# 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:** 44
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/861 "2008-06-13T19:36:33Z")
CBS radio is reporting that Tim Russert has had a fatal heart attack… nothing to cite yet… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/862 "2008-06-13T19:44:19Z")
Yep, here’s the first [story](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/)… Details are not yet available, other than a “collapse”- more [here](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25145431/). ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/863 "2008-06-13T19:44:40Z")
Damn, Tim Russert’s death was just confirmed. Saw it on a CBS report. [MSNBC](http://www.msnbc.com) Two years older than me. ☹ ---
**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 13, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/864 "2008-06-13T19:45:09Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] CBS radio is reporting that Tim Russert has had a fatal heart attack… nothing to cite yet… ☹ [/QUOTE] [NBC’s ‘Meet The Press’ Host Tim Russert Dead At 58](http://cbs3.com/topstories/tim.russert.dead.2.747824.html) ---
**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:** [June 14, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/865 "2008-06-14T02:19:55Z")
[QUOTE=tarragon918] Two years older than me. ☹ [/QUOTE] HIs father outlived him. How horrid. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/866 "2008-06-14T13:35:25Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] HIs father outlived him. How horrid. [/QUOTE] agreed - a parent should never outlive their child - it completely changed my folks when sis died. And this father’s son was a celebrity so he is going to be inundated with reminders of this event for a long time ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/867 "2008-06-14T14:08:57Z")
I understand that Tim had just moved Big Russ (his dad) into assisted living about 10 days ago, so I am worried about his health, especially now… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/868 "2008-06-17T00:33:45Z")
Stan Winston has [died](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2008/06/stan-winston-de.html) . ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rachm\_Qoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Rachm\_Qoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachm_Qoch)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/869 "2008-06-17T00:58:56Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] The third person to have Tyrone Jones is **Captain Lance Murdoch** who is now only 2 points behind **Rachm Qoch**. [/QUOTE] Well it looks like it’s time to get to work then. RIP [Erick Wujcik](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erick_Wujcik) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/870 "2008-06-17T01:06:13Z")
[QUOTE=Rachm Qoch] Well it looks like it’s time to get to work then. RIP [Erick Wujcik](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erick_Wujcik) [/QUOTE] I wonder if anyone had him. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/871 "2008-06-17T03:28:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Well it looks like it’s time to get to work then. > RIP Erick Wujcik A smiley face would have been reassuring. ---
**Author:** ![Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seeker_of_Truth_and_Beauty)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/872 "2008-06-18T00:26:47Z")
[Cyd Charisse](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2147962/Dancer-Cyd-Charisse-dead-at-87.html) has danced her last. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/873 "2008-06-18T10:03:24Z")
Really? I can’t seem to confirm this anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/874 "2008-06-18T10:08:37Z")
Ah. [Found it](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/06/18/MND111ANMK.DTL). ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/875 "2008-06-18T13:53:45Z")
[Johnny Buzhardt,](http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-080617-johnny-buzhardt-white-sox-cubs,1,6088019.story) who compiled an overall record of 71 wins and 96 losses during an eleven-season Major League Baseball career, has died at the age of 71. Buzhardt pitched for five big-league clubs, most notably the Chicago White Sox, with whom he won 32 and lost 20 from 1963 to '65. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/876 "2008-06-22T02:42:22Z")
2 time top fuel champion and current funny car driver [Scott Kalitta](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gevRq1Q5ccWq260Xzhxnu7cGVP-wD91EP9H80) died today in a fiery crash at Englishtown, New Jersey. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/877 "2008-06-22T03:14:54Z")
[Wilbur Hardee](http://www.reflector.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/06/22/Hardee.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=9) , founder of the eponymous fast-food chain, has rung up the curtain and joined the choir invisible. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/878 "2008-06-22T14:30:51Z")
[Jane McGrath](http://au.news.yahoo.com/080622/2/17dwx.html), who was on my list last year but not this. ---
**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 23, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/879 "2008-06-23T05:24:51Z")
Comedian George Carlin [dies at 71](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25322638/) ---
**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:** [June 23, 2008, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/880 "2008-06-23T07:08:17Z")
Why are you awake in New England at this hour? I had hoped to make the announcement. George Carlin, dead at 29 points. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=45)