# The Celebrity Death Pool 2005 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574 "2004-12-01T21:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/521 "2005-02-11T17:41:18Z")
Darn it, I thought I picked Arthur Miller. Must have gotten edited out. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/522 "2005-02-11T18:00:51Z")
[Here is a substantive](http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/11/theater/11cnd-miller.html?pagewanted=1&adxnnl=0&adxnnlx=1108144963-pVqnuI1AusZ6RcHTqTGM7A) link (six pages’ worth) recounting the life of Arthur Miller. Interesting that Marilyn Monroe was, at different times, married to a man designated “greatest living ballplayer” (Joe DiMaggio) and Miller, widely considered “the greatest living playwright” until his death. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/523 "2005-02-11T18:09:59Z")
Doris Boshart of the Willmar 8 has died. Never heard of the Willmar 8? Well you [should have](http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/living/4748007.htm?1c). These women were heroes. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/524 "2005-02-11T19:58:08Z")
> [@Captain Lance Murdoch](#): > > Doris Boshart of the Willmar 8 has died. > > Never heard of the Willmar 8? Well you [should have](http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/living/4748007.htm?1c). > > These women were heroes. Too bad you have to register to read the link. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/525 "2005-02-11T20:54:13Z")
Ah fudge, try [here](http://www.workdayminnesota.org/permanent/working_life/history/print_versions/willmar.php). Sorry ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/526 "2005-02-12T23:34:39Z")
Boy, I really need to start paying more attention. Like Rosemary Kennedy, Arthur Miller was one of those people I sorta thought was already dead. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/527 "2005-02-12T23:39:26Z")
> [@Captain Lance Murdoch](#): > > Ah fudge, try [here](http://www.workdayminnesota.org/permanent/working_life/history/print_versions/willmar.php). > > Sorry Thanks for the link! I’ll read it and see what I’ve been missing. ---
**Author:** ![Avenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Avenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avenger)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/528 "2005-02-13T03:47:07Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Boy, I really need to start paying more attention. Like Rosemary Kennedy, Arthur Miller was one of those people I sorta thought was already dead. :smack: Me too. In future, would it be possible for someone to compile an official list of ‘people who aren’t dead’ before the start of the competition for us not-paying-proper-attention people? ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/529 "2005-02-13T04:02:17Z")
This is the internet. You should know someone’s already done it! [http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/](http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/) [http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf](http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf) ---
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/530 "2005-02-13T04:32:37Z")
Just have to get my favorite in - [Dead People Server](http://dpsinfo.com/dps/) - even though one of **cazzle** ’s has more listings. -mdf ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/531 "2005-02-13T05:38:13Z")
I checked in with all three of the above sites when I was making out my list. As a rule, if I thought that they were already dead, and I saw them listed as alive, they wound up on the long list (and a few made the final cut). Arthur Miller was one of those, but I was trying to stay away from the octogenarians this year. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/532 "2005-02-14T23:32:00Z")
[Lucia de Jesus dos Santos](http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/13/portugal.fatima.reut/index.html), who had been the last surviving member of the trio of Portuguese children credited with receiving the visions of the Virgin Mary at Fatima in 1917, has died at the age of 97. She had become a nun, and was living at a Carmelite convent when she passed away yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/533 "2005-02-15T00:00:09Z")
> [@cazzle](#): > > This is the internet. You should know someone’s already done it! > [http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/](http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/) > [http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf](http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf) Yeah, I knew those places (and the Dead People Server) existed, I just didn’t think of checking. I thought they were already dead! Like I said, I need to start paying more attention. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/534 "2005-02-15T05:48:30Z")
Dick Weber, winner of 26 PBA titles [dies at 75.](http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/news/story?id=1991354) I doubt anyone had him. Imagine the burial. He’ll be rolled toward his grave into a giant set of pins. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/535 "2005-02-18T02:27:16Z")
[Sammi Smith is dead](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=302972). She was 61. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/536 "2005-02-20T21:28:01Z")
[Sandra Dee](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/20/dee.obit/index.html) has died, aged 63 ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/537 "2005-02-21T04:23:32Z")
They’re saying [Hunter S. Thompson](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=518039) has committed suicide. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/538 "2005-02-21T05:25:39Z")
Death was busy Sunday. John Raitt will also not be down for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/539 "2005-02-21T06:56:13Z")
Rest in Peace, Mr. Thompson. Rest in Peace. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/540 "2005-02-21T17:06:08Z")
Wow, before this weekend I was a Death Pool virgin (this is my first year), and after this weekend I’ve got _two_ down (Sandra Dee and Hunter S. Thompson). I feel so dirty. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=28)