• flossdaily@lemmy.world
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    George Burns died 27 years ago.

    I’m guessing this comic was written before 1996, when George Burns died at ~100 years old… his last movie was in 1994.

    This is akin to the Betty White jokes being told up until her recent death.

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      No, that is Montgomery Burns. George Burns was a real actor/comedian who was famous for playing God (like Morgan Freeman is now) and lived to be very old for the time, so people would joke that he would live forever/actually was god/etc. “Oh God! You Devil” is a classic if you want to see his work.

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        Born 1896, died 1996 at the ripe old age of 100.

        Ended his stage career after a bath injury in 1994. Caught a cold at Frank Sinatra’s Christmas party a month before his 100th birthday, and never fully recovered.

        If you’re in a position to attend Sinatra’s Christmas party a month before your 100th birthday you’ve already done well.