# 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:** 34
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/661 "2007-03-11T22:01:54Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] Comedian Richard Jeni has died, a likely suicide. [/QUOTE] [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17568683/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17568683/) Wow, that’s sad, and rather shocking. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/662 "2007-03-12T12:25:12Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] [Brad Delp](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/1403AP_Obit_Delp.html), lead singer of Boston. ☹ [/QUOTE] This one really saddens me. Have they figured out the cause yet? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/663 "2007-03-12T12:32:32Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] This one really saddens me. Have they figured out the cause yet? [/QUOTE] No written cite, but on the radio this morning, the news bit said no suspicious circumstances, and the family wanted memorial donations to go to the American Heart Association. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/664 "2007-03-15T21:05:26Z")
> [@](#): > > PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.- Former commissioner **Bowie Kuhn** , who lorded over baseball during 15 tumultuous years that saw players gain free agency and start the spiral of multimillion-dollar salaries, died Thursday. He was 80. Kuhn died at St. Luke’s Hospital following a short illness, said his spokesman Bob Wirz. Source: [http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci\_5444583](http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_5444583) His Wikipedia bio had him listed as dead 15 minutes before I could find a news site to verify it. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/665 "2007-03-16T15:32:31Z")
I am **so** pissed. I had Bowie each of the last two years, and dropped him this year. He would have been a unique pick, too. You could fry an egg on my back right now. The _nerve_ of the old man, dying three months after I drop him. Didn’t he realize his death was all about _me_? I, I, I, me, me, me. Man, I just can’t _get_ a break in this damn contest. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/666 "2007-03-16T15:41:50Z")
[QUOTE=Freddy the Pig] I am **so** pissed. I had Bowie each of the last two years, and dropped him this year. He would have been a unique pick, too. You could fry an egg on my back right now. [/QUOTE] Considering your user name, you should make that an egg and some bacon 😃 ---
**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 16, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/667 "2007-03-16T16:16:22Z")
Comedian Sinbad [dead at 50.](http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSN1516583520070315) Then he got better. 😉 ---
**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 16, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/668 "2007-03-16T16:17:28Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] This one really saddens me. Have they figured out the cause yet? [/QUOTE] You probably saw this already but he ran a hose from his car exhust into the house. Suicide by CO poisoning. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/669 "2007-03-16T16:18:27Z")
Another celebrity killed by Wikipedia. When will people learn?? ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/670 "2007-03-16T18:46:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Man, I just can’t get a break in this damn contest. I am 0/13 so far this year. Why won’t these people just die already :eek: :dubious: 😃 ---
**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 16, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/671 "2007-03-16T18:58:20Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Another celebrity killed by Wikipedia. When will people learn?? [/QUOTE] I know, it’s only a matter of time before it takes it’s next victim. Today it was Sinbad, tomorrow it may be YOU! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/672 "2007-03-16T19:18:56Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] You probably saw this already but he ran a hose from his car exhust into the house. Suicide by CO poisoning. [/QUOTE] I did see it, thank you. Makes it so much worse, doesn’t it? ☹ ---
**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:** [March 20, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/673 "2007-03-20T15:46:39Z")
> [@](#): > > John W. Backus, who assembled and led the I.B.M. team **that created Fortran, the first widely used programming language** , which helped open the door to modern computing, died on Saturday at his home in Ashland, Ore. He was 82. > > His daughter Karen Backus announced the death, saying the family did not know the cause, other than age. Source: [NY Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/obituaries/20cnd-backus.html?ex=1332043200&en=adde3ee5a1875330&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink) At his age, I wonder if he knew his days were numbered? 😃 ---
**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 21, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/674 "2007-03-21T02:53:06Z")
[Singer Luther Ingram died yesterday at the age of 69](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,259742,00.html) ---
**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 21, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/675 "2007-03-21T16:38:25Z")
Woody Harrelson’s murdering dad has [died in prison](http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/21/harrelson.obit.ap/index.html) while serving two life sentences. ---
**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 21, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/676 "2007-03-21T17:41:09Z")
As was reported in another thread Calvert Deforest AKA Larry “Bud” Melman died on the 17th. At least that is according to Wiki and this [blog](http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_03_21.html#013139) I haven’t seen it on any mainstream site yet. ---
**Author:** ![Rachm\_Qoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Rachm\_Qoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachm_Qoch)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/677 "2007-03-21T21:57:48Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] As was reported in another thread Calvert Deforest AKA Larry “Bud” Melman died on the 17th. At least that is according to Wiki and this [blog](http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_03_21.html#013139) I haven’t seen it on any mainstream site yet. [/QUOTE] [Quote=Dave Letterman] “Everyone always wondered if Calvert was an actor playing a character, but in reality he was just himself–a genuine, modest and nice man,” Letterman said in a statement Wednesday. “To our staff and to our viewers, he was a beloved and valued part of our show, and we will miss him.” [/quote] [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/la-et-deforest22mar22,1,6979392.story?coll=la-celebrity-news](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/la-et-deforest22mar22,1,6979392.story?coll=la-celebrity-news) ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/678 "2007-03-24T01:18:16Z")
Drag racer and funny car champion [Eric Medlen](http://www.nhra.com/) died from injuries related to a crash during a practice run. He was 33. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/679 "2007-03-24T17:16:01Z")
Harlem Boys Choir founder [Walter Tumbill](http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/4657348.html) dead at 62. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/680 "2007-04-04T13:16:38Z")
Ex-Grambling coach Eddie Robinson dies at 88. [http://sports.excite.com/news/04042007/v0860.html](http://sports.excite.com/news/04042007/v0860.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=35)