# 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:** 43
**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:** [May 24, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/841 "2007-05-24T13:04:34Z")
[Stanley Miller](http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-miller24may24,1,7251859.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california) at age 77. Miller was the chemist who first demonstrated that the organic molecules necessary for life could be generated in a laboratory flask simulating the primitive Earth’s atmosphere. Although Stanley is gone, his organic molecules will live again! ---
**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:** [May 28, 2007, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/842 "2007-05-28T12:13:10Z")
Actor Charles Nelson Reilly [dies at 76](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070528/ap_on_en_tv/obit_reilly_9;_ylt=Am4MZx6.cL.oXwEHkP9PBjcE1vAI) . ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/843 "2007-05-28T12:15:58Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Actor Charles Nelson Reilly [dies at 76](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070528/ap_on_en_tv/obit_reilly_9;_ylt=Am4MZx6.cL.oXwEHkP9PBjcE1vAI) . [/QUOTE] Aw, man. That makes me sad. I always loved him. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/844 "2007-05-28T12:27:39Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Aw, man. That makes me sad. I always loved him. [/QUOTE] Very sad, indeed. Funny man. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2007, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/845 "2007-05-28T12:43:30Z")
[Ninemsn](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=269716) says [Gretchen Wyler](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943738/)has died of breast cancer, aged 75. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/846 "2007-05-28T23:41:29Z")
New England Patriots player [Marquise Hill](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/05/28/bc.fbn.hillsearch.ap/index.html?cnn=yes) killed in a jet ski accident. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/847 "2007-05-29T21:41:01Z")
[Clyde Robert Bulla,](http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2007/05/28/clyde_robert_bulla_at_93_was_childrens_book_author/) who wrote dozens of children’s books (I remember reading [_Viking Adventure_](http://www.amazon.com/Viking-Adventure-Clyde-Robert-Bulla/dp/0690860145) and [_Ghost Town Treasure_](http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Treasure-Clyde-Robert-Bulla/dp/0140367322) during my youth), has died at the age of 93. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/848 "2007-06-03T00:37:44Z")
WooHoo!! Six months into this game and all my picks are still alive. Sgt Schwartz ---
**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:** [June 3, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/849 "2007-06-03T01:45:02Z")
Upon reading that Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju just died at the age of 68 after a prolonged illness, my immediate reaction was “Rachm Qoch probably just scored 32 points.” ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/850 "2007-06-03T02:46:03Z")
I still have zero. And they’re all really old… \ ---
**Author:** ![8675309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ea5d25/32.png) [@8675309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/8675309)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/851 "2007-06-03T03:09:46Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] Just my luck. Poston croaks, and I picked his wife Suzanne Pleshette. :mad: [/QUOTE] So did I. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![8675309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ea5d25/32.png) [@8675309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/8675309)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/852 "2007-06-03T03:27:54Z")
Tammy Faye can’t last much longer, can she? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/853 "2007-06-03T03:35:42Z")
[QUOTE=8675309] Tammy Faye can’t last much longer, can she? [/QUOTE] Damn, beat me. Go Tammy Fay, go! ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/854 "2007-06-03T05:16:54Z")
[QUOTE=Sgt Schwartz] WooHoo!! Six months into this game and all my picks are still alive. Sgt Schwartz [/QUOTE] You do realize that you don’t want that, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/855 "2007-06-03T05:30:27Z")
[QUOTE=Lok] You do realize that you don’t want that, right? 😃 [/QUOTE] I really don’t know how to tell these people to hurry up and die, so I will cheer for there each and every day alive. 🆒 Sgt Schwartz ---
**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:** [June 5, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/856 "2007-06-05T02:49:51Z")
[Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas dies at 74](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070605/ap_on_go_co/obit_thomas_5;_ylt=ApfN2vpw5Fb07VXzuifogb8E1vAI) WooHoo!! I busted my cherry on a dead politician! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/857 "2007-06-05T11:07:16Z")
More points for me! Woo and hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/858 "2007-06-05T11:17:21Z")
[QUOTE=Sgt Schwartz] I really don’t know how to tell these people to hurry up and die… [/QUOTE] You don’t want to TELL them, but ASKING is perfectly ok, as in, “Could you hurry up and die, please?” Don’t forget the please. It makes all the difference. 😉 ---
**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:** [June 5, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/859 "2007-06-05T11:28:04Z")
Former NASCAR president and CEO Bill France Jr. died yesterday at 74. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/860 "2007-06-05T13:20:16Z")
[QUOTE=racer72] Former NASCAR president and CEO Bill France Jr. died yesterday at 74. [/QUOTE] [Here’s a link.](http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/autoracing/articles/2007/06/05/william_c_france_at_74_fiery_architect_of_rapid_development_of_nascar/?page=1) Also, [a woman has been arrested](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19030050/) in connection with the death of [Howard Porter,](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/ncaa/wires/05/28/2060.ap.bkc.obit.howard.porter.0759/index.html) who was found in a Minneapolis alley on May 19 after being beaten. Porter, who died a week later at the age of 58, had led Villanova’s basketball team to the 1971 NCAA title game. However, after the Wildcats lost to UCLA, Porter’s honor as the tournament’s most outstanding player was rescinded (as was his squad’s designation as national runner-up) when it was revealed that he had been dealing with an agent during the season. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=44)