# ChiefScott;s hero passes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-s-hero-passes/61813>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 13, 2001, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-s-hero-passes/61813 "2001-04-13T11:29:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-s-hero-passes/61813/1 "2001-04-13T11:29:54Z")

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The inventor of the Smiley Face died.

[Obituary](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Deaths.html)

Let’s all take a moment to remember him. ☹🙂

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-s-hero-passes/61813/2 "2001-04-13T12:01:42Z")

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Believe it or not, Cecil himself has written about the origin of the smiley face.  
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4\_031.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_031.html)

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**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-s-hero-passes/61813/3 "2001-04-13T13:28:28Z")

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Thought I’d better check in as a sometimes referred to ‘Uncle Fester’

\<Moment taken\>