# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**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 11, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/21 "2023-01-11T16:01:14Z")
Wikipedia says Trump associate Roger Stone suggested on Twitter that he should take over Diamond’s role, with the show being renamed “Stone and Silk”. Presumably, Stone would take over talking duties and Silk would continue on faces, "uh-huh"s and "that’s right"s. ---
**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, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/22 "2023-01-11T16:04:39Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > “Stone and Silk” Of course he puts himself first, even when “Silk and Stone” scans better. So I fully support this plan, as a near-perfect display of entitled upper-class white twit. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/23 "2023-01-11T16:06:30Z")
I highly doubt that Diamond was vaccinated against Covid-19. "(The sisters) followed up that deleted tweet (urging people to expose themselves to Covid-19) with an April 10 live stream that featured the pair pushing even more unhinged conspiracies and dangerous commentary, such as saying [they’ll refuse](https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/fox-news-diamond-silk-declare-they-will-refuse-any-covid-19-vaccine-bill-gates) to take any coronavirus vaccine that tech giant Bill Gates was involved in because he’s pushing for “population control.” “Kudos if you make your vaccines for people and you want to help people,” Diamond exclaimed. “But I have a problem receiving any vaccine from any entity, especially anybody like Bill Gates who pushed for population control. The same thing that Margaret Sanger pushed for.” > **[Fox News Cuts Ties With Diamond & Silk](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-cuts-ties-with-diamond-and-silk)** > > The MAGA superstars lost their Fox gig after pushing absolutely wild conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic. Two thoughts: you have to be pretty far out on the conspiracy spectrum for Fox News to dump you, and having some left-wing Twitter types wildly speculating that Diamond died of Covid-19 isn’t a whole lot better than the cavalcade of right-wing crazies seizing on every “unexpected” or “sudden” death as being due to vaccines. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/24 "2023-01-11T16:19:31Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > having some left-wing Twitter types wildly speculating that Diamond died of Covid-19 isn’t a whole lot better than the cavalcade of right-wing crazies seizing on every “unexpected” or “sudden” death as being due to vaccines. Nego. I maintain that speculating that the recent death of a prominent antivaxxer, who was hospitalized for Covid-19 a couple months ago, was probably Covid-related is in fact a whole lot better than the delusional conspiracy theories trying to ascribe “unexplained” deaths to vaccines. I agree that speculation about any unknown cause of death is not particularly constructive or helpful, but in terms of rational plausibility, the former type of speculation is orders of magnitude more defensible than the latter. Many, many people do in fact die of Covid-19, especially if unvaccinated. Almost nobody has died from adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/25 "2023-01-11T16:28:41Z")
The fact remains that we don’t know what she died of, and fervid speculation without solid evidence is something we should leave to the antivax obituary ghouls who are currently haunting social media. There’s already [enough irony to go around](https://www.thedailybeast.com/conservative-activist-kelly-canon-dies-of-covid-complications-after-attending-anti-vaccine-symposium). ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/26 "2023-01-23T06:50:52Z")
150 people showed up even though the auditorium held 2,400. > **[Trump joins family to honor Hoke County conservative activist Diamond at...](https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2023/01/22/trump-honors-diamond-and-silk-at-fayetteville-celebration-of-life/69821937007/)** > > The roughly three-hour celebration drew more than 150 people to Fayetteville's Crown Theater on Saturday to honor Diamond of Diamond and Silk fame. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/27 "2023-01-24T03:47:54Z")
It would seem she died of either heart disease: > **['Diamond' of pro-Trump commentary duo dies of heart disease](https://apnews.com/article/health-donald-trump-covid-heart-disease-02a4169cefd96576e76e49789ea1aa2e)** > > RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Lynette Hardaway, a zealous supporter of former President Donald Trump whose death had prompted widespread speculation over its cause, died earlier this month of a heart condition, according to a death certificate obtained... Or from the shedding of spike proteins by vaccinated people. > **['I call it murder': Silk revives anti-vax 'shedding' conspiracy while...](https://www.dailydot.com/debug/diamond-silk-death-covid-vaccine/)** > > 'Many call it a conspiracy theory. I call it murder.' Silk blames the COVID vaccine for her anti-vax sister Diamond's death. Personally, I’m on the fence about which. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949/28 "2023-01-24T05:35:08Z")
Here’s some footage and commentary about Trump’s “eulogy.” TL : DW - He didn’t talk about Diamond, and complained about how long the service was. Guess his own ignorance extended to common black funeral traditions. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MozhxjpZu1E/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump Soaking Wet & Slurring in Bizarre Funeral Announcement") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MozhxjpZu1E) And this too. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/45fmf1ygFLQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump Visibly Confused, Complains Diamond's Funeral Is Too Long") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45fmf1ygFLQ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-of-conservative-commentators-diamond-silk-appears-to-have-died-at-51/977949.md?page=1)