# Alan Thicke dead at 69

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-thicke-dead-at-69/774653>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death\
**Created:** [December 14, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-thicke-dead-at-69/774653 "2016-12-14T02:16:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-thicke-dead-at-69/774653/41 "2016-12-22T16:42:15Z")

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I think that’s what got John Ritter too.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-thicke-dead-at-69/774653/42 "2016-12-22T21:45:09Z")

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And Rent creator [Jonathan Larson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Larson#Death). His family won a lawsuit against the two NYC hospitals that misdiagnosed him. An X-ray taken at Cabrini Medical Center clearly showed the dissection, but told him he had food poisoning, made him vomit, and sent him on his way.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-thicke-dead-at-69/774653/43 "2016-12-23T01:58:57Z")

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Also Richard Biggs (the doc from ‘Babylon 5’).

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