Effects of Mel Blanc not dying in 1989

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So, suppose Mel Blanc "The Man of 1000 Voices", Voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian, etc does not die of emphysema or any other disease that may have effected him and miraculously manages to live 10-20 years more.

What impact would this have on Popular culture, animation and voice acting? Does he become the Stan Lee of voice acting?
 
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Flubber

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He was already in his 80s when he died. How much longer do you think he could have worked?

I suppose if you butterfly away his serious car accident in the early 60s you could give a few more years.
 

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He was already in his 80s when he died. How much longer do you think he could have worked?

I suppose if you butterfly away his serious car accident in the early 60s you could give a few more years.
I was thinking he could be similar to Stan Lee. Maybe 10 more years in the best case scenario.

I don't know if voice acting takes a toll on your health so I'll refrain on saying if he could continue voicing.
 
He was already in his 80s when he died. How much longer do you think he could have worked?

I suppose if you butterfly away his serious car accident in the early 60s you could give a few more years.

Given that he eventually died of Cardiovascular disease and Emphysema, would getting rid of the car accident really make that much of a difference?
 

Flubber

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Given that he eventually died of Cardiovascular disease and Emphysema, would getting rid of the car accident really make that much of a difference?


Beats me, I'm no doctor. He suffered multiple skull fractures and was in a coma for months, that's got to have some sort of long term effect.
 
I saw a biography documentary on Mel Blanc some time ago, and what killed him was not disease out of the blue. He was on set of an Oldsmobile commercial with his son Noel (also acting in the commercial, and also a voice actor), and after filming, since Mel was coughing a bit, Noel Blanc got his father to go to the hospital and Mel chose to stay overnight just in case.

While in the hospital, the nurse or doctor forgot to put up the rail on the side of the bed, so Mel rolled over in his sleep and fell off the bed in the night. That broke his femur, causing fat emboli to release into his brain, causing a stroke and he died within 48 hours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRoyZTD_4Sk&t=01h01m08s

That's not that hard to change as a point of deviation in history. It's a very minor thing based on a whim which turned horribly wrong. As to how long he could live, I always recommend finding out his parent's ages when they died and averaging the two together, and taking into account sibling ages of death and children ages of death. His brother, Henry, died in 1981 at about age 77. His father, Frederick, died in 1941 at about age 62. His mother, Eva, died in 1956 at roughly age 76.
Based on that, I'm not sure how much longer Mel Blanc would live. He could very well live a few more years. He could live to be 100, though I'd lean towards him dying somewhere in his 80s.
 

Flubber

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As to how long he could live, I always recommend finding out his parent's ages when they died and averaging the two together, and taking into account sibling ages of death and children ages of death. His brother, Henry, died in 1981 at about age 77. His father, Frederick, died in 1941 at about age 62. His mother, Eva, died in 1956 at roughly age 76.


So he'd already beat both his parents lifespans, albeit with access to better medical care, and his brother's lifespan only to die because of negligence. What a shame.

Based on that, I'm not sure how much longer Mel Blanc would live. He could very well live a few more years. He could live to be 100, though I'd lean towards him dying somewhere in his 80s.

He made it to what? 81? The question here really isn't how long he could have gone on, but rather what sort of shape he'd be in during that those last years. He was working up until falling out of bed at 81, but that doesn't mean he'd be "all there" when he was 82 or 83 or 90.

I'm sure many of you remember Don Knotts, aka Barney Fife. He had a lengthy career working well into his 70s but he was also going slowly blind and had breathing difficulties. Towards the end he'd occasionally do a small cameo, take a bit of voice work, or appear on stage for a night. Anything more was simply too difficult. Then there was that TBS special celebrating an anniversary of The Andy Griffith Show Knotts appeared in, I say appeared in because he didn't and couldn't participate much.

Some of you with elderly relatives or friends will be aware that people past a certain age have "good" days and "bad" ones. When the anniversary special was taped, Knotts was having a "bad" day. He was distracted, almost confused at times, and came across as incredibly frail. They limited the number of questions he was asked and the amount of time he was on camera.

I guess what I'm trying to point out is that, while Blanc might live to 100, it doesn't mean he'll work to 100. After a while, you just can't cut it anymore and his family will keep him from making a fool of himself.
 
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