# Dead or Alive.  Um... He's dead.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-or-alive-um-hes-dead/769617>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 24, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-or-alive-um-hes-dead/769617 "2016-10-24T19:44:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-or-alive-um-hes-dead/769617/1 "2016-10-24T19:44:06Z")

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[Pete Burns of Dead or Alive](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37755445) died of cardiac arrest at the age of 57.

A girlfriend back in the '80s _loved_ Pete Burns and Dead or Alive.

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-or-alive-um-hes-dead/769617/2 "2016-10-24T20:33:28Z")

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People only one year older than me have to stop dying!

I wonder if he died from complications of plastic surgery?

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**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-or-alive-um-hes-dead/769617/3 "2016-10-24T21:45:09Z")

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I think he acknowledged that the medication from all his plastic surgeries contributed to blood clots and pulmonary embolisms. By the end his face didn’t even look human.

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-or-alive-um-hes-dead/769617/4 "2016-10-24T22:27:56Z")

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Didn’t click on the link, but I heard it was a heart attack.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-or-alive-um-hes-dead/769617/5 "2016-10-24T22:49:50Z")

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I can’t help but wonder how he felt about the “Meatspin” viral video.

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**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-or-alive-um-hes-dead/769617/6 "2016-10-25T00:43:17Z")

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Troubled individual, RIP in peace.

I have to say he scared and disgusted me.