# 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:** 29
**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:** [January 18, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/561 "2007-01-18T16:05:08Z")
Braggarts! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/562 "2007-01-18T16:10:51Z")
They had a bit on Liz Taylor being photographed with a bear last night. My thoughts: “Damn, she looks way too healthy – hey bear! Do something with those damn claws!” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/563 "2007-01-18T16:34:48Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Damn, she looks way too healthy [/QUOTE] Bllodthirst does not become you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/564 "2007-01-18T16:40:30Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Bllodthirst does not become you. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Well, hell, I scored a big fat zero last year – the bitch owes me! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/565 "2007-01-18T19:06:17Z")
45 points up and it’s only January. ---
**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 19, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/566 "2007-01-19T11:28:34Z")
:::::Throws a roll of toilet paper at **Little Nemo** :::::::::::::::::::::: ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/567 "2007-01-20T00:57:22Z")
[Denny Doherty](http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/19/obit.doherty.ap/index.html) of the Mamas and the Papas has died. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/568 "2007-01-20T01:06:23Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] 45 points up and it’s only January. [/QUOTE] 152 with four scorers, including the previously unannounced [Yuri Stern (or Shtern)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Shtern). 😛 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/569 "2007-01-20T01:38:00Z")
[QUOTE=Santos L Halper] [Denny Doherty](http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/19/obit.doherty.ap/index.html) of the Mamas and the Papas has died. [/QUOTE] “Sol and Denny working for a penny Tryin’ t’ get a fish on the line…” \ - well, Cass is happy now, her man is with her. ---
**Author:** ![gaucho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@gaucho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaucho)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/570 "2007-01-20T15:16:28Z")
There always seems to be a random professional wrassler, but it looks like no one had the foresight to choose Mr. Bam Bam Bigelow, recently deceased. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/571 "2007-01-20T16:25:53Z")
[Darlene Conley, who portrayed Sally Spectra on the soap Bold and the Beautiful, dead at 72.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlene_Conley) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/572 "2007-01-20T16:27:29Z")
[Link to Bam Bam Bigelow’s death](http://www.pwbts.com/messages/5681.htm) [QUOTE=gaucho] There always seems to be a random professional wrassler, but it looks like no one had the foresight to choose Mr. Bam Bam Bigelow, recently deceased. [/QUOTE] ---
**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:** [January 20, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/573 "2007-01-20T23:07:45Z")
Former US Senator (1951-1969) George Smathers (D-FL) has died at 93. [Link](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-0120smathers,0,4997272.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines) ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/574 "2007-01-24T02:06:49Z")
[E. Howard Hunt](http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/23/hunt.obit.ap/index.html), who helped organize the Watergate break-in, has died. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/575 "2007-01-24T02:09:49Z")
Well there was a bizarre piece of synchronousity… I’m working on a DP spreadsheet and the email notification of Santos L Halper’s post announcing E. Howard Hunt’s death arrived as I entered Rodd Hill’s selection of… E. Howard Hunt. Colour me unnerved. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/576 "2007-01-24T04:39:57Z")
The [Abbé Pierre](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abb%C3%A9_Pierre), a French priest known for helping the homeless and refugees, died on Monday at 94. I don’t suppose anyone had him? ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/577 "2007-01-24T05:56:43Z")
And oddly enough, **Cazzle** , at almost exactly the same time that you were entering that data, I learned of Mr. Hunt’s demise on the 6 o’clock news, and exclaimed to my (non-Doper) friends “all right! 12 points!” ---
**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 24, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/578 "2007-01-24T17:41:32Z")
I was going to post this earlier but I was a victim of the new upgrade. Actor [Ron Carey](http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/21/carey.obit.ap/index.html) best known for his work on _Barney Miller_ and various Mel Brooks films died at age 71. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/579 "2007-01-24T19:47:59Z")
[QUOTE=Santos L Halper] [E. Howard Hunt](http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/23/hunt.obit.ap/index.html), who helped organize the Watergate break-in, has died. [/QUOTE] The linked obituary mentions Hunt’s denial of his purported involvement in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. [Here’s more information](http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/3tramps.htm) on that spurious theory. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/580 "2007-01-25T19:42:00Z")
[L.M. Boyd,](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle/300960_lmboyd25.html?source=mypi) whose newspaper column combined trivia, advice, and consumer assistance, has died at the age of 79. Known as Mike Mailway to readers of the _Seattle Post-Intelligencer_, his work was collected in such volumes as [_Boyd’s Book of Odd Facts_,](http://www.amazon.com/Boyds-Book-Odd-Facts-Boyd/dp/0451157370/sr=1-2/qid=1169754017/ref=sr_1_2/103-8386429-9403028?ie=UTF8&s=books) a copy of which I own. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=30)