# Who is the most famous person killed by covid-19 so far? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 22, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987 "2020-03-22T00:02:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/161 "2020-05-12T12:42:38Z")
I’m gonna say Roy, for sure. I mean who hasn’t heard of Siegfried and Roy? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/162 "2020-05-12T13:32:58Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > I’m gonna say Roy, for sure. I mean who hasn’t heard of Siegfried and Roy? Probably anyone born after 1990. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/163 "2020-05-12T21:03:08Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Probably anyone born after 1990. 😉 God only knows how, but my 14 year old knew who he was and he was born three years after Horn was attacked by the tiger. He didn’t learn about him from me! I think Siegfried & Roy are just part of the zeitgeist. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/164 "2020-05-14T02:26:57Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > My uncle and aunt died. It feels real to me. Wow. ☹ My condolences. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/165 "2020-05-14T03:24:12Z")
This cartoon was in my local paper today. > **[Mike Smith Cartoon](https://lasvegassun.com/photoarchives/mike-smith-cartoon/795197/)** > > Mike Smith Cartoon: 051220 smith cartoon roy horn, Illustrator: Mike Smith ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/166 "2020-05-16T22:21:24Z")
I’m kind of wondering if some of the famous people lately dying “of natural causes” or other causes are being intentionally misreported by the family, just to avoid the circus and baggage of covid and sneak unde the radar . Kind of like Asimov back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/167 "2020-05-16T22:49:00Z")
What baggage? I’d think they’d want to be identified as a casualty of the pandemic. It’s not like Rock Hudson or something like that where there was a stigma. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/168 "2020-05-16T22:56:39Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > What baggage? . What were the symptoms? How did He/She get it? At Home? At the store? Was He/She wearing a mask at all appropriate times? Do you find anyone to blame for the death? I wouldn’t wanna deal with that shit when someone died. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/169 "2020-05-16T23:46:30Z")
But if someone dies of cancer or heart disease, we can wonder about their eating/drinking/smoking habits. If in a car crash, whether they were being careful enough. There aren’t that many “blameless” deaths. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/170 "2020-05-17T19:03:26Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > I had to look twice. Phillip Kahn was only famous to his family and friends, but [Philippe Kahn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Kahn) (not, as far as I know, dead) has a very similar name. Phillip Kahn is (was) not a recognizable celebrity. I posted about him because he and his twin brother died about 100 years apart, him from COVID-19 and his twin brother from the pandemic in 1918. Newsworthy. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/171 "2020-05-20T00:07:11Z")
Godspeed, Annie Glenn. February 17, 1920 - May 19, 2020. > **[Annie Glenn, speech disorder advocate and wife of John Glenn, dies of...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/19/us/annie-glenn-death-coronavirus-trnd/index.html)** > > Annie Glenn, a lifelong advocate for those with speech impediments and wife of the late astronaut John Glenn, died of complications from Covid-19. She was 100. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/172 "2020-06-09T23:48:22Z")
Here we have a **President of a Country** who died: > [@](#): > > The outgoing president of Burundi has died of a sudden illness, suspected by many to be Covid-19. > > The cause of Pierre Nkurunziza’s death was described as a heart attack in a government statement. The 55-year-old was due to stand down in August following elections last month. > **[Burundi president dies of illness suspected to be coronavirus](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/burundi-president-dies-illness-suspected-coronavirus-pierre-nkurunziz)** > > Government describes Pierre Nkurunziza’s ‘unexpected’ death as a heart attack Although I, being generally ignorant of world politics, had never heard of him. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/173 "2020-07-06T01:36:49Z")
> **[Nick Cordero, Broadway Actor, Dies at 41 After Coronavirus Complications](https://variety.com/2020/legit/news/nick-cordero-dead-dies-coronavirus-broadway-1234698597/)** > > Broadway actor Nick Cordero, known for his roles in “Rock of Ages,” “Waitress,” “Bullets Over Broadway” and “A Bronx Tale The Musical,” died on Sunda… Nick Cordero has lost his battle. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/174 "2020-07-10T11:24:22Z")
Rooting for Jair Bolsonaro to get into the game here. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/175 "2020-07-10T14:21:49Z")
Certainly not the most famous, but Nick Cordero really hit me in the gut. I was really pulling for him. Terrible way to go. I’m getting a bit teary eyed thinking about that long suffering and what his family went through. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/176 "2020-07-30T15:08:44Z")
Herman Cain > **[Herman Cain dies from coronavirus | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/politics/herman-cain-dies-coronavirus/index.html)** > > Herman Cain, a onetime Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, has died from coronavirus, according to an obituary sent from his verified Twitter account and Newsmax, where he was launching a television show. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/177 "2020-07-30T15:10:27Z")
I’d say he at least ties anyone on this list so far if not being the clear “winner”. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/178 "2020-07-30T18:21:38Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > if not being the clear “winner”. So far… ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/179 "2020-07-30T20:15:33Z")
Herman Cain is well known in politics because of his presidential run. The virus doesn’t care about wealth or resources. 148,000 dead so far. They estimate over a 1000 deaths a day in the US. > **[U.S. coronavirus cases: Tracking deaths, confirmed cases by state](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/coronavirus-us-cases-deaths/)** > > What covid-19 infection, death, hospitalization and vaccination rates can tell us about the state of the pandemic in the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/180 "2020-07-31T09:36:07Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I’d say he at least ties anyone on this list so far if not being the clear “winner”. Who could even tie him? He strikes me as the most famous by far. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987.md?page=10)