# Paul Simon died!  (Former U.S. Sen. Paul Simon)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-simon-died-former-u-s-sen-paul-simon/218016>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 9, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-simon-died-former-u-s-sen-paul-simon/218016 "2003-12-09T21:35:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-simon-died-former-u-s-sen-paul-simon/218016/21 "2003-12-10T05:37:18Z")

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Yikes. A man died. Are we to be relieved because the guy who sang “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” is still alive?

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**Author:** ![thumbupmybum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@thumbupmybum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thumbupmybum)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-simon-died-former-u-s-sen-paul-simon/218016/22 "2003-12-10T06:04:16Z")

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Oh, come on everyone, don’t be so hard on Annie. I mean, seriously, I’m sure you’ve all seen the Celebrity Death Pool on this message board; most people don’t seem to mind it not taking people dying too seriously. So what’s the big deal here?

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**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-simon-died-former-u-s-sen-paul-simon/218016/23 "2003-12-10T06:06:04Z")

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> When he announced in late 1994 that he would not seek a third term in 1996, he said: “I have an obligation to the people of Illinois, to the Senate and to myself to leave the Senate while I am still eager to serve, not after I tire of serving.”

Rest in peace, Senator Simon. You’ll be missed.

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**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-simon-died-former-u-s-sen-paul-simon/218016/24 "2003-12-10T07:35:31Z")

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Damn. This is a loss. It’s a shame that being kind of dorky but possessing wit, intellect, integrity, and class just make one fodder for posthumous jokes.

He was a class act. It’s too fresh a loss to make “Gotcha!” jokes. Way to reduce the loss there.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-simon-died-former-u-s-sen-paul-simon/218016/25 "2003-12-10T08:50:10Z")

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**Annie-Xmas** , purposefully misleading thread titles are not allowed . . . and this particular one is in very poor taste. Do not do this again.

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**Cajun Man** ~ SDMB Moderator

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