# Famous or Wealthy people to die from COVID

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-or-wealthy-people-to-die-from-covid/850167>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [March 24, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-or-wealthy-people-to-die-from-covid/850167 "2020-03-24T11:58:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-or-wealthy-people-to-die-from-covid/850167/1 "2020-03-24T11:58:26Z")

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While they probably have access to better medical care and equipment than the masses, the laundry list of these folks is getting long. Who are the most prominent in this cohort to have passed due to the disease?

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-or-wealthy-people-to-die-from-covid/850167/2 "2020-03-24T12:12:58Z")

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There’s already a thread on the most famous person to die from Covid-19.

[https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=892267](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=892267)

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-or-wealthy-people-to-die-from-covid/850167/3 "2020-03-24T12:22:05Z")

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I don’t know but I’m certainly hoping RBG is living in a John Travolta bubble right now.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-or-wealthy-people-to-die-from-covid/850167/4 "2020-03-24T13:35:13Z")

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Closed as a duplicate.