# 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:** 42
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/821 "2008-06-01T08:28:37Z")
[Robert H. Justman](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-justman1-2008jun01,0,5889199.story), 81, yet another Star Trek creator gone. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/822 "2008-06-02T00:08:04Z")
Fashion designer [Yves St. Laurent](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_yves_saint_laurent), 71. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/823 "2008-06-02T00:49:42Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I’ll always remember Harvey as Rhett, keeping a straight face while Scarlett made her entrance in that costume. Harvey: Scarlett, what a lovely outfit. Carol: Thank you. I saw it in a window and just couldn’t resist. [/QUOTE] One of my favorites too. 😃 ---
**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:** [June 2, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/824 "2008-06-02T01:48:58Z")
[Tommy Lapid, who as leader of Shinui led the party to its peak and became Deputy Prime Minister of Israel in the process, has died at 77](http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126359) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/825 "2008-06-02T16:05:45Z")
[Country SInger Hugh Jarrett](http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=1771&t=The_Jordainaires_Hugh_Jarrett_dies) has shuffled off this mortal coil and an unconfirmed rumor regarding Bo Diddley as well ---
**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:** [June 2, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/826 "2008-06-02T16:22:19Z")
Bo Diddley’s wiki page is announcing his 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:** [June 2, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/827 "2008-06-02T16:40:12Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Bo Diddley’s wiki page is announcing his death ☹ [/QUOTE] [Confirmed](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/02/diddley.obit/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/828 "2008-06-02T17:20:08Z")
Thanks, **Bo** , I’m playing at last! ---
**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:** [June 2, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/829 "2008-06-02T18:41:15Z")
**Let The Chips Fall Where They May** > [@](#): > > CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) – The man who designed the Pringles potato chip packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that **a portion of his ashes has been buried in one of the iconic cans**. > > The man who designed the Pringles can had part of his cremated remains buried in one, his family says. Fredric J. Baur, of Cincinnati, died May 4 at Vitas Hospice in Cincinnati, his family said. He was 89. > > Baur’s children said they honored his request to bury him in one of the cans by placing part of his cremated remains in a Pringles container in his grave in suburban Springfield Township. Source: [http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/02/pringles.burial.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/02/pringles.burial.ap/index.html) But did they bury a small container of Ranch dressing as well? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/830 "2008-06-02T18:41:34Z")
[QUOTE=SpoilerVirgin] Fashion designer [Yves St. Laurent](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_yves_saint_laurent), 71. [/QUOTE] I picked Yves a couple times and then got impatient waiting for him to go. I heard he smoked seven packs a day, downed 20 cans of pop daily, was an alcoholic and was into hard drugs as well. He also tried suicide at least once. It’s a wonder he lasted as long as he did. At least I has him in my other dead pool. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/831 "2008-06-02T21:21:18Z")
[Joe Axelson,](http://www.sacbee.com/100/story/981287.html) who was general manager of the Kansas City Kings when that National Basketball Association team moved to Sacramento, has died at the age of 80. After winning the NBA’s first Executive of the Year award while serving with the Kansas City-Omaha Kings (as the franchise was then known) for the 1972-73 season, Axelson became the league’s director of operations in 1979 before returning three years later to the Kings, who moved to Sacramento in 1985. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/832 "2008-06-04T00:22:16Z")
[Actor/Director Mel Ferrer](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/03/mel.ferrer.ap/index.html), dead at the age of 90. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/833 "2008-06-06T02:53:18Z")
May was another quiet month. Only three celebrities died, plus there was a late announcement of an April demise. In total, there were only seven dopers who picked any of these. ```auto Name Dead Age Points Votes Sydney Pollack 26-May 73 27 3 Robert Mondavi 16-May 94 6 1 Eddy Arnold 8-May 89 11 1 Daniel Lee Siebert 22-Apr 53 47 2 ``` The positions are now (ignoring Bo Diddley, who will be included in the June positions): ```auto Name Points Number 1 Rachm Qoch 172 4 2 Captain Lance Murdoch 116 3 3 amarone 107 3 4 qwest 76 3 5 The Vorlon 57 2 6 MadTheSwine 52 2 7 kunilou 50 2 8 NurseCarmen 46 2 9 Squonk 31 1 10= 8675309 30 1 10= Anne Elk 30 1 10= Carm6773 30 1 10= cbawlmer 30 1 10= CowPatty 30 1 10= Freddy the Pig 30 1 10= GIGObuster 30 1 10= Hostile Dialect 30 1 10= imthjckaz 30 1 10= IrreverentTone 30 1 10= KayElCee 30 1 10= Long Time First Time 30 1 10= Lsura 30 1 10= malkavia 30 1 10= Sean Factotum 30 1 10= VunderBob 30 1 10= WVmom 30 1 27= Grits and Hard Toast 27 1 27= Hockey Monkey 27 1 29 Tuckerfan 25 1 30 anyrose 24 2 31= vivalostwages 23 2 31= Dinah Steeler 23 2 33 5 time champ 20 1 34= Andrew 21 18 1 34= Mikeargo 18 1 36 Yllaria 17 1 37= racer72 16 1 37= An Arky 16 1 37= Baker 16 1 37= bannerrefugee 16 1 37= Dolores Reborn 16 1 37= drm 16 1 37= Paul in Saudi 16 1 37= Tristan 16 1 37= VenusProbe 16 1 46= PsychoNoddy 14 1 46= Ellef 14 1 48 Only Mostly Dead 12 1 49= appleciders 10 1 49= SpazCat 10 1 51 BJMoose 7 1 ``` 21 of 806 celebrities have died, representing 2.6% of the total and 3.2% of the votes. (I previously reported a total of 807 celebrities but discovered that I had both Edward and Ted Kennedy counted separately). 110 dopers have yet to score. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/834 "2008-06-07T03:04:29Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] 110 dopers have yet to score. [/QUOTE] Yeah, yeah, yeah… 😉 ---
**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:** [June 7, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/835 "2008-06-07T14:39:02Z")
Longtime TV sports journalist [Jim McKay has died at the age of 86](http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/25019261/) ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/836 "2008-06-07T14:48:15Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] 110 dopers have yet to score. [/QUOTE] Won’t be long now. :Checking scope on newly bought high powered rifle: ---
**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:** [June 7, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/837 "2008-06-07T14:55:25Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Longtime TV sports journalist [Jim McKay has died at the age of 86](http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/25019261/) [/QUOTE] He was still alive? Wow. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/838 "2008-06-07T14:59:14Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] He was still alive? Wow. [/QUOTE] Yes, he was. I’ve had him on my list for _years_. Woo-hoo, I finally scored! ---
**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:** [June 7, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/839 "2008-06-07T15:40:53Z")
I take solace in the fact that in terms of numbers no one is doin’ all that great. To all the celebs on my list I say… I love you all. Really. I do. A lot of you have lived very long and productive lives. You deserve to earn your final reward. Just sayin’ is all… Not that I am _wishing_ death or _wanting_ any of you to die. I wouldn’t do that. I’ll be really, really, really, really sad for all the points I get. I promise. For real. I swear. Ya know, just sayin’… ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/840 "2008-06-07T19:45:55Z")
Post deleted, had a better idea… 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=43)