# RIP Patti Deutsch

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 30, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-patti-deutsch/792443 "2017-07-30T15:48:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-patti-deutsch/792443/1 "2017-07-30T15:48:06Z")

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[Patti Deutsch has died at 73](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/patti-deutsch-dead-laugh-match-game-comedienne-was-73-1025096).

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> Patti Deutsch, the witty comedian and voiceover artist with the nasally delivery who was a regular on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_ and on game shows like _Match Game_ and _Tattletales_, has died. She was 73.
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> Deutsch died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer, her family announced.

ETA: When I posted this thread, the thread below it was for GoT. So of course, I thought of _Match Game of Thrones_. ‘Killy Karl said, “If I had a bigger sword, I’d BLANK you!”’  
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**Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-patti-deutsch/792443/2 "2017-07-31T14:20:32Z")

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I didn’t recognize the name at first but once I clicked on the link it was “Oh, yeah, her.” And that voice, very memorable.

Lots of YouTube videos of her on game shows. But here’s a [link](https://youtu.be/Prc8zLJO83I?t=38) to her as the deli clerk in _Mr. Mom_.

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**Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-patti-deutsch/792443/3 "2017-07-31T14:28:59Z")

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I watch Match Game every morning while eating breakfast. RIP.

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**Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-patti-deutsch/792443/4 "2017-07-31T22:34:40Z")

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Once on Johnny Carson, she was talking about working with the otherwise all-male Ace Trucking Company. She deadpanned, “Now I have a great deal more respect for Snow White.”