A lot of people thought he had... more than once, in fact.
I think it was Johnny Carson who even made a crack about it at the time - Abe Vigoda's been dead more times that Elizabeth Taylor's been married.
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I know we all go sooner or later, but it's sad just the same. From everything I'd heard about him, Mr. Vigoda was a class act.
Do you remember how many times Arafat was reported to be dead, right here at F.R.?
So many times that when he actually died, nobody believed it.