# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/41 "2021-01-06T16:09:04Z")
Yahoo News is reporting the cause of death as a urinary tract infection. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/42 "2021-01-06T16:12:58Z")
I don’t understand that. Did she not know? Is it possible to have a UTI and not know? I know that’s something that happens in like nursing homes to invalids receiving below-average care, but it sounds like she was out and about. ---
**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 6, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/43 "2021-01-06T16:17:37Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Yahoo News is reporting the cause of death as a urinary tract infection. Ouch. Just came to report that myself. Of course, tomorrow it could be a completly different reason. Maybe alien brain eating slugs, ---
**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 6, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/44 "2021-01-06T16:18:26Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Did she not know? Is it possible to have a UTI and not know? I The elderly often suffer confusion secondary to UTIs. [ETA link.](https://www.healthline.com/health/uti-in-elderly#_noHeaderPrefixedContent) ---
**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 6, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/45 "2021-01-06T16:49:02Z")
I don’t think the outgoing administration had anything to do with her death. (But, anything is possible) ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/46 "2021-01-07T00:14:42Z")
" “People don’t die from an uncomplicated UTI,” she explained. “People die from … complications of a UTI, which is called sepsis. That’s when the bacteria that cause a bladder infection actually spreads into the bloodstream. And when it spreads into the bloodstream, it can cause what we call multisystem organ failure, and that can lead to death.” According to the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](https://www.cdc.gov/sepsis/what-is-sepsis.html), sepsis is the body’s extreme response to an infection. A simple infection can trigger a “chain reaction” in the body, and without treatment, sepsis can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death. With UTIs in particular, “the amount of bacteria (can) overwhelm the bladder system, and the bacteria leaves the bladder and enters the blood chain because you have blood vessels that run through your bladder,” Phillips explained." > **[Tanya Roberts' death was caused by a UTI: Here’s how that can happen](https://www.today.com/health/tanya-roberts-70s-show-star-dies-65-uti-t205169)** > > After the news initially broke that Roberts died Sunday night, spokespeople later confirmed that she died Monday from a urinary tract infection. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/47 "2021-01-07T01:30:04Z")
My new mortal fear. Geez, RIP girl. You gave me much pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![Kadmos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@Kadmos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kadmos1)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643/48 "2021-01-08T20:52:03Z")
RIP! There is some perverse irony of her dying shortly after her publicist or similar admits he prematurely declared her dead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-title-rip-tanya-roberts-death-now-confirmed/929643.md?page=2)