# Which entertainer's legacy would have benefited most from an early death?

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**Created:** [January 9, 2013, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-entertainers-legacy-would-have-benefited-most-from-an-early-death/646601 "2013-01-09T08:06:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-entertainers-legacy-would-have-benefited-most-from-an-early-death/646601/101 "2015-08-30T19:22:59Z")

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Peter Falk.

It is most unfortunate to say. But he did some good work and then he got sick or something. Perhaps he developed Alzheimers? I don’t know but it is as if he developed those kinds of symptoms and it’s really too bad. Sorry Peter.

Weren’t there also some other actors who developed the same kind of symptoms?

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**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-entertainers-legacy-would-have-benefited-most-from-an-early-death/646601/102 "2015-08-30T22:33:06Z")

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Mickey Rooney before _Breakfast_.  
umm…that was the film \*Breakfast at Tiffany’s \* not just any random breakfast. I thought I’d make that clear.

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**Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-entertainers-legacy-would-have-benefited-most-from-an-early-death/646601/103 "2015-08-30T22:43:11Z")

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Chuck Cunningham before he went upstairs.

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-entertainers-legacy-would-have-benefited-most-from-an-early-death/646601/104 "2015-08-30T22:58:15Z")

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> [@dba\_Fred](#):
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> **God** , after creating the Earth & Adam and Eve - think of all the squabbling that wouldn’t have happened.
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> (just kidding **God** , I love your work, past and present and what you’re working on for the future)

I don’t think it’s fair or reasonable to call the Host of Hosts an entertainer. So far as my limited understanding goes, it is most accurate to picture Him as a family of beings. I wish I had a better understanding. But I don’t.

However, I really and truly do not believe that it is reasonable to view him (or them) as an entertainer and to think that His or Her primary function is to entertain others.

No. I don’t think it’s fair or reasonable to view God as an entertainer. Surely He or She or They have some other purpose in the Universe other than to entertain. I’m not sure what that purpose might be. But it’s likely something other than entertainment.I sure do wish I knew more about what it was. But, I don’t.

If I had to guess, I would guess that purpose is to inspire certain kinds of feelings in other beings. That would likely eliminate animals and it would then leave it open to humans. My guess is that they are the only living creatures that can have feelings generated by other beings. I once had a dog. But the only feelings I could ever generate in that dog were feelings of fear or love. Nothing else seemed to register.

But, I could be a million miles off the mark with that one.

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