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"Thanks to his utterly bizarre yet completely transformative character work and penchant for pulling large-scale pranks, Andy Kaufman is exactly the kind of person who you would expect to fake their own death - and as a result has been the subject of many conspiracy theories ever since his reported passing in 1984. Hell, even director Milos Forman added an interesting question mark scene about Kaufman's death at the end of his 1999 biopic Man on the Moon. Now a new chapter has been written in the decades long conspiracy theory, however, and if this new report turns out to be true it means that Kaufman has spent the last 29 years of his living in obscurity with a wife and family. Defamer picked up the story from The Comic's Comic, and it's quite an interesting tale.
The story begins at the 9th annual Andy Kaufman Awards, which were held on Monday night at New York's Gotham Comedy Club. While on stage, Michael Kaufman - Andy's brother - began to talk about his sibling's legacy and then revealed that he doesn't actually know if Andy is alive or dead. He then told a story about how back in 1984 he was going through his brother's things and discovered an essay written by Andy about how he would go about faking his own death. The piece said that he would eventually reappear on Christmas Eve 1999 at a particular restaurant, and when that date came Michael went to the place to find out the truth. While Andy was a no-show, that night he was given a letter from a stranger that turned out to be a letter addressed to him from Andy. In the letter the comedy legend explained how he wanted to have a normal life and that "he'd met and fallen in love with a woman and had a daughter, and that he didn't want Michael or anyone to say anything while their own father was still alive."
Andy and Michael's father, Stanley, died this past summer, and Michael told the audience at the Gotham Comedy Club that a month after the loss he got a call from a young woman who told him over the phone that Andy was alive and that he had actually been paying attention to the Andy Kaufman Awards "from afar" and was very proud of the event. Michael then asked the crowd if that young woman was in the audience, and then a 24-year-old woman stood up from the back and made her way to the stage. The report on The Comic's Comic, which was written by a writer named Sean L. McCarthy, doesn't mention exactly how this young woman was connected to Andy, but Killy Dwyer, an Andy Kaufman Awards finalist who was there that night, said in a Facebook post that the mystery guest was Andy Kaufman's daughter. "
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http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Andy-Kaufman-May-Really-Alive-Suggests-Reports-40294.html
I think this is a great tribute to Andy Kaufman!
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)in other words there has to be a death certificate or corners report some where.
REP
(21,691 posts)He had a rare form of lung cancer that spread to his brain. The death certificate was filed in LA and is viewable on line.
Be nice if he hadn't have died though.
Bluestar
(1,400 posts)That has now been confirmed.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)brooklynite
(94,501 posts)icymist
(15,888 posts)Everybody has a JFK theory. Not everyone has an Andy theory.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)I can easily image him finding himself diagnosed with cancer, knowing his time is short, and coming up with a scheme like this
1000words
(7,051 posts)Considering Kaufman's fondness for hoaxes, is there a better way to honor him?
kcr
(15,315 posts)That young woman looks just like him. I saw that picture and for a split second I almost considered it might be true! I think he would have loved this.
1000words
(7,051 posts)The joke was on us, and we were entertaining him.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)What a great way to pay tribute!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)LMAO. You always make me laugh and feel guilty about it. Snort.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)in the eyes especially and some of her faces, but she could be some other relative of his.
Interesting either way!
JanMichael
(24,881 posts)seemed kind of weirded out in that video. Interesting.
Freddie
(9,259 posts)His HS girlfriend gave his daughter up for adoption (late 60's?) and after Andy's (supposed) death she found out about her birth parents.
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)Lynne Margulies, back in the late 80s. He's really dead.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)but I think I'm pretty skeptical that he's alive. It is a nice thought, tho.
And if Hitler is still alive, I guess anything is possible.
Sid
Ghost in the Machine
(14,912 posts)BainsBane
(53,031 posts)Why wouldn't Andy call himself if he were still alive?
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Blue Owl
(50,349 posts)n/t
RagAss
(13,832 posts)nolabear
(41,959 posts)The young woman claiming to be his daughter is apparently an actress named Alexandra Tatarsky. I saw the claim, googled her, and it does look like the same person.
But of course that means nothing. It could be a double backward super duper Clifton.
TroglodyteScholar
(5,477 posts)lob1
(3,820 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)deutsey
(20,166 posts)I believe he's dead, but if anyone could pull off a stunt like this, it would be him.
He was (is?) a fucking genius. I'm glad I got to see him in his heyday on SNL, Taxi, his own TV specials, and all that crazy 'rassling stuff he did.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)Pisces
(5,599 posts)RagAss
(13,832 posts)Just did a google news.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)But I think he's dead...
RagAss
(13,832 posts)29 years in the grave and he's still screwing with us...hahahahaaa
melody
(12,365 posts)That's my current theory. Given the weight of the evidence, I lean toward that conclusion.
His father died in July. His brother, Michael, is now on record as saying he believes he is. If anyone knows, it's Michael.
And of course Zmuda and Margolis say he's dead -- they're part of Puzzlementary, the group that's fnording everyone.