'd ever met. He's in Paradise now. I envy him.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 26, 2010 02:55 PM (UOM48)

5 Clem Cadiddlehopper (SP?) was a childhood fave of mine. RIP DUDE.

Posted by: mbruce at May 26, 2010 02:56 PM (Fr8N6)

Nice man. Seems like he's been there forever.

Posted by: rdbrewer at May 26, 2010 02:57 PM (a1MU5)

7 2 Getting older sucks cock.

It's something we must all go through, my friend.

But you don't have to act like you're getting older. My great-grandmother is 100+ and she's still busy as a bee.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 26, 2010 02:57 PM (c0A3e)

8 #5 That was Red Skelton.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 26, 2010 02:57 PM (UOM48)

9 His book, "Kids Say The Darndest Things" is still a funny read. Clem Cadidlehopper was Red Skelton, wasn't he?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 26, 2010 02:58 PM (eNxMU)

10 He does not look like any 93 year old I've ever seen; he's all there.

My Lord, he certainly was. RIP, Art Linkletter.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 26, 2010 02:58 PM (c0A3e)

11
I didn't even know he was sick...

Posted by: Dang Straights at May 26, 2010 02:59 PM (fx8sm)

12 Art had some show on tv when I was a kid, can't remember it.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at May 26, 2010 02:59 PM (sGwNK)

13 Art had some show on tv when I was a kid, can't remember it.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at May 26, 2010 06:59 PM (sGwNK)

No memory? Your next Dr. Spank.

Posted by: Fish at May 26, 2010 03:00 PM (M5t+h)

14 He's made several appearances on Neal Cavuto. He was a very good and decent man, and also a savvy businessman. He's a dying breed. Literally.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 26, 2010 03:01 PM (UOM48)

15 Anyone seen my pill box?

Posted by: Dr. Spank at May 26, 2010 03:02 PM (sGwNK)

16 I read his obit in the LA Times.

He was an orphan, and later ran away from his adoptive parents during the early days of the Depression and became a hobo. His marriage in 1935 he credits with saving his life.

He is survived by his wife, but was predeceased by 3 of his own children, one of whom committed suicide. And yet he remained happy and optimistic.

One of the truly great men. RIP, Link.

Posted by: Doc Rochester at May 26, 2010 03:02 PM (UQ5aO)

17 As a kid, one of the first people I can remember on TV. So long Art.

Posted by: dogfish at May 26, 2010 03:03 PM (9dIfg)

18 I didn't know until I heard Neal today that Art had a daughter who died young (drug overdose?).

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 26, 2010 03:03 PM (UOM48)

19 Art Linkletter...Alan Funt....Soupy Sales.
They don't make 'em like that anymore.
Those guys would never even get a shot today.
Rest in Peace guys.

Posted by: Rocks at May 26, 2010 03:03 PM (d2PJi)

20 ....and became a hobo.

Uh, oh.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 26, 2010 03:04 PM (UOM48)

21 Honoring dead hobos, what's this blog coming to?

Posted by: Dr. Spank at May 26, 2010 03:05 PM (sGwNK)

22 Honoring dead hobos, what's this blog coming to?

During the depression everyone was a hobo.

Posted by: Rocks at May 26, 2010 03:07 PM (d2PJi)

23 21 Honoring dead hobos, what's this blog coming to?

But he got better!

And he didn't become a hobo by drowning himself in drugs and alcohol.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 26, 2010 03:07 PM (c0A3e)

24 God bless you, Art.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at May 26, 2010 03:07 PM (9Zl4O)

25 I remember him on game shows when I was in the single digits.

One of the interesting aspects of older people (ok, old) that is and yet is not totally obvious is that they are a window onto the past. And in this case, a civility and decency that seems more and more lost.

RIP.

Posted by: ParisParamus at May 26, 2010 03:08 PM (GgR+e)

26 And Sheppy Smith yaks and yaks and yaks.....

RIP Art. You were a class act. (Talk to the Big Guy for us and see if he can do a little more to help us out down here.)

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 26, 2010 03:09 PM (UOM48)

He was an orphan, and later ran away from his adoptive parents during the early days of the Depression and became a hobo. His marriage in 1935 he credits with saving his life.

Thank God he put that lifestyle behind him before the advent of AoSHQ! And of course his marriage saved his life--don't all of them? (Heh!)

Posted by: runningrn at May 26, 2010 03:09 PM (CfmlF)

28 I only remember Art from those Contour adjustable chair commercials. He wore Arnie Palmer sweaters like my dad. And that's alright with me. R.I.P.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at May 26, 2010 03:09 PM (wd0Iq)

29 My dad turns 80 in July and he still skis with me. If you believe you are young, you stay young. Get those skis waxed, Dr. Spank!

Posted by: incognito at May 26, 2010 03:10 PM (u6X4c)

During the depression everyone was a hobo.

Crap! You make a very salient point! In teh Obama Recovery, We are all hobos now!

Posted by: runningrn at May 26, 2010 03:10 PM (CfmlF)

Crap! You make a very salient point! In teh Obama Recovery, We are all hobos now!

Posted by: runningrn at May 26, 2010 07:10 PM (CfmlF)

But we are proud and defiant hobos.

Posted by: conscious and soon to achieve hobo status at May 26, 2010 03:14 PM (YVZlY)

32 Did Linkletter kill a guy back in '76?

Posted by: Dr. Spank at May 26, 2010 03:15 PM (sGwNK)

33 The Art Linkletter Show was seriously good entertainment back in the day of B&W television.

I watched many a show of his with our whole family.

Remember the bubbles rising up behind the orchestra at the conclusion of each show?

Posted by: TXMarko at May 26, 2010 03:15 PM (bEOD5)

34 RIP Mr. Linkletter. Classy guy from a bygone era. Time keeps slipping into the future, doesn't it?

Posted by: Reggie1971 at May 26, 2010 03:16 PM (IauK9)

Did Linkletter kill a guy back in '76?

I thought that was Paul Anka. It had something to do with shirts.

Posted by: runningrn at May 26, 2010 03:16 PM (CfmlF)

Did Linkletter kill a guy back in '76?

I thought that was Paul Anka. It had something to do with shirts.

Paul Anka was a raper, Linkletter was a killer.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at May 26, 2010 03:19 PM (sGwNK)

37 Hey, I always liked him when I was a kid. I heard a radio interview of Artie Shaw when he was 93. He sounded great. Had a young sounding voice, mind sharp as a whistle. Said his favorite pass time was just reading and he was well read. I checked his wiki and clicked some of the name back then - they all had 8 husbands/wifes, numerous lovers, smoked like chimneys and lived pass their 90s. And they died financially comfortable. So, what are we doing wrong??

Posted by: moi at May 26, 2010 03:19 PM (Ez4Ql)

38 Perhaps he was a nice man, perhaps he didn't beat his wife, perhaps he didn't influence the decision of his kid to jump. but I haven't forgotten watching the film he made about LSD and drug use when I was trapped there in the wooden bleachers at Tamanend Jr. High. What I knew about drugs then, and learned over the next five years, made me question everything anyone in authority ever told me since. Thanks. Art.

Posted by: dr kill at May 26, 2010 03:19 PM (w9bVp)

39 Linkletter was one of the three hosts of the televised opening of Disneyland in 1955. The second was Bob Cummings; the third: Ronald Reagan.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at May 26, 2010 03:22 PM (9Zl4O)

40 Crap, the bubbles were not on Linkletters show!

That was Lawrence Welk! How embarrassing.

This just proves I am old.

And senile.

Posted by: TXMarko at May 26, 2010 03:22 PM (bEOD5)

41 His daughter decided she could fly off the top of a building while on LSD. He talked quite openly about it. I checked wiki again and it said she had no lsd in her system. I wonder how long it is detectable. Back then the grass was weak but the lsd very strong.

Posted by: moi at May 26, 2010 03:23 PM (Ez4Ql)

42 Larry Kings new interview. So is it true you are dead Mr Linkletter.

Posted by: SOME ASSHOLE STOLE MY PEN at May 26, 2010 03:23 PM (VmAoa)

43 Knew him personally. Great guy, funny as hell. RIP, Art.

Posted by: rawmuse at May 26, 2010 03:30 PM (+JrzC)

44 No worries. I've already decided. I ain't gonna die.

As for Larry King. Isn't he dead? Sure looks it.

Posted by: GarandFan at May 26, 2010 03:33 PM (6mwMs)

45 2 Getting older sucks cock.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at May 26, 2010 06:54 PM (sGwNK)

Better than the other way around.

Posted by: Aaron at May 26, 2010 03:40 PM (XUIJ5)

46
I stand fearlessly for small dogs, the American Flag, motherhood and the Bible. That's why people love me...
-Art Linkletter

RIP. Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.

Posted by: sickinmass at May 26, 2010 03:41 PM (tamie)

So, what are we doing wrong??

Artie was married like a gazillion times...

Posted by: David Brooks at May 26, 2010 03:47 PM (CfmlF)

48 Hopefully he is up there saying the darndest things.

Posted by: kid at May 26, 2010 03:53 PM (7z1z2)

49 Art Linkletter is dead?

Damn, that AIDS is a stone-cold bitch, huh?

Posted by: wiserbud at May 26, 2010 04:16 PM (EW49d)

50 In that interview Larry King looks older than Art.

Posted by: Decaf at May 26, 2010 04:51 PM (NooBZ)

51 Not only does Linkletter (seriously) look and sound like he could be 70 in that video, he looks younger than King!

Posted by: looking closely at May 26, 2010 05:18 PM (KNy97)

52 Knew him personally. Great guy, funny as hell. RIP, Art.

Posted by: rawmuse at May 26, 2010 07:30 PM (+JrzC)

Very impressive; always seemed very upbeat and caring. Could make you laugh while being a nice guy. Tbh I didn't even know he was still alive because I don't remember when the last time was I heard his name. Glad that he aged well; extremely classy person. RIP indeed, Art.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 26, 2010 05:35 PM (/ZMR9)

53 Linkletter was a part of our family. Never belittled his guests and throroughly enjoyed the kids. Living through the deaths of three children and coming out not a bitter, drunken derelict is quite an achievement.

Posted by: outofthis world at May 26, 2010 05:35 PM (PEFmX)

54 He'll be back.

Posted by: Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 at May 26, 2010 05:43 PM (hVdJG)

55 @37: Artie Shaw was also a committed commie, something I didn't know about until he died, when it was said something like "he spent the last years of his life pursuing social justice." Red flag. My opinion of him went to zero after that.

Linkletter, on the other hand, was the best of the best. Where will we find good men like this as our time fades away?

Posted by: Doug at May 26, 2010 06:04 PM (Jc6xA)

56 RIP Mr. Linkletter. A truly gentle, caring man. We need more men like him.

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57 Poster number 2 has to go and ruin the whole thread with such a stupid response. Idiot.

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59 His daughter decided she could fly off the top of a building while on LSD. He talked quite openly about it. I checked wiki again and it said she had no lsd in her system. I wonder how long it is detectable. Back then the grass was weak but the lsd very strong.

Holy Fuck. That's a true story? I still remember Helen Hunt in School Daze pulling that stunt and the Bill Hicks drugs routine. I always thought it was an urban legend. "People Who Died." Poor Art Linkletter.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at May 27, 2010 03:55 AM (mHQ7T)

60 57

Artie Shaw married some beautiful women, though, among them Ava Gardner and Lana Turner. I can see why Jews became Democrats and socialists in that part of the century. Antisemitism was strong among the New England WASP's Shaw grew up with. With segregation and many of the social inequalities of that era, I would want "justice," too, even if the government had to strongarm a few bigots and assholes. But if I lived as lavishly as Artie Shaw, I would be willing to part with my own income. Still waiting to meet these limousine libs who want to pay more taxes.

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61 RIP Art Linkletter

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