# 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:** 34
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/661 "2008-03-24T18:21:38Z")
[Neil Aspinall](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/24/obit.aspinall.ap/index.html), the true Fifth Beatle, has died. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/662 "2008-03-25T01:14:30Z")
In the last few days, [mass murderer John List died at 82](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/03/24/2008-03-24_killer_john_list_one_of_americas_most_wa.html), [pioneering musician/composer Cachao Lopez died at 89](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7310233.stm), [and fast-food tycoon Al Copeland died at 64](http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/al_copeland_dies_in_germany.html) ---
**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 26, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/663 "2008-03-26T18:25:05Z")
[Richard Widmark](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/26/obit.widmark.ap/index.html) dead at 93. Of course I didn’t have him. In fact in now seems that those on my list are now [bulletproof.](http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/news-38/1206494347146800.xml&storylist=louisiana) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/664 "2008-03-26T18:32:45Z")
A Robert Walker [fan site](http://www.robertwalkertribute.com/) is listing the death of Walker’s son Michael (Dec 2007). Have not been able to confirm it. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/665 "2008-03-27T01:01:57Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] [Richard Widmark](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/26/obit.widmark.ap/index.html) dead at 93. Of course I didn’t have him. In fact in now seems that those on my list are now [bulletproof.](http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/news-38/1206494347146800.xml&storylist=louisiana) [/QUOTE] I had Widmark! Ummm…Yaaay ? ---
**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 27, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/666 "2008-03-27T01:35:11Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] I had Widmark! Ummm…Yaaay ? [/QUOTE] How I wish I could feel the bittersweet joy you experience, the confused… Oh hell. My guys write books about having cancer. I hate you. ---
**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 27, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/667 "2008-03-27T14:52:17Z")
[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker] A Robert Walker [fan site](http://www.robertwalkertribute.com/) is listing the death of Walker’s son Michael (Dec 2007). Have not been able to confirm it. [/QUOTE] Damn that guy had some strong genes, both his sons look like his clones. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/668 "2008-03-27T20:42:28Z")
[Herb Peterson,](http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/newsletter/chi-270308-herb-peterson,0,5246615.story) who invented the Egg McMuffin, has died at the age of 89. Peterson served as vice president of D’Arcy Advertising, the agency which handled the McDonald’s Corporation account, before becoming a Santa Barbara franchisee for the fast-food chain. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/669 "2008-03-28T20:10:06Z")
[Abby Mann,](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/28/movies/28mann2.html?ref=arts) the screenwriter who won an Academy Award for his _Judgment at Nuremberg_ script, has died at the age of 80 (the headline for the linked article erroneously states that he was 83). Mann also penned the teleplay for _The Marcus-Nelson Murders_, which served as the pilot for the _Kojak_ series. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/670 "2008-03-28T22:17:39Z")
[Robert Fagles, noted translator, especially of Greek classic literature, has died at 74](http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S20/67/18E36/index.xml?section=topstories) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/671 "2008-03-28T22:35:52Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] I had Widmark! Ummm…Yaaay ? [/QUOTE] You and BJMoose. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/672 "2008-03-30T14:25:23Z")
[Dith Pran,](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110ap_obit_dith_pran.html?source=mypi) who coined the term “killing fields” for the horror that was Khmer Rouge-ruled Cambodia, has died at the age of 65. He was played by fellow Cambodian refugee Haing S. Ngor, who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the role, in the film _The Killing Fields_. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/673 "2008-03-30T16:28:43Z")
Damn. That is depressing. I always admired him. Talk about overcoming the odds and surviving a horror. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/674 "2008-03-30T16:31:57Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] You and BJMoose. [/QUOTE] I did?? Ahem. I mean: I did! Drop and give me seven! Watch out, Rachm-Sochm, I’m on your tail! (Widmark was a last-minute add. I saw his birthday in the paper the end of last December.) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/675 "2008-04-02T10:51:07Z")
Our celebrities were a resilent lot in March - only two departed, resulting in no changes to the top 35 of our leaderboard.: ```auto 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 36= appleciders 10 1 36= SpazCat 10 1 38= BJMoose 7 1 38= vivalostwages 7 1 40= everyone else 0 0 ``` Those that left us in March are: ```auto Name Dead Age Points Votes Richard Widmark 3/26/2008 93 7 2 Arthur C. Clarke 3/18/2008 90 10 2 ``` 1.61% of the chosen celebrities have died, representing 2.2% of the votes. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/676 "2008-04-02T23:20:25Z")
Some recent deaths of note: [Film director Jules Dassin, at 96](http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5junCJSEFElK69MX038m0k_b3z3xw) [Long-serving Soviet official Nikolai Baibakov, at 97](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/world/europe/02baibakov.html?_r=1&sq=azerbaijan&st=nyt&scp=2&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin) [Former Ambassador to India/President of Princeton Robert Goheen, at 88](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/nyregion/01goheen.html?ref=obituaries) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/677 "2008-04-04T20:08:02Z")
[Sean Levert,](http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/newsletter/dp-now-levert.a1,0,103836.story) who performed with the R&B trio LeVert and whose father Eddie was lead singer for the O’Jays, has died at the age of 39. Sean’s brother, Gerald, had sung with LeVert and as a solo artist before dying in 2006 of an accidental drug overdose. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/678 "2008-04-06T04:16:35Z")
Oooh, oooh, [Charleton Heston!](http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=20&ID=406499&subCategoryID=0) Tripler Fark says, ‘Time to pry the gun out. . .’ ---
**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:** [April 6, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/679 "2008-04-06T05:00:45Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] Oooh, oooh, [Charleton Heston!](http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=20&ID=406499&subCategoryID=0) Tripler Fark says, ‘Time to pry the gun out. . .’ [/QUOTE] An elegant and classy man who fought for the rights of the people as he saw them. We shall miss him. [I posted him before the papers for a change.](http://my.telegraph.co.uk/paul_in_saudi/) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/680 "2008-04-06T05:05:01Z")
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