# 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:** 26
**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 26, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/501 "2008-01-26T23:46:21Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] John Stewart’s death was reported in a **Wile E** post of January 20. [/QUOTE] Wiley Post? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/502 "2008-01-27T09:02:49Z")
[Suharto’s death announced.](http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/suharto-dies/2008/01/27/1201368932042.html) ---
**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 27, 2008, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/503 "2008-01-27T13:20:37Z")
[QUOTE=Cunctator] [Suharto’s death announced.](http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/suharto-dies/2008/01/27/1201368932042.html) [/QUOTE] Damn, he was on my list last year! Less than 30 days away from points, you facist bastard! ---
**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 27, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/504 "2008-01-27T15:58:33Z")
[Christian Brando is toast](http://www.pagesix.com/story/exclusive+christian+brando+has+died) ---
**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 27, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/505 "2008-01-27T16:15:37Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] [Christian Brando is toast](http://www.pagesix.com/story/exclusive+christian+brando+has+died) [/QUOTE] Old news. Post #500 by **Tuckerfan**. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/506 "2008-01-27T16:35:37Z")
[QUOTE=Cunctator] [Suharto’s death announced.](http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/suharto-dies/2008/01/27/1201368932042.html) [/QUOTE] 14 points for **MadTheSwine** and **PsychoNoddy**. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/507 "2008-01-27T19:35:55Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] 14 points for **MadTheSwine** and **PsychoNoddy**. [/QUOTE] Woohoo! On the board and it only took 13 months. ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/508 "2008-01-28T05:00:08Z")
[Greek Orthodox leader Archbishop Christodoulos dies at 69](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hfrtB9AK9cWEH4l49ueBW5iQ0qRAD8UELKOG2) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/509 "2008-01-28T05:08:37Z")
Bad night for church leaders. [LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley dies at age 97.](http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/27/obit.hinckley/?iref=hpmostpop) ---
**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 28, 2008, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/510 "2008-01-28T05:37:52Z")
[QUOTE=Rico] [LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley dies at age 97.](http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/27/obit.hinckley/?iref=hpmostpop) [/QUOTE] Wow, \*\*Rico \*\* scores a unique pick. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/511 "2008-01-28T06:18:55Z")
Nope. He was an alternate - after three years of being on the main list. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/512 "2008-01-28T11:42:35Z")
I kept track of picks, but not who picked them. If I did it right two folks had Archbishop Christodoulos. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/513 "2008-01-28T12:26:13Z")
[QUOTE=Baker] I kept track of picks, but not who picked them. [/quote] You really don’t want to know. > [@](#): > > If I did it right two folks had Archbishop Christodoulos. There were four. The other three were **qwest** , **Captain Lance Murdoch** and **Squonk**. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/514 "2008-01-28T12:51:09Z")
[QUOTE=Rico] Bad night for church leaders. [LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley dies at age 97.](http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/27/obit.hinckley/?iref=hpmostpop) [/QUOTE] And the one who rounds out this Death Triad is… ---
**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:** [January 28, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/515 "2008-01-28T16:56:43Z")
Just in time for the Superbowl. [Mike Holovak](http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nfl&id=3217230) , the New England Patriots’ first successful coach dies at 88. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/516 "2008-01-28T23:16:03Z")
[George Habash,](http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1707366,00.html) who helped pioneer the use of airplane hijackings in terrorism, has died at the age of 82. He led the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which introduced the new tactic in 1968 when three of the organization’s operatives commandeered an El Al flight which was en route from Rome to Tel Aviv. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/517 "2008-01-29T00:06:31Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] [George Habash,](http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1707366,00.html) who helped pioneer the use of airplane hijackings in terrorism, [/QUOTE] Cool. 🙂 ---
**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 29, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/518 "2008-01-29T17:12:16Z")
[Margeret Truman Daniel](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBIT_TRUMANS_DAUGHTER?SITE=MIPON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) , Harry Truman’s daughter, has died. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/519 "2008-01-29T21:03:01Z")
[Larry Smith,](http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-smith29jan29,1,6152685.story) the football coach best known for guiding the University of Southern California Trojans to Rose Bowl appearances in each of his first three seasons at the team’s helm, has died at the age of 68. Smith, who also spent time leading the Tulane, Arizona, and Missouri programs, compiled an overall 143-126-7 mark in his 24 seasonxs as a college head coach. ---
**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 31, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/520 "2008-01-31T22:12:28Z")
Today’s random terrorist snuffed out is: [Abu Laith al-Libi](http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/31/alqaeda.death/index.html?33) at the age of 41. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=27)