The Celebrity Death Pool 2008

[MsWhatsit]

According to CNN, Bernie Mac has died from complications of pneumonia. (No link as yet, just a breaking news blurb.)

Very tragic, and unexpected.

(And also points-free, as it appears nobody picked him.)

[Only Mostly Dead]

Bernie Mac confirmed (AP (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxU6PJjRqPOON16dBrcLCWEHcIXgD92EPOH80), among others)

[SpazCat]

According to CNN, Bernie Mac has died from complications of pneumonia. (No link as yet, just a breaking news blurb.)

Very tragic, and unexpected.

(And also points-free, as it appears nobody picked him.)

I sense the beginning of a Bad Santa curse.

[Fear Itself]

Bernie Mac has died ...I know where I am spending the weekend.

[Seeker of Truth and Beauty]

I know where I am spending the weekend.
Being largely unfamiliar with Mac's oeuvre, I'm curious. Does this have some meaning specifically to Bernie Mac fans? Or are you riffing on the movie title (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098627/)?


I know, I know -- a joke loses it when it has to be explained. But I need to know, dammit!

[Yorikke]

I sense the beginning of a Bad Santa curse.

Who's next? Thurman Merman (http://film.onet.pl/_i/film/b/bad_santa/g/g03.jpg)?

Joe

[Only Mostly Dead]

Isaac Hayes (http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=8817903), 65 years old. Apparently collapsed while working out at home.

[Johnny L.A.]

Isaac Hayes (http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=8817903), 65 years old. Apparently collapsed while working out at home.
Are you sure? Did he crap his pants?

[Eliahna]

According to Hayes' official Web site, the music icon was set to play himself in a musical comedy starring comedian Bernie Mac, who died Saturday. I guess anyone who believes in threes and is connected with this project is booking in to see their doctor this week.

[Shirley Ujest]

Anyone have Hayes?

[Hockey Monkey]

Isaac Hayes (http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=8817903), 65 years old. Apparently collapsed while working out at home.


shit. :(

[amarone]

Anyone have Hayes?Nope.

[Tristan]

Are you sure? Did he crap his pants?

I just choked on a Peanut Butter M&M.

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Sandy Allen, 53, world's tallest woman at 7' 7" (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402741,00.html)

[VunderBob]

Sandy Allen, 53, world's tallest woman at 7' 7" (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402741,00.html)

No points for me, but I do want to say I knew her casually. We lived in the same neighborhood of east side Indianapolis. A very sweet woman who had a metric buttload of health problems.

[Eliahna]

Christie Allen (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=614036), at 54.

[Annie-Xmas]

Atlantic Records's Jerry Wexler (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aDNBys2r6PmU&refer=us) at 91.

[Captain Lance Murdoch]

Much decorated journalist Leroy Sievers has joined the choir at the age of 53. http://www.abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=5197492&page=1

[amarone]

Much decorated journalist Leroy Sievers has joined the choir at the age of 53. http://www.abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=5197492&page=1And the good captain is being coy about the fact that he had Leroy on his list. The only other person to do so was WVmom, who rises to sixth place.

[Annie-Xmas]

Boxer Ronney Vargas (http://wcbstv.com/topstories/Bronx.Boxer.Killed.2.797465.html) shot to death in a bar brawl, age 20.

[Captain Lance Murdoch]

If I could add a few more comments about Leroy Sievers...

In addition to the innumerable awards he won he should also be remembered as the creator of "The Fallen" on ABC news in which Ted Kopple read the names of all America's dead from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's kind of hard to believe now, but that was actually quite controversial at the time.

Siever's cancer blog was, to me, far more informative and inspirational than anything Randy Pausch said.

His last entry was about a day before his death

He is the dog we never had.

He's a Bernese Mountain dog. A big one. We always knew what his name was going to be ..."Spanky" ... no matter what.

The fact that he would be a toy didn't really bother us. We couldn't have a real one because we both traveled too much.

So here he is, sitting with me on the bed. My comrade in cancer.

A boy and his dog.


Carpe Diem.

[Annie-Xmas]

Bernie Mac gets multiple posts, while Bernie Brillstein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Brillstein) goes unmentioned until now.

[Fear Itself]

Dave Matthews Band sax player LeRoi Moore dies at age 46 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_en_mu/obit_leroi_moore_6).

[Quartz]

Journalist and bone marrow campaigner Adrian Sudbury (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/7571810.stm) has died. That's 73 points for someone, but not me.

[VunderBob]

Ohio Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones (http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/ohio-station-tubbs-jones-may-be-taken-off-life-support-2008-08-20.html) may become a surprise score.

As I post this, she is still hanging in there.

[VunderBob]

Ohio Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones (http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/ohio-station-tubbs-jones-may-be-taken-off-life-support-2008-08-20.html) may become a surprise score.

As I post this, she is still hanging in there.
Fox News just reported on the radio that she has now died.

[Governor Quinn]

Hua Guofeng, who replaced Zhou Enlai as premier of China and Mao Zedong as CCP Chairman, has died at 87 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7572298.stm)

[SpazCat]

Fox News just reported on the radio that she has now died.
Linky-loo (http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/rep.-tubbs-jones-dead-2008-08-20.html)

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Gene Upshaw (http://www.mcall.com/sports/sns-ap-fbn-obit-upshaw,0,624466.story). Pancreatic cancer diagnosed just last Sunday. :eek:

[Boyo Jim]

Gene Upshaw (http://www.mcall.com/sports/sns-ap-fbn-obit-upshaw,0,624466.story). Pancreatic cancer diagnosed just last Sunday. :eek:

A lot of ex-football players will love this news.

[cbawlmer]

Actor Julius Carry, perhaps best known for playing Lord Bowler on The Adventures of Brisco County and Sho'nuff in The Last Dragon, has died of pancreatic cancer at 56 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117990885.html?categoryId=25&cs=1). Such a bummer; I loved him on Brisco. That was one of his most prominent roles, and it's strange that the linked variety obit doesn't mention the show at all.

[GuanoLad]

Actor Julius Carry, perhaps best known for playing Lord Bowler on The Adventures of Brisco County and Sho'nuff in The Last Dragon, has died of pancreatic cancer at 56 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117990885.html?categoryId=25&cs=1). Such a bummer; I loved him on Brisco. That was one of his most prominent roles, and it's strange that the linked variety obit doesn't mention the show at all.Doggone. I also remember him on Doctor Doctor with Matt Frewer, and he was great on that too.

[Captain Lance Murdoch]

The author of 100 Things To Do Before You Die has finished working on his list. He was only 47.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-freeman26-2008aug26,0,639371.story

[Tazmanian Devil]

Former NBA player Kevin Duckworth dead at 44 (http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-33-225/Kevin-Duckworth--Dead-at-44.html)

[Annie-Xmas]

Lesbian activist Del Martin (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/27/national/main4390128.shtml) died at age 87. Her wife Phyllis Lyon was by her side.

[Santos L Halper]

Racing legend Phill Hill (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Hill) has died at the age of 81.

[Eliahna]

Australian actor Mark Priestley has taken his own life at 32. (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=622143)

[Governor Quinn]

Tad Mosel, who received a Pulitzer Prize in Drama for All The Way Home, has died at 86 (http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2008/08/26/pulitzer_prize_winner_tad_mosel_dies_at_86/)

[Duckster]

Carryover from Amnesia Weekend:


Killer Kowalsi has died (http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/killer-kowalski-dies-age-81/story.aspx?guid={61808FB6-EE2D-4FF0-BF49-E2BAAFD8EEEA}&dist=hppr)

Don LaFontaine has died. (http://www.koin.com/entertainment/entertainmenttonight/story.aspx?content_id=95e59f90-85f5-4bf7-9e0b-dc19adbb4bca)

[Fear Itself]

Singer-actor Jerry Reed dies at the age of 71 (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gtCKwgisw0t7ftgEpx3zQa1gEjtQD92UOT880).

[Sternvogel]

Ike Pappas, (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/02/AR2008090201099.html) who was reporting on the scene for New York radio station WNEW when Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963, has passed away at the age of 75. In 1964, Pappas joined CBS as a news writer for radio. Eventually, he served as a correspondent for the network, and covered such stories as the Six Day War in Israel (1967) and the Kent State shootings (1970).

[Dolores Reborn]

Singer-actor Jerry Reed dies at the age of 71 (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gtCKwgisw0t7ftgEpx3zQa1gEjtQD92UOT880).

Aw, man! I guess he's "East Bound and Down," now... :(

[carnivorousplant]

Singer-actor Jerry Reed dies at the age of 71[/URL].

Damn.

I looked behind me, and there was a big ol' cop who said, "Looks like we're gonna hafta hall y'all in, boy and keep all that money for evidence."

[Borborygmi]

Damn.

I looked behind me, and there was a big ol' cop who said, "Looks like we're gonna hafta hall y'all in, boy and keep all that money for evidence."Heh! "When You're Hot, You're Hot" is one of the earworms on permanent shuffle play in my tiny brain, along with "King Tut" and the theme from the $25,000 Pyramid.

Damn from here, too. :(

[Santos L Halper]

Animator Bill Melendez (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/03/AR2008090303840.html?hpid=entnews) (producer of the Charlie Brown television specials, among other things) has died at 91.

[Governor Quinn]

Tommy Bolt, who won the 1958 US Open among 15 PGA Tour victories, has died at 92 (http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3566764)

[amarone]

And here is the end of August position. Only two celebrities left us:
Name Dead Age Points Votes

Leroy Sievers 16-Aug 53 47 2
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 3-Aug 89 11 1

This resulted in little change in the positions, which are:


Name Points Number

1 Rachm Qoch 315 7
2 Captain Lance Murdoch 270 6
3 qwest 183 5
4 MadTheSwine 153 4
5 amarone 145 4
6 WVmom 124 3
7 The Vorlon 104 3
8 NurseCarmen 93 3
9 Quartz 90 2
10 Sublight 85 2
11 Squonk 78 2
12= CowPatty 77 2
12= Long Time First Time 77 2
12= VunderBob 77 2
15 kunilou 66 3
16 bowler girl 63 2
17 42fish 53 1
18= Boyo Jim 47 1
18= Earthman 47 1
18= gonzomax 47 1
18= Shirley Ujest 47 1
22 KayElCee 46 2
23 Loach 38 1
24= 8675309 30 1
24= Anne Elk 30 1
24= Carm6773 30 1
24= cbawlmer 30 1
24= Freddy the Pig 30 1
24= GIGObuster 30 1
24= Hostile Dialect 30 1
24= imthjckaz 30 1
24= IrreverentTone 30 1
24= Lsura 30 1
24= malkavia 30 1
24= Sean Factotum 30 1
36 snowblindfrog 29 1
37= Grits and Hard Toast 27 1
37= Hockey Monkey 27 1
39 Tuckerfan 25 1
40= anyrose 24 2
40= SpazCat 24 2
42= vivalostwages 23 2
42= Dinah Steeler 23 2
44= Dung Beetle 21 1
44= Electrical Storm 21 1
44= Ritter 21 1
47 5 time champ 20 1
48= Andrew 21 18 1
48= Mikeargo 18 1
50 Yllaria 17 1
51= racer72 16 1
51= An Arky 16 1
51= Baker 16 1
51= bannerrefugee 16 1
51= Dolores Reborn 16 1
51= drm 16 1
51= Paul in Saudi 16 1
51= Tristan 16 1
51= VenusProbe 16 1
51= DeVena 16 1
51= Justin Credible 16 1
51= Nutty Bunny 16 1
63= PsychoNoddy 14 1
63= Ellef 14 1
63= BiblioCat 14 1
63= Caffeine.addict 14 1
63= Christopher 14 1
63= Jeep's Phoenix 14 1
69 Only Mostly Dead 12 1
70 vraskin 11 1
71 appleciders 10 1
72 BJMoose 7 1

73= 89 people 0

34 of 806 celebrities have died, representing 4.22% of those chosen and 5.4% of the votes.

[amarone]

Animator Bill Melendez (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/03/AR2008090303840.html?hpid=entnews) (producer of the Charlie Brown television specials, among other things) has died at 91.A unique pick for mobo85.

[Quartz]

Woohoo! Top ten, baby!

[Governor Quinn]

Robert Giroux, prominent book editor and last surviving name partner in Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, has died at 94 (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/books/06giroux.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin)

[Governor Quinn]

At a time like this, I wish Eve were still around:

Anita Page, notable actress of the late silent/early sound period, has died at 98 (http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10400244?nclick_check=1)

[Baker]

At a time like this, I wish Eve were still around:

Anita Page, notable actress of the late silent/early sound period, has died at 98 (http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10400244?nclick_check=1)


That link didn't work for me. Am I doing something wrong?

[Lok]

That link didn't work for me. Am I doing something wrong?

No you aren't, there is something wrong with the link. It wants to open a secure server here at the Straight Dope.

[GuanoLad]

Anita Page, notable actress of the late silent/early sound period, has died at 98 (http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10400244?)
If you take the end instruction out of the URL it works okay.

[Governor Quinn]

That link didn't work for me. Am I doing something wrong?

Odd, I didn't notice anything with the link when I placed it, and it's opening for me.

On-topic, Don Haskins, who led Texas Western to the 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship, has died at 78 (http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/8536482/Hall-of-Fame-coach-Haskins-dies-at-78?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162)

[anyrose]

Odd, I didn't notice anything with the link when I placed it, and it's opening for me.
you posted the link as "http : / / www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10400244?nclick_check=1" (broken)
When I click, it redirects me to "https : / / secure.passport.mnginteractive.com/mngi/servletDispatch/ErightsPassportServlet.dyn?url=http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10400244?nclick_check=1&forced=true" (also broken)

[Lok]

you posted the link as "http : / / www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10400244?nclick_check=1" (broken)
When I click, it redirects me to "https : / / secure.passport.mnginteractive.com/mngi/servletDispatch/ErightsPassportServlet.dyn?url=http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10400244?nclick_check=1&forced=true" (also broken)

And it takes me to https:/ /secure.boards.straightdope.com/registration/?rPage=login&url=http%3A%2F%2Fboards .straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2Fshowthread.php%3Fp%3D10172531&eRightsSessionExpired=true&forced=true (broken)

Some interesting properties to that link.

[cbawlmer]

Evan Tanner, former UFC champ, is dead at 37 (http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=14429).

[VunderBob]

Kim Jong-Il: Already gone and replaced by body doubles, or merely circling the drain? (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122096793304014739.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news)

ETA: Old commies never die. Period.

[SpazCat]

ETA: Old commies never die. Period.
True 'nough. I'm getting tired of waiting for Fidel to kick it. Don't even get me started on Ariel Sharon (who isn't a Commie, but has been in a coma quite long enough.)

[Shirley Ujest]

True 'nough. I'm getting tired of waiting for Fidel to kick it. Don't even get me started on Ariel Sharon (who isn't a Commie, but has been in a coma quite long enough.)


He will die when everyone takes him off their Dead Pool Easy Pickin' List.

[Sternvogel]

Don Gutteridge, (http://nationalpost.pa-sportsticker.com/default.aspx?s=mlb-news-display&nid=A2060281220911664A) who managed the Chicago White Sox in 1969 and 1970, has passed away at the age of 96. Gutteridge, who helped turn five double plays in one game of the 1944 World Series as a member of the St. Louis Browns, was the oldest living former Major League Baseball manager or coach just before his death.

[Sternvogel]

Imam W. Deen Mohammed (http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/newsletter/dp-imamdies,0,5430601.story?page=1), the son of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, has died at the age of 74. After Elijah Muhammad's death, W. Deen Mohammed took over the Nation, renamed it the World Community of al-Islam in the West, and reshaped it into a less black-centered, more traditionally Muslim organization. Louis Farrakhan, whose bid to succeed Elijah Muhammad had been turned aside, subsequently broke with Mohammed and formed a splinter group which revived the Nation of Islam name.

[Sternvogel]

Gregory Mcdonald (http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-ap-obit-mcdonald,0,4299277.story), who wrote the "Fletch" books that inspired two Chevy Chase films, has died at the age of 71. Mcdonald, a two-time winner of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award, was also a journalist with the Boston Globe.

[Boyo Jim]

Gregory Mcdonald (http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-ap-obit-mcdonald,0,4299277.story), who wrote the "Fletch" books that inspired two Chevy Chase films, has died at the age of 71. Mcdonald, a two-time winner of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award, was also a journalist with the Boston Globe.

I didn't picture him as that old. The Fletch books were very witty; as usual, the movies really butchered them.

[Governor Quinn]

George Putnam, who went from an active announcer of 1940s network radio to a longtime figure in LA television, has died at 94 (http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_10447298)

[Governor Quinn]

Ralph Plaisted, whose 1968 expedition to the North Pole may have been the first to do so, has died at 80 (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iEmiNU8M5A8GhQI9qrNQzw_2acewD93423A04)

[meenie7]

No story yet, but the AP wire sent out a news alert that author David Foster Wallace was found dead in his home.

[Eliahna]

Wikipedia already says he hanged himself in his home. Those guys are fast... I wonder if they're both fast and accurate this time?

[meenie7]

Looks like they are:


CLAREMONT, Calif. — A police spokeswoman says writer David Foster Wallace has been found dead in his Southern California home. He was 46.
Jackie Morales, a records clerk with the Claremont Police Department, says Wallace’s wife found her husband had hanged himself when she returned home about 9:30 p.m. Friday.

[Sternvogel]

Here's a link to the Wallace obituary. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080914/ap_en_ot/obit_wallace)

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Joey Giardello (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/sports/othersports/08giardello.html), the victim of multiple health problems IRL, and artistic license in the movie The Hurricane (1999) (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0174856/).

[Dung Beetle]

Richard Wright of Pink Floyd. (http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080915/ap_en_mu/eu_britain_pink_floyd) :(

[Tuckerfan]

Richard Wright of Pink Floyd. (http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080915/ap_en_mu/eu_britain_pink_floyd) :(

Shine on you (not so) crazy (in fact, probably the only sane one in the band) diamond.

[swampbear]

Just reporting in to say +9 months and nobody on my list of immortals is dead yet.

[carnivorousplant]

Just reporting in to say +9 months and nobody on my list of immortals is dead yet.

So? Mine are writing books about how they beat cancer.:rolleyes:

[Governor Quinn]

Peter Camejo, who ran for President as a Socialist Workers Party candidate, for Vice-President as Ralph Nader's running mate, and thrice for Governor of California as a Green, has died at 68 (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/14/BAIQ12TMO3.DTL&type=politics)

[amarone]

Peter Camejo, who ran for President as a Socialist Workers Party candidate, for Vice-President as Ralph Nader's running mate, and thrice for Governor of California as a Green, has died at 68 (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/14/BAIQ12TMO3.DTL&type=politics)A unique pick for Fear Itself

[Governor Quinn]

Norman Whitfield, noted songwriter/record producer (especially with Motown), has died (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-whitfield18-2008sep18,0,7855302.story)

[Sublight]

Norman Whitfield, noted songwriter/record producer (especially with Motown), has died (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-whitfield18-2008sep18,0,7855302.story)

Good God, y'all!

What was he good for?

Absolutely 33 points!

[Fear Itself]

A unique pick for Fear ItselfHot diggity! I finally broke my 2008 cherry, and it was GREEN!

[amarone]

Good God, y'all!

What was he good for?

Absolutely 33 points! Or even more true to the lyrics: "absolutely nothing", because nobody had him.

[amarone]

Hot diggity! I finally broke my 2008 cherry, and it was GREEN!And it moves you into 24th place.

[Captain Lance Murdoch]

Fashionista Lynn Kohlman (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/fashion/16kohlman.html) has died at 62. 38 points for me.

[amarone]

Fashionista Lynn Kohlman (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/fashion/16kohlman.html) has died at 62. 38 points for me. Bringing you within 7 points of The Great One. 38 for Sublight too.

[Andrew 21]

Former football player Sherrill Headrick (http://www.kwtx.com/sports/headlines/28222974.html) has died.

[amarone]

Former football player Sherrill Headrick (http://www.kwtx.com/sports/headlines/28222974.html) has died. A unique pick for Rachm Qoch, and the eighth person on his list to leave us.

[GuanoLad]

A unique pick for Rachm Qoch, and the eighth person on his list to leave us.Is he the Grim Reaper or something? How can he do this?

[Wile E]

Is he the Grim Reaper or something? How can he do this?

Don't ask too many questions, just pray he never picks you.

[Sublight]

Bringing you within 7 points of The Great One. 38 for Sublight too.

Man, she was one of the ones I'd written off as a dumb pick.

[Fear Itself]

Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, age 32, is in critical condition after suffering severe burns in a small plane crash in Columbia, SC. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080920/ap_on_re_us/learjet_crash_16)

[Governor Quinn]

Don Ultang, who received the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Photography for his pictures of the Johnny Bright Incident, has passed at 91 (http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080919/NEWS/809190358/-1/LIFE04)

[Only Mostly Dead]

Paul Newman (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hEOiFzC0uwlunNsBMhhe8Lk2zoswD93F3T8G0), dead at 83.

Damnit, I had him last year, but he just seemed so immortal, I took him off my list. He couldn't be immortal for just another four months?

[Eliahna]

Paul Newman (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hEOiFzC0uwlunNsBMhhe8Lk2zoswD93F3T8G0), dead at 83.

Damnit, I had him last year, but he just seemed so immortal, I took him off my list. He couldn't be immortal for just another four months?

I hold you personally responsible for his death. Your list was keeping him alive!

BTW, I love when you post in this thread. :D

[amarone]

Paul Newman (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hEOiFzC0uwlunNsBMhhe8Lk2zoswD93F3T8G0), dead at 83.
Five people had him, four of whom score their first points of the year, including our former moderator a35362.

[Governor Quinn]

Mickey Vernon, who in a twenty-season career in MLB was twice American League batting average leader and seven times an All-Star, has died at 90 (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3607455)

[amarone]

Here are the positions at the end of the third quarter. The following celebrities died in September:

Name Dead Age Points Votes

Paul Newman 26-Sep 83 17 5
Peter Camejo 14-Sep 68 32 1
Lynn Kohlman 14-Sep 62 38 2
Sherrill Headrick 10-Sep 71 29 1
Bill Melendez 2-Sep 91 9 1


The standings are now:
Name Points Number

1 Rachm Qoch 344 8
2 Captain Lance Murdoch 308 7
3 qwest 183 5
4 MadTheSwine 153 4
5 amarone 145 4
6 WVmom 124 3
7 Sublight 123 3
8 The Vorlon 104 3
9 NurseCarmen 93 3
10 Quartz 90 2
11 Squonk 78 2
12= CowPatty 77 2
12= Long Time First Time 77 2
12= VunderBob 77 2
15 kunilou 66 3
16 bowler girl 63 2
17 42fish 53 1
18= Boyo Jim 47 1
18= Earthman 47 1
18= gonzomax 47 1
18= Shirley Ujest 47 1
18= malkavia 47 2
23 KayElCee 46 2
24 Loach 38 1
25 Fear Itself 32 1
26= 8675309 30 1
26= Anne Elk 30 1
26= Carm6773 30 1
26= cbawlmer 30 1
26= Freddy the Pig 30 1
26= GIGObuster 30 1
26= Hostile Dialect 30 1
26= imthjckaz 30 1
26= IrreverentTone 30 1
26= Lsura 30 1
26= Sean Factotum 30 1
37 snowblindfrog 29 1
38= Grits and Hard Toast 27 1
38= Hockey Monkey 27 1
40 Tuckerfan 25 1
41= anyrose 24 2
41= SpazCat 24 2
43= vivalostwages 23 2
43= Dinah Steeler 23 2
45= Dung Beetle 21 1
45= Electrical Storm 21 1
45= Ritter 21 1
48 5 time champ 20 1
49= Andrew 21 18 1
49= Mikeargo 18 1
51= Yllaria 17 1
51= a35362 17 1
51= Sattua 17 1
51= Shamozzle 17 1
51= Wargamer 17 1
56= racer72 16 1
56= An Arky 16 1
56= Baker 16 1
56= bannerrefugee 16 1
66= Dolores Reborn 16 1
66= drm 16 1
66= Paul in Saudi 16 1
66= Tristan 16 1
66= VenusProbe 16 1
66= DeVena 16 1
66= Justin Credible 16 1
66= Nutty Bunny 16 1
68= PsychoNoddy 14 1
68= Ellef 14 1
68= BiblioCat 14 1
68= Caffeine.addict 14 1
68= Christopher 14 1
68= Jeep's Phoenix 14 1
74 Only Mostly Dead 12 1
75 vraskin 11 1
76 appleciders 10 1
77 mobo85 9 1
78 BJMoose 7 1

79 83 others 0


39 out of 806 celebrities have died, representing 4.84% of the total and 5.9% of the votes.

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

House Peters, 92, the original Mr. Clean (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gjJByrFKgrYqZ-hscJEBr359frjgD93I5EO80)

[Annie-Xmas]

Rob Guest (http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1318360/2170186) Australian mega suprstar musicals performaner, dead at 58:(

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Douglass Coates Harvey, 91 (http://www.legacy.com/DemocratAndChronicle/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=118002427), the man credited with creating the Kodak Instamatic Camera.

[chowder]

I'm not playing this game but can I suggest:

Paul Gascoigne.

Guys on the way out...fast

[anyrose]

I'm not playing this game but can I suggest:

Paul Gascoigne.

Guys on the way out...fast

Thanks, I'll put him on my short list for '09

[notfrommensa]

Eddie Brinkman...Former MLB shortstop for Senators and Tigers and other teams..dead at 66

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-brinkman4-2008oct04,0,6617954.story?track=rss

Famous for saying the F-Bomb on TV

RIP...I saw you play at RFK Stadium against the Yankees in the late 60's

[amarone]

I'm not playing this game but can I suggest:

Paul Gascoigne.

Guys on the way out...fastApparently some sickos are playing a game (http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/sport-news/more-sport/world-football/2008/10/02/celtic-fans-betting-on-when/football-legend-gazza-paul-gascoigne-will-die.html) on the Internet where they bet on the time of his death. Can you believe it?

[carnivorousplant]

I'm not playing this game

Apparently many of us who signed up are not playing this games.:rolleyes:

[chowder]

Thanks, I'll put him on my short list for '09

If I were you I'd put him on your list for this year

[An Arky]

I for one, am not satisfied with the appalling paucity of shocking, tragic young celebrity deaths. Paul Newman? Booooring! I want a young, beautiful, popular celebrity's brains splattered all over the pavement somewhere, even if I have to do it myself. I demand satisfaction!

[Fear Itself]

Nick Reynolds, founding member and lead singer of the Kingston Trio, dead at 75. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/02/AR2008100203728.html)

[anyrose]

If I were you I'd put him on your list for this year

No can do - The lists are locked at midnight Dec 31st each year (please read the OP) - But you can certainly start collecting names for next year - the new thread will open on December 1st.

[Andrew 21]

I want a young, beautiful, popular celebrity's brains splattered all over the pavement somewhere, even if I have to do it myself.

Don't do it, you'll be disqualified.

8. Any poster who kills or otherwise contributes to the death of any celebrity mentioned in this thread is disqualified.

[FriarTed]

I for one, am not satisfied with the appalling paucity of shocking, tragic young celebrity deaths. Paul Newman? Booooring! I want a young, beautiful, popular celebrity's brains splattered all over the pavement somewhere, even if I have to do it myself. I demand satisfaction!

Well, we have until March, so that we get a good Harvest.

[Shirley Ujest]

I can't remember if he was on my list this year or not, but Vice Vukov (http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Vice-Vukov/84192641) has died.

[Shirley Ujest]

Vice Vukov (http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Vice-Vukov/84192641) has helped me out!


Woooo!


28 sweet, sweet points!

[amarone]

Vice Vukov (http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Vice-Vukov/84192641) has helped me out!


Woooo!


28 sweet, sweet points!And in September too. I'm not going to redo the September results post, but the effect of Mr. Vukov's demise was to move you into 15th position.

[Governor Quinn]

A trifecta, for those of you who like politicians:

Lord Thomson of Monifieth, Wilson Government minister turned LibDem spokesman, at 87 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7652321.stm)

Jean Foyer, French Cabinet minister of the 1960s and 1970s, also at 87 (http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2008/10/03/01011-20081003FILWWW00406-mort-de-jean-foyer-ministre-de-de-gaulle.php)

Saul Laskin, the first Mayor of Thunder Bay, at 90 (http://lakesuperiornews.info/News/SaulLaskin90Dies/tabid/748/Default.aspx)

[Shirley Ujest]

And in September too. I'm not going to redo the September results post, but the effect of Mr. Vukov's demise was to move you into 15th position.




Is it wrong to be in complete raptures over being vaulted into 15th place?









happy, happy, happy DANCE!

[Boyo Jim]

Is it wrong to be in complete raptures over being vaulted into 15th place?









happy, happy, happy DANCE!

No more wrong than it is to be pissed off about being knocked down from 18th place.

[Shirley Ujest]

No more wrong than it is to be pissed off about being knocked down from 18th place.

Hey, compared to our fearless Dead People Picker, Rahm Qoch whatever we are all Bridesmaids at this Macabre Wedding, my friend. So buck up, suck up and put on your hideous satin gown! :)

[chowder]

Apparently some sickos are playing a game (http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/sport-news/more-sport/world-football/2008/10/02/celtic-fans-betting-on-when/football-legend-gazza-paul-gascoigne-will-die.html) on the Internet where they bet on the time of his death. Can you believe it?

And you call them sickos?

Warrabout you guys playing this game?

Wait.........I could be whooooooshed here:confused:

[Shodan]

Is it wrong to be in complete raptures over being vaulted into 15th place?No more wrong than it is to be pissed off about being knocked down from 18th place.
I would say "Get a life" but this is the wrong thread for it.

Regards,
Shodan

[amarone]

And you call them sickos?

Warrabout you guys playing this game?

Wait.........I could be whooooooshed here:confused::)

[chowder]

:)

:smack::smack:

I shoulda known it, my very first whooshing

[amarone]

:smack::smack:

I shoulda known it, my very first whooshing And I am sure you will feel a lot better knowing it was supplied by a Yorkshireman.

[Rico]

Lloyd Thaxton, host of a one-of-kind TV teen dance party in the '60s, dies at age 81.

Link (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-thaxton8-2008oct08,0,108325.story)

[Governor Quinn]

Bob Friend, longtime presenter for Sky News, has died at 70 (http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Bob-Friend-Former-Sky-News-Presenter-Dies-Aged-70-After-Suffering-From-Cancer/Article/200810115115343?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15115343_Bob_Friend_Former_Sky_News_Presenter_Dies_Aged_70_After_Suffering_From_Cancer)

[Annie-Xmas]

Eileen Herlie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Herlie), best known for portraying Myrtle Fargate on All My Children, dead at 90.

I liked the character. She was the maternal figure who knows everything about everybody and reveals nothing.

[Tuckerfan]

Probably of no interest to anyone but myself: Youngest son of Preston Tucker dies. (http://www.mlive.com/news/annarbornews/index.ssf?/base/news-29/1223476846125870.xml&coll=2)

[Governor Quinn]

Jorg Haider, long controversial figure in the politics of Austria, has died in a car accident at 58 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7664846.stm)

[Rico]

Sports broadcasting icon Gil Stratton (http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-me-stratton13-2008oct13,0,4543764.story) dies at age 86.

Stratton also appeared in the film "Girl Crazy" with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, singing "Embraceable You" in duet with Garland.

[Fear Itself]

Batman theme composer Neal Hefti dies at age 85. (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gYCoPnB_dhximtFOn_prwhxSObigD93QMNU80)

Nana-nana-nana-nana

Nana-nana-nana-nana

DEADMAN!

[Tuckerfan]

Batman theme composer Neal Hefti dies at age 85. (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gYCoPnB_dhximtFOn_prwhxSObigD93QMNU80)

Nana-nana-nana-nana

Nana-nana-nana-nana

DEADMAN!

Eve would be proud of you for that post, I'm sure. (She always liked the witty death notices.)

[Shirley Ujest]

Dick Cheney (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijDA5bgxiHlTvS_r-SSjskS1Tq1wD93R05J00) may or may not be circling the drain.

[anyrose]

Dick Cheney (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijDA5bgxiHlTvS_r-SSjskS1Tq1wD93R05J00) may or may not be circling the drain.
::crosses fingers so tightly as to cut off circulation::

[Fear Itself]

Dick Cheney (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijDA5bgxiHlTvS_r-SSjskS1Tq1wD93R05J00) may or may not be circling the drain.That's not abnormal heart rhythm, that's his heart desperately trying to escape from his evil corpse.

[Baker]

Dick Cheney (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijDA5bgxiHlTvS_r-SSjskS1Tq1wD93R05J00) may or may not be circling the drain.

If Cheney actually died now, so close to the election, would they even bother swearing in a new VP for the time that is left?

[El Cheapo]

Game show host Jack Narz (http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/10/veteran_game_show_host_narz_de.php) has died at age 85.

[Governor Quinn]

Two former members of the US House, Matthew Rinaldo (http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--obit-rinaldo1013oct13,0,7270034.story) and Paul Rogers (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hV2Y6Zt1oDbZbNE1k1Dro441GM4AD93PUP280), die on the 13th, at the ages of 77 and 87.

For those who prefer sport, Tom Tresh, Yankees shortstop of the 1960s, has died at 71 (http://www.themorningsun.com/articles/2008/10/15/sports/doc48f6488003692821930060.txt)

[Boyo Jim]

Dick Cheney (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijDA5bgxiHlTvS_r-SSjskS1Tq1wD93R05J00) may or may not be circling the drain.


The drain was circling him, until he shot it.

[Annie-Xmas]

Edie Adams (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/movies/16adams.html?_r=1&oref=slogin), singer and actress, dead at age 81. She flirted with a cigar long before Monica Lewinsky.

[Sternvogel]

If Cheney actually died now, so close to the election, would they even bother swearing in a new VP for the time that is left?

Probably not. The office has been left vacant on many occasions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Vice_Presidents_of_the_United_States), including as recently as from August to December of 1974. John Tyler, who took over after William Henry Harrison's one-month presidency of 1841, never got a veep during his nearly four-year term!

[Monstera deliciosa]

Lead singer of The Four Tops, Levi Stubbs (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/17/obit.stubbs.ap/index.html) is dead at 72.

[anyrose]

Lead singer of The Four Tops, Levi Stubbs (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/17/obit.stubbs.ap/index.html) is dead at 72.
:( :( :(

[Fear Itself]

Lead singer of The Four Tops, Levi Stubbs (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/17/obit.stubbs.ap/index.html) is dead at 72.
If you wanna be profound,
if you really gotta justify,
take a breath and look around,
a lot of folks deserve to die!

[Tuckerfan]

I hope his corpse is well dressed. (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-blackwell20-2008oct20,0,6825099.story)"Mr. Blackwell," whose annual "worst dressed" list dinged movie stars, music icons and European royalty and helped turn him into a household name from the 1960s through the '80s, has died. He was 86.

[Hockey Monkey]

I hope his corpse is well dressed. (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-blackwell20-2008oct20,0,6825099.story)


Dang it, he was at the top of my short list for next year. Why yes, I AM working on next year's list already. :cool:

[Tuckerfan]

Dang it, he was at the top of my short list for next year. Why yes, I AM working on next year's list already. :cool:

Mine's already done! :p

[SpazCat]

It is with a heavy heart that I announce the death of the great Rudy Ray Moore (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_oh_obit_rudy_ray_moore.html).

A wake in the form of a Dolemite marathon will be held at many homes this evening.

[drewbert]

Mine's already done! :p
So far, theoretically, I could just submit my list for this year all over again.

[Lok]

So far, theoretically, I could just submit my list for this year all over again.
Been doing that for 4 years now. Welcome to the club.

[appleciders]

If Cheney actually died now, so close to the election, would they even bother swearing in a new VP for the time that is left?

Yes, because even the tiniest chance of Nancy Pelosi ascending to the Oval Office, even for only a month or two, is anathema to that administration.

[Lok]

Except that any vice-president has to be approved by congress. It is doubtful they could get it done before the inauguration.

[Sublight]

Less politics, more death.

From my CelebrityDeathBeeper update:

Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, gambling 'expert' (http://news.google.com/?q=FRANK+LEFTY+ROSENTHAL)

Alexi Cherepanov, very young hockey player (http://news.google.com/?q=ALEXEI+CHEREPANOV)

Neal Hefti, TV theme song writer (http://news.google.com/?q=NEAL+HEFTI
)

Frankie Venom, lead singer of Teenage Head (http://news.google.com/?q=FRANKIE+VENOM)

Edie Adams (http://news.google.com/?q=EDIE+ADAMS)

Jack Narz, game show host (http://news.google.com/?q=JACK+NARZ)

Dee Dee Warwick, soul singer (http://news.google.com/?q=DEE+DEE+WARWICK)

[Shirley Ujest]

TMZ is reporting that the Late Bob Hope's wife Delores, who is 99, has been rushed to Cedar Sinai.

On a side note, she and Bob were married 69 years. 69 years.

[anyrose]

Dolemite has gone to fight crackers in the afterlife (http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-102208-rudy-ray-moore-obit-oct23,0,7135612.story)

[SpazCat]

Dolemite has gone to fight crackers in the afterlife (http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-102208-rudy-ray-moore-obit-oct23,0,7135612.story)

"Bitch are you fo' ree-yal?" (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10338749&postcount=1147)

:D

:(
Dammit, the world is less pimptastic without him.

[Baker]

I just saw over in Cafe Society that author Tony Hillerman has died.

Shoot, I liked his Navajo mysteries.

[swampbear]

Reporting in to say, with just over two months left in 2008, my list of immortals is still goin' strong! :D

[carnivorousplant]

I'm considering charging money to put someone on my list.

[Shirley Ujest]

I'm considering charging money to put someone on my list.

And the minute you take them off your list, they die.

[carnivorousplant]

And the minute you take them off your list, they die.

We've gone from Small Business to Extortion. Oh my, the price just went up.

[An Arky]

Buck Adams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Adams), Adult Film star and brother of Adult Film star Amber Lynn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Lynn), has died at age 52, of complications due to heart failure.

[MadTheSwine]

Buck Adams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Adams), Adult Film star and brother of Adult Film star Amber Lynn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Lynn), has died at age 52, of complications due to heart failure.


They ever do a scene together?

[An Arky]

Heh heh. Makes you wonder, though, what kind of something going on in their early lives there was that they both became adult performers.

[Annie-Xmas]

Estelle Reiner (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3281464/Estelle-Reiner.html), wife of Carl & mother of Rob, dead at 94.

Her most memorable line? "I'll have what she's having."

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Gil Rossellini, 52 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117993389.html?categoryid=13&cs=1), brother of Isabella.

Gil contracted a staph infection in 2004 that settled in his extremites. As a result, he lost the use of his legs, and some of the use of his right hand. Sometimes the results for the survivors can be more catastrophic (http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/10/10/o.warrior.mother.jenny.mccarthy/index.html).

His doc "Kill Gil, Volume 1" documents his struggle with the infection, the complications, the aftermath, etc.

His doc "Kill Gil Volume 2" (two years later) deals with more of the complications, including a gruesome pressure sore that he proudly displays for the camera--photographed by none other than sis Isabella.

[Wile E]

Estelle Reiner (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3281464/Estelle-Reiner.html), wife of Carl & mother of Rob, dead at 94.

Her most memorable line? "I'll have what she's having."

She was also a jazz singer, painter and anti-war activist and she married a man 8 years her junior.

[Only Mostly Dead]

...and she married a man 8 years her junior.
So you're saying that Carl Reiner would be a respectable 14 points if he kicks it!

[anyrose]

She was also a jazz singer, painter and anti-war activist and she married a man 8 years her junior.

So you're saying that Carl Reiner would be a respectable 14 points if he kicks it!

I believe Wile E is referring to Estelle's second husband - but I could be wrong

[Wile E]

I believe Wile E is referring to Estelle's second husband - but I could be wrong

I was referring to Carl Reiner because I didn't think he was in his 90's yet so I looked up his age and saw he was born 8 years later. I have no idea which number husband he was. I just think it's neat that she married a younger man, both my grandmother's did, too.

[Lamar Mundane]

All around guy maybe best known as a Chicago author Studs Terkel (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-studs-terkel-dead,0,2321576.story)dead at 96.

[Boyo Jim]

All around guy maybe best known as a Chicago author Studs Terkel (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-studs-terkel-dead,0,2321576.story)dead at 96.

I'm really saddened. He edited perhaps the best collection of WWII stories I ever read, The Good War. He was also one of the best interviewers I've ever heard -- somehow he could get things out of people that you would never expect.

[amarone]

All around guy maybe best known as a Chicago author Studs Terkel (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-studs-terkel-dead,0,2321576.story)dead at 96. Bummer - nobody had died in October so if Studs could have lasted one more day it would have saved me doing an update this month.

A unique pick for BJMoose who scores off his second nonagenarian.

[Sternvogel]

I was referring to Carl Reiner ... I have no idea which number husband he was.

Apparently, he was her only spouse (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0717995/bio), and she his lone wife.

[gonzomax]

I'm really saddened. He edited perhaps the best collection of WWII stories I ever read, The Good War. He was also one of the best interviewers I've ever heard -- somehow he could get things out of people that you would never expect.

Try "Working". He was special old rascal.

[Boyo Jim]

Try "Working". He was special old rascal.

Oh yes, I have a copy of it too. It's very good, but it doesn't stand out in my my like The Good War. I read it in college, and it introduced me to the term PAF, "Premature Anti-Fascist". The concept just blew me away -- it was a term, IIRC, the FBI coined to describe Americans who opposed Franco and Mussolini and Hitler before the US government took any official stance against them. Many old lefties found that they had been labeled as such in their FBI files.

[BJMoose]

Bummer - nobody had died in October so if Studs could have lasted one more day it would have saved me doing an update this month.

A unique pick for BJMoose who scores off his second nonagenarian.

Oh, yeah, like you're gonna bust a gut moving me from 78th to 75th. ;)

Those four points got me so excited I looked for this thread in MPSIMS. :rolleyes:

Believe it or not, Terkel isn't the oldest guy on my list. Anyone hear how ol' Mitch Miller is doing lately?

[anyrose]

*ahem*
House Peters, 92, the original Mr. Clean (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gjJByrFKgrYqZ-hscJEBr359frjgD93I5EO80)Rob Guest (http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1318360/2170186) Australian mega suprstar musicals performaner, dead at 58:(Douglass Coates Harvey, 91 (http://www.legacy.com/DemocratAndChronicle/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=118002427), the man credited with creating the Kodak Instamatic Camera.Eddie Brinkman...Former MLB shortstop for Senators and Tigers and other teams..dead at 66Nick Reynolds, founding member and lead singer of the Kingston Trio, dead at 75. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/02/AR2008100203728.html)I can't remember if he was on my list this year or not, but Vice Vukov (http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Vice-Vukov/84192641) has died.A trifecta, for those of you who like politicians:
Lord Thomson of Monifieth, Wilson Government minister turned LibDem spokesman, at 87 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7652321.stm)
Jean Foyer, French Cabinet minister of the 1960s and 1970s, also at 87 (http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2008/10/03/01011-20081003FILWWW00406-mort-de-jean-foyer-ministre-de-de-gaulle.php)
Saul Laskin, the first Mayor of Thunder Bay, at 90 (http://lakesuperiornews.info/News/SaulLaskin90Dies/tabid/748/Default.aspx)Bob Friend, longtime presenter for Sky News, has died at 70 (http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Bob-Friend-Former-Sky-News-Presenter-Dies-Aged-70-After-Suffering-From-Cancer/Article/200810115115343?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15115343_Bob_Friend_Former_Sky_News_Presenter_Dies_Aged_70_After_Suffering_From_Cancer)E ileen Herlie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Herlie), best known for portraying Myrtle Fargate on All My Children, dead at 90.Probably of no interest to anyone but myself: Youngest son of Preston Tucker dies. (http://www.mlive.com/news/annarbornews/index.ssf?/base/news-29/1223476846125870.xml&coll=2) Jorg Haider, long controversial figure in the politics of Austria, has died in a car accident at 58 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7664846.stm)Game show host Jack Narz (http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/10/veteran_game_show_host_narz_de.php) has died at age 85.Two former members of the US House, Matthew Rinaldo (http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--obit-rinaldo1013oct13,0,7270034.story) and Paul Rogers (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hV2Y6Zt1oDbZbNE1k1Dro441GM4AD93PUP280), die on the 13th, at the ages of 77 and 87. For those who prefer sport, Tom Tresh, Yankees shortstop of the 1960s, has died at 71 (http://www.themorningsun.com/articles/2008/10/15/sports/doc48f6488003692821930060.txt)Edie Adams (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/movies/16adams.html?_r=1&oref=slogin), singer and actress, dead at age 81. Lead singer of The Four Tops, Levi Stubbs (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/17/obit.stubbs.ap/index.html) is dead at 72.I hope his corpse is well dressed. (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-blackwell20-2008oct20,0,6825099.story)It is with a heavy heart that I announce the death of the great Rudy Ray Moore (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_oh_obit_rudy_ray_moore.html)Less politics, more death.
From my CelebrityDeathBeeper update:
Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, gambling 'expert' (http://news.google.com/?q=FRANK+LEFTY+ROSENTHAL)
Alexi Cherepanov, very young hockey player (http://news.google.com/?q=ALEXEI+CHEREPANOV)
Neal Hefti, TV theme song writer (http://news.google.com/?q=NEAL+HEFTI)
Frankie Venom, lead singer of Teenage Head (http://news.google.com/?q=FRANKIE+VENOM)
Edie Adams (http://news.google.com/?q=EDIE+ADAMS)
Jack Narz, game show host (http://news.google.com/?q=JACK+NARZ)
Dee Dee Warwick, soul singer (http://news.google.com/?q=DEE+DEE+WARWICK)
Buck Adams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Adams), Adult Film star and brother of Adult Film star Amber Lynn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Lynn), has died at age 52, of complications due to heart failure.
Estelle Reiner (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3281464/Estelle-Reiner.html), wife of Carl & mother of Rob, dead at 94.Gil Rossellini, 52 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117993389.html?categoryid=13&cs=1), brother of Isabella.[/url]All around guy maybe best known as a Chicago author Studs Terkel (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-studs-terkel-dead,0,2321576.story)dead at 96.

Bummer - nobody had died in October so if Studs could have lasted one more day it would have saved me doing an update this month.

A unique pick for BJMoose who scores off his second nonagenarian.
Is that a whoosh, or do you only those who've been picked by us?

[amarone]

*ahem*





Is that a whoosh, or do you only those who've been picked by us?The latter. I suspect there were also several other people worldwide who died in October and did not even get a mention in this thread.

[amarone]

Oh, yeah, like you're gonna bust a gut moving me from 78th to 75th. ;)

Those four points got me so excited I looked for this thread in MPSIMS. :rolleyes:

Believe it or not, Terkel isn't the oldest guy on my list. Anyone hear how ol' Mitch Miller is doing lately? For the end of October standings, see post 1097 but move BJMoose up to equal 75th.

I am not sure you have got the hang of how the points work, BJ. If you check out the leading two dopers, they are averaging 43 and 44 points per corpse. Your maximum score is 84, which will not crack the top ten. Still, at least nobody is too sad when one of yours dies - they have all had a good innings.

[Boyo Jim]

It's just not fair that the leaders have hit teams out there working for them. Not employed by them of course, that would be cheating. But still, killers who decide, "Well, if we've got to kill SOMEBODY, let's take a few off THIS list."

[SpazCat]

It's just not fair that the leaders have hit teams out there working for them. Not employed by them of course, that would be cheating. But still, killers who decide, "Well, if we've got to kill SOMEBODY, let's take a few off THIS list."

Never underestimate the power of a few dollar bills slipped under the table to Mr. Reaper himself.

[BJMoose]

For the end of October standings, see post 1097 but move BJMoose up to equal 75th.

I am not sure you have got the hang of how the points work, BJ. If you check out the leading two dopers, they are averaging 43 and 44 points per corpse. Your maximum score is 84, which will not crack the top ten. Still, at least nobody is too sad when one of yours dies - they have all had a good innings.

:p

At least, I presume you're aware that I know exactly what I'm doing. If not, see various posts of mine in this exalted thread. There's no way a poor country moose like me can compete with the Rochm's of the world. A few years back I got on some sort of a "sure thing" kick. Or mebbe I just don't like old farts. I dunno. Anyway, I figured this approach would get me a shot at the "Quantity Not Quality" laurel. But though the average age on my list at the beginning of this year was ninety-two, just two of 'em have gone to glory in the past ten months. Sheesh.

Or as my roomie would put it, "That trick never works!"

[amarone]

:p

At least, I presume you're aware that I know exactly what I'm doing. If not, see various posts of mine in this exalted thread. I am.

[Tuckerfan]

Yma Sumac has died at 86. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3374381/Yma-Sumac.html)

[Sternvogel]

Madelyn Dunham (http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/03/obama.grandma/index.html), the maternal grandmother of Barack Obama, has died at the age of 86.

[Freddy the Pig]

Yma Sumac has died at 86. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3374381/Yma-Sumac.html)She gave her life for crosswords.

[gonzomax]

OK, here we go:

Fidel Castro
Billy Graham
Ariel Sharon
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Doku Umarov
Ali Khamenei
Ned Vukovic
John Mahoney
US Representative Julia Carson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Carson)
Paul Kraus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kraus)
Farrah Fawcett
Orlando Thomas (Minnesota Vikings safety)
Arnold Palmer

Plain format:

Fidel Castro
Billy Graham
Ariel Sharon
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Doku Umarov
Ali Khamenei
Ned Vukovic
John Mahoney
Julia Carson
Paul Kraus
Farrah Fawcett
Orlando Thomas
Arnold Palmer

Here's hoping for a cherry-popper!
Carson died in 2007.

[Randy Seltzer]

Carson died in 2007.
I think he knows (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9275479&postcount=74).

[Shirley Ujest]

She gave her life for crosswords.

zing!

[VunderBob]

Michael Crichton, as reported on Fox News Radio. Off to search for a print link.

Link found. (http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/11/67369/)

[ErinPuff]

Michael Crichton has died at 66. (http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/11/67369/)

[VunderBob]

Michael Crichton has died at 66. (http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/11/67369/)


Beat ya. :p

No points for me. :mad:

[amarone]

Beat ya. :p

No points for me. :mad:Or anyone else.

[anyrose]

Michael Crichton, as reported on Fox News Radio. Off to search for a print link.

Link found. (http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/11/67369/)

Michael Crichton has died at 66. (http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/11/67369/)

well, crap.

[Yorikke]

Jimmy Carl Black (http://www.nndb.com/people/332/000085077/), formerly of The Mothers of Invention.

Joe

[swampbear]

With just under two months to go, my list of immortals lives on.

[Moirai]

Word. And I've got some seriously old and ill people on my list...

:confused:

[BiblioCat]

Word. And I've got some seriously old and ill people on my list...

:confused:The unwritten secret of the Death Pool. By putting someone who is old and ill on your list, you give them the gift of life. Take them off your list for next year, and they'll die by January 5th. ;)

[carnivorousplant]

Word. My guys are writing books about how they beat the big C.

[amarone]

Word. My guys are writing books about how they beat the big C.
What does the one word sentence "Word." mean? And am I allowed to deduct points from anyone who uses it if/when it proves to be something stupid/pointless?

[carnivorousplant]

What does the one word sentence "Word." mean?
I had to ask a friend of mine who is the parent of Young People when it was used in a reply to me on the 'Dope...was I being Dissed or praised? It means, "I agree wholeheartedly". In the 19th century they would exclaim, "Hear him! Hear him!"
Perhaps the best equivalent from the '70s is "This is true."

[amarone]

I had to ask a friend of mine who is the parent of Young People when it was used in a reply to me on the 'Dope...was I being Dissed or praised? It means, "I agree wholeheartedly". In the 19th century they would exclaim, "Hear him! Hear him!"
Perhaps the best equivalent from the '70s is "This is true."Thank you. At least your suggestion from the '70s, when I was indeed "a young person", makes sense. I guess I am now officially an old fart. And I don't want to appear on anyone's DP list next year, thank you. Syllable.

[BACI]

I believe it to be the contracted form of the clumsy and unweildy expression, "My word". Bro.

M

[carnivorousplant]

as indeed "a young person", makes sense. I guess I am now officially an old fart. And I don't want to appear on anyone's DP list next year, thank you. Syllable.

That would disqualify the Doper, and make you Immortal. Verb.

[tarragon918]

Yes, those on my list continue to defy the grim reaper as well, including Farrah Fawcett, who I thought surely would be gone by now. But no, she's probably working on a "How I beat the Big C" book too! Heh, knock on wood for her, I am glad that she's doing better.

Oh and carniverousplant, I love your .sig! :)

[carnivorousplant]

Oh and carniverousplant, I love your .sig! :)

And your gender is...?

[Fear Itself]

Critic and commentator John Leonard has died at 69 (http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/11/07/john_leonard/).

He may be remembered by many from his regular appearances on CBS's Sunday Morning TV magazine program.

[Sternvogel]

Larry James (http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/8766648/U.S.-Olympic-gold-medalist-Larry-James-dies-at-61?MSNHPHMA), who won two track medals in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, has died at the age of 61. James took the silver in the 400 meters, and also helped the USA win gold in the 4x400 relay.

[VunderBob]

Word. My guys are writing books about how they beat the big C.

Then things are looking up for you. Hang on to those names, because they will invariably be dead of the Big C 6 months after the books are released.

[VunderBob]

Oh and carniverousplant, I love your .sig! :)
I thought Voldemort just accepted the job as Obama's Chief of Staff.

:confused: ;)

[Boyo Jim]

Larry James (http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/8766648/U.S.-Olympic-gold-medalist-Larry-James-dies-at-61?MSNHPHMA), who won two track medals in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, has died at the age of 61. James took the silver in the 400 meters, and also helped the USA win gold in the 4x400 relay.

Yet more reassuring evidence that running will kill you. My far more sensible exercise routine revolves around chewing and sucking (things through straws).

[Moirai]

What does the one word sentence "Word." mean?

Sorry for the confusion- parent of Young People here. I almost responded with "true dat" which would probably have caused the same reaction. :D

[carnivorousplant]

I almost responded with "true dat" which would probably have caused the same reaction. :D

Hear her! Hear her!




:)

[Sublight]

Tetsuya Chikushi, one of Japan's last real journalists, has passed away at 73.

Link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_Chikushi

Sad on two counts. One: he was one of the classic "champion the rights of the little people and root out corruption" reporters that are so hard to find today, and Two: I picked the wrong Japanese reporter with cancer.

[amarone]

Sorry for the confusion- parent of Young People here. I almost responded with "true dat" which would probably have caused the same reaction. :D It would indeed, even though I have three kids.

[Sternvogel]

Miriam Makeba (http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_9vA53KQLAW8LH3fNDQjM_gikNg), who gave voice to South Africa's struggle against apartheid even as she was exiled from her home country for more than thirty years, has died at the age of 76. The singer collapsed during a concert in Italy. She won the Best Folk Recording Grammy in 1965 for the album An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba, on which she teamed with Harry Belafonte.

[Tuckerfan]

Not a person, but certainly a "celebrity" much the same way Wall*E and R2-D2 are. RIP Mars Phoenix lander. (http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE4A97FJ20081110) NASA scientists said on Monday they could no longer communicate with the Phoenix Mars Lander and were calling an effective end to its five-month-plus mission on the Red Planet.

Mission engineers last received a signal from the lander on November 2, the space agency said.

As anticipated, the seasonal decline in sunshine at the space probe's polar landing site is providing too little sunlight to recharge the lander's batteries, a situation that occurred three weeks earlier than expected because of dust storms, NASA said.

[carnivorousplant]

Miriam Makeba (http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_9vA53KQLAW8LH3fNDQjM_gikNg),
I heard about her on NPR this morning. I would like to hear some Xhosa jazz.

[carnivorousplant]

I heard about her on NPR this morning. I would like to hear some Xhosa jazz.

From another thread, a link to the Click Song. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mwh9z58iAU)

[Sigmagirl]

Indians pitcher and broadcaster Herb Score (http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=cle), at 75.

He was the voice of the Tribe.

[Andrew 21]

Serial killer Arthur Shawcross (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_on_re_us/obit_shawcross_2) has died.

[An Arky]

Mitch Mitchell (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081112/ap_en_ot/obit_mitch_mitchell), the drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, has died at age 61. He was the last surviving member of that trio. :(

[Fear Itself]

Longtime NBC Nightly News Announcer Howard Reig (http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/nbc/longtime_nbc_nightly_news_announcer_howard_reig_dies_100491.asp) Dies at age 87.

[Boyo Jim]

Mitch Mitchell (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081112/ap_en_ot/obit_mitch_mitchell), the drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, has died at age 61. He was the last surviving member of that trio. :(

So the Jimi Hendrix Experience was pretty much like, say, lung cancer.

[Sternvogel]

Pete Newell (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/18/SPVFBT56M.DTL), who gained fame as a coach and teacher of basketball, has died at the age of 93. Newell was the first man to snare the "triple crown" of guiding a National Invitation Tournament champion (1949 University of San Francisco Dons), NCAA titlist (1959 University of California Golden Bears), and Olympic gold medal squad (1960 Team USA). In later years, he became known for his Big Man's and Tall Women's camps, which improved the skills of dozens of post players.

[Shirley Ujest]

Random Terrorist that was a BIG Target that you never heard of (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6312852&page=1) is toast.

[carnivorousplant]

There was no formal comment from U.S. but one senior U.S. official said "there is good reason to believe this guy is no longer around."

Cool.

[Shirley Ujest]

Today's Obscure Rapper Found Dead (http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2008/11/23/mc-breed-detroit-rap-luminary-dead-at-36).



All the wrong peeps are dying.

[Shirley Ujest]

Today's Obscure Rapper Found Dead (http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2008/11/23/mc-breed-detroit-rap-luminary-dead-at-36).



All the wrong peeps are dying.


CRAP.

I had McBreed on my short list for 2009 with a note that he has 'kidney issues'.

Couldn't hold on a few more weeks, could you, you BASTARD!!1111!!

[Sternvogel]

Today's Obscure Rapper Found Dead (http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2008/11/23/mc-breed-detroit-rap-luminary-dead-at-36).

I answered the question Are familiar with MC Breed's music? "No", and found out that I was one of 37,487 to respond in that vein, while 6,782 (15%) had said "Yes". However, the news also made the Yahoo! (http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/61899279) site. Interesting that Breed's age is given as 37 in the story I linked, while yours claimed he was 36.

ETA: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_Breed) places his birth "ca. 1972".

[amarone]

Interesting that Breed's age is given as 37 in the story I linked, while yours claimed he was 36. It is shocking that one so young should die.












And not be on Rachm Qoch's list.

[SpazCat]

It is shocking that one so young should die.

It's even more shocking that someone has a "circa" birthdate in this day and age.

[Shirley Ujest]

It is shocking that one so young should die.












And not be on Rachm Qoch's list.



Look, he can't have them all!

[amarone]

Look, he can't have them all! Should I add that to the rules in 2009?

[Shirley Ujest]

Should I add that to the rules in 2009?


Not that I am bitter, but yes.















Ok, I am bitter.



:D

[gonzomax]

Captain Tony Tarracino of Captain Tonys bar in Key West died at the age of 92. There was a chain of Capt.n Tonys around the country for a while.

[Tuckerfan]

Author of the Miracle Worker play, William Gibson dies. (http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSTRE4AR66520081128)

[Governor Quinn]

A group of three:

V P Singh, former Prime Minster of India, has died at 77 (http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Former-PM-V-P-Singh-passes-away/391407/)

Cecil Underwood, elected Governor of West Virginia in 1956 and in 1996, at 86 (http://www.dailymail.com/News/200811240843)

Gerald Schoenfeld, Chairman of the Shubert Organization and noted Broadway producer, at 84 (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/123685.html)

[Diogenes the Cynic]

Oops. That was supposed to be my 2009 list.

[Fear Itself]

Jimmy Carter [et al.]nevermind

[Diogenes the Cynic]

Are you late or early?
I forgot what year it was. Brain damage. Drugs.

[Fear Itself]

Works for me.

[Shirley Ujest]

I forgot what year it was. Brain damage. Drugs.

You are missing Rock and Roll.

[amarone]

Oops. That was supposed to be my 2009 list.Suffering from premature selection?

I will start the 2009 thread on December 1.

[BACI]

Joern Utzon, architect of the Sydney Opera House has joined the choir invisible.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/opera-house-architect-dies-at-90-20081130-6nil.html

[Baker]

I will start the 2009 thread on December 1.

I just realized that's only two days away.

Hmm, should I go with conferring immortality on my current choices, or should I make up an entirely fresh list?

Decisions, decisions. Problem is, last day of selection, 12/31/ is my birthday and I'll be celebrating that.

[Cunctator]

Richard Hickox (http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/opera-australia-director-found-dead-in-hotel/2008/11/24/1227491461226.html), English conductor.

[Sternvogel]

Edna Parker (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-parker28-2008nov28,0,3824201.story), who had held the title of world's oldest living person, has died at the age of 115. Parker, a resident of an Indiana nursing home, outlived her husband by 70 years and also survived her two sons. Maria de Jesus, a Portuguese woman who had been Parker's junior by five months, has inherited Parker's "supermost centenarian" mantle.

[VunderBob]

I looked, but didn't see it... Is DP 2K9 up yet?

[amarone]

I looked, but didn't see it... Is DP 2K9 up yet? I will do it tonight, when my employer is not paying for my time.