# 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:** 61
**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:** [October 2, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1201 "2007-10-02T14:07:59Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] [Four-time Olympic discus gold medalist Al Oerter is dead at 71](http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071001/SPORTS/71001017/1075) [/QUOTE] Damn. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2007, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1202 "2007-10-04T09:57:01Z")
Actor [George Grizzard](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342732/) has died at the age of 79. [His obituary](http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-grizzard4oct04,1,7401401.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california). ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1203 "2007-10-07T12:53:01Z")
[Jo Ann Davis,](http://www.insightbb.com/story.aspx?doc=ONLINE/D8S4BUI00.xml&top=NEWS) who was in her fourth term as the U.S. Representative for Virginia’s First District, has died at the age of 57. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago, and the disease had flared up earlier this year. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1204 "2007-10-09T01:48:28Z")
Word is Dr Robert Bussard has passed beyond the rim. RIP ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1205 "2007-10-11T00:41:55Z")
[QUOTE=a35362] [QUOTE=Baker] Are we ever going to get an update on current totals? [/QUOTE] Yes. Sometime this week, I hope. Sorry (again) for the delay. [/QUOTE] nu? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1206 "2007-10-12T18:39:44Z")
[General Soe Win,](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jmcK3j337CK333O4KiFRA91qirBgD8S7PIEO1) who had been prime minister of Myanmar (Burma) since 2004, has died at the age of 59. Although he had been considered a figurehead member of the junta led by Senior General Than Shwe, Soe Win had been nicknamed the “Butcher of Depayin” after leading a 2003 attack on opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her followers in the northern town of Depayin. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1207 "2007-10-15T23:31:01Z")
[Big Moe](http://www.click2houston.com/entertainment/14343634/detail.html), a Houston rapper whose 2002 album reached No. 3 on Billboard’s hip hop charts, has died. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1208 "2007-10-16T00:24:13Z")
[QUOTE=NurseCarmen] [Big Moe](http://www.click2houston.com/entertainment/14343634/detail.html), a Houston rapper whose 2002 album reached No. 3 on Billboard’s hip hop charts, has died. [/QUOTE] Drugs, heart attack, or high velocity subcutaneous lead poisoning? ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1209 "2007-10-16T00:50:00Z")
Looks like a heart attack- dude was huge. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1210 "2007-10-17T01:44:07Z")
May I put in a formal request for an update on scores? Pretty please? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1211 "2007-10-17T14:56:03Z")
I do not understand it. I play the Death Pool seriously, no emotion, just sure-fire gimmes. I never seem to get in the top ten, let alone winning. What the heck am I doing wrong? Why does Fidel still live? 1. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, _Dead_ 2. Gerald R. Ford, Former American President _Died early, replaced by Ali._ 3. Art Buchwald, American humorist _Dead_ 4. Billy Graham, American churchman _88 years old and hangin on like a bulldog._ 5. ‘Lady Bird’ Johnson, Former First Lady _Dead, six points! Six!_ 6. Kirk Douglas, American Actor _give me my ten points darn it!_ 7. Charlton Heston, American Actor, President of the National Rifle Association.\*Alzheimer’s, may have forgoten to die. \* 8. Margaret Thatcher, Former British Prime Minister _Just too orney to die on schedule_ 9. Elizabeth Taylor, Anglo-American Actress _She will be on next year’s list, and the year after that …_ 10. Ronnie Biggs, British thief _His death was “imminent” in August! Get on with it!_ 11. Harold Pinter, British author, Nobel Prize winner 12. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria _stomach cancer seems to have been a rumor_ 13. Fidel Castro, Cuban Dictator _Get on with it!_ Alternate: 14. Muhammad Ali, American boxer _Winding down slowly._ In other news, here is my obituary blog: [blog.](http://my.telegraph.co.uk/Paul_in_Saudi/) ---
**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:** [October 17, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1212 "2007-10-17T19:17:39Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] 7. Charlton Heston, American Actor, President of the National Rifle Association.\*Alzheimer’s, may have forgoten to die. \* [/QUOTE] You may not win this year’s deathpool, but you’ve definitely won the thread. (And Billy Graham needs to kick it so I can get some points. C’mon Bill. Ruth’s calling.) ---
**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:** [October 18, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1213 "2007-10-18T15:06:19Z")
[Deborah Kerr](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Kerr) dead at age 86. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1214 "2007-10-18T16:25:17Z")
[Teresa Brewer](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7050412.stm) at 76. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1215 "2007-10-18T16:28:02Z")
bad day for the ladies ---
**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:** [October 18, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1216 "2007-10-18T18:00:30Z")
[Joey Bishop is dead](http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/18/obit.bishop/index.html) at 89. So we hit the entertainment trifecta in less than three hours. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1217 "2007-10-18T20:45:05Z")
[QUOTE=Duckster] [Joey Bishop is dead](http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/18/obit.bishop/index.html) at 89. So we hit the entertainment trifecta in less than three hours. [/QUOTE] That has to be some kinda record. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1218 "2007-10-18T22:15:36Z")
OMG Joey! The last of the Rat Pack … you know he was on my list, right? Gods! RIP, Joey, Teresa and Deborah. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1219 "2007-10-18T23:07:43Z")
[QUOTE=tarragon918] OMG Joey! The last of the Rat Pack … you know he was on my list, right? Gods! RIP, Joey, Teresa and Deborah. [/QUOTE] Now let’s just get to work on the Joeys of [lesser groups](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_kids_on_the_block) of [male vocalists](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%2ASYNC). ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/1220 "2007-10-19T17:35:54Z")
[QUOTE=Rachm Qoch] Speaking of Brewers: RIP Michael Jackson(The [Beer Hunter](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/31/AR2007083102089.html), not the boy hunter), who’s impact upon the American microbrew culture, and other brewers of every stripe, was incalculable. [/QUOTE] Okay, how do I know the 18 people who picked “Michael Jackson” didn’t mean this guy? I’m just gonna assume you all had Janet Jackson’s big brother in mind. Yes, I’m working on an update. Heavy, profuse, profound thanks to **amarone** for his assistance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=62)