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Abe Vigoda's Dead

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abe vigoda's dead

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No he's not. Abe Vigoda, whom you might recall as the character of Det. Fish on the 70's sitcom Barney Miller is still alive and kicking.

And to prove it, a programmer with a bit too much time on his hands developed a plugin for the Firefox browser that will provide minute-by-minute confirmation of Mr. Vigoda's corporeal integrity:

Part of my daily routine is to check on Abe Vigoda's current status, helpfully provided by the good people at AbeVigoda.com. To help keep me informed on this subject, I decided to write this Firefox browser extension.

When Firefox starts up, this extension automatically fetches Abe Vigoda's current status from AbeVigoda.com, and displays it in a small panel on the status bar. It periodically does so again every so often, so that you always have relatively recent information on Abe Vigoda's status.

I know you're dying -- pun not intended -- to check it, so click here.

That isn't an official Abe Vigoda domain or page, just something put up specifically for this purpose. Poor Mr. Vigoda doesn't seem to have a website, but I found the Abe Vigoda Shrine here.

(Also, the lyrics quoted above are from a remix of Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's Dead".)

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