# 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:** 36
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/701 "2007-04-15T04:45:26Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Hmph. I was points-free in '06, so I’m really happy about Don Ho. [/quote] You are a sick, sick woman. > [@](#): > > Oh, like you don’t know what I mean. Yeah, okay, I know what you mean. 😉 ---
**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:** [April 15, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/702 "2007-04-15T04:59:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Hmph. I was points-free in '06, so I’m really happy about Don Ho. > > Oh, like you don’t know what I mean. My first reaction was to check my 2007 list to make sure I had included him. Because I wouldn’t have wanted him to have died in vain. ---
**Author:** ![CowPatty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@CowPatty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CowPatty)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/703 "2007-04-15T07:34:16Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] My first reaction was to check my 2007 list to make sure I had included him. Because I wouldn’t have wanted him to have died in vain. [/QUOTE] My first reaction was, “Thanks, Don!” Yeah, I’m sick like that. My second reaction was, “There’s gotta be an Imus joke in there somewhere.” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/704 "2007-04-16T00:25:37Z")
Not that this has anything to do with the Death Pool, but I heard the news while at a competition, the winner of which is going to Hawaii to compete in the finals. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/705 "2007-04-16T02:21:36Z")
**anyrose** And wouldn’t it be the ultimate irony if the winner of that trip to Hawaii specifically wanted to see Don Ho? ---
**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:** [April 16, 2007, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/706 "2007-04-16T12:24:48Z")
[QUOTE=Andrew 21] [Don Ho](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070414/ap_on_re_us/obit_ho) has died. [/QUOTE] He picked a helluva week to die, with all the talk about Imus’s “Ho.” ---
**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:** [April 16, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/707 "2007-04-16T15:46:53Z")
As god is my witness, I thought [Barry Nelson](http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/16/obit.barrynelson.ap/index.html) was dead already. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/708 "2007-04-16T16:49:32Z")
**Dirt Nap** py headed Ho! ---
**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:** [April 16, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/709 "2007-04-16T17:49:32Z")
[QUOTE=NurseCarmen] **Dirt Nap** py headed Ho! [/QUOTE] Oh, you bad man. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 16, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/710 "2007-04-16T18:00:48Z")
[QUOTE=NurseCarmen] **Dirt Nap** py headed Ho! [/QUOTE] I was thinking: **Dirt Nap** py headed Don Imus Ho ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/711 "2007-04-16T20:29:03Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I was thinking: **Dirt Nap** py headed Don Imus Ho [/QUOTE] You complete me! ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/712 "2007-04-16T22:22:56Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] The source of many Pittings, [Johnny Hart of BC Comic](http://www.stargazettenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070408/UPDATE/304080003) is dead. [/QUOTE] And so is his partner, [Brant Parker](http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003572154) ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/713 "2007-04-17T11:39:46Z")
[QUOTE=Andrew 21] And so is his partner, [Brant Parker](http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003572154) [/QUOTE] I only wish we could be bidding B.C. and Wizard of Id a fond farewell too. [QUOTE=linked article] The 43-year-old “Wizard of Id,” like Hart’s 49-year-old “B.C.” comic, will be continued by family members. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/714 "2007-04-17T19:14:21Z")
Bad comic strips are the true immortals. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/715 "2007-04-18T17:11:11Z")
[QUOTE=SpazCat] I only wish we could be bidding B.C. and Wizard of Id a fond farewell too. [/QUOTE] Parker retired about 10 years ago. His son has been drawing it since then. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/716 "2007-04-18T19:22:53Z")
Another one from “I thought she was already dead” category… [Kitty Carlisle](http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2007/04/18/actress_kitty_carlisle_hart_dies_at_96/) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/717 "2007-04-18T22:56:46Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] Another one from “I thought she was already dead” category… [Kitty Carlisle](http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2007/04/18/actress_kitty_carlisle_hart_dies_at_96/) [/QUOTE] Woo _and_ Hoo! (I’m very sick!) Another unique pick for me ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/718 "2007-04-18T23:07:00Z")
any chance of a scorecard sometime this weekend? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/719 "2007-04-19T00:18:05Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] any chance of a scorecard sometime this weekend? [/QUOTE] Thats what I came in to ask. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/720 "2007-04-19T02:19:47Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] Another one from “I thought she was already dead” category… [Kitty Carlisle](http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2007/04/18/actress_kitty_carlisle_hart_dies_at_96/) [/QUOTE] Me, too. I would have thought she was older than 96. More like 196. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=37)