A man who adamantly refuses to just
go away. Well, actually he really has little say in the matter. The only character to appear in the whole
Dune series by
Frank Herbert (as well as the new
Dune: House Atreides and
Dune: House Harkonnen). Ironic, because it seems he dies at least once in every book. Serves the
Atreides family semi-faithfully for several thousand years,
consecutively and sometimes concurrently.
He's a real tool. While the Dune universe slides perpetually into sexual perversion, Duncan Idaho stays pretty much the same.
In the David Lynch movie that only I seem to enjoy, Mr. Idaho is played by character actor Richard Jordan. Although he does not fit the profile 100%, he dies suitably dramatic.