Archie Bunker Dead by 1994?


I would presume so, seeing as how Archie's house was said to be occupied by a multi-racial family headed by John Amos in the 1994 sitcom 704 Hauser.

Anyone have any other ideas or explanations?

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He may have decided to pack up and move cause the neighborhood got too diverse. Probably retired down to Florida.

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I doubt we'll find out. I am guessing he ended up moving closer (California) to be near his daughter and grandson. Without O' Connor, who could play the role? Ernest Borgine, or Mickey Rooney perhaps!

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Interestingly you mentioned Mickey Rooney. Did you know he was Lear's first choice to play Archie Bunker?

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Going by O'Connors actual age, Bunker would have been 70 in 1994...so he could have retired or died.

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I think Archie moved out of the house during the run of Archie Bunker's Place. I seem to remember him living in either a condo or an apartment.

Anyone else remember this?

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I remember an episode where Archie and Stephanie went to look at a brand new condo, but in the end decided not to leave 704 Houser Street.

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No, he thinks about moving into an apartment and Stephanie doesn't like that and in the end he decided not to, if I remember correctly.

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I agree, he'd probably have gone joined Edith, Beverly LaSalle, Cousin Oscar, the watch guy played by Jack Gilford, Mother Jefferson, Mike's Uncle Alex, and Stephanie's mother in the undiscovered country by 1994. They didn't really explain it though in that episode and I wish Joey had said something about his family, just to let us know.

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Carroll O'Connor died, so Archie Bunker is dead too.

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He sold that home to John Amos' character and probably moved to Florida. They never said otherwise.

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I would presume so, seeing as how Archie's house was said to be occupied by a multi-racial family headed by John Amos in the 1994 sitcom 704 Hauser.

Anyone have any other ideas or explanations?

Archie might have sold the house to the Cumberbatches since he did say that he knew a Roundtree Cumberbatch.

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