From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwhatever happened to somebody/sth?whatever happened to somebody/sth?used to ask where a person or thing is now Whatever happened to Steve? I haven’t seen him for years. → happen
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whatever happened to somebody/something?• But I sometimes wonder whatever happened to that little Mr Linley.• For them, energy comes in joules, and force in newtons, but whatever happened to ergs and dynes?• Gee, George, whatever happened to letting the people decide?• He believed that Money Advice was here to stay, whatever happened to the economy.• Night-thoughts ... But then whatever happened to Summerchild did happen.• So whatever happened to Open Standards? 