# 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:** 27
**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:** [February 1, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/521 "2008-02-01T02:27:32Z")
[British TV personality Jeremy Beadle has died at 59](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7217342.stm) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/522 "2008-02-01T12:25:37Z")
One month in, and here are the standings: 1 Rachm Qoch 125 2 qwest 60 3 amarone 59 4 kunilou 50 5= Captain Lance Murdoch 31 5= Squonk 31 7= 8675309 30 7= Anne Elk 30 7= Carm6773 30 7= cbawlmer 30 7= CowPatty 30 7= Freddy the Pig 30 7= GIGObuster 30 7= Hostile Dialect 30 7= imthjckaz 30 7= IrreverentTone 30 7= KayElCee 30 7= Long Time First Time 30 7= Lsura 30 7= malkavia 30 7= NurseCarmen 30 7= Sean Factotum 30 7= The Vorlon 30 7= VunderBob 30 7= WVmom 30 26 5 time champ 20 27 racer72 16 28= MadTheSwine 14 28= PsychoNoddy 14 30= Dinah Steeler 12 30= Only Mostly Dead 12 32= everyone else 0 8 celebrities, representing 1% of our total and 1.37% of the votes left us in January: ```auto Name Dead Age Points Votes Archbishop Christodoulos 01/28/08 69 31 4 Suharto 01/27/08 86 14 2 Allen Melvin 01/19/08 84 16 1 Suzanne Pleshette 01/19/08 70 30 21 Don Wittman 01/19/08 71 29 3 Georgia Frontiere 01/18/08 80 20 2 Edmund Hillary 01/10/08 88 12 2 Yo-sam Choi 1/3/2008 35 65 1 ``` If you think I have missed anyone, please let me know. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/523 "2008-02-01T14:49:32Z")
I wish to register a complaint. My list seems to be broken. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/524 "2008-02-01T14:53:48Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] I wish to register a complaint. My list seems to be broken. [/QUOTE] Mine, too. Who do we see about that? ---
**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:** [February 1, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/525 "2008-02-01T15:20:20Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] Mine, too. Who do we see about that? [/QUOTE] Allie Tannenbaum. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/526 "2008-02-01T23:22:47Z")
Woo! Number 7! Just me and 20 other Dopers. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 3, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/527 "2008-02-03T18:16:08Z")
Actress [Shell Kepler](http://maiwww.tmz.com/2008/02/02/god-pages-nurse-vining-to-heaven/) has died at the age of 49 (or 46). ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/528 "2008-02-03T23:31:22Z")
[QUOTE=Santos L Halper] Actress [Shell Kepler](http://maiwww.tmz.com/2008/02/02/god-pages-nurse-vining-to-heaven/) has died at the age of 49 (or 46). [/QUOTE] Only 46 (or 49), that’s unfortunate. I always wondered what happened to her. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/529 "2008-02-04T00:06:28Z")
I doubt he counts as a celeb (and suspect he’s not on any lists), but apparently Jose Dominguez, the father of Antonio Banderas, has died at the age of 87. [Link](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=374945) ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/530 "2008-02-04T02:58:20Z")
[QUOTE=Santos L Halper] Actress [Shell Kepler](http://maiwww.tmz.com/2008/02/02/god-pages-nurse-vining-to-heaven/) has died at the age of 49 (or 46). [/QUOTE] I loved her on GH! Amy Vining was such a little bitch! ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/531 "2008-02-04T03:10:34Z")
I just read that **Manuel Padilla Jr.** , who played **Jai** on the Ron Ely _Tarzan_ series died unexpectedly on 29 January at the age of 51. A google news search did not turn up any hits. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/532 "2008-02-04T03:25:16Z")
[And…](http://www.canyon-news.com/artman2/publish/Local_News_10/Avalanche_Kills_Christopher_Allport.php) > [@](#): > > SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS—Santa Monica resident and television star, Christopher Allport, was declared the third victim of a recent series of local avalanches. The avalanches hit the Wrightwood area on Friday, January 25, killing Allport, 60, along with two other experienced skiers. > > Allport’s body was found on Saturday morning near the Mountain High Ski Resort… I used to ski at Mountain High. Never thought it was a dangerous place. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/533 "2008-02-04T03:26:50Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] A google news search did not turn up any hits. [/QUOTE] Appears to be confirmed [on this site](http://www.americangraffiti.net/). Padilla also performed as on of the Pharoahs (Carlos) in _American Graffiti._ ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/534 "2008-02-04T06:34:34Z")
Actor **Barry Morse** of the Fugitive (and many other roles) has passed away. > **[Barry Morse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Morse)** > > Herbert Morse (10 June 1918 – 2 February 2008), known professionally as Barry Morse, was a British-Canadian actor of stage, screen, and radio, best known for his roles in the ABC television series The Fugitive and the British sci-fi drama Space: 1999. His performing career spanned seven decades and he had thousands of roles to his credit, including work for the BBC and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. > Herbert Morse (he changed his name to Barry) was born on 10 June 1918, in the Hammersmi... ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/535 "2008-02-04T22:01:33Z")
I always get him confusedd with [Robert Morse](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607666/) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/536 "2008-02-04T22:47:14Z")
[Earl Butz,](http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080203/LOCAL/802030403/1078/ENTERTAINMENT01) who served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1971 until an off-color and racist joke he told in private was made public and forced him to resign in 1976, has died at the age of 98. Interestingly, Butz’s passing followed Mormon president Gordon Hinckley’s by less than one week. Both men had served in a post formerly held by Ezra Taft Benson, who was Secretary of Agriculture from 1953 to '61 (assisted by Butz for part of that stretch) before leading the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1985 until his 1994 death. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/537 "2008-02-05T00:25:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Raymond Jacobs, believed to be the last surviving member of the group of Marines photographed during the original U.S. flag-raising on Iwo Jima during World War II, has died at age 82. > > Jacobs died January 29 of natural causes at a Redding hospital, his daughter, Nancy Jacobs, told The Associated Press. Source: [http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/04/obit.jacobs.iwojima/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/04/obit.jacobs.iwojima/index.html) Semper Fi ---
**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:** [February 5, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/538 "2008-02-05T15:42:07Z")
Actress [Shell Kepler](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/05/obit.kepler.ap/index.html) best known for playing nurse Amy Vining on “General Hospital” dead at 49. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/539 "2008-02-05T15:59:10Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Actress [Shell Kepler](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/05/obit.kepler.ap/index.html) best known for playing nurse Amy Vining on “General Hospital” dead at 49. [/QUOTE] See post #530. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/540 "2008-02-06T00:48:14Z")
[Maharishi Mahesh](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080205/ap_on_re_eu/obit_maharishi_mahesh_yogi) has died. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=28)