# Robert Palmer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-palmer/203965>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 26, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-palmer/203965 "2003-09-26T13:39:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-palmer/203965/1 "2003-09-26T13:39:57Z")

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Died of a heart attack at 54.

So did John Ritter, just a week or two ago.

My goodness, **what** is going on?

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-palmer/203965/2 "2003-09-26T13:44:45Z")

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Already _TWO_ threads on this over in Cafe Society.

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**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-palmer/203965/3 "2003-09-26T14:40:07Z")

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Please - this board’s server is so slow I have a hard enough time getting into MPSIMS, let alone Cafe Society. I’m not about to check all the boards before posting something.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-palmer/203965/4 "2003-09-26T17:18:56Z")

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What **bittersweet** said. (We simul-OPed.)