# The Celebrity Death Pool 2007 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 2, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620 "2006-12-02T22:07:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/501 "2007-01-05T04:15:39Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] : That site did not come up on my google image search. Thanks 😉 [/QUOTE] It didn’t for me, either. I have nothing better to do than do a regular Google search and click through the entries one by one until I found a picture. It took about 20. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/502 "2007-01-05T15:09:30Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] It didn’t for me, either. I have nothing better to do than do a regular Google search and click through the entries one by one until I found a picture. It took about 20. [/QUOTE] And I stopped at 15. Persistence pays off. I should try it some time. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/503 "2007-01-05T15:21:49Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] And we, the posers, hosers and losers that we are, are entirely grateful for your error. [/QUOTE] Oh shucks, don’t be so harsh. unwashed masses will do just fine. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/504 "2007-01-06T21:58:24Z")
> [@](#): > > **Del Reeves** , a Grand Ole Opry star who sprinkled his performances with humor and hit No. 1 on the country charts in 1965 with the song Girl on the Billboard, has died. He was 74. > > Reeves died Monday, New Year’s Day, after an extended illness, said Grand Ole Opry spokeswoman Jessie Schmidt. Source: [http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070105/NEWS/701050333/1050&template=currents](http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070105/NEWS/701050333/1050&template=currents) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/505 "2007-01-07T01:59:51Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] 12. Robert Anton Wilson [/QUOTE] Maybe you knew this, but it sounds like he’s had some bad problems lately. Just today, [he wrote on his blog](http://robertantonwilson.blogspot.com/) > [@](#): > > Various medical authorities swarm in and out of here predicting I have between two days and two months to live. I think they are guessing. I remain cheerful and unimpressed. I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread. I love you all and I deeply implore you to keep the lasagna flying. I’ve got no specific plans to visit San Francisco, but I always hoped I’d go out there some time and be able to chat with him. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Perro_Fumando)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/506 "2007-01-07T14:50:11Z")
This would have been a lot of points, but I doubt anyone had him. . . > [@](#): > > Southern California kicker Mario Danelo was found dead Saturday about 120 feet down a rocky cliff near Point Fermin lighthouse in the city’s San Pedro section. > > The body was reported by a passer-by at about 4:30 p.m., said Martha Garcia of the Los Angeles Police Department. > > Danelo, the 21-year-old son of former NFL kicker Joe Danelo, appeared to have suffered traumatic injuries, Garcia said. Source: [Washington Post article](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/07/AR2007010700155.html) (free subscription required) ---
**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:** [January 7, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/507 "2007-01-07T15:37:42Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Maybe you knew this, but it sounds like he’s had some bad problems lately. Just today, [he wrote on his blog](http://robertantonwilson.blogspot.com/) I’ve got no specific plans to visit San Francisco, but I always hoped I’d go out there some time and be able to chat with him. ☹ [/QUOTE] I did hear he was supposed to be in hospice for the last year. Or it could all be a conspiracy… ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/508 "2007-01-07T23:10:04Z")
Don’t remember if anyone had him (although I should have): Bobby Hamilton, 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion & 1991 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year, passed away at age 49 following a battle with cancer. [http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070107/SPORTS09/70107008](http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070107/SPORTS09/70107008) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/509 "2007-01-08T03:46:14Z")
[Magnus Magnusson](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6239745.stm) has finally finished (which will not mean anything to those who never saw Mastermind). ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/510 "2007-01-09T08:47:54Z")
[Iwao Takamoto](http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070109/D8MHKV8O0.html), creator of Scooby Doo has died. Don’t know if anyone had him. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/511 "2007-01-09T13:25:14Z")
[James Kelly](http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/01/09/boston_city_councilor_james_kelly_dies_at_66_of_cancer/) Will no longer be attending City council meetings. 34 points. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/512 "2007-01-09T15:37:56Z")
Flying Burrito Brothers guitarist [Sneaky Pete Kleinow](http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/09/obit.sneakypete.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/513 "2007-01-10T01:31:10Z")
[QUOTE=The Vorlon] [James Kelly](http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/01/09/boston_city_councilor_james_kelly_dies_at_66_of_cancer/) Will no longer be attending City council meetings. 34 points. [/QUOTE] While I have you in the neighborhood Vorlon, did you spell > [@](#): > > Richard Truax—Rocket Scientist, for real correctly? I can’t find anything on him, I suspect you have a wrong spelling. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/514 "2007-01-10T02:16:12Z")
[QUOTE=NurseCarmen] While I have you in the neighborhood Vorlon, did you spell correctly? I can’t find anything on him, I suspect you have a wrong spelling. [/QUOTE] Perhaps he meant [Robert Truax](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Truax). ---
**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:** [January 10, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/515 "2007-01-10T03:53:53Z")
[QUOTE=NurseCarmen] While I have you in the neighborhood Vorlon, did you spell correctly? I can’t find anything on him, I suspect you have a wrong spelling. [/QUOTE] This is what I get for cutting and pasteing from last year’s error–which was corrected. I meen Robert, who should be in charge of NASA’s R&D department. One Sea Dragon, one space station… ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/516 "2007-01-10T06:23:49Z")
Well, it’s already been reported [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=403007) in the SDMB, but I just wanted to officially mention Momofuku Ando here in the 07’ Death Pool ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/517 "2007-01-10T14:04:19Z")
[Carlo Ponti](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_en_mo/obit_ponti) has had his last plate of spaghetti. ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/518 "2007-01-10T14:35:41Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] [Carlo Ponti](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_en_mo/obit_ponti) has had his last plate of spaghetti. [/QUOTE] So I clicked on the link, read the obit. It was really run-of-the-mill until the last paragraph. Which reads: > [@](#): > > Ponti and [Sophia] Loren were married by proxy in Mexico in 1957 — two male attorneys took their place. The couple only found out about their marriage when the news was broken by a society columnist. How the hell does that work? ---
**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:** [January 10, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/519 "2007-01-10T15:07:40Z")
Oh I am so annoyed. I had Carlos last year. Couldn’t you just DIE 10 days earlier? AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! ---
**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:** [January 10, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/520 "2007-01-10T15:16:04Z")
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