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Died / Born / Welcome Back refers to a meme template that infers the reincarnation of famous people based on what year they died and the year of another celebrity's birth. The most notable iteration depicts former U.S. President Richard Nixon coming back as rapper Ice Spice. The exploitable trended on Instagram and Twitter / X, among other social media sites, in 2023, as meme creators recaptioned it by adding different years and different people or characters.

Origin

The original meme compared former U.S. President Donald Trump to former U.S. General George S. Patton who many thought were doppelgängers.[1] Currently, the first discovered upload of the image was to /r/forwardsfromgrandma on Reddit[2] on August 15th, 2016, from Redditor /u/Squiggledog, gaining 396 upvotes in seven years (shown below).

GENERAL PATTON BELIEVED IN REINCARNATION LLS. **** **** US Died Dec. 21, 1945 Born Jun. 14, 1946 WELCOME BACK, GENERAL

Spread

Going into the 2020s, the infographic was reposted on Reddit[3] and Twitter / X.[4] On November 9th, 2023, Instagram[5] user @fakenewsnetwork posted a notable re-edit of the template, contrasting former U.S. President Richard Nixon and rapper Ice Spice, gaining over 71,300 likes in one month (shown below, left).

The image gained viral reposts on Instagram[6] soon after and later inspired more iterations. For instance, on November 28th, 2023, Redditor MegaWAH shared an iteration about director Stanley Kubrick to /r/moviescirclejerk,[7] gaining over 3,100 upvotes in three weeks (shown below, right).

Thill Chace muce always believed in reincarnation Died 1999 Born 2000 RICHARD NixCN ہے ROAD welcome back Mr President
Died 1999 Born 2000 Welcome back Stanley Kubrick

Iterations of the template persisted on social media in December 2023, evident in another meme shared by Instagram[8] user @fakenewsnetwork on December 8th, that compared John Lennon and Pitbull, gaining over 167,000 likes in 11 days (shown below, left).

On December 9th, 2023, Instagram[9] user @edgar.allan.cointelpro shared a version comparing Princess Diana and George Santos, receiving over 4,200 likes in 10 days (shown below, right).

Died 1980 Born 1981 Welcome back John Lennon
The Lady Di believed in reincarnation Princess of Wales The People's Princess Died 1997 Born 1998 Welcome back, your majesty. 9

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DIED 1995 BORN 1996 WELCOME BACK Jerry Garcia
died in 2006 Welcome Back, J Dilla!! born 2006
Ronald Reagan always believed in reincarnation Died 2004 Born 2004 welcome back Mr President
RICHARD NIXON PHOEBE BRIDGERS died april 1994 born august 1994 @be.the.reversecowgirl WELCOME BACK, MR. PRESIDENT
Died 2011 Born 2011 D RYAN'S WORLD TM Kekamine Welcome back Osama Bin Laden
Died 1999 Born 2000 imgflip.com Welcome back Master Qui-Gon

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Died Born Welcome Back meme

Died / Born / Welcome Back

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Updated Dec 20, 2023 at 11:47AM EST by Rebecca Rhodes.

Added Dec 19, 2023 at 01:31PM EST by Owen.

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About

Died / Born / Welcome Back refers to a meme template that infers the reincarnation of famous people based on what year they died and the year of another celebrity's birth. The most notable iteration depicts former U.S. President Richard Nixon coming back as rapper Ice Spice. The exploitable trended on Instagram and Twitter / X, among other social media sites, in 2023, as meme creators recaptioned it by adding different years and different people or characters.

Origin

The original meme compared former U.S. President Donald Trump to former U.S. General George S. Patton who many thought were doppelgängers.[1] Currently, the first discovered upload of the image was to /r/forwardsfromgrandma on Reddit[2] on August 15th, 2016, from Redditor /u/Squiggledog, gaining 396 upvotes in seven years (shown below).


GENERAL PATTON BELIEVED IN REINCARNATION LLS. **** **** US Died Dec. 21, 1945 Born Jun. 14, 1946 WELCOME BACK, GENERAL

Spread

Going into the 2020s, the infographic was reposted on Reddit[3] and Twitter / X.[4] On November 9th, 2023, Instagram[5] user @fakenewsnetwork posted a notable re-edit of the template, contrasting former U.S. President Richard Nixon and rapper Ice Spice, gaining over 71,300 likes in one month (shown below, left).

The image gained viral reposts on Instagram[6] soon after and later inspired more iterations. For instance, on November 28th, 2023, Redditor MegaWAH shared an iteration about director Stanley Kubrick to /r/moviescirclejerk,[7] gaining over 3,100 upvotes in three weeks (shown below, right).


Thill Chace muce always believed in reincarnation Died 1999 Born 2000 RICHARD NixCN ہے ROAD welcome back Mr President Died 1999 Born 2000 Welcome back Stanley Kubrick

Iterations of the template persisted on social media in December 2023, evident in another meme shared by Instagram[8] user @fakenewsnetwork on December 8th, that compared John Lennon and Pitbull, gaining over 167,000 likes in 11 days (shown below, left).

On December 9th, 2023, Instagram[9] user @edgar.allan.cointelpro shared a version comparing Princess Diana and George Santos, receiving over 4,200 likes in 10 days (shown below, right).


Died 1980 Born 1981 Welcome back John Lennon The Lady Di believed in reincarnation Princess of Wales The People's Princess Died 1997 Born 1998 Welcome back, your majesty. 9

Various Examples


DIED 1995 BORN 1996 WELCOME BACK Jerry Garcia died in 2006 Welcome Back, J Dilla!! born 2006 Ronald Reagan always believed in reincarnation Died 2004 Born 2004 welcome back Mr President RICHARD NIXON PHOEBE BRIDGERS died april 1994 born august 1994 @be.the.reversecowgirl WELCOME BACK, MR. PRESIDENT Died 2011 Born 2011 D RYAN'S WORLD TM Kekamine Welcome back Osama Bin Laden Died 1999 Born 2000 imgflip.com Welcome back Master Qui-Gon

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