Jack Parr is, but Tito Puente isn't.

July 1, 2001 11:38 PM

Jack Parr is, but Tito Puente isn't. Ever wonder if that famous person is dead or alive? Here is the place to look it up. Sorted by name or general occupation, it makes it easy searching for people from the Watergate scandal or the remaining Little Rascals.
posted by Grum (4 comments total)

I love the idea of grouping compared to The Dead People Server, which I believe has been around a bit longer but doesn't have that many features.

It does contain snarky comments like:
Kurt Cobain (musician) -- Dead. Angst. Died Apr 8, 1994. Born Feb 20, 1967.

For Burt Convey it used to say:
Bert Convy (actor/game show host) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Ironically.

But it's since been removed..
posted by perplexed at 12:28 AM on July 2, 2001

jack lord is dead.
posted by clavdivs at 6:17 AM on July 2, 2001

The great Tito Puente is dead.
posted by whuppy at 6:51 AM on July 2, 2001

I meant that Jack Parr is ALIVE and Tito Puente isn't.
Considering that Johnny Carson is 75 and that I knew Parr was older than him, I figured he'd passed a long time ago. I still remember Tito's performance in the Simpsons, so finding out he was gone was a shock to me.
posted by Grum at 7:35 AM on July 2, 2001