# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![notthatagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@notthatagain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notthatagain)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/41 "2010-11-29T04:40:19Z")
Dear God! He must’ve eaten the fish! ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/42 "2010-11-29T04:44:12Z")
sad sad day ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/43 "2010-11-29T04:53:40Z")
Well, you take a big chance getting up in the morning, crossing the street, or sticking your face in a fan. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/44 "2010-11-29T04:55:50Z")
> [@Way Too Happy](#): > > Dear God! He must’ve eaten the fish! Remember, he had the lasagna. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/45 "2010-11-29T04:56:31Z")
Very sad day. RIP Mister Nielsen. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/46 "2010-11-29T05:20:09Z")
From the looks of this thread, still making us laugh… That’s a mark of success. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/47 "2010-11-29T05:22:44Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Better still, change it to: “Leslie Nielsen: Dead and Loving It!” Yeah, do! And by the way, happy New Year. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/48 "2010-11-29T05:32:45Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > He’s dead and O.J. is still alive? At least O.J. is in prison, though no doubt he’ll escape in a _Fugitive_-inspired train derailment, followed by a long pursuit in which he searches for the mythical one-armed man. Meanwhile, Nielson’s legacy of both fine dramatic and comedy roles will outlive him. Even in the shittiest, most underwritten comedy films he starred in his comedic timing was flawless, and he seems to have taken himself and his success only as seriously as anyone else did, which is to say to the point of being respectful of his fans without being pompous. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/49 "2010-11-29T05:40:27Z")
> [@CatherineZeta](#): > > I had to find this out from Perez Hilton 😕 God, that’s just awful all around. Am I the only one who didn’t realize he was that old? For some reason, I reckoned he was about 10 years younger. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/50 "2010-11-29T06:13:20Z")
> [@](#): > > He died Sunday afternoon in a hospital near his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida… Hospital? What’s that? [sub]So long Shirley. :([/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/51 "2010-11-29T06:25:33Z")
It’s a big building with patients, some of whom occasionally think they’re Ethel Merman, but that’s not important right now. Classy guy, very versatile, a fine and unique Hollywood career, and yet another Canadian gift to the world. Goodbye, Leslie. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/52 "2010-11-29T06:50:01Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > 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! > > :(:(:(☹ This is the first thing that ran through my mind to post after reading the OP. Well Done, **Rhythmdvl**. Someone should post a link to the sound file for this line. I’d do it, but I’m too damn tired. ---
**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, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/53 "2010-11-29T08:04:22Z")
Here is a link to the [parachute not opening](http://www.entertonement.com/clips/ngjzzzwswb--A-parachute-not-opening-that%27s-a-way-to-die-The-Naked-Gun-From-the-Files-of-Police-Squad-Lt-Frank-Drebin-Leslie-Nielsen) sound file. (Posted as a tribute to the late Leslie Nielsen). ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/54 "2010-11-29T09:34:46Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > And by the way, happy New Year. Goodyear? ---
**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, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/55 "2010-11-29T10:45:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Goodyear? No, the _worst_. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/56 "2010-11-29T13:26:48Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > 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! > > :(:(:(☹ Or blown up by a b–! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/57 "2010-11-29T13:39:14Z")
“Jane, maybe our lives aren’t worth a hill of beans, but this is our hill! And these are our beans!” RIP, Leslie Nielsen. You were the most ramrod-straight of Hollywood straight men… and your life was indeed worth a huge hill of beans. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/58 "2010-11-29T13:39:54Z")
No. Not a b–! A bomb. Who are you, and how did you get in here? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/59 "2010-11-29T13:44:51Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > Hospital? What’s that?.. It’s a big building with patients in it, but thats not important right now. Not a bad legacy. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240/60 "2010-11-29T13:49:36Z")
Whoa–just realized we lost Peter Graves, Barbara Billingsley, and Leslie Nielsen all this year. Is the “Law of Threes” complete, or is Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s life in danger? :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leslie-nielsen-has-died/562240.md?page=4)