# Diamond, of conservative commentators Diamond & Silk, appears to have died at 51 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 10, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949 "2023-01-10T03:12:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/1 "2023-01-10T03:12:51Z")
I won’t post any links because I’m only seeing them from RWNJ sources, but 51 is way too young. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/2 "2023-01-10T03:47:11Z")
Apparently the only source on the is a post by Trump on Truth Social. I don’t _think_ that he would lie about something so easily checked and liable to blow up in his face, but it is Trump we’re talking about so I’m going to wait for confirmation from independent sources. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/3 "2023-01-10T03:53:52Z")
Yahoo Finance has this in their reporting: > The duo’s official Twitter account confirmed Hardaway’s death shortly afterwards, writing that the world “just lost a True Angel and Warrior Patriot.” Hardaway’s exact age was not immediately clear, but she would have been roughly 51-years-old. > **[‘Totally Unexpected’: Diamond of MAGA Duo ‘Diamond & Silk’ Dies](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/totally-unexpected-diamond-maga-duo-024903250.html)** > > Former President Donald Trump broke the news, describing her as “our Magnificent Diamond.” And here’s the tweet they mention: > ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/4 "2023-01-10T04:07:52Z")
Darn… ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/5 "2023-01-10T04:15:00Z")
Never heard of her, but good riddance. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/6 "2023-01-10T04:18:08Z")
Hopes and prayers. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/7 "2023-01-10T12:44:45Z")
I don’t recall, was she vaccinated? Anybody know? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/8 "2023-01-10T12:52:56Z")
My thoughts are, they denied she died of COVID, so it’s most likely she died of COVID, and of course they paired the announcement with yet another call for money. The Grift Lives On. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/9 "2023-01-10T12:53:37Z")
While I am in so many ways diametrically opposed to the worldview she espoused, my sympathies are nonetheless with her family. > [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I don’t recall, was she vaccinated? Anybody know? The article above characterizes her as an “ardent COVID-19 vaccine opponent” but of course that doesn’t mean she wasn’t vaccinated. Donations from the fundraising site apparently go to her sister Rochelle (a.k.a. Silk). I will refrain from saying something unkind here about the fundraising effort. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/10 "2023-01-10T12:56:32Z")
I did remember that she was Anti-Vac, but wasn’t sure if she “was forced to give in” for her career or something. Thanks Gyrate. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/11 "2023-01-10T15:33:18Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > While I am in so many ways diametrically opposed to the worldview she espoused, my sympathies are nonetheless with her family. She made her living as a MAGAt. People almost definitely died because they listened to this pair spout their nonsense about Covid vaccines. Either they believed in this crap or were willing to take the money anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/12 "2023-01-10T17:09:38Z")
Was Diamond the one who did the talking or the one who did the facial expressions? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/13 "2023-01-11T04:13:37Z")
She was admitted to the hospital during Thanksgiving for COVID, so pretty sure she died of “complications related to the COVID-19 virus”. I mean, what are you going to do? There’s more than one way to kill yourself. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/14 "2023-01-11T10:50:50Z")
When do the accusations that Biden had her murdered start? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/15 "2023-01-11T10:59:23Z")
It’ll be the Clintons. It’s always the Clintons. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/16 "2023-01-11T14:22:27Z")
How did they get to be celebrities, anyway? What were they before they attached themselves to the Trump bandwagon? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/17 "2023-01-11T14:34:41Z")
Their family life may shed some light on how they came to be the way they were. Let me just post this tidbit from Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > Their parents are Freeman Hardaway and Betty Willis Hardaway, televangelical pastors based in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Freeman and Betty Hardaway sold purported weight loss cures and wreaths to ward off witchcraft. For a fee of $50, Betty wrote the names of customers in a Bible, telling customers that this would make God answer their prayers. Diamond and Silk were also briefly involved in the BLM movement before getting on board the Trump train. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/18 "2023-01-11T15:45:19Z")
A pedigree in grift, got it. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/19 "2023-01-11T15:50:39Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Diamond and Silk were also briefly involved in the BLM movement before getting on board the Trump train Maybe that was a typo, and what they were actually involved with was the [**MLM**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-level_marketing) movement. Which would make sense 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/20 "2023-01-11T15:56:27Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Maybe that was a typo, and what they were actually involved with was the [**MLM**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-level_marketing) movement. With a family history of grifting, it probably wouldn’t take them long to realize that BLM doesn’t fall for it nearly as easily or lucratively as MAGA does. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949.md?page=2)