Career
In 2005, Doris traveled to London to continue her quest to regain the Q*Bert World Record. She was one of the featured stars at the Classic Gaming Expo-United Kingdom, held Saturday, August 13, 2005 in Croydon, United Kingdom. During the weekend of April 6–9, 2006, Doris Self faced-off against Kelly Tharp, of Sellersburg, Indiana, in a highly publicized Q*Bert contest, held at Apollo Amusements in Pompano Beach, Florida.
Titled the "The King vs The Queen Q*Bert Smackdown," the event was filmed as part of the King of Kong documentary.
Doris had still been practicing and preparing for her next world record attempt on Q*Bert when she died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident in Plantation, Florida on October 3, 2006. Doris"s Q*Bert career had been preceded by a flight attendant career.
And, in 1954, while working with legendary air ace Eddie Rickenbacker, she co-organized "The Silver Liners," history’s first association for ex-stewardesses. Today, the District of Columbia-3 Doris used to fly on back in the 1940s is hanging from the ceiling of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, District of Columbia.