# Amanda Peterson, "Can't Buy Me Love" actress, has died

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peterson-cant-buy-me-love-actress-has-died/724444>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 7, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peterson-cant-buy-me-love-actress-has-died/724444 "2015-07-07T03:44:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peterson-cant-buy-me-love-actress-has-died/724444/1 "2015-07-07T03:44:54Z")

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Story [here](http://www.thewrap.com/amanda-peterson-patrick-dempseys-co-star-in-80s-classic-cant-buy-me-love-dead-at-43/). Depressing. She was one of my first celebrity crushes. Loved her in _Explorers_.

And 43 is way too young, says this 42-year old male.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peterson-cant-buy-me-love-actress-has-died/724444/2 "2015-07-07T03:54:29Z")

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Too bad. She was cute in that movie.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peterson-cant-buy-me-love-actress-has-died/724444/3 "2015-07-08T18:24:23Z")

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Remember when Patrick Dempsey was cast as a nerdy loser, rather than as “McDreamy”?

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**Author:** ![guest1971](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@guest1971](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guest1971)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peterson-cant-buy-me-love-actress-has-died/724444/4 "2015-09-20T01:08:46Z")

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Edited

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peterson-cant-buy-me-love-actress-has-died/724444/5 "2015-09-20T06:18:06Z")

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> [@guest1971](#):
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> Edited

You’ve posted this now in two threads. Don’t do it again. I have edited it out of this one. If you do it again, you will be banned as a spammer.