# Douglas Adams Dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/douglas-adams-dead/65335>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 13, 2001, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/douglas-adams-dead/65335 "2001-05-13T20:05:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2001, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/douglas-adams-dead/65335/1 "2001-05-13T20:05:58Z")

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Hey folks, just stumbled across this on [http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/](http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/)

Apparently Douglas Adams who wrote _The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy_ has died of a heart attack at the age of 49. Bummer! Always loved his stuff, and had hoped Hollywood would actually get around to making a movie of it like they said they were. Damn! Another one of my favorite authors gone to the grave.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/douglas-adams-dead/65335/2 "2001-05-13T20:50:39Z")

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Yeah, mate. We know, [we know.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=70719)