# Fred Phelps is dead.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dead/684169>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 20, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dead/684169 "2014-03-20T17:59:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dead/684169/81 "2014-03-23T14:41:59Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> [Here is Louis Theroux’s article on his death. All together, he spent a month with the family.](http://louistheroux.com/thoughts-on-the-passing-of-pastor-phelps-and-the-wesboro-baptist-church/)  
> It’s highly worth a read.

It’s a good article, but there is an important error. Phelps never went to West Point. He did have an appointment set up, but didn’t go. So the idea of a grudge against the military, stemming from being at the academy, doesn’t hold up.

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