On This Date in "Taxi" History: Andy Kaufman Passed Away - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 05-16-2010, 10:29 AM

May 16th, 1984 Andy Kaufman, comedian (Latka-Taxi), dies of cancer at 35

TMC · 05-16-2014, 12:33 AM

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May 16th , 1984......RIP Andy

Schmoopie · 05-17-2014, 01:02 AM

He was so hilarious!

TMC · 07-14-2021, 03:29 AM

I hate to get morbid, but I really wonder how Taxi would've coped with and handled Latka's absence had it received a sixth season (and second on NBC)? Taxi was canceled for good just prior to Andy falling ill, which was around November 1983. Andy would of course, later pass away in May 1984. So that would've covered pretty much, the entire 1983-84 television season.

Chocolate Moose · 07-14-2021, 09:39 AM

in 3 year, he will have been gone 40 years. Maybe it's time for him to reveal himself!

SarahBellum · 07-14-2021, 09:58 AM

Some thought he faked his death. But apparently, he really is dead.

Adamantium · 07-14-2021, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by SarahBellum

Some thought he faked his death. But apparently, he really is dead.

I've also heard that he faked his death but ended up dying of AIDS later in the '80s.

Assuming he really did die on May 16, 1984, he'd probably love that people assumed he was still alive out there somewhere.

DEH55 · 07-17-2021, 12:00 PM

I guess its for the best that the showed ended when it did. I think Andy was diagnosed with cancer at Thanksgiving 1983. So the show and cast would have had to deal with his illness in some way. They would have to explain latka's absence. And find a way to write him out. Would they kill latka off? It would have not been fun to watch.

Chocolate Moose · 07-18-2021, 10:37 AM

it might have been fun. maybe tony would have taken him out.

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TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,301	I hate to get morbid, but I really wonder how Taxi would've coped with and handled Latka's absence had it received a sixth season (and second on NBC)? Taxi was canceled for good just prior to Andy falling ill, which was around November 1983. Andy would of course, later pass away in May 1984. So that would've covered pretty much, the entire 1983-84 television season.

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SarahBellum Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 15, 2007 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 3,873	Some thought he faked his death. But apparently, he really is dead.

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DEH55 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 19, 2020 Posts: 319	I guess its for the best that the showed ended when it did. I think Andy was diagnosed with cancer at Thanksgiving 1983. So the show and cast would have had to deal with his illness in some way. They would have to explain latka's absence. And find a way to write him out. Would they kill latka off? It would have not been fun to watch.

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Chocolate Moose Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 21, 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 4,886	it might have been fun. maybe tony would have taken him out.