# David Brenner - RIP

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-brenner-rip/683802>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 15, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-brenner-rip/683802 "2014-03-15T23:29:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-brenner-rip/683802/21 "2014-03-17T14:14:40Z")

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> [@Bellhorn](#):
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> Just noticed that David Brenner is survived by his wife _ **Tai Babalonia** _!? Yes, the Pairs Figure Skater. Married since 2011. What the hey?

Fiance I believe (at least that’s what I read).

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**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-brenner-rip/683802/22 "2014-03-17T15:17:32Z")

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According to Wiki, he was with Tai from 2002 to 2009, but I didn’t scan further to see if they were engaged or not. Supposedly though, he married someone else in 2011 and they were together until his death.

May he rest in peace. ☹

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**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-brenner-rip/683802/23 "2014-03-17T16:17:14Z")

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The newspaper/subway joke has already been mentioned, so I’ll share (as close as I can) another one of my favorites of his about the difference between living in the country and living in NYC. In the country you look out your window and see a squirrel gathering nuts, in NYC you look out window and see a man dressed like a squirrel, gathering nuts. 🙂

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**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-brenner-rip/683802/24 "2014-03-18T00:54:44Z")

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> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#):
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> I really had no idea he was 78 but I guess if I think about how old I am it makes sense.

It is amazing how well that method works. I seem though somehow reluctant to resort to it.

No story, but I saw him once at Columbus and once at the New York Deli. My mother saw him at Daly’s Dandelion. They’re all gone, and so now is he.

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