# Tacky headlines of future celebrity deaths **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacky-headlines-of-future-celebrity-deaths/313361 "2005-07-20T22:13:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacky-headlines-of-future-celebrity-deaths/313361/81 "2005-07-23T18:59:54Z")
**Antigen** Good one about **John Cleese**. It prompted me to think of one: … and now for something completely different. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacky-headlines-of-future-celebrity-deaths/313361/82 "2005-07-23T19:11:30Z")
**Lorne Michaels** : Died in New York on Saturday night. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacky-headlines-of-future-celebrity-deaths/313361/83 "2005-07-23T19:53:51Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > **Zeldar** > Well since you asked, here is the best (and most concise) site I could find on the “Tonight Show” history. > [http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/T/htmlT/tonightshow/tonightshow.htm](http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/T/htmlT/tonightshow/tonightshow.htm) Really cool link, **wolf\_meister**. Thanks much. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacky-headlines-of-future-celebrity-deaths/313361/84 "2005-07-24T01:55:54Z")
Hideo Kojima: ! ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacky-headlines-of-future-celebrity-deaths/313361/85 "2005-07-24T02:24:09Z")
**Gary Coleman Four Feet Under** ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacky-headlines-of-future-celebrity-deaths/313361/86 "2005-07-25T03:03:19Z")
**Will Ferrell** Dies, He’s Now At His Funniest Surely **Leslie Nielsen** ’s Not Gone? He Is, and Don’t Call Him Shirley. **Rob Schnieder**! The Robster! Makin’ Compost! **Jim Carrey** and **Jeff Daniels** : Dead and Deader ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacky-headlines-of-future-celebrity-deaths/313361/87 "2005-07-25T04:59:31Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > **Lorne Michaels** : Died in New York on Saturday night. Just like his show did so many times. **Bob Dylan** : Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door **Chris Martin** : Coldplay Singer now Cold, Turning Yellow **Johnny Rotten Now Johnny Rottin’** ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacky-headlines-of-future-celebrity-deaths/313361/88 "2005-07-25T05:21:13Z")
I know she’s already died, but I’m kicking myself for missing my chance: **Faye Dunaway** is survived by her sister AND her daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacky-headlines-of-future-celebrity-deaths/313361/89 "2005-07-25T05:39:26Z")
> [@E. Thorp](#): > > **I know she’s already died** , but I’m kicking myself for missing my chance: > > **Faye Dunaway** is survived by her sister AND her daughter. What? When was this? I saw mention of her doing some reality talent show not too long ago and she was very much alive then. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacky-headlines-of-future-celebrity-deaths/313361/90 "2005-07-25T05:44:18Z")
IMDb says she’s alive. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacky-headlines-of-future-celebrity-deaths/313361/91 "2005-07-25T06:56:56Z")
Sorry to alarm. I must have confused Faye Dunaway with someone else. (I wonder who?) ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacky-headlines-of-future-celebrity-deaths/313361/92 "2005-07-25T14:27:42Z")
\*\*Michael Jackson - Faded Away John Madden - BOOM! Ted McGinley - Jumped the Shark Tom Petty - Broke Down \*\* ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacky-headlines-of-future-celebrity-deaths/313361/93 "2005-07-25T14:31:36Z")
> [@E. Thorp](#): > > Sorry to alarm. I must have confused Faye Dunaway with someone else. (I wonder who?) It finally came to me hours later: Anne Bancroft. I still think my Faye Dunaway line is funny, but unfortunately it’s all in the delivery. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacky-headlines-of-future-celebrity-deaths/313361/94 "2005-07-25T16:10:21Z")
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