# Simpsons Obituaries

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-obituaries/149253>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 17, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-obituaries/149253 "2003-01-17T16:58:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-obituaries/149253/1 "2003-01-17T16:58:19Z")

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Every once in a while, _The Simpsons_ will give a screen acknowledgement of someone who recently died who either was part of the show (Phil Hartman) or a celebrity guest (Linda McCartney). A screen capture of their animated self is used and a brief “In Memory of…” (or something to that effect) caption.

Does anyone know when they began doing this? Who else has received a tribute in this fashion? I own the Season 2 DVDs and there are no examples of this; did the practice start later, or did they just not include them in the DVD?

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-obituaries/149253/2 "2003-01-17T17:27:57Z")

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I think it was first done for the lady who played Lunch Lady Doris.

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-obituaries/149253/3 "2003-01-17T17:35:22Z")

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I don’t think any of the guest star voices had died by the end of season 2 (Audrey Meadows, maybe? When did she die?)

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-obituaries/149253/4 "2003-01-17T17:51:43Z")

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Duh, you’re probably right on that count.

And Doris Grau died in 1995 (the show premiered in 1989, IIRC).