# The passing of a true legend...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-a-true-legend/259714>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 13, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-a-true-legend/259714 "2004-08-13T17:37:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-a-true-legend/259714/1 "2004-08-13T17:37:37Z")

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[Julia Child just passed away this morning.](http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/13/obit.child/index.html)

I am totally bummed. ☹

_Fixed your link - CF_

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**Author:** ![DeathLlama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DeathLlama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeathLlama)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-a-true-legend/259714/2 "2004-08-13T17:49:59Z")

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And I was just talking to Ruffian about possibly making a chocolate/mocha mousse thingy today.

I shall make it and we will enjoy it in her honor.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-a-true-legend/259714/3 "2004-08-13T17:52:53Z")

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Aww man, I really liked her. Such an original.

I have a 4’x5’ oil in my study titled _Julia Child’s Garbage Can_. It’s a NY scene that copies Brugel’s _Hunter In The Snow_ but interjects all sorts of social consciousness. She’s up there in a penthouse window cookin’ away. I see it every day, think of her every day and will now miss her every day.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-a-true-legend/259714/4 "2004-08-13T18:30:24Z")

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I remember a show where she talked about _Chicken Marsala_ being invented, on-the-spot, by Napoleon’s chef between battles. She whipped out an antique French sword to cut up the bird. Man, she had some, ah…she had ovaries!