Who Was The Only Fictional Character to Have an Obit in the NY Times?
Who Was The Only Fictional Character to Have an Obit in the NY Times?
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1Who Was The Only Fictional Character to Have an Obit in the NY Times?
Posted: 7/21/07 at 9:55pm
With Harry Potter mania sweeping the world, it's time to think about the other literary crazes.
The subject header says it all. Who was the only fictional character to have their obituary on the front page of the NY Times?
JustAGuy
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/03
#2re: Who Was The Only Fictional Character to Have an Obit in the NY Times?
Posted: 7/21/07 at 9:59pmHercule Poirot
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Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#2re: Who Was The Only Fictional Character to Have an Obit in the NY Times?
Posted: 7/21/07 at 10:01pm
Very good.
Well this thread is pointless now.
Carry on, all.
JustAGuy
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/03
#3re: Who Was The Only Fictional Character to Have an Obit in the NY Times?
Posted: 7/21/07 at 10:03pmSorry to spoil your fun, I can delete it if you want.
"Just a Guy. Your feelings are touching. I am gladdened by the thought that you will one day wind up 6 feet under as we all do." - MrRoxy ------
"I do not suggest you walk out the door onto a New York street with your vulnerable child part exposed and not protected..." - Jason Bennett
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#4re: Who Was The Only Fictional Character to Have an Obit in the NY Times?
Posted: 7/21/07 at 10:05pmDon't worry about it. It was bound to be revealed eventually, anyway!
#5re: Who Was The Only Fictional Character to Have an Obit in the NY Times?
Posted: 7/21/07 at 10:07pmNo clue, but I recall that both Professor X (X-MEN) and Farley the DOG (FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE) were featured simultaneously in the obituary section pf TIME magazine. I think that was in 1995.
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Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#6re: Who Was The Only Fictional Character to Have an Obit in the NY Times?
Posted: 7/22/07 at 1:06am
I remember being annoyed that when the Kentucy Derby winning horse Secretariat died, it's obituary was on the front page of the New York Times.
I was annoyed because Graham Chapman of Monty Python's Flying Circus died the same day and I thought that he was more important than a frigging horse!
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Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#7re: Who Was The Only Fictional Character to Have an Obit in the NY Times?
Posted: 7/22/07 at 7:41pmC.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkein , who were close friends, died on the same day in 1963, and their obituaries were largely ignored. Unfortunately, they died the day after JFK was shot.
#8re: Who Was The Only Fictional Character to Have an Obit in the NY Times?
Posted: 7/23/07 at 6:54amAlthough it wasnt an obit, the Times did have a "mock obit" when Daddy Warbucks was killed.
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blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#9re: Who Was The Only Fictional Character to Have an Obit in the NY Times?
Posted: 7/23/07 at 10:06am
I cried when Farley the dog died. 
#10re: Who Was The Only Fictional Character to Have an Obit in the NY Times?
Posted: 7/23/07 at 12:13pmIt was quite sad. For Better of For Worse just keeps on trucking, doesn't it? I think she needs to end it before she kills off the grandpa or one of the parents.
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joey
#11re: Who Was The Only Fictional Character to Have an Obit in the NY Times?
Posted: 7/23/07 at 12:21pm
Well this thread is pointless now.
All of your threads are pointless.
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