# 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:** 48
**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:** [July 3, 2007, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/941 "2007-07-03T22:59:45Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Lung cancer. An opera singer. Good G-d. [/QUOTE] [News report](http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/02/obit.beverly.sills.ap/index.html) says she never smoked. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/942 "2007-07-05T00:54:20Z")
[Stan Zemanek](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=276836) in his final hours according to his wife in this story. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/943 "2007-07-05T03:18:51Z")
[QUOTE=Cazzle] [Stan Zemanek](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=276836) in his final hours according to his wife in this story. [/QUOTE] That will be 40 more points to RQ. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/944 "2007-07-05T18:11:48Z")
[Bill Pinkney,](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070705/us_nm/pinkney_dc_2;_ylt=Aswb0NQoZEsl.wz7SVfryUEE1vAI) last surviving member of The Drifters, dead at 81. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/945 "2007-07-05T20:12:46Z")
How about we just give the DP Grim Reaper Award to **RQ** every year and then just name the runners up. Seems to save the rest of us the humiliation of being perennial bridesmaids. I’m not bitter. I’m agog over RQ’s talent. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/946 "2007-07-10T22:11:21Z")
[Character actor Charles Lane dies at 102](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070710/ap_on_en_mo/obit_lane;_ylt=Al58CVexSDwBDj0b07.as8IE1vAI) No points for this centenarian, but anybody who played [8 different crotchety clients on _Bewitched_](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0485272/) deserves an honorable mention on his passing. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/947 "2007-07-10T22:15:37Z")
Cartoonist Doug Marlette, creator of “Kudzu,” [has died in a car accident at age 57](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070710/ap_on_re_us/obit_marlette). ---
**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:** [July 10, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/948 "2007-07-10T22:15:38Z")
[Doug Marlette](http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/10/ap3900191.html) has been killed in a car crash. Obviously, the Death Pool gods are mocking me. That was supposed to be Lynn Johnston. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/949 "2007-07-11T05:12:06Z")
Whoops we missed one,[Frankie Abernathy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Abernathy) died last month. She was a member of MTV’s the Real World, and the second cast member to die. She was 25. And you know, the only reason I found this out was because a little thought popped into my head. “Hmm, I wonder if that cystuc fibrosis chick from the Real World is still alive, I bet she would have made a good celeb pick.” :smack: ---
**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:** [July 11, 2007, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/950 "2007-07-11T09:49:56Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] [Character actor Charles Lane dies at 102](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070710/ap_on_en_mo/obit_lane;_ylt=Al58CVexSDwBDj0b07.as8IE1vAI) No points for this centenarian, but anybody who played [8 different crotchety clients on _Bewitched_](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0485272/) deserves an honorable mention on his passing. [/QUOTE] From the article: \*\*When it came to alcohol, he was a lifelong teetotaler. But his son noted that his father smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 70 years, quitting only when he became short of breath. \*\* Bet he ate bacon at every breakfast, too. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/951 "2007-07-11T15:57:39Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] From the article: \*\*When it came to alcohol, he was a lifelong teetotaler. But his son noted that his father smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 70 years, quitting only when he became short of breath. \*\* Bet he ate bacon at every breakfast, too. [/QUOTE] Ok, no alcohol. Check, barely drink now so no problem. Step two, start smoking again. Check. This living long thing is easier than I thought. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/952 "2007-07-11T17:37:45Z")
Charles Lane smoked for 70 years and I believe George Burns (another centenarian) smoked 10 cigars every day of his adult life. There’s a lesson there for all of us - smoking kills. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/953 "2007-07-11T21:34:56Z")
Lady Bird Johnson has died. No link yet. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/954 "2007-07-11T21:51:10Z")
“Honest” Ed Mirvish dead at 92. [Link](http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070711/national/obit_mirvish) ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/955 "2007-07-11T21:53:38Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Lady Bird Johnson has died. No link yet. [/QUOTE] [http://www.cnn.com](http://www.cnn.com) Breaking News ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/956 "2007-07-11T22:00:38Z")
Well, that’s TWO of my alternates down. Can I pick 'em, or what? :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [July 11, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/957 "2007-07-11T22:17:44Z")
[QUOTE=DudleyGarrett] [http://www.cnn.com](http://www.cnn.com) Breaking News [/QUOTE] **SCORE!!!** I mean, how awful! **I’M ON THE BOARD!!!** I mean, rest in peace Lady Bird. **WOOHOO!!!** I mean, condolences to the family. HEE! Earliest I’ve scored!!! ---
**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:** [July 11, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/958 "2007-07-11T22:56:59Z")
[7th grader] Heh…check it out… **swampy** scored with Lady Bird Johnson…he lost his cherry to her…hehe… [/7th grader] ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/959 "2007-07-11T23:08:33Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Lady Bird Johnson has died. No link yet. [/QUOTE] criminy - I thought she died years ago ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/960 "2007-07-11T23:49:37Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] **SCORE!!!** I mean, how awful! **I’M ON THE BOARD!!!** I mean, rest in peace Lady Bird. **WOOHOO!!!** I mean, condolences to the family. HEE! Earliest I’ve scored!!! [/QUOTE] Six whopping points. My spot in the Top Ten is in danger … 😛😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=49)