# Leslie Nielsen has died... :-( **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240 "2010-11-29T01:53:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/21 "2010-11-29T02:40:54Z")
BBC TV is reporting it now as Breaking News. RIP. ☹ ---
**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:** [November 29, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/22 "2010-11-29T02:52:11Z")
Heavy bummage, looks like time to get out the copy of Dracula: Dead and Loving It =( ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/23 "2010-11-29T02:54:49Z")
Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/24 "2010-11-29T03:17:19Z")
I’ve been trying to get Mr. Elysium to watch _Forbidden Planet_ with me for months now. He hasn’t seen it yet! We should do a double feature and watch _Airplane!_ afterwards. RIP Leslie. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/25 "2010-11-29T03:18:32Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > [According to this story](http://www.680news.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/article/150084--actor-leslie-nielsen-dies-at-age-84), a family member has confirmed his death at age 84. And how old was Mr. Nielsen? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/26 "2010-11-29T03:18:54Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > The family has apparently confirmed that Nielsen (note the spelling) was suffering from pneumonia and passed away in his sleep at a hospital in Florida. That’s no way to die. A parachute not opening… that’s a way to die. Getting caught in the gears of a combine… having your nuts bit off by a Laplander, that’s the way he should’a gone! :(:(:(☹ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/27 "2010-11-29T03:18:59Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Let’s not forget Police Squad. Police Squad? What is it? R.I.P, Mr. Neilsen. You were a very, very, funny man. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/28 "2010-11-29T03:20:37Z")
[I suspect he may have liked the caption on the picture the National Post attached to the report.](http://arts.nationalpost.com/2010/11/28/comedian-leslie-nielsen-dead-at-84/) ---
**Author:** ![CatherineZeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/29 "2010-11-29T03:34:31Z")
I had to find this out from Perez Hilton 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/30 "2010-11-29T03:40:45Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > Ah, sorry about the spelling. Mods, feel free to fix so it comes up easier in searches, I guess. Tonight might be an _Airplane!_ night… You mean you picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue? In any event I fixed the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/31 "2010-11-29T04:16:30Z")
> [@Moirai](#): > > Good luck, and we’re all counting on you. > ☹ I just wanted to say good luck, and we’re all counting on you. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/32 "2010-11-29T04:18:07Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I haven’t felt this awful since I saw that Ronald Reagan film. What about that day over Macho Grande? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/33 "2010-11-29T04:18:33Z")
I haven’t seen anything like this since the Anita Bryant concert. (RIP) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/34 "2010-11-29T04:19:39Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Police Squad? What is it? It’s a short-lived TV comedy series from 1982, but that’s not important right now. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/35 "2010-11-29T04:20:40Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > What about that day over Macho Grande? I’ll never get over Macho Grande. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/36 "2010-11-29T04:25:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Police Squad? What is it? It’s a building with police but that’s not important. It seems Mr Leilsen had a huge following here at the SDMB and it is sad that he has gone. Never thought I’d use this smilie in any posting associated with Leslie Nielsen. ☹ You made us all smile. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/37 "2010-11-29T04:25:20Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > You mean you picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue? In any event I fixed the thread title. Better still, change it to: “Leslie Nielsen: Dead and Loving It!” ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/38 "2010-11-29T04:32:16Z")
Thanks for the laughs, and don’t forget about George Zip. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/39 "2010-11-29T04:33:53Z")
He’s dead and O.J. is still alive? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/40 "2010-11-29T04:37:50Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > It’s a short-lived TV comedy series from 1982, but that’s not important right now. When I got to the scene of the crime, my boss, Ed, was already there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240.md?page=3)