# Michael Tata of "American Casino" found dead

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-tata-of-american-casino-found-dead/254040>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 8, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-tata-of-american-casino-found-dead/254040 "2004-07-08T00:09:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-tata-of-american-casino-found-dead/254040/1 "2004-07-08T00:09:00Z")

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He died at 33. Even though American Casino is still young, it just won’t be the same without him; he was such a strong personality.

I wonder how Discovery will handle this.

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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-tata-of-american-casino-found-dead/254040/2 "2004-07-08T01:21:14Z")

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Wow, that is awful! Only 33 years old. I’ve been watching the show and he seemed like a decent guy, especially compared to some his fellow employees. I wonder what was the cause.

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**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-tata-of-american-casino-found-dead/254040/3 "2004-07-08T02:29:58Z")

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> [@Tangent](#):
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> Wow, that is awful! Only 33 years old. I’ve been watching the show and he seemed like a decent guy, especially compared to some his fellow employees. I wonder what was the cause.

Yeah, I really liked the guy, on the show at least. I too, wonder what was the cause.

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-tata-of-american-casino-found-dead/254040/4 "2004-07-08T02:31:59Z")

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Wow, that’s messed up.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-tata-of-american-casino-found-dead/254040/5 "2004-07-08T10:27:07Z")

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Strangely, perhaps, I think this is going to torture Ninya more than anyone. I join others in mourning the loss of Michael. He was a bit anal, but there was something about him that was endearing.

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**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-tata-of-american-casino-found-dead/254040/6 "2004-07-08T10:50:36Z")

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Thank God. Maybe now they’ll bring _Mythbusters_ back.

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**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-tata-of-american-casino-found-dead/254040/7 "2004-07-08T12:40:39Z")

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> [@KGS](#):
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> Thank God. Maybe now they’ll bring _Mythbusters_ back.

They cancelled Mythbusters?

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**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-tata-of-american-casino-found-dead/254040/8 "2004-07-08T18:54:56Z")

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> [@KGS](#):
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> Thank God. Maybe now they’ll bring _Mythbusters_ back.

Uh, what? You had nothing better to say?

American Casino is on Friday’s, Mythbusters is on Sundays…