# Adams is dead, and I don't feel so good myself

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 12, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adams-is-dead-and-i-dont-feel-so-good-myself/65211 "2001-05-12T13:54:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adams-is-dead-and-i-dont-feel-so-good-myself/65211/1 "2001-05-12T13:54:27Z")

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Douglas Adams, dead at 49 of a heart attack. One of my childhood heroes, with an eye for wit so sharp he no doubt went through contact lenses at an abominable rate.

[http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/books/05/12/adams.death/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/books/05/12/adams.death/index.html)

And now my Joo Janta Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses are making it damned hard to type. Or maybe it’s the tears.

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**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adams-is-dead-and-i-dont-feel-so-good-myself/65211/2 "2001-05-12T13:58:35Z")

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Duplicate to [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=70719) thread. Mods, please close.