# Bob Hope is dead!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-is-dead/191451>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 28, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-is-dead/191451 "2003-07-28T16:03:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-is-dead/191451/1 "2003-07-28T16:03:04Z")

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Check out [this MSN article.](http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=129566)

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-is-dead/191451/2 "2003-07-28T16:29:29Z")

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Check over in Cafe Society, he’s been dead there since early this morning.

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-is-dead/191451/3 "2003-07-28T17:43:30Z")

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I’ll just let this one be for now - I’m sure the strictly-MPSIMS-crowd finds it newsworthy too.

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**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-is-dead/191451/4 "2003-07-29T07:46:06Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Diceman \*  
> \*\*Check out [this MSN article.](http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=129566) \*\*

Yeah. Lots of stuff on the tv news, too. ☹ but Mr. Hope lived a good, long life, and he made so many people laugh.

Back in 1998 there were false rumors of Hope’s death:

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> On Friday, an Associated Press story claiming that Bob Hope had died was posted on their website ( [http://www.ap.org/](http://www.ap.org/) ). This news was read by thousands of netizens before the AP had the chance to remove it. News reporters, photographers, friends, and family all swarmed upon Hope’s residence in California to get the full scoop on the story. The death was even announced on the floor of the US House of Representatives (yes, even our congressmen apparently believe what they read on the Internet).

From [Iron Mountain Data Centers | Colocation Services](http://www.io.com/systemnews/1998/jun.html)

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-is-dead/191451/5 "2003-07-29T07:52:04Z")

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We know already! Is there anybody left in the Alpha Quadrant who doesn’t? It’s the top story on every news station and ESPN, and the top 5 stories on AOL news (with about a dozen smaller stories)!

😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉