{"id":44164,"date":"2023-01-04T05:20:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T05:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/04\/dave-busters-co-founder-james-buster-coley-dead-at-72-in-apparent-suicide\/"},"modified":"2023-01-04T05:20:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T05:20:18","slug":"dave-busters-co-founder-james-buster-coley-dead-at-72-in-apparent-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/04\/dave-busters-co-founder-james-buster-coley-dead-at-72-in-apparent-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave &#038; Buster&#8217;s Co-Founder James &#8216;Buster&#8217; Coley Dead at 72 In Apparent Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-dc990d57bd5f7a9cf945b705e2086c13\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230104_782f90bfca9045e28b9d05f1ce15dffd\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:d4aa14c6-e025-40c8-8656-5db7c7392ee3\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/78\/4by3\/2023\/01\/04\/782f90bfca9045e28b9d05f1ce15dffd_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"james corley\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dc990d57bd5f7a9cf945b705e2086c13--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7881cc2907487e9b1e65b29c0baeffc0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>James &#8220;Buster&#8221; Corley<\/strong>, one of many co-founders of the Dave &amp; Buster&#8217;s restaurant chain, has died \u2026 TMZ has discovered.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7881cc2907487e9b1e65b29c0baeffc0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-dd764c793d72b35a4c9d11c5a54458f9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>A rep for D&amp;B confirmed Corleys\u2019s demise, telling TMZ he\u2019ll be remembered as &#8220;an revolutionary and inventive drive&#8221; with a &#8220;pioneering spirit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dd764c793d72b35a4c9d11c5a54458f9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-27ddcf2d9cba1c5372b4f98ba1d76e97\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-594c1b87-a620-47ad-b2e2-e74ab38d9f4e-760704239-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-594c1b87-a620-47ad-b2e2-e74ab38d9f4e-760704239-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/96\/16by9\/2023\/01\/04\/9685aa50752d400299bb5fd9f29d88b9_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-27ddcf2d9cba1c5372b4f98ba1d76e97--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-acebf8def98428cdb98569e6f84d42dd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Cops say they responded to a Dallas, TX house Monday, James\u2019 birthday, to discover a man affected by an obvious self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was transported to a hospital the place he died.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-acebf8def98428cdb98569e6f84d42dd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-88712b1b76cd4c36f8fff1b55d61d3d0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230104_e2c3d4298b664c73bb6da03bf9519e8c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:d4aa14c6-e025-40c8-8656-5db7c7392ee3\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e2\/4by3\/2023\/01\/04\/e2c3d4298b664c73bb6da03bf9519e8c_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"dave and busters\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-88712b1b76cd4c36f8fff1b55d61d3d0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cb7c57a673776507f985518ed3894f73\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The rep for D&amp;B provides &#8230; &#8220;Buster\u2019s ardour for hospitality, his demand for excellence, and the deep care he had for his workforce members had been unparalleled. Our hearts exit to his household at this troublesome time and whereas we are going to miss his clever counsel and his simple giggle, the legacy he and Dave constructed endures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cb7c57a673776507f985518ed3894f73--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bbfd55987f9d9c637a37d9f8fc7bf63d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>James opened the primary Dave &amp; Buster&#8217;s in Dallas means again in 1982, alongside together with his enterprise companion <strong>David Corriveau<\/strong> &#8230; with Dave successful a coin toss to have his identify first.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bbfd55987f9d9c637a37d9f8fc7bf63d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-260a5b2bad96cf6dd5214197a35d8ba9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230104_46299631c2db40bcb527ab63544068c8\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:d4aa14c6-e025-40c8-8656-5db7c7392ee3\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/46\/4by3\/2023\/01\/04\/46299631c2db40bcb527ab63544068c8_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Dave Corriveau And James Buster Corley\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-260a5b2bad96cf6dd5214197a35d8ba9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5dc3f931254cfc4a589b08274f551f9b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Dave &amp; Buster&#8217;s went on to open greater than 140 areas throughout the nation &#8230; combining meals with video arcade video games.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5dc3f931254cfc4a589b08274f551f9b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-42d90790a69d67be983307296505acca\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Cops say they&#8217;re investigating.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-42d90790a69d67be983307296505acca--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e75301abdc5d8f83a34730bcd61be0ed\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>James was 72.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e75301abdc5d8f83a34730bcd61be0ed--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5952bcce218791c4e1a1c3dc2322aaa4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5952bcce218791c4e1a1c3dc2322aaa4--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] James &#8220;Buster&#8221; Corley, one of many co-founders of the Dave &amp; Buster&#8217;s restaurant chain, has died \u2026 TMZ has discovered. A rep for D&amp;B confirmed Corleys\u2019s demise, telling TMZ he\u2019ll be remembered as &#8220;an revolutionary and inventive drive&#8221; with a &#8220;pioneering spirit.&#8221; Play video content material TMZ.com Cops say they responded to a Dallas, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}