You're gonna have to come down here!

January 14, 2009 2:05 PM

Famous for his role as Mr. Roarke on the original Fantasy Island as well as Khan in "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan," Ricardo Montalbán has died.

Twenty years after the original Fantasy Island there was a remake.

Previously, Hervé Villechaize (Tattoo) committed suicide in 1993.

posted by cjorgensen (21 comments total)

Again?
posted by Floydd at 2:07 PM on January 14, 2009 [1 favorite]

Will his coffin be lined with rich, Corinithian leather?
posted by tommasz at 2:08 PM on January 14, 2009

F5 is your friend.
posted by desjardins at 2:08 PM on January 14, 2009 [1 favorite]

Wow, I loved Ricardo Montalban as an actor. He was such a delightful ham. The Wrath of Kahn was only great because he and William Shatner were always out-doing each other ("I will avenge you!" "I'm laughing at the superior intellect...").
posted by misha at 2:08 PM on January 14, 2009

Da hearse! Da hearse!
posted by fish tick at 2:08 PM on January 14, 2009

Look boss! It's a double!
posted by phaedon at 2:08 PM on January 14, 2009

See you there.
posted by Joe Beese at 2:08 PM on January 14, 2009 [1 favorite]

Damn. I looked on the front page, wrote my post, and my links were fine. Got beat to the punch.

This post was deleted because Mr. Roarke's dead undead!

Flagged it myself.
posted by cjorgensen at 2:08 PM on January 14, 2009

Khan wuz here.
posted by fijiwriter at 2:09 PM on January 14, 2009

Good effing lord.
posted by billysumday at 2:09 PM on January 14, 2009

F5 is your friend.

Command R is.
posted by cjorgensen at 2:09 PM on January 14, 2009

This is why everyone needs tag training.
posted by CunningLinguist at 2:10 PM on January 14, 2009

Da three, da three!
posted by ericb at 2:10 PM on January 14, 2009

I don't think there'd be this many posts if PALIN died, ffs.
posted by desjardins at 2:11 PM on January 14, 2009

No tags were thrown on preview and I have the same ones in the other post.
posted by cjorgensen at 2:14 PM on January 14, 2009

I hope he is laid to rest in a casket appointed with fine corinthian leather.

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posted by longsleeves at 2:14 PM on January 14, 2009

dang.
posted by longsleeves at 2:15 PM on January 14, 2009

I don't think there'd be this many posts if PALIN died, ffs.

But they'd be more cheerful.
posted by Joe Beese at 2:16 PM on January 14, 2009

Quien es mas macho? Fernando Llamas o Montalban?
posted by electroboy at 2:16 PM on January 14, 2009

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one for Ricardo and one for this post
posted by caddis at 2:17 PM on January 14, 2009

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

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posted by Ghidorah at 2:17 PM on January 14, 2009