# The Celebrity Death Pool 2006 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632 "2005-12-01T22:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/581 "2006-02-18T03:24:56Z")
I doubt that anyone had him, but noted musician [Ray Barretto](http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/celebrities/3666850.html) died today at the age of 76. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/582 "2006-02-20T03:17:55Z")
_Godfather_ trilogy and _Sopranos_ actor [Richard Bright](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060219/ap_en_ce/obit_bright) catches unwanted bus – dead at 68. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/583 "2006-02-20T03:18:48Z")
Not a good year to be a Cowsill: [Cowsills Lead Singer William Cowsill Dies](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060220/ap_on_en_mu/obit_cowsill) ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/584 "2006-02-20T04:08:38Z")
[Football HOF Member Ernie Stautner is Dead at 80](http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/nfl/20060216-0822-fbn-obit-stautner.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/585 "2006-02-20T16:57:34Z")
> [@uglybeech](#): > > Nice job. You’re still behind me and Rachm - by 5 points 😛 Is someone keeping an online update of the scores? I know I was up in the points earlier in the month. I just want to see how far I have slipped with these recent deaths. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/586 "2006-02-20T17:50:32Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > Is someone keeping an online update of the scores? I know I was up in the points earlier in the month. I just want to see how far I have slipped with these recent deaths. No I just went by the last update and added to Architect’s score. ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/587 "2006-02-20T19:00:34Z")
Curt Gowdy dead at 86: [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060220/ap\_on\_sp\_ba\_ne/obit\_gowdy](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060220/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/obit_gowdy) ---
**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 20, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/588 "2006-02-20T19:11:40Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > Not a good year to be a Cowsill: > > [Cowsills Lead Singer William Cowsill Dies](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060220/ap_on_en_mu/obit_cowsill) Two down in one year. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/589 "2006-02-20T21:11:18Z")
Technically, the other Cowsill died last year, during Hurricane Katrina. The body wasn’t idenitifed until later, so the death was reported this year. ---
**Author:** ![Barely\_Adequate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@Barely\_Adequate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barely_Adequate)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/590 "2006-02-20T21:43:43Z")
> [@Tazmanian Devil](#): > > Curt Gowdy dead at 86: [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060220/ap\_on\_sp\_ba\_ne/obit\_gowdy](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060220/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/obit_gowdy) So much for my Death Pool Virginity… I feel like going into the bathroom and having a good cry ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/591 "2006-02-20T23:32:29Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > Is someone keeping an online update of the scores? I know I was up in the points earlier in the month. I just want to see how far I have slipped with these recent deaths. **a35362** usually posts updated scores on the first day of each month. Hence, the last update was on 02-01-06. Unless I misssed something, I was the only member to surpass your current 88 point total during the current month. **uglybeech** and **Rachm Qoch** are tied for first with 112 points. I am right behind them in 3rd with 107 points and you **Sean Factotum** are in 4th w/ 88 points. **The Vorlon** is next at 82 points assuming that Al Lewis was 95 y/o at death. There is a long way to go in 2006. I expect at least four more on my list to check out before 2007. Hang in there, Ariel. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/592 "2006-02-21T17:33:13Z")
Much obliged. I have enough trouble keeping track of my own points. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/593 "2006-02-21T17:38:58Z")
> [@ArchitectChore](#): > > **The Vorlon** is next at 82 points assuming that Al Lewis was 95 y/o at death. But we’re NOT assuming that, right? No less an authority than Kent, the Dead or Alive Info guy, has debunked that obviously erroneous date and cited several sources including Lewis’ own son for the correct information. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/594 "2006-02-21T17:39:45Z")
> [@ArchitectChore](#): > > B]The Vorlon\*\* is next at 82 points assuming that Al Lewis was 95 y/o at death. [I thought this was settled](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7098112&postcount=576): > [@](#): > > One more note about Al Lewis. The A&E Biography episode says his mother didn’t come to the US until 1913 when she was 16 years old. Since she met her husband (and Al’s future father here) it would have been very difficult for Al to have been born in 1910. I am convinced he was 82. Is there anyone else who is clinging to 95? ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/595 "2006-02-21T18:19:33Z")
[Sportscaster Curt Gowdy has died](http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_051190111.html) ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/596 "2006-02-22T06:38:10Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > [I thought this was settled](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7098112&postcount=576):I am convinced he was 82. Is there anyone else who is clinging to 95? I think that all of us who did _not_ list Al Lewis would agree he was 95. Or maybe even 99. 😃 And we outnumber y’all so…there. On a more serious note – when the controversy originally came up, I was very decidedly on the “let’s go with the highest number found” as per the rules (letter, as opposed to spirit). I’m obviuosly biased, but I hadn’t really considered that in my thoughts. I wonder if unconsciously, that’s what happened… I’m not the person that will have to make that decision, thank Og. And I’ll go with whatever aNumbers decides. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/597 "2006-02-24T18:31:55Z")
[Anthony Burger,](http://articles.news.aol.com/music/article.adp?id=20060223151209990005&ncid=NWS00010000000001) a 44-year-old pianist who had been nominated twice for the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Award in the instrumental album category, died Wednesday while performing on a cruise ship. Burger, an associate of the Gaither family of Christian music renown, was entertaining on a Gaither Homecoming voyage, and this year’s Dove nomination was for an album titled _A Tribute to Bill and Gloria Gaither_. ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/598 "2006-02-24T18:56:30Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > > [@ArchitectChore](#): > > > > **The Vorlon** is next at 82 points assuming that Al Lewis was 95 y/o at death. > > But we’re NOT assuming that, right? No less an authority than Kent, the Dead or Alive Info guy, has debunked that obviously erroneous date and cited several sources including Lewis’ own son for the correct information. I was just trying to give an unofficial update on the top four scores at the request of **Sean Factotum**. So, **The Vorlon** has either 82 or 95 points depending on whether Al Lewis is recognized as having an age at death of 95 or 82 years respectively. > [@a35362](#): > > 1. If we are uncertain about the celebrity’s age at death, we will go by the higher age (lower score). It isn’t my decision to make a ruling here nor is it my intent to continue the argument. I imagine **a35362** will decide how many points Al Lewis is worth upon making the March 1st update. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/599 "2006-02-25T23:13:33Z")
[Don Knotts](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11566794/), has passed. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/600 "2006-02-26T00:11:06Z")
It had to be The Incredible Mr Limpet! ☹ I had him first on my list\*: ::sigh:: next time I will pick more deserving celebrities. RIP officer Barney… [Sub]\*You are next in my K list Kurt Waldheim! [/Sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=31)