# Say, did anyone hear Christopher Reeve died? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 11, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667 "2004-10-11T17:03:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/21 "2004-10-11T20:02:31Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I thought Robert Palmer held that record at 1,963. Don’t forget the “Spalding Gray thread every hour on the hour” rule we had instituted for a while. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Long\_Road](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@The\_Long\_Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Long_Road)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/22 "2004-10-11T20:03:45Z")
I was thinking of starting a thread in the pit about all the references to Superman Christopher Reeve being dead. That was the title of the [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) story this morning. I understand that the guy is famous for starring as Superman but it’s not like there are multiple famous people named Christopher Reeve and we will be confused if you don’t somehow reference Superman. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/23 "2004-10-11T20:04:51Z")
Who the fuck is Spalding Gray? ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/24 "2004-10-11T20:11:47Z")
I’d love to see multiple threads on the same topic closed, but my guess is that might offend the OP when different venues are involved. Pot, meet Kettle. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/25 "2004-10-11T20:12:15Z")
To **Otto** , who started this thread: **Do a fucking search** ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/26 "2004-10-11T20:12:27Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Who the fuck is Spalding Gray? He was an actor/ writer who killed himself last winter. [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=462294) are some of the Cafe Society threads he inspired. IIRC there were others in GQ as well. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/27 "2004-10-11T20:17:34Z")
So how many “Jacques Derrida died!” threads are there right now? I’d do a search, but I’m too busy surfing for Catholic schoolgirl bondage porn. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/28 "2004-10-11T20:22:05Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > To **Otto** , who started this thread: > > **Do a fucking search** > [@adam yax](#): > > He was an actor/ writer who killed himself last winter. Here are some of the Cafe Society threads he inspired. IIRC there were others in GQ as well. Wow, double whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/29 "2004-10-11T20:45:47Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > So how many “Jacques Derrida died!” threads are there right now? > > I’d do a search, but I’m too busy surfing for Catholic schoolgirl bondage porn. Hey, what a coincidence! Should we start a Cafe Society thread on this? ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/30 "2004-10-11T21:32:37Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Hey, what a coincidence! Should we start a Cafe Society thread on this? What, the first thing or the second? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/31 "2004-10-11T23:13:04Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Wow, double whoosh. I’m so proud, it’s a new personal best. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/32 "2004-10-11T23:27:01Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > But we forgot to start: > > Great Debates: “Would someone less wealthy than Christopher Reeve have lived this long?” That’s such a good topic that I have a strong desire to go to Great Debates and open it. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/33 "2004-10-12T05:23:03Z")
Honest question. What’s worse, multiple threads on the death of a celebrity in every forum, or a pit thread bitching about a multiple threads on the death of a celebrity in every forum whenever a celebrity dies? Honestly, you can count on a thread like this as surely as you can count on the sun rising in the east. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/34 "2004-10-12T07:42:55Z")
Christopher Reeves died? ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/35 "2004-10-12T08:35:02Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > So how many “Jacques Derrida died!” threads are there right now? > > I’d do a search, but I’m too busy surfing for Catholic schoolgirl bondage porn. I did post in THAT thread in Cafe Society, but it was more of a lame Tarantino joke to lighten the mood. It’s somewhere near the end - sorry, haven’t figured out how to link threads yet. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/36 "2004-10-12T12:02:42Z")
> [@blowero](#): > > Christopher Reeves died? Who the fuck is Christopher Reeves? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/37 "2004-10-12T12:49:04Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > Who the fuck is Christopher Reeves? According to IMDB, he was the sound guy on X-Files: [Christopher B. Reeves](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716176/) ---
**Author:** ![InvidiousCourgette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@InvidiousCourgette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InvidiousCourgette)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/38 "2004-10-12T13:07:56Z")
> [@Desmostylus](#): > > According to IMDB, he was the sound guy on X-Files: > > [Christopher B. Reeves](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716176/) I may be wrong, but I don’t think he is dead yet. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/39 "2004-10-12T13:10:23Z")
> [@InvidiousCourgette](#): > > I may be wrong, but I don’t think he is dead yet. Um, so the answer to **blowero** ’s question is “no”? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/40 "2004-10-12T13:17:01Z")
> [@Desmostylus](#): > > According to IMDB, he was the sound guy on X-Files: > > [Christopher B. Reeves](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716176/) Ah thanks, I knew I heard that name before. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667.md?page=3)