# 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:** 35
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/681 "2006-03-16T17:00:23Z")
Hey, at [Dead People Server](http://dpsinfo.com/dps/) there is a link that says it will update you on the latest deaths via your phone. I am too technologically retarded to figure this out for my phone system ( verizon) but maybe others can. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/682 "2006-03-16T17:24:53Z")
This is the list I chose for my very first time to play. Behold those who have achieved mortality! 1. Gerald Ford 2. Dick VanDyke 3. Estelle Getty 4. Oral Roberts 5. Lady Bird Johnson 6. Elizabeth Taylor 7. Courtney Love (She’s gotta go sometime and soon, ya just know it!) 8. Jerry Lewis 9. Charles Manson 10. Yoko Ono 11. Walter Cronkite 12. Mercury Morris 13. Billy Graham Alternates: Dick Clark Eddie Van Halen Bob Newhart ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/683 "2006-03-16T18:00:45Z")
**Swampbear,** I believe you’re looking for the as-yet-uncreated 2007 Death Pool thread. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/684 "2006-03-16T18:39:11Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > **Swampbear,** I believe you’re looking for the as-yet-uncreated 2007 Death Pool thread. 😉 No, that message is a reprint of this thread’s Post #127, which was submitted back on December 13, 2005. Of course, at the rate **swampy** ’s going, he just may be able to recycle that list for next year’s contest. By the way, we have at least one **Doper** who lives in Estonia and is thus probably aware that that former Soviet republic’s first post-USSR president has passed away. [Lennart Meri was 76.](http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1142415395292330.xml&coll=2) ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/685 "2006-03-16T18:50:27Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > No, that message is a reprint of this thread’s Post #127, which was submitted back on December 13, 2005. Of course, at the rate **swampy** ’s going, he just may be able to recycle that list for next year’s contest… Ah, my mistake. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/686 "2006-03-18T19:47:39Z")
Legendary DePaul basketball coach Ray Meyer died yesterday at age 92: [http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-0603180115mar18,1,1280526.story?coll=chi-sportsnew-hed](http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-0603180115mar18,1,1280526.story?coll=chi-sportsnew-hed) ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/687 "2006-03-19T00:22:08Z")
[Oleg Cassini](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7209438#post7209438) is dead at 92. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/688 "2006-03-19T16:55:34Z")
[Newsman Bill Beutel is dead at 75](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060319/ap_en_tv/obit_beutel;_ylt=AvtQdAREJH.5VvEmZfQcvOonHL8C;_ylu=X3oDMTA3YXYwNDRrBHNlYwM3NjI-) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/689 "2006-03-21T22:03:36Z")
Ray Meyer was not the only former DePaul basketball coach to die this year. Jim Izard, who coached the women’s team at the Chicago school from 1984 to '88, committed suicide last month outside his Florida home. Izard, who coached the Indiana women from 1988-2000, was married at the time of his death to the former Sarah Jo Warner, who had been a Hoosier player during his time in Bloomington. [The recent discovery of two fetuses](http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/chi-0603190317mar19,1,3918240.story?page=1&ctrack=1&cset=true&coll=chi-sportscollege-hed) in a storage shed that had been rented to the Izards has prompted speculation on whether Jim Izard’s decision to end his life was related to his knowledge of what appears to be evidence of two self-induced abortions performed by Sarah. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/690 "2006-03-25T18:28:00Z")
Buck Owens (Hee Haw) dead at 76: [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060325/ap\_en\_tv/obit\_owens](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060325/ap_en_tv/obit_owens) ---
**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:** [March 25, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/691 "2006-03-25T18:44:57Z")
> [@Tazmanian Devil](#): > > Buck Owens (Hee Haw) I am horrified to see someone express such glee at the passing of a music legend… ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/692 "2006-03-26T19:05:52Z")
[Paul Dana](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/racing/more/03/26/bc.car.irl.homesteadcra.ap/index.html?cnn=yes) , 30 year old race driver is dead. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/693 "2006-03-26T21:20:23Z")
> [@marymargaret](#): > > [Paul Dana](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/racing/more/03/26/bc.car.irl.homesteadcra.ap/index.html?cnn=yes) , 30 year old race driver is dead. It will be interesting to see how Letterman handles this on his next show. Dana raced for the team that Letterman owns a big chunk of. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/694 "2006-03-27T13:31:34Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > I am horrified to see someone express such glee at the passing of a music legend… Are you whooshed or whooshing? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/695 "2006-03-27T13:36:44Z")
I had the strangest dream last night. I received a Dead Pool Update that **Harry Morgan was Dead**. Naturally, I came in here to post this info to see if I beat out the UPI or my spidey senses are completely off. Anyone else have Dead Pool Dreams? ---
**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:** [March 27, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/696 "2006-03-27T14:35:05Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Are you whooshed or whooshing? j\*\*\* Whoosh!!\* \*\* j ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/697 "2006-03-27T19:31:07Z")
[Stanislaw Lem](http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/03/27/lem-obit.html), Polish science fiction writer (_Solaris_, _The Futurological Congress_), dead today at age 84. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/698 "2006-03-28T02:02:15Z")
Director [Richard Fleischer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Fleischer) died on the 25th, at the age of 89. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/699 "2006-03-28T02:09:35Z")
Artist [Pro Hart](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Hart) died this morning ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/700 "2006-03-28T02:30:11Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > > [@FriarTed](#): > > > > Are you whooshed or whooshing? > > j\*\*\* Whoosh!!\* \*\* j Jokes aren’t as funny when you have to explain them, **FriarTed**. Reread it as “Buck Owens (laughing noise).” Whoosh indeed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=36)