Talk:Z (joke line)

Ending
It'd be good to provide a more conclusive ending. If it was still operational in 1982, then probably it lasted to Bilkiss's death in 1989 since he'd only be ~40 then, and his family shut it down posthumously? And also some source on the reason for such an early death - most readers are going to infer from such an early death, with no cause mentioned, by someone who had no particular reason to die so young, that he committed suicide or had some other shameful death (like a drug overdose), so if it was actually a car accident or a very unfortunate cancer, that would be well worth noting. --Gwern (contribs) 16:29 29 September 2023 (GMT)
 * I found a tweet from one of the Z guys suggesting that he died from a massive heart attack, but short of a reliable source we can't conclusively say what happened. As for Z's demise, I'd have to imagine the rise of 1-900 joke lines in the 1980s proved too competitive. DigitalIceAge (talk) 16:49, 29 September 2023 (UTC)