# The Celebrity Death Pool 2008 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2007, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439 "2007-12-01T11:46:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/441 "2008-01-17T19:04:18Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] And then Safire said to Gaynor, “Is this some kind of joke, or are bartenders incapable of writing with their tenses in agreement?” :smack: [/QUOTE] Mitzi said nothing in reply, instead performed an interpretive dance of her opinion on the matter. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/442 "2008-01-17T19:11:34Z")
Ron Popeil, upon noticing Mitzi’s fracture, suggested she set it and forget it. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/443 "2008-01-17T23:07:06Z")
Creator of the Hula Hoop [loses his shoop-shoop.](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iMzCkToli-nkBd0KtF1C40ZzVtBQD8U7IU2O1) ---
**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:** [January 18, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/444 "2008-01-18T03:28:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Ike Turner has died of a cocaine overdose. > [@](#): > > That was last month. Old news! Yes, but he’s finally stopped twitching. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2008, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/445 "2008-01-18T11:44:37Z")
Chess master Bobby Fischer, [check and mate.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080118/ap_on_re_eu/obit_fischer_5) ---
**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:** [January 18, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/446 "2008-01-18T15:29:25Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Chess master Bobby Fischer, [check and mate.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080118/ap_on_re_eu/obit_fischer_5) [/QUOTE] Died at age 64, which is the number of squares on a chessboard _cue Twlight Zone music_ ---
**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:** [January 18, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/447 "2008-01-18T23:59:02Z")
[TMZ has learned Rams owner Georgia Frontiere has died in L.A.](http://www.tmz.com) ---
**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:** [January 19, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/448 "2008-01-19T01:30:14Z")
[Christian Brando](http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/18/christian-brando-in-icu/) is in ICU. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/449 "2008-01-19T01:43:05Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] [Christian Brando](http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/18/christian-brando-in-icu/) is in ICU. [/QUOTE] He looks vaguely like Nicholas Cage. He can’t possibly be as untalented, though. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/450 "2008-01-19T01:48:39Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] He looks vaguely like Nicholas Cage. He can’t possibly be as untalented, though. [/QUOTE] I just came from National Treasure, and while I enjoyed it, felt that Nicolas is starting too look a little botox-y. Can someone die from a botox overdose? ---
**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:** [January 19, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/451 "2008-01-19T03:37:21Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] I just came from National Treasure, and while I enjoyed it, felt that Nicolas is starting too look a little botox-y. Can someone die from a botox overdose? [/QUOTE] Since botox is the toxin that causes botulism, I would wager that’s a definite “yes”. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/452 "2008-01-19T04:09:37Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] I just came from National Treasure, and while I enjoyed it, felt that Nicolas is starting too look a little botox-y. Can someone die from a botox overdose? [/QUOTE] If we find out the answer to this is yes, it will entirely change the nature of my 2009 list. ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/453 "2008-01-19T18:16:00Z")
Canadian sportscaster [Don Wittman](http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2008/01/19/wittman-obit.html) has passed away. I seem to recall someone had picked him. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/454 "2008-01-19T18:20:49Z")
[QUOTE=Intelligently Designed] Canadian sportscaster [Don Wittman](http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2008/01/19/wittman-obit.html) has passed away. I seem to recall someone had picked him. [/QUOTE] **amarone** , **qwest** , and (sigh) **Rachm Qoch**. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/455 "2008-01-19T20:53:24Z")
Has [Allan ‘Sam the Butcher’ Melvin](http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iByHXwAa4tqJ_f6irPzWUv9_MRnA)’s passing been noted yet? > [@](#): > > LOS ANGELES - Allan Melvin, a character actor with countless credits best known for playing Sam the Butcher on “The Brady Bunch,” has died. He was 84. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/456 "2008-01-19T21:03:08Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Has [Allan ‘Sam the Butcher’ Melvin](http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iByHXwAa4tqJ_f6irPzWUv9_MRnA)’s passing been noted yet? [/QUOTE] A unique pick for **racer72**. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/457 "2008-01-19T21:06:29Z")
[QUOTE=Duckster] [TMZ has learned Rams owner Georgia Frontiere has died in L.A.](http://www.tmz.com) [/QUOTE] 20 points for **kunilou** and **5 time champ**. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/458 "2008-01-19T22:07:09Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Has [Allan ‘Sam the Butcher’ Melvin](http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iByHXwAa4tqJ_f6irPzWUv9_MRnA)’s passing been noted yet? [/QUOTE] Ok, that’s weird. I just posted something about him yesterday in Cafe Society, about his multiple appearances on The Andy Griffith Show. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/459 "2008-01-20T07:40:23Z")
Oh no! The tenth most popular pick has died and I didn’t have her! 30 points down the drain! [Suzanne Pleshette](http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8022879?nclick_check=1) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/460 "2008-01-20T11:58:13Z")
[QUOTE=Randy Seltzer] Oh no! The tenth most popular pick has died and I didn’t have her! 30 points down the drain! [Suzanne Pleshette](http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8022879?nclick_check=1) [/QUOTE] I had her in 2006, I beleive. BAH. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=24)