# Letter from Heaven: Alistaire Cooke dead at 95

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-from-heaven-alistaire-cooke-dead-at-95/237371>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 30, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-from-heaven-alistaire-cooke-dead-at-95/237371 "2004-03-30T19:11:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-from-heaven-alistaire-cooke-dead-at-95/237371/1 "2004-03-30T19:11:35Z")

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[No cause of death was given](http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~78~2051393,00.html), but he was 95 and had a heart condition, so speculation really isn’t that difficult.

He’ll be missed.  
I can’t believe I beat **Eve** to starting a dead celebrity thread…

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-from-heaven-alistaire-cooke-dead-at-95/237371/2 "2004-03-30T19:42:54Z")

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> [@jayjay](#):
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> I can’t believe I beat **Eve** to starting a dead celebrity thread…

[A-hem](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=248188) . . .

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-from-heaven-alistaire-cooke-dead-at-95/237371/3 "2004-03-30T19:47:50Z")

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Curses! Foiled again!

Damn you, **Eve**! Damn you to Schenectady!

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-from-heaven-alistaire-cooke-dead-at-95/237371/4 "2004-03-30T19:59:37Z")

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Feh—it seems that only you, I and **EJsGirl** give a flying leap about him, anyway . . .

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**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-from-heaven-alistaire-cooke-dead-at-95/237371/5 "2004-03-30T20:04:51Z")

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> [@jayjay](#):
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> I can’t believe I beat **Eve** to starting a dead celebrity thread…

[No you didn’t.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=248188)

🙂

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**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-from-heaven-alistaire-cooke-dead-at-95/237371/6 "2004-03-30T21:54:20Z")

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RIP. Many times I enjoyed his commentary better than the actual program.

Sir Rhosis