# cecil adams died in 1999!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-died-in-1999/70449>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 28, 2001, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-died-in-1999/70449 "2001-06-28T11:58:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-died-in-1999/70449/1 "2001-06-28T11:58:01Z")

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Well, he did.

[http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcrosby/crosbyton/a/adams\_cecil.htm](http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcrosby/crosbyton/a/adams_cecil.htm)

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**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-died-in-1999/70449/2 "2001-06-28T12:52:34Z")

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That guy looks nothing like Ed Zotti.

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**Author:** ![Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/53a042/32.png) [@Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vinnie_Virginslayer)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-died-in-1999/70449/3 "2001-06-28T13:52:33Z")

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These are all lies. I saw Cecil at a New Jersey gas station last summer.

I never knew Cecil had sideburns and dark glasses! 😃

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-died-in-1999/70449/4 "2001-06-29T05:06:36Z")

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Nonsense. Unca Cece would never die. He’d merely move on to the next phase of existance.

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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-died-in-1999/70449/5 "2001-06-29T11:53:51Z")

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Wierd … I have several relatives buried in that cemetery, including my great great grandmother!

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**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-died-in-1999/70449/6 "2001-06-29T14:19:50Z")

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Yes, it’s true. He has become

[Alex Guiness]  
more powerful than we can possibly imagine.  
[/Alex Guiness]