# Most shocking or surprising celebrity death?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 28, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shocking-or-surprising-celebrity-death/847132 "2020-01-28T22:54:43Z")\
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While not as dramatic as a plane crash or an assassination, Douglas Adams just dropping dead at 49 was quite a dismaying surprise to us nerdier types.

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