# The Feud: Hollywood and Death by 42fish \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 19, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053 "2010-05-19T21:10:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/21 "2010-05-20T15:09:27Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > ETA: Aww, crap, how could I forget Robert Blake? I’m too old. I had totally forgotten about Blake, too. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/22 "2010-05-20T16:13:20Z")
1. River Phoenix 2. James Dean 3. Patrick Swayze 4. Phil Hartman 5. George Reeves 6. John Ritter 7. Robert Blake 8. Ed McMahon 9. Abe Vigoda 10. Natalie Wood #8. He died the same week as Farrah and Michael (and Billy Mays, incidentally) #9. Because there’s even a website devoted to this! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/23 "2010-05-20T16:18:14Z")
Interesting. I didn’t do this one because I would have had to wikipedia too many questions, but the one I did think of was Brandon Lee for the #6 slot. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/24 "2010-05-20T16:32:52Z")
1. John Belushi 2. James Dean 3. Patrick Swayze 4. Sal Mineo 5. Brian Keith 6. Natasha Richardson 7. Fatty Arbuckle 8. Sammy Davis, Jr. 9. Abe Vigoda 10. Rebecca Schaeffer 8 - Sammy Davis, Jr. died on the same day as Jim Henson. 6 - Wow, no one else has her yet. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/25 "2010-05-20T16:53:34Z")
1. Heath Ledger 2. James Dean 3. John Wayne 4. Sal Mineo 5. Marilyn Monroe 6. Natalie Wood 7. Robert Blake 8. Brad Renfro 9. Eli Wallach 10. Sharon Tate ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/26 "2010-05-20T17:18:46Z")
1. John Belushi 2. James Dean 3. John Wayne 4. Phil Hartman 5. Gig Young 6. Rudolph Valentino 7. Fatty Arbuckle 8. Yul Brynner 9. Abe Vigoda 10. Vic Morrow ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/27 "2010-05-20T17:23:38Z")
1. Heath Ledger 2. James Dean 3. Patrick Swayze 4. Phil Hartman 5. Marilyn Monroe 6. Natalie Wood 7. Robert Blake 8. Groucho Marx 9. Mickey Rooney 10. Sharon Tate ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/28 "2010-05-20T17:29:42Z")
I think I’m looking at middle of the pack on this one. But I did find out something interesting: Orville Wright died on the same day as Mahatma Gandhi. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/29 "2010-05-20T17:38:44Z")
1. Heath Ledger 2. James Dean 3. John Wayne 4. Sal Mineo 5. Marilyn Monroe 6. Natalie Wood 7. Fatty Arbuckle 8. Groucho Marx 9. Mickey Rooney 10. Sharon Tate 8 - Died a few days after Elvis 10 - Killed by the Manson Family ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/30 "2010-05-20T18:01:52Z")
1. River Phoenix 2. James Dean 3. John Wayne 4. Phil Hartman 5. David Carradine 6. Brittany Murphy 7. Fatty Arbuckle 8. Burgess Meredith 9. Abe Vigoda 10. Vic Morrow * * * 1. Allegedly, and admittedly obscure. 2. Preceded by mere days by both Princess Diana and Mother Theresa. 3. No, I’m not really surprised, but I’m banking on this as a popular answer. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/31 "2010-05-20T18:07:44Z")
1. Chris Farley 2. James Dean 3. John Wayne 4. Phil Hartman 5. Marilyn Monroe 6. Natalie Wood 7. Fatty Arbuckle 8. Groucho Marx 9. Abe Vigoda 10. Vic Morrow. Joe ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/32 "2010-05-20T18:10:21Z")
1. Heath Ledger 2. James Dean 3. Patrick Swayze 4. Phil Hartman 5. Dave Carradine 6. Britney Murphy 7. Robert Blake 8. Ed McMahon 9. Linsay Lohen 10. River Phoenix ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/33 "2010-05-20T23:28:39Z")
1. Heath Ledger 2. James Dean 3. Patrick Swayze 4. Phil Hartman 5. George Reeves 6. Brittany Murphy 7. Robert Blake 8. Ed McMahon 9. Abe Vigoda 10. Natalie Wood ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/34 "2010-05-21T02:11:40Z")
1. Heath Ledger 2. James Dean 3. John Wayne 4. Phil Hartman 5. George Reeves 6. Brandon Lee 7. Fatty Arbuckle 8. Groucho Marx 9. Abe Vigoda 10. Sharon Tate ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/35 "2010-05-21T15:59:11Z")
1. Heath Ledger 2. James Dean 3. John Wayne 4. Sal Mineo 5. Phil Hartman 6. Natalie Wood 7. Robert Blake 8. Ed McMahon 9. Abe Vigoda 10. Sharon Tate 11. So much so that I forgot he was even dead; he was my original answer for #9. (Yeah, I Googled, because I’m a filthy cheater.) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/36 "2010-05-21T16:02:04Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > **6. Natasha Richardson** > 7. Fatty Arbuckle > 8. Sammy Davis, Jr. > 9. Abe Vigoda > 10. Rebecca Schaeffer > > **6 - Wow, no one else has her yet.** …except the VERY FIRST ENTRANT. Sorry, KaylasDad! Maybe someday I’ll learn to read gooder. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/37 "2010-05-21T17:30:40Z")
1. Heath Ledger 2. James Dean 3. Patrick Swayze 4. Sal Mineo 5. Freddie Prinze 6. Natalie Wood 7. Robert Blake 8. Groucho Marx 9. Abe Vigoda 10. Lupe Velez ---
**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:** [May 21, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/38 "2010-05-21T20:49:53Z")
1. Heath Ledger 2. James Dean 3. Patrick Swayze 4. Phil Hartman 5. Marylyn Monroe 6. Natalie Wood 7. Robert Blake 8. Ed McMahaon 9. Abe Vigoda 10. Sharon Tate ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/39 "2010-05-21T23:35:01Z")
I’m so gonna tank on this one! Where’s the love for Judy Garland! Remember Stonewall! Ummmmmmmm… or sump’n like that. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/40 "2010-05-22T01:21:20Z")
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