# RIP Fred Thompson

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**Created:** [November 2, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-fred-thompson/736383 "2015-11-02T01:54:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-fred-thompson/736383/1 "2015-11-02T01:54:06Z")

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Actor and Tennessee Senator and presidential candidate Fred Thompson passed this afternoon.

As an actor, probably best known for his work as the DA on Law and Order as well as [The Hunt for Red October](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-JA1ffd5Ms).

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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-fred-thompson/736383/2 "2015-11-02T02:42:34Z")

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RIP.

His younger children are still in middle school. I hope they were prepared for this.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-fred-thompson/736383/3 "2015-11-02T03:55:16Z")

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Already a thread in MPSIMS.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-fred-thompson/736383/4 "2015-11-02T19:17:46Z")

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I liked him a lot in _In the Line of Fire_ as the overbearing White House chief of staff. Two of my Tennessee friends knew him slightly via politics, and liked him.

May he rest in peace.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-fred-thompson/736383/5 "2015-11-02T21:21:41Z")

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I’ll always remember him from the second \*\*\*Die Hard \*\*\*movie.

RIP.