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One night in 1956, comedian Joey Bishop was playing poker with some friends and one of the players said, “Did you hear that Bela Lugosi died today?”

”He’ll be back,” said Bishop shortly without looking up from his cards.


Source:

Boller, Paul F., and Ronald L. Davis. "Horror and Suspense." Hollywood Anecdotes. New York: Morrow, 1987. 323. Print.

Original Source Listed:

Elston Brooks, “But He Came Back to Haunt the Living,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 28, 1986, p. 4D.


Further Reading:

Joseph Abraham Gottlieb / Joey Bishop

Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó / Bela Lugosi

>One night in 1956, comedian [Joey Bishop](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Joey_Bishop_1967.JPG) was playing poker with some friends and one of the players said, “Did you hear that [Bela Lugosi](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Bela_Lugosi_as_Dracula%2C_anonymous_photograph_from_1931%2C_Universal_Studios.jpg) died today?” >”He’ll be back,” said Bishop shortly without looking up from his cards. ________________________________ **Source:** Boller, Paul F., and Ronald L. Davis. "Horror and Suspense." *Hollywood Anecdotes*. New York: Morrow, 1987. 323. Print. **Original Source Listed:** Elston Brooks, “But He Came Back to Haunt the Living,” *Fort Worth Star-Telegram*, September 28, 1986, p. 4D. __________________________________ **Further Reading:** [Joseph Abraham Gottlieb / Joey Bishop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Bishop) [Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó / Bela Lugosi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bela_Lugosi)

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