# Changed Title: RIP Tanya Roberts \[death now confirmed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [January 4, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643 "2021-01-04T17:06:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/21 "2021-01-05T13:03:46Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > If it’s true she is still alive, it’s probably her greatest performance ever. Schrodinger’s Act? ---
**Author:** ![GMANCANADA](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gmancanada/32/2837_2.png) [@GMANCANADA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GMANCANADA)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/22 "2021-01-05T14:34:17Z")
I’m not dead, I feel happy!! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uBxMPqxJGqI/maxresdefault.jpg "Monty Python Not Dead Yet clip") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBxMPqxJGqI) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/23 "2021-01-05T14:36:19Z")
Schrodinger’s angel? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/24 "2021-01-05T14:51:12Z")
This is just the break her career needs! The five stages of a Hollywood career. Who is Tanya Roberts? Get me Tanya Roberts! Get me a Tanya Roberts type. Get me a young Tanya Roberts. Tanya Roberts faked her death in a poorly-thought out publicity ploy.\* . \*not really, but it makes the joke work ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/25 "2021-01-05T15:22:04Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > This is just the break her career needs! > > The five stages of a Hollywood career. > > Who is Tanya Roberts? > Get me Tanya Roberts! > Get me a Tanya Roberts type. > Get me a young Tanya Roberts. > Tanya Roberts faked her death in a poorly-thought out publicity ploy.\* > > . > > \*not really, but it makes the joke work - She’s just angling for the lead role in the remake of [Death Becomes Her.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Becomes_Her) ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/26 "2021-01-05T15:53:56Z")
It appears she is dead. Again. > **[Tanya Roberts Has Died](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/01/tanya-roberts-death)** > > After a bizarre 24 hours, the actor has been pronounced dead at 65. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/27 "2021-01-05T15:58:00Z")
Oh weIll. I guess Blue Oyster Cult doesn’t need to write a sequel to Joan Crawford after all. RIP, Tanya - I remember you well from Playboy. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/28 "2021-01-05T16:10:36Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > It appears she is dead. Sorry, but I fell for this once already. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/29 "2021-01-05T16:11:33Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > It appears she is dead. Again. You think it will take this time? RIP, Tanya. Again. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/30 "2021-01-05T16:13:56Z")
You only live twice, I guess. RIP Tanya… ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/31 "2021-01-05T16:17:54Z")
> [@GMANCANADA](#): > > I’m not dead, I feel happy!! (Paraphrasing Spamalot’s He’s not dead yet) [Wack to the head noise] … “Well now she’s dead You whacked her on the head Sure, now she’s dead It makes me just see red You are such a brute To murder that old coot You homicidal bastard, now she’s really dead… Who is the knave who put her in her grave And who needs to manage his anger?” 🎵 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/32 "2021-01-05T16:21:31Z")
Better change the thread title. Again. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/33 "2021-01-05T16:23:36Z")
_She’s not only merely dead. She’s really most sincerely dead._ Not that I’m calling her a witch or anything. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/34 "2021-01-05T16:27:27Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > She’s just angling for the lead role in the remake of [Death Becomes Her.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Becomes_Her) - Make that [Dead Again](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Again). ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/35 "2021-01-05T17:16:51Z")
Would it be appropriate to say she’s the new Abe Vigoda? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/36 "2021-01-05T18:42:13Z")
> [@Guy\_Incognito](#): > > You only live twice, I guess. No, she was in that other movie. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/37 "2021-01-05T18:49:50Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Would it be appropriate to say she’s the new Abe Vigoda? - Briefly. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/38 "2021-01-05T19:40:28Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Make that [Dead Again](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Again). Title updated (again). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/39 "2021-01-05T20:15:45Z")
Oh, that Midge–always confused. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/40 "2021-01-06T05:32:35Z")
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