# 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:** 33
**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:** [March 17, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/641 "2008-03-17T17:38:58Z")
[Ola Brunkert](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/17/wabba217.xml), ABBA drummer, dead at 61 in a very freak accident. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/642 "2008-03-17T17:40:59Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] [Ola Brunkert](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/17/wabba217.xml), ABBA drummer, dead at 61 in a very freak accident. [/QUOTE] Speaking of which – did we ever find out what Keith Richards was doing in that palm tree? ---
**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:** [March 18, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/643 "2008-03-18T15:04:13Z")
> [@](#): > > LONDON, England (AP) – Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella, who turned such literary works as “The English Patient,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and “Cold Mountain” into acclaimed movies, has died. He was 54. Source: [http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/18/obit.minghella.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/18/obit.minghella.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/644 "2008-03-18T17:08:15Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] [Ola Brunkert](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/17/wabba217.xml), ABBA drummer, dead at 61 in a very freak accident. [/QUOTE] Meh. Just the old falling-through-a-glass-door trick. What would have been weird (and ironic) is if he had died while playing Frisbee with a crash cymbal. Move over, Satan, I have dibs on this seat. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/645 "2008-03-18T18:41:08Z")
See the kind of guy I [pick?](http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/health&id=6016525) :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [March 18, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/646 "2008-03-18T21:51:34Z")
CNN’s developing story headline says that Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/647 "2008-03-18T22:16:10Z")
[QUOTE=Cazzle] CNN’s developing story headline says that Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90. [/QUOTE] [This article confirms the report.](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/artandlife/1404ap_obit_clarke.html) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/648 "2008-03-18T22:58:10Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] [This article confirms the report.](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/artandlife/1404ap_obit_clarke.html) [/QUOTE] 10 points to \*\*applciders \*\* and **SpazCat**. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/649 "2008-03-18T23:10:06Z")
I meant to say earlier, **amarone** , thankyou for the monthly updates - I hope your schedule allows you to continue that ---
**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:** [March 18, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/650 "2008-03-18T23:28:01Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] 10 points to \*\*applciders \*\* and **SpazCat**. [/QUOTE] I wanted points, but this is not the person I wanted to give me the points. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/651 "2008-03-18T23:32:32Z")
[QUOTE=Cazzle] CNN’s developing story headline says that Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90. [/QUOTE] Dammit. Not from our game, but appreciation of his achievements. My ISP has a satellite in the Clarke belt. I hope I make ninety. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/652 "2008-03-18T23:55:08Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/653 "2008-03-19T02:09:46Z")
[Former professional wrestling manager Gary Hart dead at 66](http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/mar/18/manager_playboy_gary_hart_dies_66/) ---
**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:** [March 19, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/654 "2008-03-19T05:40:21Z")
Weird, I could have sworn I picked Arthur Clarke for my author but I guess I went with Ursula LeGuin instead. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/655 "2008-03-19T15:04:34Z")
> [@](#): > > CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) – Ivan Dixon, an actor, director and producer best known for his role as Kinchloe on the 1960s television series “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died. He was 76. > > Dixon died Sunday at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte after a hemorrhage and of complications from kidney failure, said his daughter, Doris Nomathande Dixon of Charlotte. Source: [http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/19/obit.dixon.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/19/obit.dixon.ap/index.html) ---
**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:** [March 19, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/656 "2008-03-19T16:21:52Z")
[QUOTE=Duckster] Source: [http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/19/obit.dixon.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/19/obit.dixon.ap/index.html) [/QUOTE] Word of his death leaked out when it was discovered the coffeepot in the doctor’s lounge was bugged. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/657 "2008-03-19T18:05:55Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Word of his death leaked out when it was discovered the coffeepot in the doctor’s lounge was bugged. [/QUOTE] We really need a slow clap smiliey. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/658 "2008-03-19T21:02:02Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] 10 points to \*\*applciders \*\* and **SpazCat**. [/QUOTE] Damn. I did not want those points that badly. Sigh. That’s it for the trio of Golden Age Grandmasters, I guess. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/659 "2008-03-20T22:20:09Z")
Since no one else has mentioned it, the great [Paul Scofield](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/20/scofield.death.ap/index.html) has died at 86. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/660 "2008-03-24T17:12:45Z")
Death watch. Navaira is 45. > [@](#): > > HOUSTON – Emilio Navaira III, the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, was placed in a medically induced coma because of a severe brain injury received after a bus crash in Houston and may not survive, KPRC Local 2 reported Monday. > > - snip - > > “He is still critically ill. There is a chance he may not make it. Everyone needs to understand that right up front. That’s how bad this is. And the recovery will take a long time,” said Dr. Alex Valadka with Memorial Hermann Hospital. Source: [http://www.click2houston.com/news/15688683/detail.html](http://www.click2houston.com/news/15688683/detail.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=34)