# How many of your Facebook friends are dead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694 "2013-03-01T03:05:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/1 "2013-03-01T03:05:19Z")
I’ve got one. A co-worker died last year, and I just ran across her profile on my friends list. Sort of a punch to the gut. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/2 "2013-03-01T03:31:07Z")
3 for me. Al died young in accidents and their profiles are still active and maintained by family members. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/3 "2013-03-01T03:32:07Z")
None, touch wood. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/4 "2013-03-01T03:32:22Z")
Well I had a FB friend who had his FB account “deleted” as a punitive action as a result of posting a picture of his dick (don’t ask me anything about it, I have absolutely no more additional info). Does that count? It’s cyber-death. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/5 "2013-03-01T03:36:11Z")
Four I can think of. Three I went to high school with (I’m only 38!!!), the last was my mentor. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/6 "2013-03-01T03:53:57Z")
Two. My mom, and a longtime family friend. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/7 "2013-03-01T03:56:39Z")
Two. One of them died two days ago. ---
**Author:** ![CatherineZeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/8 "2013-03-01T04:21:31Z")
One. A kid I knew in high school died of cancer when he was 21 almost three years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/9 "2013-03-01T06:14:00Z")
I was on FB for a couple of months, and in that time 2 of my “friends” died well before their time. That’s a worse record even than _Celebrity Rehab_ :eek:. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/10 "2013-03-01T06:19:08Z")
One. My uncle died of cancer last month. ☹ (He was my favorite uncle, too) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/11 "2013-03-01T06:19:59Z")
1, the kid whose wake I went to, and only knew him. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/12 "2013-03-01T06:21:36Z")
one…maybe. I don’t know for sure if he is dead, but I worked with him 10 years ago and two years later he was diagnosed with Diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and (full blown) AIDS. I found his profile on facebook about 3 years ago His facebook has pictures of dogs, and occasional updates on animal rescue charities etc. Nothing personal, and my private messages to him go unanswered. So probably, but I don’t know for sure. And that makes me sad. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/13 "2013-03-01T10:44:51Z")
[One](http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/09/vilerat/). ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/14 "2013-03-01T11:42:19Z")
Only one that I know of. A coworker from my old job. He had either a seizure or a cerebral vascular event of some sort and died a few months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/15 "2013-03-01T12:31:33Z")
Just one. My boyfriend, seven months gone now. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/16 "2013-03-01T12:36:51Z")
One friend that I knew since elementary school died in a motorcycle accident almost 3 years ago. His mother posts to his page every few weeks like she is talking to him. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/17 "2013-03-01T12:41:48Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > His mother posts to his page every few weeks like she is talking to him. A person who treated my boyfriend like shit while he was alive does this. It really pissed me off at first. Now I just :rolleyes: and let it go. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/18 "2013-03-01T12:42:44Z")
Three that I know of personally. Two IRL friends and one doper friend. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/19 "2013-03-01T12:49:15Z")
> [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > A person who treated my boyfriend like shit while he was alive does this. It really pissed me off at first. Now I just :rolleyes: and let it go. He was a sweet guy who loved his mother. He was her only child. Its heartbreaking. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694/20 "2013-03-01T12:52:14Z")
Two. My daughter’s sister-in-law’s fiancee, and my cousin. I still get Words With Friends requests from my cousin’s account. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-facebook-friends-are-dead/651694.md?page=2)