# 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:** 31
**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:** [February 24, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/601 "2008-02-24T02:29:56Z")
Ben Chapman is dead. [He is best remembered](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-chapman24feb24,1,3680566.story?ctrack=3&cset=true) for his title role in _Creature from the Black Lagoon._ ---
**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 24, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/602 "2008-02-24T04:22:53Z")
Hmm, is there an echo in here? šŸ™‚ ---
**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 27, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/603 "2008-02-27T17:00:38Z")
[William F. Buckley Jr. dies at 82](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080227/ap_on_re_us/obit_buckley_6) ---
**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 27, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/604 "2008-02-27T18:48:54Z")
Car customizer [Boyd Coddington](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/02/27/state/n103701S80.DTL&type=health) has died at the age of 63. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/605 "2008-02-27T21:03:26Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] [William F. Buckley Jr. dies at 82](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080227/ap_on_re_us/obit_buckley_6) [/QUOTE] As correctly predicted by **anyrose** , **mikeargo** , and **Andrew 21**. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/606 "2008-02-27T23:14:00Z")
Terrible Towels are at half-staff todayā€¦ [Steelersā€™ former radio announcer Myron Cope dies at 79](http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-obit-cope&prov=ap&type=lgns). ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/607 "2008-02-27T23:49:16Z")
[QUOTE=MsWhatsit] As correctly predicted by **anyrose** , **mikeargo** , and **Andrew 21**. [/QUOTE] and Iā€™ve already scored more than the last two complete years! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![mikeargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@mikeargo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeargo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/608 "2008-02-28T01:27:28Z")
[QUOTE=MsWhatsit] As correctly predicted by **anyrose** , **mikeargo** , and **Andrew 21**. [/QUOTE] Sad to hear this. WFB was one of my favorite conservatives. I rarely agreed with him, but he made me think. Iā€™ll take the 18 points, though. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/609 "2008-02-28T01:32:45Z")
I, too, rarely agreed with him, but he always indirectly made me laugh because I could never hear his name without recalling an Lily Tomlin/Ernestine the Operator sketch from Laugh-In - Sheā€™d say ā€œIs this the party to whom I _ **am** _ speaking? Mister Fuhbuckley?ā€ ---
**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 28, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/610 "2008-02-28T15:57:06Z")
Drummer [Buddy Miles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Miles) has died. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/611 "2008-02-28T17:18:58Z")
Damnitā€¦80 points I had considered playing are now gone. Famously paralyzed high school football player (and _Friday Night Lights_ inspiration) [David Edwards](http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/7851266?MSNHPHMA), dead at 20. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/612 "2008-02-28T23:44:09Z")
Quadraplegic [Mike Smith](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7270242.stm) of the Dave Clark Five passed away this afternoon at the age of 64 ---
**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 29, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/613 "2008-02-29T13:09:27Z")
I didnā€™t realize SDMBDP08 has been moved to The Game Room. YAY for finding it ! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/614 "2008-02-29T13:37:58Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] I didnā€™t realize SDMBDP08 has been moved to The Game Room. YAY for finding it ! [/QUOTE] you donā€™t subscribe to your threads? and then check the User Control Panel everytime you log in? ---
**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 29, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/615 "2008-02-29T13:41:34Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] you donā€™t subscribe to your threads? and then check the User Control Panel everytime you log in? [/QUOTE] Hey, all of us losers hate you now. Donā€™t push it. šŸ™‚ ---
**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 29, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/616 "2008-02-29T17:50:54Z")
The body of supermodel [Katoucha Niane](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katoucha_Niane) has been found in the Seine River ---
**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 29, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/617 "2008-02-29T22:58:10Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] you donā€™t subscribe to your threads? and then check the User Control Panel everytime you log in? [/QUOTE] I am so dense. I never knew that the User CP stored the subscribe list thingee. _How_ many years have I been here? anyrose, mucho gracias. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/618 "2008-03-01T14:08:29Z")
At the end of February, after a quiet month, the standings are as follows: ```auto Name Points Number 1 Rachm Qoch 125 3 2 Captain Lance Murdoch 69 2 3 qwest 60 2 4 amarone 59 2 5 MadTheSwine 52 2 6 kunilou 50 2 7 Squonk 31 1 8= 8675309 30 1 8= Anne Elk 30 1 8= Carm6773 30 1 8= cbawlmer 30 1 8= CowPatty 30 1 8= Freddy the Pig 30 1 8= GIGObuster 30 1 8= Hostile Dialect 30 1 8= imthjckaz 30 1 8= IrreverentTone 30 1 8= KayElCee 30 1 8= Long Time First Time 30 1 8= Lsura 30 1 8= malkavia 30 1 8= NurseCarmen 30 1 8= Sean Factotum 30 1 8= The Vorlon 30 1 8= VunderBob 30 1 8= WVmom 30 1 27 Tuckerfan 25 1 28 5 time champ 20 1 29= Andrew 21 18 1 29= anyrose 18 1 29= Mikeargo 18 1 32 racer72 16 1 33 PsychoNoddy 14 1 34= Dinah Steeler 12 1 34= Only Mostly Dead 12 1 Everyone else 35=. ``` And those that left us in February are: ```auto Name Dead Age Points Votes William F. Buckley 02/27/08 82 18 3 Lydia Shum 02/19/08 62 38 2 Roy Scheider 02/10/08 75 25 1 ``` 1.36% of the chosen celebrities have died, representing 2% of the votes. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/619 "2008-03-01T23:53:16Z")
Two months in and Iā€™m still at the big goose egg. Heh. This my third year. The past two years, I have scored exactly seven points both times. Will I match my oh so unspectacular performance three years in a row? Stay tuned deathpoolersā€¦ it promises to be yet another deathpooler loser cliffhanger! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/620 "2008-03-02T00:22:21Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] Everyone else 35=. [/QUOTE] Actually 36=. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=32)