# Family Ties... ... son died

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-ties-son-died/706739>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 9, 2014, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-ties-son-died/706739 "2014-12-09T07:07:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-ties-son-died/706739/1 "2014-12-09T07:07:47Z")

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The Family Ties son died. Well, actually, no he didn’t. The actor who played the role of Alex is doing fine. Never mind.

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-ties-son-died/706739/2 "2014-12-09T12:22:06Z")

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Context is good.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-ties-son-died/706739/3 "2014-12-09T13:53:18Z")

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Too much coffee, or not enough?

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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-ties-son-died/706739/4 "2014-12-09T14:39:51Z")

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So Michael J Fox is known to you as “the son from Family Ties”?

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-ties-son-died/706739/5 "2014-12-09T14:41:36Z")

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What the hell is happening

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-ties-son-died/706739/6 "2014-12-09T14:55:42Z")

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Is this a really confused reaction to Ken Weatherwax’s death? He played the son on _The Addams Family_.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-ties-son-died/706739/7 "2014-12-09T15:24:05Z")

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Closed for incoherence. If you want to try again and explain WTF you’re talking about, feel free.