# What is going on here?!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-here/104436>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 19, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-here/104436 "2002-04-19T01:41:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-here/104436/1 "2002-04-19T01:41:06Z")

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[Thor Heyerdahl died.](http://www.cnn.com/2002/TRAVEL/NEWS/04/18/obit.heyerdahl.ap/index.html) And so did Ruth Fertel, founder of Ruth’s Chris Steak House. That is, hands down, Mr. Rilch’s and my favorite fine-dining place. On my monitor I have a photo of Mr. Rilch, a tiny magazine photo of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, and a (used) gift card for Ruth Chris with a photo of one of their filets.

Meanwhile, three people died in Milan when a small plane hit a skyscraper, three died in Florida when an Amtrak derailed, and my nephew’s stepmother died in Aliquippa.

And last night, I dreamed that my uncle Jack died. Since he’s unhealthily overweight and drinks, that could very well happen.

And this right after Dudley Moore, Billy Wilder, Milton Berle and the Queen Mum! Are we going to remember 2K2 as the year everybody died?

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**Author:** ![\_your\_name\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/919ad9/32.png) [@\_your\_name\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_your_name_here)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-here/104436/2 "2002-04-19T01:43:42Z")

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hm…i think this could be a good year for the people in the celebrity deathpool…

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**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-here/104436/3 "2002-04-19T01:48:52Z")

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“Everything dies, baby, that’s a fact…”  
Keep on Truckin’

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**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-here/104436/4 "2002-04-19T01:50:02Z")

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I had a cousin die Tuesday at 35.

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**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-here/104436/5 "2002-04-19T01:55:44Z")

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> _Originally posted by Rilchiam:_  
> Are we going to remember 2K2 as the year everybody died?

If everybody dies, who’ll be left to remember it? 😉