# 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:** 58
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1141 "2007-09-17T08:59:30Z")
42 points for whoever had him. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1142 "2007-09-17T14:56:45Z")
[Brett Somers](http://www.brettsomers.com/) age 83. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1143 "2007-09-17T15:21:35Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] 42 points for whoever had him. [/QUOTE] I can’t remember if I had him on this year’s list or if I had him on my short list for next year. I have lost both lists. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1144 "2007-09-17T15:30:47Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] The author [Robert Jordan](http://www.dragonmount.com/RobertJordan/?p=90) has gone to the great wheel in the sky. [/QUOTE] I guess that means I can start reading the series now that it’s finally pseudo-finished. At least until his notes/summaries/marginal scrawlings are massaged into another book. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1145 "2007-09-17T16:27:30Z")
It turns out that he’s the only person on my list that’s died this year. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1146 "2007-09-17T20:54:38Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] [Brett Somers](http://www.brettsomers.com/) age 83. [/QUOTE] [Here’s an article with some information](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jZSdAp2A3-N4JGhuatQhxCylV9Cw) on the woman known for her appearances on _Match Game_ and for being both the real-life wife and on-screen ex-spouse of Jack (Oscar Madison) Klugman. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1147 "2007-09-17T22:04:08Z")
[Calvin Rampton](http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_260120651.html), Utah’s only three-term governor, has died at 93. Scratch one off my 2008 list. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1148 "2007-09-17T23:31:23Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] [Brett Somers](http://www.brettsomers.com/) age 83. [/QUOTE] OTOH, BB King is **alive and well** , and celebrated his 82nd birthday yesterday. ETA: Bolding added to make sure people don’t go “What? BB King is dead?” ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1149 "2007-09-20T14:46:14Z")
[Musharraf’s](http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070920/D8RP7KVG0.html) days may be numbered… ---
**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:** [September 22, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1150 "2007-09-22T13:21:46Z")
Bewitched’s [Alice Ghostley](http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/22/ghostley.obit.ap/index.html) (Esmeralda) has died, aged 81. I would have sworn she was both older and already dead. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1151 "2007-09-22T13:53:45Z")
[QUOTE=Cazzle] Bewitched’s [Alice Ghostley](http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/22/ghostley.obit.ap/index.html) (Esmeralda) has died, aged 81. I would have sworn she was both older and already dead. [/QUOTE] me too! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1152 "2007-09-22T13:57:08Z")
Thirded. The same link also says televangelist Rex Humbard is dead at 88. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1153 "2007-09-22T13:59:33Z")
[QUOTE=Cazzle] Bewitched’s [Alice Ghostley](http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/22/ghostley.obit.ap/index.html) (Esmeralda) has died, aged 81. I would have sworn she was both older and already dead. [/QUOTE] Once you are dead, you don’t get any older 😕 ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1154 "2007-09-22T14:30:37Z")
I was wondering where the obits got “Esmerelda” from, because that was Agnes Moorehead. NOW I realize that I was thinking of “Endora”! :smack: I was thinking Alice Ghostly played Gladys Kravitz, but I think the actress who played her did die years ago. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1155 "2007-09-22T15:54:35Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] I was wondering where the obits got “Esmerelda” from, because that was Agnes Moorehead. NOW I realize that I was thinking of “Endora”! :smack: I was thinking Alice Ghostly played Gladys Kravitz, but I think the actress who played her did die years ago. [/QUOTE] The woman who played Gladys was [Alice Pearce](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1404/5406_0067.jpg.html?path=gallery&path_key=0057733&seq=23) I thought Esmerelda was [Imogene Coca](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1192/Mptv/1192/5406_0009.jpg.html?path=gallery&path_key=0057733) ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1156 "2007-09-22T16:09:14Z")
Esmerelda was the housekeeper witch whose witchcraft was always a bit “off” - watch out for her magic, in other words. She’d also become invisible if she was frightened/shied by someone (usually Darren) or when someone hollared at her (again, usually Darren!). She also played Bernice on “Designing Women,” the older women who wasn’t afraid to speak her mind - the complete opposite of Esmerelda. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1157 "2007-09-22T16:13:36Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] The woman who played Gladys was [Alice Pearce](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1404/5406_0067.jpg.html?path=gallery&path_key=0057733&seq=23) I thought Esmerelda was [Imogene Coca](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1192/Mptv/1192/5406_0009.jpg.html?path=gallery&path_key=0057733) [/QUOTE] you are correct Agnes Moorhead’s character’s name was Endora - Samatha’s mother eta: [Alice Ghostly did play Esmerelda](http://imdb.com/name/nm0315933/#actress1960) in the later episodes, circa early 70’s [del] because Alice Pearce had since shuffled off this mortal coil[/del] I’m checking again ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1158 "2007-09-22T16:20:40Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] you are correct Agnes Moorhead’s character’s name was Endora - Samatha’s mother eta: [Alice Ghostly did play Esmerelda](http://imdb.com/name/nm0315933/#actress1960) in the later episodes, circa early 70’s [del] because Alice Pearce had since shuffled off this mortal coil[/del] I’m checking again [/QUOTE] ok - according to IMDB, Alice Ghostly was the only Esmerelda Imogene Coco played [Mary, the Good Fairy](http://imdb.com/title/tt0523130/) ---
**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:** [September 22, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1159 "2007-09-22T23:43:52Z")
[Former Lord Privy Seal/Secretary of State for Defence Ian Gilmour is dead at 81](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7007648.stm) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1160 "2007-09-23T10:29:54Z")
Anyone have [Marcel Marceau](http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/09/23/marceau.ap/index.html)? (Wonder what his last words were.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=59)