# Rick James has died, bitch! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-james-has-died-bitch/258662 "2004-08-06T19:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-james-has-died-bitch/258662/1 "2004-08-06T19:28:00Z")
[http://et.tv.yahoo.com/newslink/](http://et.tv.yahoo.com/newslink/) Just wanted to be first 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-james-has-died-bitch/258662/2 "2004-08-06T20:49:33Z")
Can you settle for a [tie?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=270088) ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-james-has-died-bitch/258662/3 "2004-08-06T21:00:34Z")
I beat him(her?) by mere seconds. When it posted, it was second in line, meaning the other was more recent. 😉 I am going to ask that this one be closed, as the other one is getting all the responses anyway. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-james-has-died-bitch/258662/4 "2004-08-07T00:38:02Z")
OK, closed. Go [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=270088) for discussion &c.