# Linda Tripp is pining for the fjords. **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 8, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-tripp-is-pining-for-the-fjords/851377 "2020-04-08T21:33:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-tripp-is-pining-for-the-fjords/851377/1 "2020-04-08T21:33:30Z")
[Dead at 70 (not Corona.)](https://nypost.com/2020/04/08/linda-tripp-whistleblower-in-lewinsky-scandal-near-death/) ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-tripp-is-pining-for-the-fjords/851377/2 "2020-04-08T22:32:48Z")
She had pancreatic cancer and was only diagnosed last week. It’s not unusual to die fast from that type of cancer. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-tripp-is-pining-for-the-fjords/851377/3 "2020-04-08T23:51:31Z")
Wow, poor woman ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-tripp-is-pining-for-the-fjords/851377/4 "2020-04-09T00:48:35Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > She had pancreatic cancer and was only diagnosed last week. It’s not unusual to die fast from that type of cancer. The WaPo article I saw said breast cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-tripp-is-pining-for-the-fjords/851377/5 "2020-04-09T01:16:10Z")
I’ve been reading pancreatic cancer in a number of places. Apparently it can be really fast and aggressive. Despite everything, Monica Lewinsky is being very sympathetic. > **[Clinton Whistleblower Linda Tripp Dies At 70, Monica Lewinsky Reacts To Her...](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/04/9669757/monica-lewinsky-linda-tripp-death-cancer-twitter)** > > Lewinsky took to Twitter after reports earlier in the day that Tripp was on her deathbed. “No matter the past, upon hearing that Linda Tripp is very seriously ill, I hope for her recovery.” ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-tripp-is-pining-for-the-fjords/851377/6 "2020-04-09T02:02:50Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > The WaPo article I saw said breast cancer. She’d had breast cancer many years ago. I remember seeing her interviewed on Larry King, and she said that for her, the worst side effect was one that happens in about 10% of the people who take one of the drugs she used: in addition to losing her hair, her finger- and toenails also fell out. :eek: ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-tripp-is-pining-for-the-fjords/851377/7 "2020-04-09T02:24:04Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > She’d had breast cancer many years ago. I remember seeing her interviewed on Larry King, and she said that for her, the worst side effect was one that happens in about 10% of the people who take one of the drugs she used: in addition to losing her hair, her finger- and toenails also fell out. :eek: Not that it matters much one way or the other but the Washington Post article still says this: > [@](#): > > The death was confirmed by her son, Ryan Tripp, who declined to discuss other details. Acquaintances said she had been hospitalized for breast cancer. > [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I’ve been reading pancreatic cancer in a number of places. Apparently it can be really fast and aggressive. I watched my brother it law go through it for a year. Sometimes quicker is better. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-tripp-is-pining-for-the-fjords/851377/8 "2020-04-09T03:35:14Z")
My Uncle died screaming in pain in the middle of the night with no pain medication from Pancreatic cancer, poor guy was begging for his wife to bring him a gun at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-tripp-is-pining-for-the-fjords/851377/9 "2020-04-09T03:59:02Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I’ve been reading pancreatic cancer in a number of places. Apparently it can be really fast and aggressive. > > Despite everything, Monica Lewinsky is being very sympathetic. > > [https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/04/9669757/monica-lewinsky-linda-tripp-death-cancer-twitter](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/04/9669757/monica-lewinsky-linda-tripp-death-cancer-twitter) I have to give Monica Lewinsky tons of credit. Whatever one thought of her when the scandal broke, and in the immediate aftermath, she’s really went out of her way to move past it and not let it define her today. The interview she did with John Oliver was fantastic. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Yq7Eh6JTKIg/maxresdefault.jpg "Public Shaming: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq7Eh6JTKIg) ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-tripp-is-pining-for-the-fjords/851377/10 "2020-04-09T15:43:53Z")
NFL hall of famer Gene Upshaw died 3 days after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer . ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-tripp-is-pining-for-the-fjords/851377/11 "2020-04-09T16:14:42Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I watched my brother it law go through it for a year. Sometimes quicker is better. This. My grandmother died of it. \ Sometimes the prognosis is “how long have I got?” “Six months if you’re lucky. A year if you’re not.” RIP Ms. Tripp. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-tripp-is-pining-for-the-fjords/851377/12 "2020-04-09T20:24:49Z")
And I’m very proud of my fellow SDMB members for nobody going low on this. I didn’t like what she did to her friend at the time, but we all exit this world, and it looks like she did it in a pretty tough way. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-tripp-is-pining-for-the-fjords/851377/13 "2020-04-10T00:40:29Z")
On a brighter note, they’ve been making giant strides with pancreatic cancer treatments. Some patients are living years with a decent quality of life now. But it’s like a lot of cancers that start in internal organs…it’s often not discovered until it’s late stage. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-tripp-is-pining-for-the-fjords/851377/14 "2020-04-10T14:47:40Z")
Yeah, I always thought Tripp was a bad “friend,” but it never occurred to me she deserved to die of pancreatic cancer. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-tripp-is-pining-for-the-fjords/851377/15 "2020-04-11T17:29:17Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Yeah, I always thought Tripp was a bad “friend,” but it never occurred to me she deserved to die of pancreatic cancer. If you’d ever hung out with chickens, you’d know that they deserve to be eaten. People who work hard at destruction of themself or others deserve any ill fate. Most of the rest of us don’t deserve what happens to us. That implies a universal moral order for which no evidence exists. I lived a life of lousy decisions but am in a very good place, well beyond what I “deserve” in any rational scheme. I can only blame luck i.e. random factors. Ms Tripp deserved neither divine reward nor punishment. She died, as we all will. Sayonara. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-tripp-is-pining-for-the-fjords/851377/16 "2020-04-30T05:13:05Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > And I’m very proud of my fellow SDMB members for nobody going low on this… Well, the thread title isn’t especially respectful, and I say that as both a Democrat and a _Monty Python_ fan.