# New game: Dead Guy in the Envelope **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749 "2006-09-14T20:47:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/81 "2006-09-14T23:15:52Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Yes, he was American. It is not Elvis (Presley nor Costello). [/QUOTE] Is it Elvis Grbac? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/82 "2006-09-14T23:17:04Z")
No, it’s not any kind of Elvis. The Elvis readings are pegged at zero. They’ve left the building. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/83 "2006-09-14T23:18:17Z")
[QUOTE=adam yax] Is it Elvis Grbac? [/QUOTE] C’mon, Adam - this is serious! LOL - You have to ask a yes or no question. Good rule call - I was thinking the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/84 "2006-09-14T23:19:31Z")
[QUOTE=adam yax] Is it Elvis Grbac? [/QUOTE] No, only his _career’s_ dead! Is it, indeed, a sports person? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/85 "2006-09-14T23:19:59Z")
Oh - duh! It’s my turn to guess - American, not music, not politics. Um, Edgar Allan Poe. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/86 "2006-09-14T23:20:26Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] Is it, indeed, a sports person? [/QUOTE] No, not a sports person. And Grbac is alive, while by definition, the man in the envelope is dead. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/87 "2006-09-14T23:21:37Z")
No, it is not Edgar Allen Poe. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/88 "2006-09-14T23:32:17Z")
Did he die in the last 50 years? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/89 "2006-09-14T23:34:43Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Did he die in the last 50 years? [/QUOTE] Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/90 "2006-09-14T23:36:13Z")
W.C. Fields ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/91 "2006-09-14T23:36:18Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Calling time on Rosewater - five minute maximum. He is not a politician. [/QUOTE] I didn’t have a guess. I’ll reply in some fashion next time. Is it another actor? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/92 "2006-09-14T23:41:52Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] W.C. Fields [/QUOTE] No. > [@Mr. Rosewater](#): > > Is it another actor? No. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/93 "2006-09-14T23:43:23Z")
Leon Uris? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/94 "2006-09-14T23:43:36Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Rosewater] Leon Uris? [/QUOTE] No. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/95 "2006-09-14T23:46:37Z")
Was he an entrepreneur? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/96 "2006-09-14T23:47:18Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Was he an entrepreneur? [/QUOTE] No. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/97 "2006-09-14T23:52:55Z")
Recap: American, not politics, not actor, not music, not entrepreneur, not sports. Died in the last 50 years. Jonas Salk? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/98 "2006-09-14T23:55:05Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Jonas Salk? [/QUOTE] Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/99 "2006-09-14T23:55:24Z")
Is he a scientist? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/100 "2006-09-14T23:57:01Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Rosewater] Is he a scientist? [/QUOTE] No. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749.md?page=6)