# Stephen Furst has died. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 18, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-furst-has-died/789257 "2017-06-18T00:57:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-furst-has-died/789257/21 "2017-06-18T12:51:06Z")
“I’d like 10,000 marbles, please.” Half of the last six people on the station have now passed beyond the Rim. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-furst-has-died/789257/22 "2017-06-18T13:31:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I will always picture him looking up at a head on a spike and waving. Same here. That was his shining moment in the series, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Oglomott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oglomott/32/3543_2.png) [@Oglomott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oglomott)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-furst-has-died/789257/23 "2017-06-18T14:49:30Z")
“I didn’t even point the gun AT him” RIP Flounder. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-furst-has-died/789257/24 "2017-06-18T15:48:50Z")
Well, we can rule out Doug Neidermeyer. But do we know the whereabouts of Chip Diller at the time of the so-called natural death? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-furst-has-died/789257/25 "2017-06-18T15:51:18Z")
“Maybe he had a heart attack!” ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-furst-has-died/789257/26 "2017-06-18T17:05:36Z")
Aw, he was Booster in Buzz Lightyear’s Star Command, too. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-furst-has-died/789257/27 "2017-06-18T17:22:30Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Absolutely Flounder, too. He had my favorite line from the whole movie “This is gonna be great!” I use it all the time. He got to say it in the Twisted Sister video, too, just before he sprayed Metcalf in the face. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-furst-has-died/789257/28 "2017-06-18T20:38:59Z")
They buried him with his pledge pin. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > Yes, though I’ve never seen that movie. Only Babylon 5 for me. WHAT!!! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-furst-has-died/789257/29 "2017-06-18T21:21:33Z")
A pledge pin? Drop and give me 20! ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-furst-has-died/789257/30 "2017-06-18T22:49:32Z")
That’s a horrendous toll on the cast, I can’t think of anyone from TNG who’s passed away. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > I will always picture him looking up at a head on a spike and waving. It’s what I waited for most when I rewatched the series. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-furst-has-died/789257/31 "2017-06-18T23:29:45Z")
“Flounder! You can’t spend your whole life worrying about your mistakes. You Fucked up! You trusted us!” From one fish to another, RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-furst-has-died/789257/32 "2017-06-19T01:08:52Z")
I was reading some biographical info about him on the Internet Movie Database. It’s already been mentioned all the weight her lost, but it said between the third and fourth seasons of B5 his kidneys both failed. Dialysis probably wouldn’t have kept him alive that long, but a fan was found who offered one of his kidneys and since it matched, well, we had Furst for over twenty more years. Also, a news story has listed his death as being from complications related to diabetes. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-furst-has-died/789257/33 "2017-06-19T01:24:26Z")
Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life! Thanks for all the great memories and lines you moon faced assasin of joy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-furst-has-died/789257.md?page=1)