# 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:** 37
**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:** [April 19, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/721 "2007-04-19T05:48:04Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] any chance of a scorecard sometime this weekend? [/QUOTE] Happy Lendervedder: 0 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/722 "2007-04-19T12:50:17Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] Happy Lendervedder: 0 [/QUOTE] VunderBob is also 0. :mad: And I was in the Top Ten 2 years in a row, too… ---
**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 19, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/723 "2007-04-19T13:39:40Z")
Dung Beetle: 0 ---
**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 19, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/724 "2007-04-19T16:45:20Z")
I’m up to 69 points Art Buchwald - 19 pts; Robert Anton Wilson - 26 pts; Don Ho - 24 pts. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/725 "2007-04-19T16:48:34Z")
Grumble grumble - need to do an update - grumble grumble - I’m a bum… ---
**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:** [April 19, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/726 "2007-04-19T16:50:29Z")
I’m still a DP Virgin. I still have plenty of time to score. I’m not worried. At all. Nope. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/727 "2007-04-23T13:59:43Z")
[Boris Yeltsin is dead.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_on_re_eu/obit_yeltsin) 24 points for some lucky dopers. Unfortunately, I am not among the lucky ones. Dammit ---
**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:** [April 23, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/728 "2007-04-23T14:25:02Z")
[QUOTE=melondeca] [Boris Yeltsin is dead.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_on_re_eu/obit_yeltsin) 24 points for some lucky dopers. Unfortunately, I am not among the lucky ones. Dammit [/QUOTE] I thought he would never die. Too well preserved. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/729 "2007-04-23T14:52:38Z")
No, he could die. They just don’t have to bother with embalming him. I am going to hell, I am going to hell, I am going to hell. At least the rest of you will be with me. 😃 ---
**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 23, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/730 "2007-04-23T15:19:30Z")
[QUOTE=The Vorlon] I thought he would never die. Too well preserved. [/QUOTE] Not preserved, just pickled. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/731 "2007-04-23T15:22:02Z")
[QUOTE=SpazCat] Not preserved, just pickled. [/QUOTE] I hope they don’t try to cremate him; the oven will explode. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/732 "2007-04-23T16:56:52Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] I hope they don’t try to cremate him; the oven will explode. [/QUOTE] One word: bonfire. You won’t even need any wood. Just lay ol’ Boris out in the middle of Red Square, stick a match in his mouth, light it, and \*run for your life!!! :eek: \* Is there room in the handbasket for me? ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/733 "2007-04-23T17:29:14Z")
See! I knew I wouldn’t be alone! 😃 ---
**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:** [April 23, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/734 "2007-04-23T23:19:57Z")
Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Halberstam [has died in a car crash](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_on_en_ot/obit_halberstam_4). ---
**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:** [April 24, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/735 "2007-04-24T02:54:40Z")
[Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald is dead at 68](http://www.thehill.com/leading-the-news/rep.-millender-mcdonald-dies-aide-says-2007-04-22.html) ---
**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 24, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/736 "2007-04-24T14:32:56Z")
Keith Richard’s mom has died. No word yet on what his plans for her remains are. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/737 "2007-04-24T15:05:37Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Lance Murdoch] No word yet on what his plans for her remains are. [/QUOTE] Man, that’s cold. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/738 "2007-04-24T15:17:40Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Man, that’s cold. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Apparently, so is she. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/739 "2007-04-24T19:15:30Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Lance Murdoch] Keith Richard’s mom has died. No word yet on what his plans for her remains are. [/QUOTE] [Here’s an irreverent link.](http://www.nypost.com/seven/04242007/news/nationalnews/keith_sniffling_over_ma_nationalnews_kate_sheehy_with_post_wire_services.htm/) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/740 "2007-04-25T21:43:01Z")
[Warren Avis,](http://www.thecarconnection.com/blog/?p=600) who founded the car-rental firm that bears his name, has died at the age of 92. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=38)