And another case of: Hmmm… If I had known she was still alive, maybe I would’ve picked her.
IMDB has announced the death of Elmer Bernstein.
Yep, got my news flash from CNN:
Famed film composer Elmer Bernstein dies
Scores included ‘The Magnificent Seven,’ ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
And Og help me, the first thing that went through my mind was, “Kiww da Mockingbiwd, kiww da mockingbiwd…”
Oh, and nobody picked him.
Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross has shuffled off this mortal coil. Anyone have her on their list?
For her, the ultimate research project. . . .
You’ve got to figure, if there were a loophole to be found, she would have found it.
With the death of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross:
cadolphin is now tied for third place with 54 points!
Rico now has 50 points.
Shirley Ujest now has 33 points.
Congratulations, scorers!
a35362,
A question. Are you going to be personally running the 2005 version of the Death Pool? I ask because I’m about to stick my neck out and volunteer something.
I’m willing to write a program to compile the entries into a listing similar to what’s on the website, and base the picks on an e-mailed entry.
If you’re interested, let’s talk…
Not Me. I’m not going to kick the bucket in '04.
Thank You.
May The Fleas of a Thousand Camels Settle in the hair of you (Insert Insult Here)
I love this Board!.. 
I picked Elizabeth Kubler-Ross for my list. There’s no way I left her off.
If you don’t believe me then screw you. Screw this whole game.
Listen let’s be reasonable. I meant to put her on my list, so can I add her now?
God, I can’t believe I missed another pick. I am the worst player ever.
Oh well, it’s only a game.
I suck too. Michael Jackson, come through for me baby…!
At least about ninety percent of us got seven points for Reagan. <waving teeny little flag> Yay us.
Picking Reagan was about as risky as guessing that Christmas is in December.
Well, yeah – except I decided not to pick him since it would “only” be 7 points.
twicks, still points-free 2/3 of the way through the year.
Pop singer Laura Branigan died the other day, but nobody picked her.
Famed astronomer and cometary researcher Fred L Whipple has died at the age of 97. (I bet somebody is going to post an obligatory Charmin™ joke).
But nobody picked him.
As of September 1st, our scoreboard stands thusly:
Still in the lead with 95 points is Captain Lance Murdoch.
In second place with 58 points is notfrommensa.
Tied for third with 54 points are
cadolphin
earthpuppy and
Mudshark.
Rico - 50 points
Angel Heart and
zoog - tied with 48 points
Ebola Gay - 44 points
Caricci and
Mullinator - tied with 41 points
Sternvogel - 40 points
smam - 38 points
Shirley Ujest - 33 points
eman77 and
Stephe96 - tied with 31 points
Uvula Donor - 30 points
Munch - 29 points
Diceman
Diogenes the Cynic
Etherman
Harlow
JerH
Krebnar the Magnificent
Mikie
Mona Lott and
SandyHook - tied with 27 points
Lathe of Heaven - 25 points
DeVena
gobear and
Skammer - tied with 23 points
NoGoodNamesLeft and
Santos L Halper - tied with 22 points
Spiff - 20 points
amarone
Cicada2003 and
lel - tied with 19 points
Saitou - 18 points
BiblioCat
mishaa
Nurse Carmen and
Wicked Blue - tied with 16 points
Single Serving Friend - 13 points
Mr. Babbington - 12 points
5 time champ - 11 points
Ataraxy and
JavaMaven1 - tied with 9 points
a35362
Already in Use
Annie-Xmas
ataraxy22
BIH Boy
BJMoose
Brad Pittiful
cbawlmer
Cow Patty
Dr_Xadium
Earthman
Evil One
Flymaster
Frumious Bandersnatch
The Great Zamboni
Gyrate
Hal Briston
Horseflesh
Hugh Jass
Idle Thoughts
Infectious Lass
Irreverent Tone
Kat
katie1341
kka
Little Nemo
Lok
Lsura
Mad Matt
Max Torque
Mehitabel
Miabella
Ms Macphisto
Omniscient
plnnr
Royal Nonesuch
SpazCat
Squonk
Stinkum
Sublight
sunfish
swannguy
thumbupmybum
tolyri
vivalostwages
WIGGUM
williamweigand
wolf_meister and
zamboniracer - tied with 7 points
FYI: We have 5 contestants with four dead celebrities each:
cadolphin
Captain Lance Murdoch
earthpuppy
Mudshark and
Uvula Donor
Also, we have 6 contestants with unique dead celebrities:
Captain Lance Murdoch and
Sternvogel have two unique dead celebrities.
Ebola Gay
Mr. Babbington
notfrommensa and
Uvula Donor have one unique dead celebrity each.
Straight Dope Fun Fact: a year ago Protesilaus and rexnervous were in the lead, tied with 61 points each.
Aren’t you impressed? See, I knew you would be.
Congratulations, scorers!
Oh, and Courtney Love says she’s gonna clean up her act, so there goes that opportunity, for those of you that chose her. 
Out of curiosity, how many of us are there with no score?
By my calculations, we have 96 people on the scoreboard and 35 who have not yet scored.
Musical lovers are bowing their heads in mourning for the loss of Fred Ebb, songwriter for such shows as Chicago and Cabaret. Mr. Ebb died of a heart attack at the age of 76.
Fred unfortunately missed out on his chance for notoriety in the SDMB Celebrity Death Pool 2004, as nobody picked him.