# Ted Stevens dies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-dies/549855>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 10, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-dies/549855 "2010-08-10T18:34:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-dies/549855/21 "2010-08-11T01:13:33Z")

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I once voted for him, but only because the Democrat was mentally ill.

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-dies/549855/22 "2010-08-11T01:21:50Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> … as Ted could probably have successfully challenged Sen. Begich in the upcoming election, had he chosen to run.

At the age of 90, having lost seniority? I disagree.

As to the OP, certainly his family and friends will miss him.

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-dies/549855/23 "2010-08-11T03:58:38Z")

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I have a hard time feeling bad for another reason - I can think of a lot worse ways to finish your life than to live 90 years and then go out in a plane crash while you still have all your faculties and aren’t a drooling vegetable in an old-folks home somewhere.

Who were the other people who died in the crash? Ex-NASA administrator Sean O’Keefe was apparently on the plane, but survived. He and Stevens are the only two I’ve heard mentioned by name.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-dies/549855/24 "2010-08-11T03:59:44Z")

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O’Keefe’s (teenaged?) son was also on board, and survived.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-dies/549855/25 "2010-08-11T04:12:07Z")

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James?

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-dies/549855/26 "2010-08-11T19:53:51Z")

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> [@Sam\_Stone](#):
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> I have a hard time feeling bad for another reason - I can think of a lot worse ways to finish your life than to live 90 years and then go out in a plane crash while you still have all your faculties and aren’t a drooling vegetable in an old-folks home somewhere.

Ditto this. People who say “beats the alternative” in regard to aging haven’t spent much time in geriatric facilities.

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