# OK, famous people:  STOP DYING!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-famous-people-stop-dying/298090>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 6, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-famous-people-stop-dying/298090 "2005-04-06T20:37:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-famous-people-stop-dying/298090/41 "2005-04-08T01:18:06Z")

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> [@Terrifel](#):
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> Given the fact that cable TV has space for a Weather Channel, a Food Channel, several news channels, and a country music channel, there really ought to be a Death Channel specifically devoted to broadcasting the funerals and memorial services of the rich and famous.

This is a BRILLIANT idea. It should be called the D! channel.

Like the E! channel, but with a D!.

Now, where’s my rolodex that lists the cable tv channel owners.

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-famous-people-stop-dying/298090/42 "2005-04-08T03:26:09Z")

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> [@Scott\_plaid](#):
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> Are you german? I you are, then you are spelling the word for beer perfectly. If not, :eek: bier (bîr)  
> n. 1. A stand on which a corpse or a coffin containing a corpse is placed before burial.  
> 2. A coffin along with its stand: followed the bier to the cemetery.  
> [Alteration (influenced by French bière, coffin) of Middle English ber, from Old English bēr.]The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

I am glad to see that your wit-ectomy went well, and you’re recuperating well! 😉

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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-famous-people-stop-dying/298090/43 "2005-04-08T05:19:46Z")

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In the future, everyone will be dead for fifteen minutes.

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