# Wally's death a hoax?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallys-death-a-hoax/220240>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 21, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallys-death-a-hoax/220240 "2003-12-21T01:52:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Grumple\_Grommit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc348/32.png) [@Grumple\_Grommit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumple_Grommit)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallys-death-a-hoax/220240/1 "2003-12-21T01:52:13Z")

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Hi all, I’m a long-time lurker who just took the plunge and registered here. So from reading this thread- [http://www.livejournal.com/community/sdmb\_anonymous/2277.html-](http://www.livejournal.com/community/sdmb_anonymous/2277.html-) it seems likely that the poster claiming to be Wally never actually died. Could a moderator substantiate this? And if it’s true, why hasn’t there been an official announcement about it?

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**Author:** ![Grumple\_Grommit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc348/32.png) [@Grumple\_Grommit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumple_Grommit)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallys-death-a-hoax/220240/2 "2003-12-21T01:55:49Z")

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Sorry, as you can see I messed up the url- you just have to go to [livejournal.com](http://livejournal.com) and do a username search for ‘sdmb\_anonymous’ and you’ll find the relevant thread.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallys-death-a-hoax/220240/3 "2003-12-21T02:29:36Z")

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Just been covered.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=229542&highlight=wally](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=229542&highlight=wally)

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallys-death-a-hoax/220240/4 "2003-12-21T04:13:47Z")

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Since this has already been covered, I’m closing this.

**DrMatrix** - Moderator