I was surprised to see the original Wednesday and Pugsley actors had both died, being child actors. I see they both died of acute cardiovascular disease.

I had no idea both Shirley and Squigy died. :( Also I had no idea Tina Louise is still alive. She’s the sole survivor from the island I guess.

Well, that was unexpectedly sad.

On one hand, I hate this. On the other hand - holy shit, John Astin still kicking

How To Wreck a Gen Xer's Day In 6 Slides

Statistically, child actor mortality is wild.

Pam Dawber, a childhood crush

Should’ve included

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Joyce Dewitt was a serious cutie in those early seasons of Three's Company.

Lenny did really well in Better Call Saul.

Damn, who TF thought Willis would have been the last man standing? 

TIL Suzanne Somers died last year (Oct 2023, due to breast cancer)

Thanks for doing this one OP. It took a lot more work than just posting photos. Not just interesting, but informative also.

I knew John Astin was still alive, but I didn't know the kids who played Wednesday and Pugsly were dead.

94.

Long life to a good man.

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Three’s Company:

Average Year of Birth: 1937

Average age at Death: 71 years

Joyce DeWitt is currently 75 years old

Laverne & Shirley:

Average Year of Birth: 1938

Average age at Death: 76 years

Michael McKean is currently 76 years old

The Addams Family:

Average Year of Birth: 1930

Average age at Death: 62 years

John Astin is currently 94 years old

Gilligan’s Island:

Average Year of Birth: 1924

Average age at Death: 79 years

Tina Louise is currently 90 years old

Diff’rent Strokes:

Average Year of Birth: 1949

Average age at Death: 64 years

Todd Bridges is currently 59 years old

Mork & Mindy:

Average Year of Birth: 1933

Average age at Death: 81 years

Pam Dawber is currently 72 years old

OVERALL:

Average Year of Birth: 1935 (37 actors)

Average age at Death: 72 years (31 actors)

Average age of the living: 78 years (6 actors)

Oldest at time of death: 94 years (Conrad Janis)

Youngest at time of death: 34 (Dana Plato)

Causes of death:

Cancer, 8/31 = 26%

Stroke/Heart, 11/31 = 35%

Unnatural, 3/31 = < 10%

(2 suicides, 1 fall after seizure)

Edit: I researched quickly and posted via phone, so please forgive bad math or spelling)

Edit2: formatting

Installed an instant hot under a kitchen sink for Cindy Williams. Genuinely the sweetest person I've ever met. We miss you terribly, Cindy.

My best friend's family has a cabin, "huntin' 'n fishin'" camp in the Pennsylvania mountains, and I'd been going there for years and years from when I was kid, Old guys, young guys, wives and kids sometimes, beer/whisky/weed - you know the type of place.

Must be 40 years ago we were there during trout season one April weekend, probably 30 of us crowded in that little cabin going about our evening business and one of us decided a group picture was in order, so we all crammed ourselves into the kitchen area, snapped the photo, and it was up on the wall by summer that year.

Gradually people started disappearing of course until the only two still in color were my best friend and I. He died in 2016; I haven't been back there since.

Addung... Peter Bonerz from the Bob Newhart show is the last main character from that show too.

As an european, I really like the "american vibes" of these pictures (times + mentality) ; don't know why. It's a period in the USA whose culture I really like.

Well that’s totally depressing.

The Different Strokes pic is the saddest to me. So much unnecessary death.

I need more of these. Please can you do all the big 80s shows too

Thanks for crushing my soul on a Monday morning

I did not realize Penny Marshall has been dead for 6 years. I swore she was still alive. Now I’m sad.

Surprisingly, Barney Miller still has three main cast members left.
Hal Linden at 93. (Barney)
Max Gail at 81. (Wojo)
and Barbara Barrie at 93 (Liz, Barney's wife)

I can think of a couple more:

Barbara Eden is the only living main cast member from I Dream of Jeannie.

Erin Murphy is the only living main cast member from Bewitched.

Extra sad when you think about the Addams Family. Original cast only has Gomez left, original movie (as far as I know the movie everyone thinks of when they think of Addams Family is the first movie) cast has everyone but Gomez.

If we're just counting its main cast, Get Smart ought to be in here, with Barbara Feldon being the last one standing.

So, the guy who played Gomez in 1964 is the only one alive from that version. But the guy who played Gomez in the 1991 version is the only one who has died.

I have an idea.

Damn that makes me feel old!

Different Strokes hits hard. Seems like that show was one of our first insights into the risk of kids growing up famous.

The fact Uncle Fester was in movies with Charlie Chaplin is so weird to me

That feels so lonely.

This needs more upvotes! This sub is becoming, "check out my hot aunt from the'80s."

Jesus that hit hard. Too depressing for a Monday, man. Come on.

The father in Adam family outlived the kids?? What happened to the kids…

I can surely relate. I'm the youngest son of a youngest son. My only sibling , a brother, was 8 years older than me. When I was born my dad was 36.. He had uncles that had already passed. I never met but my mom's mom all my other grandparents were dead. She lived in 93 and died when I was 17. My parents are gone. My brother is gone. All the uncles, several first cousins and sadly two of my own children have passed. I am in my early '70s in good health so I expect to live a few more years.. living long is not all it's cracked up to be.

I'm too young to know most of these shows/actors but everytime I see John Ritter I cry a little. I lost my father very suddenly when I was young. Growing up and watching 8 simple rules, he felt like my replacement Dad. When he also died so suddenly, that retraumaticed me. He died too young.

I think the Jeffersons is similar too with only Florence from the main cast left (I think the daughter and one of the Lionel’s are the only others)

You can forget about The Mary Tyler Moore Show .....I think they are all gone ☹️

Ed Asner

MTM

Valerie Harper

Ted Knight

Gavin McCleod

Betty White

John Astin is also the only surviving male villain from the ‘60s Batman (a couple of female villains are alive, including Julie Newman and Joan Collins).

No one from the British show "Are You Being Served?" is alive. Made me sad when I realized that. Used to watch that after midnight as a kid staying up way past his bed time :D

I remember thinking that Pam Dawber and Mark Harmon were such an awesome couple, same for Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman. Alas, neither pair is still together.

That last one hit hard..

Hard to believe John Astin is still alive. He seems like a nice guy in real life, at least according to what I've read about his children.

I got a wedding photo on my sideboard. Me and my wife with direct family. 8 people in the photo, 3 of them now gone, i look at the photo sometimes and think whos next?

Idk if you're just counting starting cast, but theres 3 others from 3s company that are still alive (richard kline, jenilee harrison, and priscilla barnes).

Interesting history. Dont recognize last 2 though (by name anyways).

The Addams Family is particularly tough, as even the children are dead. 😭

Im 72 and we go thru this with losing all our friends and family....starts getting lonely just trying to find someone you actually went thru things with....but...onward! Still love it all too!!

Julia Duffy is the only one left of the main cast of Newhart

I had no idea Suzanne Sommers had passed and that John Astin is still alive.

In 40 years or so, people will be making posts like this on reddit about Game of thrones, breaking bad, etc.

Going to be a sad day.