# 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:** 45
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/881 "2008-06-23T10:59:11Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Comedian George Carlin [dies at 71](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25322638/) [/QUOTE] :eek: oh my gawd! I thought he’d be around forever! ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/882 "2008-06-23T11:08:36Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Comedian George Carlin [dies at 71](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25322638/) [/QUOTE] A unique pick for **snowblindfrog**. ---
**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 23, 2008, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/883 "2008-06-23T11:18:03Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Comedian George Carlin [dies at 71](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25322638/) [/QUOTE] I am not happy about this. Not happy at all. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/884 "2008-06-23T12:02:44Z")
He was kind of born old, wasn’t he? Still, that’s sad. ---
**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 23, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/885 "2008-06-23T20:13:52Z")
> [@](#): > > NEW YORK (AP) – Dody Goodman, the delightfully daffy comedian known for her television appearances on Jack Paar’s late-night talk show and as the mother on the soap-opera parody “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” has died at 93. Source: [http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/23/obit.dodygoodman.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/23/obit.dodygoodman.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview) ---
**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 23, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/886 "2008-06-23T23:33:37Z")
[QUOTE=Fiveroptic] Really? I can’t seem to confirm this anywhere. [/QUOTE] Which is why I provided the helpful link. ---
**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 24, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/887 "2008-06-24T00:52:01Z")
And the Comedian Trifecta is complete. ---
**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 24, 2008, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/888 "2008-06-24T11:08:02Z")
[QUOTE=Seeker of Truth & Beauty] Which is why I provided the helpful link. [/QUOTE] Yup, a total doofus move on my part, especially since I then found cites all over the place. My humble apologies to you, **Seeker**. ---
**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 24, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/889 "2008-06-24T11:13:46Z")
[QUOTE=Duckster] > [@](#): > > NEW YORK (AP) – Dody Goodman, the delightfully daffy comedian known for her television appearances on Jack Paar’s late-night talk show and as the mother on the soap-opera parody “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” has died at 93. Source: [http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/...ref=mpstoryview](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/...ref=mpstoryview) [/QUOTE] She and Eve Arden played well off each other in “Grease.” Her death would be sadder had she not lived to be older than somewhat-old dirt. RIP, Dody. ---
**Author:** ![Smith8762](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Smith8762](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smith8762)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/890 "2008-06-27T15:37:16Z")
[QUOTE=snowblindfrog] Gee, I guess I’m a bit of a late comer to this thread. 1 day before it closes and here is my noms: Stephen Fry Hugh Hefner Dom DeLuise Artie Lange Abe Vigoda Tara Reid Amy Winehouse Scott Weiland Kirk Douglas _ **George Carlin** _ Gore Vidal Tom Wolfe Rip Torn [/QUOTE] I feel kind of bad picking him now. Honestly though I think he was the greatest comedian of all time. I was fortunate to see him live in Vegas a few years back and it was nothing short of brilliant. _sigh_ ---
**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 28, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/891 "2008-06-28T17:53:02Z")
Muppeter [Kermit Love](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Love) died at age 91. With a name like Kermit Love, what else could he have been? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/893 "2008-06-29T02:33:36Z")
Anybody have him? ---
**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:** [June 29, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/894 "2008-06-29T02:34:13Z")
[QUOTE=researcher80] Please participate in a short survey related to perceptions of alleged child sexual abuse. [/QUOTE] You seem to be in the wrong thread. ---
**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 29, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/895 "2008-06-29T02:41:42Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] You seem to be in the wrong thread. [/QUOTE] He’s spamming the whole board. Reported. ---
**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 29, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/896 "2008-06-29T02:44:10Z")
Damn spammer. Here I thought someone had died, but it’s just Suicide By Mod. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/897 "2008-06-29T03:00:00Z")
[QUOTE=Cazzle] Here I thought someone had died, but it’s just Suicide By Mod. [/QUOTE] Cool. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/898 "2008-06-29T03:00:28Z")
[QUOTE=Rilchiam] Anybody have him? [/QUOTE] No. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/899 "2008-06-29T15:40:49Z")
Model [Ruslana Korshunova](http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nyjump5745941jun29,0,3278144.story) has died at the age of 20 of apparent suicide. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/900 "2008-06-29T17:00:22Z")
[QUOTE=Santos L Halper] Model [Ruslana Korshunova](http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nyjump5745941jun29,0,3278144.story) has died at the age of 20 of apparent suicide. [/QUOTE] This makes me wonder who died youngest while on someone’s list, and earned the most points in the pool. Next year I’m gonna load up on young clebs who behave badly. I think if I just get 1 or 2, I’ll be in the running for top points. Amy Winehouse, I’m lookin’ at you. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/901 "2008-06-29T17:55:08Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] This makes me wonder who died youngest while on someone’s list, and earned the most points in the pool. [/QUOTE] Youngest so far this year: Yo-sam Choi, 35. Youngest last year: Kirk Rundstrom, 38. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=46)