He grew up being told he wouldn’t live past 15 . So he knew he wouldn’t grow old

Just read that he did one very bad thing to himself...did not take the pre-dental antibiotics his cardiologist ordered to prevent infection due to his heart condition. He developed sepsis requiring heart surgery. Died in recovery room.

@Stve Smith THE ONLY GREAT talk show host and THAT STILL HOLDS. There will AGAIN WILL BE ONE, EVER.

Just thought that, unlike Donahue who talked over people and wanted to add to it. But I still liked him.

All of the talk show hosts in the 60's and 70's were that way: Carson, Paar, Merv, Cavett... all of them. Nowadays the new hosts are completely untalented idiots who interrupt constantly.

He was geniunely interested in his guests ....a very gracious host.

You are so correct...and to many commercials. I gave up tv 98% that's why I'm here on KZfaq !!!

+Roger Wilco Yeah, I think that people were just generally wiser back then. Imagine if a pop singer of today would've been faced with the same troubles Darin went through. Most of the times, they would have crashed and burned within 10 days. But as I said, people were smarter back then, and they knew much better that if there's something wrong with you then it's time for a change. Nowadays you can just blame it on society. Shame we lost him so soon. He had very much more to give, and given his great versatility and his apparent spiritual growth it sure would've been interesting to know what it would've been. A real shame, and that's all I can say.

Agreed. Darin really was a pretty deep thinker and wasn't afraid to mix it up on talk shows and tell things from his point of view. I agreed with him so it was easy for me to like him, plus I loved his swagger and style. On his last Tonight Show appearance he was supposed to plug his latest movie. Carson mentioned it in his intro and that was the last that was said. Darin did six minutes of exhaustive (for him at this late stage) medley work and then talked to Carson about all sorts of interesting things. You don't get that nowadays. Even folks who disagreed with him politically or philosophically had to at least give him the respect he deserved for his intelligence (chess master) singing prowess/musicianship (Grammy Award winner ) acting ability (Oscar nominee) and most of all for his courage in the face of horrific familial and health hardships. Genius? Absolutely.

I liked him so much better than Sinatra

Sinatra was one of his early influences, so that's kind of a silly comparison.

Even Frank Sinatra himself said he was a great talent...

you are so right, back then the host let their guest talk! it was about the guest not the host, like the way kelly clarkson does

Isn't is terrible...

Depends on the venue and the time given for the interview. On Late Night TV, most of the guests have ten minutes or less to talk, sometimes half that, and they can't really have a conversation. But sometimes they will give a full 20 minutes or half hour to a guest on rare occasions and try to have a real talk. The best places to go for that are the podcasts, like Howard Stern or Conan O'Brien or Chris Wallace (on Max). They give some time for the guest to delve into some real conversation.

Yeah LOL I watch something at some point every single day where celebrities sound articulate and educated. That's not hard to find and never has been.

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My goodness, how old are you if I may my fellow man?

I’m younger than you and had a crush him twice.

@EDITH SYMMANS Tou DO NOT eve know where his spirit was taken to, so there is NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE POOR DEAR, DEAR BOBBY IS AND WLL BE FOR ALL ETERNITY. I just SO HOPE that THE LORD AND ONLY SAVIOUR THAT THERE IS FOR HE WORLD had revealed HIMSELF to Bobby as he was having surgery and so then Yahshua woud have had it that Bobby's spirit was taken into Heaven to be with who gave HIS life for Bobby and all of his sins and illnesses and heart diseases and all of Bboby's emptyness, heartaches, and heartbrfeaks as Yahsua had used whowas to interecede for David Cassidy on that Monday of the 20 in November of the year of THE ORD YAHSHUA OF 2017 when ALL ofd David's every bit of his totally complte from since he was a toddler along with ALL of Daid's brokenness and everey heartbreak that all started from his Father of the every abuse that there is that Jack abusd David to the end of his life burnt 'til noo able to be identified except by his dental, and that show, it's people and 999.9999% that 'claim' being David's 'fans' contined the total destruction of David, a I was praying for David since I was 10 hyears old. David accepted THE LORD YAHSHUA BEFORE HIS BODY DIED ON THAT TUESDAY THE 21 IN NOVEMBR OF THE YEAR OF THE LORD YAHSHUA OF 2017. THAN K OU LORD, AND ONLY TO YOU EL SHDDAI--GOD ALMIGHTY I GIVE ALL THE GLORY TO, THANK YOU HOLY SPIRIT ALL THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO ME FROM MY LORD AND SAVIOUR YAHSHUA.

These times (2000 to 2021) very few entertainers of his caliber. We Baby Boomers were lucky to have been blessed by so many EXCEPTIONALLY talented folks in show business and in the recording industry. I feel sad for the younger generations who aren't so lucky. Very few exceptional entertainers around today.

@@joannaedwards6325 im 14 and im obsessed and probably the only person in my generation who knows more about the 1950-1960s and bobby darin than anyone, im lucky enough to have found bobby dairn in music and just life, his quote "it isnt true that you live only once. you only die once, you live lots of times if you know how." he was probably refering to his life, and whenever i hear that i always am reminded how wonderful his life truly was, people say that its sad that he died so soon, and people keep saying that he could have acheived more, but truly he lived his life better than probably a 100 year old, he knew he could die any moment, and he had been told and reminded that for his whole life, I dont think its sad that he died at 37 years old because he acheived his dream of being a legend, atleast to me. and acheiving what seemed to be impossible.

@@kae-xg7pv I am VERY impressed by your comment. First of all, you are intelligent to be enjoying REAL music. Second, your writing ability is EXCELLENT! Please consider taking Journalism in college or just keep writing and SAVE everything you write. Essayists can put their work in a book. Also I would encourage you to keep a daily journal. Remember WRITERS WRITE. I'm so happy that there are a handful of people like you. There may be hope for the future after all. I'm so proud of you ✌. I started writing as a child and still enjoy creative writing to this day. I'm 76. An old Babyboomer/ Hippy chick. It's great therapy and a fun career. I wish you happiness and wonderful self expression as you continue on. ✌

@@joannaedwards6325 thank you so much, I have always been very intrigued by your time era, its honestly surprising how much I know throughout that whole time period, dates, and very important events. this might sound weird but I would have done anything to live in the time, even though there was the Korean war, I also would have done anything to meet Bobby Darin. I actually make music and he is my inspiration. hes my inspiration for anything.

@@kae-xg7pv You have good taste. I wish you a creative life; a bright future. ✌ Remember that what other people think about you is none of your business. Follow your heart and stay unafraid. ❤ Know that you are a powerful SPIRITUAL BEING having a human/Earthly experience. 😄

@Evelyn Brown Oh yes he was! Very charming. I'm so in love!! :-D

You mean Mike Douglas.

Also Eddie Cochran who died age 21. He wrote songs and played guitar. Paul McCartney got into the beetles by knowing his song "twenty flight rock".

Yes, Bobby Darin was born a with serious heart murmur, which had severely damaged his heart. To which did eventually shorten his life., getting a Pigs heart or something like tart put in him in a new experimental kind of surgery. It gave him a few more years but ultimately he died way too young. But then again he was told as a child that he would not live long enough to even be an adult. So maybe those "precious years" were "a gift" to Bobby and the world.

Well that explains how he lost his Bronx accent. I read where he was a member of Mensa, a highly prestigious organization for highly intelligent people.

Very impressive!

July 1970

@@thevault3853 Thank you.

he found his Walden

he knew from a young age that he would not live to see advanced years. I think that gave him a different perspective than most of us get.

Loved Mike Douglas. He was so nice and pleasant, he was a role model on how to conduct yourself.

@Evelyn Brown The book about him is so sad. Also finding it his sister was his mother didn't help matters. Breaks your heart.

I think there are a lot of people that fall into the category of having everything but not happy. I think a lot of us have unresolved issues from childhood that need to be addressed and are pulling us down and affecting our decisions and behavior. So we go mindlessly about our lives e=without even being aware of what's going on with us.

That is exactly who I thought he was talking about. By this time Elvis was a parody of himself. Don't get me wrong because I LOVE Elvis but he had the manager, agents family etc. telling him he had to go on and continue. I'm sure Elvis was one of the ones he was talking about but certainly didn't want to call out in public.

Same here. That was exactly who i was thinking he was talking about. Elvis Presley.

i was thinking Ricky Nelson, but you make a great point.

I'm not sure what year this was-- he did this show several times in 1968 and then several in 1970. If it was 1968, I think Elvis fits. He was doing those terrible cookie cutter films then. By 1970, he was doing his gigs again and he looked great and was enjoying a fresh "come back."

This interview taken place 1970 elvis was in top form

It was a good show, too. I remember it.

Some say finding out about his birth mother contributed to his death...never got over it....

@@char7488 I'm sure it played a part but from what I read, he had a dental problem and was supposed to take antibiotic which he failed to do and developed an infection which lead to sepsis.....such a tragedy!

@@pokergalpoker Yes, I read that also. But you have to wonder if he purposely did not take the antibiotics, as he had other procedures before this one and should have known better. Also, at this time his health had really deteriorated. But of course we'll never know.

you know i kind of like the yrs or decades before social media where only if they chose to open up about an ailment they could but it wasnt forced like later yrs where gossip rags " caught " your secret

He didn't talk about finding out his sister was really his mother before he took the year off either. That and being with Bobby K the day he was killed would be enough for anyone to go off and think about life.

@@billk9856 i agree .

It would have hurt his career

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Had Enough that's because he had nothing to promote at this time, his Career was over, perhaps he was using the interview of saying ' look at me I'm not dead, but I've a new album of old song's coming out soon'. He chose to get way from it all when his career had ended, not during the middle of it, he was probably bored

And everything now is "amazing". AMAZING. If I hear that overused word one more time..... btw, Tell-LIE-vision has been used to DELIBERATELY DUMB DOWN the American people. It is all by design, on the part of the controllers. An unintelligent, mind-controlled population can not resist tyranny.

It isn't just you!

The proper use of The King's English started to fade out in the late sixties. And very few folks under 40 today (2021) can write coherently using proper punctuation and grammar. So sad. 😢

It was THE GENERATION. Bobby was not alone. He is representative, at that age, of his generation. The last three generations to come of age, have been deliberately dumbed down and controlled by devices, and Fox News, to be zombies and cretins. A la, the movie, IDIOCRACY.

excuse me if it was not for FOX, one would only get "fake' one sided news. Thank you.

I agree. Mike was constantly jumping in unnecessarily. I thought Douglas was a better interviewer than that. Anyway, great to hear these words of wisdom from Bobby.

Well it's a little different. Sinatra didn't change his life, he didn't give up anything, he didn't leave his Palm Springs mansion - he simply took a break. Bobby left everything and went to live on a mountain in a small trailer, basically alone, although as he said he wasn't a recluse - but just about. He seriously got away from everything he had, and looked at his life.

@@katgirlblue VERY good point! I totally forgot that. Sinatra basically just took a break from his work not his lifestyle.