# 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:** 44
**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:** [June 5, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/861 "2007-06-05T22:31:34Z")
Former major league baseball player [Clete Boyer](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070605/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_obit_yankees_clete_boyer_4) has died. ---
**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 6, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/862 "2007-06-06T15:07:49Z")
Looks like Castro is feeling much better. \ I’m _never_ gonna get any points! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/863 "2007-06-06T16:32:51Z")
By the by…any chance of a midseason update, **a35362**? It looks like the last one was on [February 10th](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8246603&postcount=623), and I’d love to see how things have changed since then. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/864 "2007-06-06T16:58:23Z")
Geez, Louise, has it been that long? Yes, I will get to work on it. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/865 "2007-06-06T17:34:28Z")
[QUOTE=a35362] Geez, Louise, has it been that long? Yes, I will get to work on it. [/QUOTE] Yes it has. We’ve been watching you. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/866 "2007-06-06T21:29:26Z")
I have a feeling that everyone on my list will live a long (and happy?) life for the rest of this year at least. Well maybe not Tammy Faye… ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/867 "2007-06-07T01:35:56Z")
[QUOTE=LVgeogeek] I have a feeling that everyone on my list will live a long (and happy?) life for the rest of this year at least. Well maybe not Tammy Faye… [/QUOTE] I’m beginning to wonder if she’s in on the Kieth Richards chemical immortality plan… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/868 "2007-06-08T19:50:24Z")
An updated scoreboard follows, but first… **Rachm Qoch** and **Zog\_10** pick up 40 points each for Robert Noortman; both also pick up 62 points each for Kirk Rundstrom. **Captain Lance Murdoch** and **Horseflesh** pick up 29 points each for Lamar Lundy. Someone named **Borborygmi** has a unique pick of Calvert DeForest and picks up 15 points. **Diogenes the Cynic drewbert labtrash Ms Macphisto** and another newcomer who calls himself **Superbia-acedia** pick up 16 points each for Kurt Vonnegut. **Andrew 21 CowPatty 5 time champ Lathe of Heaven Little Nemo LoganDear SandyHook twickster** and **zoog** pick up 24 points each for Don Ho. **anyrose** picks up 4 points for the unique pick of Kitty Carlisle. **Hal Briston Rachm Qoch** and **Zog\_10** pick up 35 points each for Lobby Loyde. **drewbert gonzomax** and **TheLoadedDog** pick up 24 points each for Boris Yeltsin. **cbawlmer** picks up 10 points for Dabbs Greer, a unique pick. **Superbia-acedia** and **yellowval** pick up 15 points each for Tom Poston. **42fish** **Rachm Qoch** and **Sean Factotum** pick up 29 points each for Yahweh Ben Yahweh. **alanak Grits and Hard Toast labtrash melondeca Ragiel Sternvogel Tinkertoy** and **VunderBob** pick up 27 points each for Jerry Falwell. And finally **Fear Itself** and **VunderBob** pick up 26 points each for Craig Thomas. And on to the scoreboard! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/869 "2007-06-08T20:34:59Z")
As of June 8th to the best of my knowledge our scoreboard stands as follows: Last year’s champ **Rachm Qoch** is in fine form with 208 points. **Zog\_10** is in second place with 179 points. **amarone** is in third with 152 points. **CowPatty** has 111 points. **Hal Briston** rounds out the top five with 89 points. **Andrew 21** has 78 points. **Sternvogel** has 72 points. **Little Nemo** has 69 points. **gonzomax** has 62 points. Sharing the spot for tenth place are **Blalron clipper DfrntBreign KayElCee Kuizelemartz qwest** and **tarragon918** who have 61 points each. **42fish** **The Vorlon** and **VunderBob** have 53 points each. **Sean Factotum** has 48 points. **5 time champ** and **labtrash** have 43 points each. **drewbert** has 40 points. **bowler girl** **if6was9** **NurseCarmen** and **Squonk** have 35 points each. **Superbia-acedia** has 31 points. **Captain Lance Murdoch** and **Horseflesh** have 29 points each. **alanak Grits and Hard Toast melondeca Ragiel** and **Tinkertoy** have 27 points each. **Fear Itself** **Loach** and **Sublight** have 26 points each. **Lathe of Heaven TheLoadedDog LoganDear SandyHook twickster** and **zoog** have 24 points each. **Eleanor of Aquitaine** **Paul in Saudi** and **Stinkum** have 19 points each. **Diogenes the Cynic** and **Ms Macphisto** have 16 points each. **Borborygmi** and **yellowval** have 15 points each. **Rodd Hill** has 12 points. **anyrose** has 11 points. **cbawlmer** has 10 points. And finally **All the rest of us bums** have a big, fat goose egg! And nobody picked Robert Adler, Lloyd Alexander, Warren Avis, John Backus, Clete Boyer, Roscoe Lee Brown, Clyde Robert Bulla, Henson Cargill, Bob Clark, Diego “Chico” Corrales, Mullah Dadullah, Brad Delp, Thomas Eagleton, Bill France, Jr., Ernest Gallo, David Halberstam, Josh Hancock, Charles Harrelson, Johnny Hart, Marquise Hill, Dayna Ho-Henry, Huang Ju, Betty Hutton, Luther Ingram, John Inman, Richard Jeni, Dennis Johnson, Elizabeth Jolley, Yolanda King, Bowie Kuhn, Clem Labine, Ernie Ladd, Theodore Harold Maiman, Edward Mallory, Eric Medlen, Juanita Millender-McDonald, Stanley Miller, Damien Nash, Barry Nelson, Tommy Newsom, Brant Parker, Bobby “Boris” Pickett, Howard Porter, Charles Nelson Reilly, Ian Richardson, Eddie Robinson, Robert Rosenthal, Mstislav Rostropovich, Wally Schirra, Arthur Schlesinger, Gordon Scott, Darryl Stingley, Billy Thorpe, Walter Turnbull, Jack Valenti, or Gretchen Wyler. Congratulations, scorers! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/870 "2007-06-08T21:02:01Z")
[Edwin Traisman,](http://www.dailypress.com/news/chi-traisman_obitjun08,0,5744284.story) who helped develop Cheez Whiz before creating a French fry-freezing process for McDonald’s, has died at the age of 91. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/871 "2007-06-08T21:14:57Z")
Woo! I have the least amount of points of anyone who’s actually on the board! ---
**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:** [June 8, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/872 "2007-06-08T21:19:24Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] [Edwin Traisman,](http://www.dailypress.com/news/chi-traisman_obitjun08,0,5744284.story) who helped develop Cheez Whiz before creating a French fry-freezing process for McDonald’s, has died at the age of 91. [/QUOTE] Truly one of the greats amongst us has passed into the great beyond! 😃 And… Madonna and I remain like a virgin [sub]as of yet[/sub] touched for the very first time. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/873 "2007-06-08T21:44:10Z")
_ **WOOOOOO!!** Top Five, baby!!_ Everyone who isn’t **Rachm Qoch** , **Zog\_10** , **amarone** or **CowPatty** – neener!! \ ---
**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:** [June 9, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/874 "2007-06-09T00:12:59Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] …kind of a “don’t want to watch but can’t turn away” car wreck kind of thing\> [/QUOTE] Boy, you ain’t kiddin’. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/875 "2007-06-09T00:31:33Z")
I had no idea that Roscoe Lee Brown died. Bummer. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/876 "2007-06-09T00:40:56Z")
Yippee I’m in 19th place! Which is even less impressive than it sounds. But at least I’m on the board for the first time. “Neener neener neerer” to you virgins. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/877 "2007-06-09T00:46:09Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] Which is even less impressive than it sounds. But at least I’m on the board for the first time. “Neener neener neerer” to you virgins. [/QUOTE] See, I’m not even a virgin. I just haven’t “gotten any” this year yet. Surfing the Internet for dead celebrities and imagining they’re on my list helps get me throught the weeks okay, but it just isn’t as satisfying as the real thing. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/878 "2007-06-09T01:21:42Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] See, I’m not even a virgin. I just haven’t “gotten any” this year yet. Surfing the Internet for dead celebrities and imagining they’re on my list helps get me throught the weeks okay, but it just isn’t as satisfying as the real thing. [/QUOTE] Exactly. Lou Rawls popped my Death Pool cherry last year. I’m not a virgin, I’m just in a period of involuntary Death Pool celibacy. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/879 "2007-06-09T01:27:17Z")
[QUOTE=DudleyGarrett] I had no idea that Roscoe Lee Brown died. Bummer. [/QUOTE] Nor did I. I thought he was great in _A Connecticutt Yankee In King Arthur’s Court_. As as ‘Box’ and ‘Benson’. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/880 "2007-06-09T04:06:21Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] See, I’m not even a virgin. I just haven’t “gotten any” this year yet. Surfing the Internet for dead celebrities and imagining they’re on my list helps get me throught the weeks okay, but it just isn’t as satisfying as the real thing. [/QUOTE] Same here. My first was in 2003, just been a dry spell since. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=45)