Wombat remarked in the Dave Allen thread, that the late Dave Allen fell into the " Where are they now.." category.
'Twas this gentle remark got me thinking about those who have slipped under the radar for whatever reason.
Some are dead,probably, some are living in obscurity, and some are just happy to be out of the public eyeâŚ
OK, this thread looks like serious fun. Whenever I need an excuse to stop reading the doctoral thesis Iâm stuck with this weekend, Iâm gonna try to think of interesting cases.
HmmâŚI was going to post a couple; when I considered the Horrible People category, for some reason Idi Amin came to mind, and there was someone else, so forgettable Iâve already forgotten. Then I realized that the internet has made the whole âwhere are they nowâ question nearly obsolete, itâs so easy to answer. As weâve already seen in this thread, one need only google the name and the answer is there instantly (Amin died in 2003; more on his despicable life here â http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/16/newsid_3921000/3921361.stm)
The internet is spectacularly useful, and I wouldnât want to be without it, but it does take some of the poignant mystery out of life. Maybe it would be fun to try to find someone who was once famous but has now somehow managed to vanish so thoroughly that even Google canât find him.
Actually I think this thread is a lot of fun if you donât google but leave it to someone else to do that. Iâm just as interested in who falls into this category for others as I am in the answer. So why not just post first for the fun of it and google later?
I got the answer for Dave Allen on last nightâs news. He was retired but planning a comeback. His wife was about 7 months pregnant when he died. Hardly scandalous but still interesting, at least to me.
âSheila James Kuehl Kuehl was slated for her own spinoff, Zelda, and four episodes were filmed, but the project was dropped when rumors began to circulate that she was a lesbian. When she was passed over for a promotion in favor of a man with less experience she began to see major obstacles for women in the job market. She went back to school, got a degree in law and is now an attorney specializing in Feminist causes.â