# Roger Ailes has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 18, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916 "2017-05-18T13:00:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [May 18, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/21 "2017-05-18T15:13:43Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Anyone got a cause of death? Someone just told me he was shot! He saw himself naked in a full-length hotel mirror. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/22 "2017-05-18T15:15:53Z")
> [@Crybaby\_Boobie](#): > > Someone’s been reading the AV Club! Guilty! That joke was too good not to steal. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/23 "2017-05-18T15:34:59Z")
I will pay my respects by downing a Big Gulp on the way to his grave. ---
**Author:** ![PMIthica76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@PMIthica76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PMIthica76)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/24 "2017-05-18T15:35:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Sanchez](#): > > According to Wikipedia, the cause of death is being listed as ‘Karma’. OK, that was pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/25 "2017-05-18T15:47:24Z")
“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” Ailes’ was one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/26 "2017-05-18T15:48:25Z")
Merging from Elections to existing thread in MPSIMS. Post #5, 6, 13, 14, 15, and 24 from previous thread. [/moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/27 "2017-05-18T16:04:47Z")
Lived just long enough to see that Seth Rich conspiracy theory Fox ran with go down in a ball of flames. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/28 "2017-05-18T16:05:34Z")
I won’t be able to attend the funeral, but I approve of it. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/29 "2017-05-18T16:08:43Z")
Just learned that [Chris Cornell](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=826509) died today, and I needed something to cheer me up. I’m cheered up. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/30 "2017-05-18T17:25:17Z")
In memory of Roger Ailes, all Fox newsbabe skirts will fly at half-buttcheek. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/31 "2017-05-18T17:28:48Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > “I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” > > Ailes’ was one of them. That was the first thing I thought of when I heard this. Is that Twain? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/32 "2017-05-18T17:33:24Z")
Almost balances out the awful news of Chris Cornell’s passing. Almost. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/33 "2017-05-18T17:46:58Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > In memory of Roger Ailes, all Fox newsbabe skirts will fly at half-buttcheek. Kim Guifoyle can have a big garage sale and get rid of all her minis. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/34 "2017-05-18T18:46:49Z")
Roger Ailes: “Trump’s in power. My work on this planet is done.” ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/35 "2017-05-18T22:02:26Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > His sail barge ran into difficulties near the Sarlaac pit in the Dune Sea. As I told my daughter, however appealing the thought of a thousand-year digestion might be, the reality is that the Great Sarlaac would probably hork him right out again. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/36 "2017-05-18T22:09:23Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Roger Ailes: “Trump’s in power. My work on this planet is done.” That’s like farting into a crowded elevator just as you’re stepping out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/37 "2017-05-18T22:18:44Z")
1 down. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916/38 "2017-05-18T22:19:48Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > That was the first thing I thought of when I heard this. Is that Twain? Supposedly, but it might be mis-attributed. Or maybe I made it up myself! Yea, that’s the ticket! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-has-died/786916.md?page=1)