# Mini-Me dead at 49 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [April 21, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873 "2018-04-21T21:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/1 "2018-04-21T21:13:58Z")
> **[Verne Troyer, 'Mini-Me' in Austin Powers films, dies at 49 | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/21/entertainment/verne-troyer-obit/index.html)** > > Verne Troyer, who played Mini-Me in two of the Austin Powers comedies, has died at the age of 49, according to statements posted to his social media accounts. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/2 "2018-04-21T21:16:48Z")
He lived a short life. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/3 "2018-04-21T21:25:22Z")
Finally, he stopped humping the laser. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/4 "2018-04-21T21:34:04Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > He lived a short life. > mmm That was low! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/5 "2018-04-21T21:37:33Z")
So sorry. Maybe he had no reason to live. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/6 "2018-04-21T21:40:44Z")
Sounds like suicide. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/7 "2018-04-21T22:07:51Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Sounds like suicide. ☹ I suspect alcoholism. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/8 "2018-04-21T22:21:39Z")
People with extreme forms of dwarfism, like his for instance, do have a shortened life expectancy, and sadly, suicide is not uncommon. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/9 "2018-04-21T23:22:35Z")
Hervé Villechaize and David Rappaport come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/10 "2018-04-21T23:29:23Z")
From in Bruges: > [@](#): > > Ray: A lot of midgets tend to kill themselves. A disproportionate amount, actually. Hervé Villechaize off of Fantasy Island. I think somebody from the Time Bandits did. I suppose they must get really sad about like… being really little and that… people looking at them, laughing at them, calling them names. You know, “short arse”. There’s another famous midget. I miss him but I can’t remember. It’s not the R2D2 man; no, he’s still going. I hope your midget doesn’t kill himself. Your dream sequence will be fucked. > > Chloë: He doesn’t like being called a midget. He prefers dwarf. > > Ray: This is exactly my point! People going around calling you a midget when you want to be called a dwarf. Of course you’re going to blow your head off. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/11 "2018-04-21T23:30:26Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I suspect alcoholism. I knew he struggled. He was blasted on some celebrity reality show years ago. Peeing in the corner of the house and so forth. I feel for him, it’s not easy out there for anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/12 "2018-04-22T00:16:26Z")
“He wanted to make everyone smile, be happy, and laugh.” There aren’t many great silent clowns of the Talkie Era. Harpo Marx, of course, and maybe Kevin Smith as Silent Bob. But his Mimi-Me was one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/13 "2018-04-22T00:17:20Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > People with extreme forms of dwarfism, like his for instance, do have a shortened life expectancy, and sadly, suicide is not uncommon. > > RIP. > [@E-DUB](#): > > Hervé Villechaize and David Rappaport come to mind. I thought I’d heard the same about Michael Dunn. He died at 38, but Wikipedia says it was due to a respiratory condition owing to a distorted ribcage. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/14 "2018-04-22T00:27:59Z")
Too bad. I enjoyed Mini-Me … on the whole. RIP. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/15 "2018-04-22T01:45:56Z")
I roared with laughter all through the _Austin Powers_ movies, in large part due to him. That was a big part of my childhood. I was 11 when the first one came out, and I have many childhood memories of seeing those movies with my friends, quoting them incessantly, and howling with laughter at the more ridiculous antics which often involved Mini-Me. That fucking scene with the shadow behind the curtain and the arm holding out the apple…we were on the floor with those gags. And the part where he sang “you and I” in _Just The Two Of Us_ killed me also. The guy definitely had great screen presence. I really doubt that just any “little guy” could have pulled it off, I think most of it was down to Troyer’s acting abilities. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/16 "2018-04-22T03:20:00Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I thought I’d heard the same about Michael Dunn. He died at 38, but Wikipedia says it was due to a respiratory condition owing to a distorted ribcage. [Michael Dunn (actor) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dunn_(actor))) I had never heard of him! He had quite a life - and was intellectually brilliant too. He proved to his teachers, etc. that people with physical disabilities are not necessarily mentally disabled. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/17 "2018-04-22T04:51:26Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I had never heard of him! :eek: _Star Trek: Plato’s Stepchildren_? _Ship Of Fools_? _The Wild Wild West_? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/18 "2018-04-22T05:52:51Z")
Doctor Loveless, I presume. 🙂 ---
**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 22, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/19 "2018-04-22T05:57:52Z")
Perhaps it was due to a short illness. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873/20 "2018-04-22T12:25:12Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > …I feel for him, it’s not easy out there for anyone. So true. You made me regret my cheap-shot short joke in post 2. RIP, Verne. mmm [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873.md?page=2)