# Another Celebrity Death **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-celebrity-death/503904 "2009-07-22T21:03:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-celebrity-death/503904/1 "2009-07-22T21:03:17Z")
Gidget, the Taco Bell Chihuahua died today at the age of 15. She had a stroke. Yo quero Gidget. Have a taco for me. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-celebrity-death/503904/2 "2009-07-22T21:04:36Z")
Didn’t see a thread on this, so I had to mention that [the Taco Bell Chihuahua (aka “Gidget”) has died](http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=8147630&page=1). She was 15. RIP, _Yo Quiero Perro._ ☹ ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-celebrity-death/503904/3 "2009-07-23T01:41:29Z")
I’m wondering…combined with the death of Walter Conkrite, does this mean it’s part of a new “dead celebrity trifecta”? Who would count as the third? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-celebrity-death/503904/4 "2009-07-23T02:52:14Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > I’m wondering…combined with the death of Walter Conkrite, does this mean it’s part of a new “dead celebrity trifecta”? Who would count as the third? Well Liz Taylor is already pretty frail and MJ’s death has been emotionally devasting for her. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-celebrity-death/503904/5 "2009-07-23T02:53:33Z")
Joe Jackson is going to be interviewed about Gidget’s death on CNN this weekend. He’s already saying that the fact he never met the dog proves he never beat her, and that his new label will include tracks by and for Chihuahuas. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-celebrity-death/503904/6 "2009-07-23T11:59:25Z")
cronkite, mccourt, gidget. that’s three. this summer has been horrible if you are in the public domain. celebrities are constantly checking for fingers of doom, spectors, and sickles. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-celebrity-death/503904/7 "2009-07-23T14:46:21Z")
You know, I always thought the Taco Bell Dog was a boy dog. Just like Lassie who was presented as a girl but played by a boy dog. What’s with this weird gender bending amongst the doggie set? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-celebrity-death/503904/8 "2009-07-23T14:52:20Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > You know, I always thought the Taco Bell Dog was a boy dog. Just like Lassie who was presented as a girl but played by a boy dog. What’s with this weird gender bending amongst the doggie set? Guess they’re just freaky that way. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-celebrity-death/503904/9 "2009-07-23T14:57:46Z")
“YO QUIERO EL PERRO DE TACO BELL.” – one of Terry Pratchett’s more memorable characters ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-celebrity-death/503904/10 "2009-07-23T15:07:19Z")
The closeness of the deaths of Gidget and _You Can’t Do That On Television_’s Les Lye is obviously not a coincidence. What do you think is in the tacos? “Daaah…I heard that!” ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-celebrity-death/503904/11 "2009-07-23T15:12:55Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > this summer has been horrible if you are in the public domain. celebrities are constantly checking for fingers of doom, spectors, and sickles. Phil’s a convicted killer, so, yeah, I’d watch out for him too. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-celebrity-death/503904/12 "2009-07-23T15:23:20Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > I’m wondering…combined with the death of Walter Conkrite, does this mean it’s part of a new “dead celebrity trifecta”? Who would count as the third? I think Gidget and Billy Mays, together, count as one celebrity. It’s interesting that Gidget had a more manly voice than Mays. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-celebrity-death/503904/13 "2009-07-23T17:45:56Z")
Oh, man. I just ate at Taco Hell the other day. I wonder if I’m somehow responsible for this?