# RIP Grumpy Cat
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** celebrity-death
**Created:** [May 17, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112 "2019-05-17T12:31:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/1 "2019-05-17T12:31:35Z")
Doris Day, Tin Conway, Peggy Lipton – and now, Grumpy Cat.
Where will it end?
> **[Internet Sensation Grumpy Cat Has Died](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/grumpy-cat-dead_n_5cde79b2e4b00e035b8daba1)**
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> The famous feline, whose real name was Tardar Sauce, died following complications from a recent urinary tract infection.
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> “We are unimaginably heartbroken to announce the loss of our beloved Grumpy Cat,” wrote Tabatha, Bryan and Chrystal Bundesen in a statement.
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> The mixed-breed “encountered complications from a recent urinary tract infection that unfortunately became too tough for her to overcome,” the statement read.
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> “She passed away peacefully,” it added, “at home in the arms of her mommy, Tabatha.”
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> The family from Morristown, Arizona, noted how Grumpy Cat, whose real name is Tardar Sauce, had “helped millions of people smile all around the world — even when times were tough.”
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> It vowed that “her spirit will continue to live on through her fans everywhere.”
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> Tributes poured in on Twitter, where fans said they were “heartbroken” by the news.
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### Author:  [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/2 "2019-05-17T12:42:24Z")
So bad news comes in fours?
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### Author:  [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/3 "2019-05-17T12:46:43Z")
Poor little Tardar Sauce ☹ I know it’s lame, but I really am sad about this (which would make Grumpy Cat happy, so there’s that). Maybe now her brother, Pokey can step into the spotlight.
BTW, am I overthinking it or is her name a reference to her deformity, i.e., she’s a “retard”?
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/4 "2019-05-17T12:49:18Z")
I really am sad about this too. As I said in the other thread, I’m making her exact same facial expression right now.
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### Author:  [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/5 "2019-05-17T13:06:58Z")
Did anybody have “Grumpy Cat” in your Death Pool game?
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/6 "2019-05-17T13:07:09Z")
Do we know how old she was?
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/7 "2019-05-17T13:09:13Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#):
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> BTW, am I overthinking it or is her name a reference to her deformity, i.e., she’s a “retard”?
Pardon? 😕
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### Author:  [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/8 "2019-05-17T13:11:41Z")
> [@DCnDC](#):
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> Do we know how old she was?
7; not very old.
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/9 "2019-05-17T13:58:23Z")
Poor puddy tat! ☹
I once learned the hard way that cats should be kept indoors and away from others in the neighborhood, since Feline Uterine Syndrome (FUS) is highly contagious. Neither should plastic dishes be used, since they’re porous and can trap pathogens.
My own beloved cat will be 19 in September. I hope he hangs on a while longer. I found him meowing in my building’s stairwell when he was just eight weeks old. I can’t believe it’s been that long…
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### Author:  [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/10 "2019-05-17T14:17:58Z")
> [@DCnDC](#):
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> Pardon? 😕
Her name seems to be a play on “tartar sauce”, but spelled “TARDer”. She’s kind of funny looking so I can see someone (hopefully jokingly) calling her a “tard”.
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### Author:  [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/11 "2019-05-17T14:24:22Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#):
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> 7; not very old.
Her appearance, health and age at death are a good illustration of why putting a lot of emphasis on physical breed characteristics is a bad idea.
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### Author:  [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/12 "2019-05-17T14:25:24Z")
Now he’s in hell. Or what other cat’s call “Kitty Heaven”.
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/13 "2019-05-17T14:30:09Z")
RIP Tardar Sauce; your time with us was way too short but oh so sweet.
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### Author:  [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/14 "2019-05-17T15:10:24Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#):
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> Her name seems to be a play on “tartar sauce”, but spelled “TARDer”. She’s kind of funny looking so I can see someone (hopefully jokingly) calling her a “tard”.
I do remember this from when it started, and yes, you are right, they totally retconned the cat’s name once they hit the mainstream and had to start talking about it outside of Reddit or Youtube. A quick Google pulls up [this article](http://downwitdat.blogspot.com/2012/11/why-im-not-fan-of-tard-grumpy-cat.html) about it from just a few months after the [original reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/10bu17/meet_grumpy_cat/) in 2012.
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### Author:  [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/15 "2019-05-17T15:35:00Z")
> [@Grrr](#):
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> Now he’s in hell. Or what other cat’s call “Kitty Heaven”.
This is a fantastic comment and one I will steal and use in my daily life.
With credit to you natch.
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### Author:  [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/16 "2019-05-17T17:27:56Z")
Awww. I has a sad. From all accounts, she was a very sweet girl.
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### Author:  [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/17 "2019-05-17T17:41:42Z")
Isn’t feline urinary tract problems what Sylvester the Talking Cat’s adoptive brother Gibson died of?
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/18 "2019-05-17T17:42:39Z")
I have a picture of her on my wall at work. I pinned a black ribbon on it. :)☹
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/19 "2019-05-17T17:46:11Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#):
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> I have a picture of her on my wall at work. I pinned a black ribbon on it. :)☹
She wouldn’t have liked that.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-grumpy-cat/834112/20 "2019-05-17T17:49:22Z")
😃 So true!
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