# Didn't someone die recently?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 31, 2000, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-someone-die-recently/47838 "2000-12-31T00:04:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-someone-die-recently/47838/1 "2000-12-31T00:04:35Z")

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While filming a movie, that is.

I can’t remember who it was, though, or the name of the movie. I do recall that they were going to try to use a digital image to finish the scenes that this actor/actress did not complete.

Any ideas??? This was in the past two or three months, so it’s not John Candy or Brandon Lee.

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**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-someone-die-recently/47838/2 "2000-12-31T00:06:00Z")

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Oliver Reed, who died last year while filming “Gladiator.”

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-someone-die-recently/47838/3 "2000-12-31T00:11:44Z")

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Whoa?! What did Ollie die of? That sucks!

(I don’t know who Oliver Reed even is…Sigh.)

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**Author:** ![Anake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@Anake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anake)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-someone-die-recently/47838/4 "2000-12-31T00:20:31Z")

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He was in _Oliver!_. He played Bill Sikes.

Jason Robards died last week, if that’s who you’re thinking of. I don’t think he was making a movie, though.