# Is Megadeth's Dave Mustaine Dead? \[asked in 2004, still alive in 2012\]
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-megadeths-dave-mustaine-dead-asked-in-2004-still-alive-in-2012/274677
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 14, 2004, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-megadeths-dave-mustaine-dead-asked-in-2004-still-alive-in-2012/274677 "2004-11-14T06:55:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2004, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-megadeths-dave-mustaine-dead-asked-in-2004-still-alive-in-2012/274677/1 "2004-11-14T06:55:35Z")
Wikipedia lists him as a [recent death](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_deaths) . Of course this is hardly a reliable source. But say it ain’t so!
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2004, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-megadeths-dave-mustaine-dead-asked-in-2004-still-alive-in-2012/274677/2 "2004-11-14T07:09:47Z")
I don’t see him on that list now, and his bio doesn’t include a date of death. I think I’d have probably heard about it had he died.
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### Author:  [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2004, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-megadeths-dave-mustaine-dead-asked-in-2004-still-alive-in-2012/274677/3 "2004-11-14T07:15:57Z")
Gar Samuelson, Megadeth’s original drummer, died of liver failure a few years ago. Maybe they got confused somehow?
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### Author:  [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-megadeths-dave-mustaine-dead-asked-in-2004-still-alive-in-2012/274677/4 "2004-11-14T07:37:35Z")
Don’t think so. The band played Boston on Friday, Philly on Saturday, and is hitting Montreal on Sunday. Dave has been relatively straight for several years, particularly since going through a long reheb process for his left arm.
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### Author:  [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2004, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-megadeths-dave-mustaine-dead-asked-in-2004-still-alive-in-2012/274677/5 "2004-11-14T13:25:20Z")
I know he performed in Reno in just the last month or so.
Sidenote: I saw him on celebrity Jeopardy! a while back, and he is smart!
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### Author:  [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2004, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-megadeths-dave-mustaine-dead-asked-in-2004-still-alive-in-2012/274677/6 "2004-11-14T15:32:42Z")
If Dave were dead, I would’ve heard about it already. So no.
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### Author:  [@MetalHead666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MetalHead666)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-megadeths-dave-mustaine-dead-asked-in-2004-still-alive-in-2012/274677/7 "2012-08-24T20:28:34Z")
Dave has actually been legally declared dead twice, but he’s not actually dead. So yes, he has died, but no, he’s not dead.
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### Author:  [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-megadeths-dave-mustaine-dead-asked-in-2004-still-alive-in-2012/274677/8 "2012-08-24T20:31:04Z")
Obligatory zombie reference.
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### Author:  [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-megadeths-dave-mustaine-dead-asked-in-2004-still-alive-in-2012/274677/9 "2012-08-24T20:31:50Z")
Does [brain-dead](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=662260&highlight=mustaine) count?
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### Author:  [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-megadeths-dave-mustaine-dead-asked-in-2004-still-alive-in-2012/274677/10 "2012-08-24T20:35:58Z")
> [@Lobohan](#):
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> Obligatory zombie reference.
Then I _completely_ mis-understood what it meant when I read that he is a born-again christian.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-megadeths-dave-mustaine-dead-asked-in-2004-still-alive-in-2012/274677/11 "2012-08-24T20:52:51Z")
Edited thread title to point out that he is still alive as of August 2012.
> [@MetalHead666](#):
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> Dave has actually been legally declared dead twice, but he’s not actually dead. So yes, he has died, but no, he’s not dead.
…still mostly alive most of the time as of August 2012.
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### Author:  [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-megadeths-dave-mustaine-dead-asked-in-2004-still-alive-in-2012/274677/12 "2012-08-24T21:02:48Z")
Possibly the biggest asshole in music today.