Aaaactually
Her stage name, Whoopi, was taken from a whoopee cushion; she has stated that "If you get a little gassy, you've got to let it go. So people used to say to me, 'You're like a whoopee cushion.' And that's where the name came from."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg#Early_life
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Sun 3 Jan 2016, 18:14,
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg#Early_life
I posted my comment before reading Wikipedo
I have to admit I did check the wiki page to see if she was alive or dead. Then thought about editing Wiki to refer to this post as proof of death.
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Sun 3 Jan 2016, 18:57,
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the RIP was in reference to her career.. have your seen 'the view'?
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