# 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:** 46
**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 30, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/902 "2008-06-30T00:58:36Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] This makes me wonder who died youngest while on someone’s list, and earned the most points in the pool. [/QUOTE] I’d say Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes is a definite possibility. She died in 2002 aged 30, and someone had picked her. Off the top of my head, I can’t recall anyone younger. ---
**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 30, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/903 "2008-06-30T01:23:23Z")
With a Winehouse, two Olsens, a Spears and a Hilton running around, I see a new record being set soon. Suicide, OD, car wreck, they’re all good. ---
**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 30, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/904 "2008-06-30T22:14:06Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] With a Winehouse, two Olsens, a Spears and a Hilton running around, I see a new record being set soon. Suicide, OD, car wreck, they’re all good. [/QUOTE] Lohan could slip up an join in in this death palooza extravagana. I would just like to see just one of my peeps die. Is that asking too much? ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/905 "2008-06-30T22:27:56Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] This makes me wonder who died youngest while on someone’s list, and earned the most points in the pool. [/QUOTE] It may have been Paul Hunter. He was 27 when he died in 2006. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/906 "2008-07-01T01:34:34Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] Lohan could slip up an join in in this death palooza extravagana. … [/QUOTE] Yeah, I thought about her, but she seems to be keeping her head down lately. ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/907 "2008-07-01T01:37:19Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Yeah, I thought about her, but she seems to be keeping her head down lately. [/QUOTE] Oh, you mean, in…ah, er…nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/908 "2008-07-01T02:22:58Z")
[Don S. Davis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_S._Davis), a character actor who often played military roles, notably in _Stargate SG-1_, _Twin Peaks_, and _The X-Files_, [died June 29th](http://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/06/don_s._davis_1942-2008.shtml). ---
**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:** [July 3, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/909 "2008-07-03T22:22:52Z")
Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, has [died](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25520824/). ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/910 "2008-07-03T22:52:31Z")
If anyone has Coulrophobia, do NOT click on that link or you’ll soil yourself. I don’t, but it’s pretty striking. RIP, Bozo. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/911 "2008-07-04T00:04:24Z")
[Tim Johnson](http://www.kmeg14.com/Global/story.asp?S=8614601&nav=menu609_2_4) uninjured when car strikes deer. > [@](#): > > A deer accident stranded Sen. Tim Johnson, his wife and a staffer near Murdo for a time, but nobody was injured in the collision. Except, one presumes, the deer. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/912 "2008-07-04T02:29:43Z")
[QUOTE=An Arky] If anyone has Coulrophobia, do NOT click on that link or you’ll soil yourself. [/QUOTE] **Now** you tell me. _Can’t sleep…clown’ll eat me Can’t sleep…clown’ll eat me Can’t sleep…clown’ll eat 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:** [July 4, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/913 "2008-07-04T14:46:05Z")
Former Senator Jesse Helms (R-N. Carolina), [dead at 86.](http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6245448) ---
**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:** [July 4, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/914 "2008-07-04T15:04:24Z")
Damn you’re fast. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/915 "2008-07-04T15:17:49Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Former Senator Jesse Helms (R-N. Carolina), [dead at 86.](http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6245448) [/QUOTE] Thank you! I’ve been wanting these points for YEARS! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/916 "2008-07-04T16:05:25Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Former Senator Jesse Helms (R-N. Carolina), [dead at 86.](http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6245448) [/QUOTE] at last, a valid death over which to say “YIPPEE!!” ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/917 "2008-07-04T16:37:14Z")
He was on my list for years. Until my 2008 entry. That S.O.B. just wouldn’t die. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/918 "2008-07-09T00:25:26Z")
There were five dearly departed in June, as we reach the mid point of the season. ```auto Name Dead Age Points Votes George Carlin 22-Jun 71 29 1 Tyrone Jones 10-Jun 46 54 3 Jim McKay 7-Jun 86 14 1 Erick Wujcik 7-Jun 57 43 2 Bo Diddley 2-Jun 79 21 3 ``` And the positions are: ```auto Name Points Number 1 Rachm Qoch 215 5 2 Captain Lance Murdoch 170 4 3 qwest 130 4 4 amarone 107 3 5 MadTheSwine 106 3 6 The Vorlon 57 2 7 kunilou 50 2 8 NurseCarmen 46 2 9 Quartz 43 1 10 Squonk 31 1 11= 8675309 30 1 11= Anne Elk 30 1 11= Carm6773 30 1 11= cbawlmer 30 1 11= CowPatty 30 1 11= Freddy the Pig 30 1 11= GIGObuster 30 1 11= Hostile Dialect 30 1 11= imthjckaz 30 1 11= IrreverentTone 30 1 11= KayElCee 30 1 11= Long Time First Time 30 1 11= Lsura 30 1 11= malkavia 30 1 11= Sean Factotum 30 1 11= VunderBob 30 1 11= WVmom 30 1 28 snowblindfrog 29 1 29= Grits and Hard Toast 27 1 29= Hockey Monkey 27 1 31 Tuckerfan 25 1 32 anyrose 24 2 33= vivalostwages 23 2 33= Dinah Steeler 23 2 35= Dung Beetle 21 1 35= Electrical Storm 21 1 35= Ritter 21 1 38 5 time champ 20 1 39= Andrew 21 18 1 39= Mikeargo 18 1 41 Yllaria 17 1 42= racer72 16 1 42= An Arky 16 1 42= Baker 16 1 42= bannerrefugee 16 1 42= Dolores Reborn 16 1 42= drm 16 1 42= Paul in Saudi 16 1 42= Tristan 16 1 42= VenusProbe 16 1 51= PsychoNoddy 14 1 51= Ellef 14 1 51= BiblioCat 14 1 54 Only Mostly Dead 12 1 55= appleciders 10 1 55= SpazCat 10 1 57 BJMoose 7 1 104 others 0 0 ``` 27 celebrities have died, representing just 3.35% of those nominated and 3.7% of the votes. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/919 "2008-07-09T00:36:25Z")
We’re way overdue for some spectacularly tragic celebrity death. Couldn’t some nice young famous person (on my list, but no one else’s) just slip on a banana peel and fall into a vat of heroin or something? ---
**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:** [July 9, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/920 "2008-07-09T01:07:12Z")
> [@](#): > > We’re way overdue for some spectacularly tragic celebrity death. Couldn’t some nice young famous person (on my list, but no one else’s) just slip on a banana peel and fall into a vat of heroin or something? You mean like Ruslana Korshunova? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/921 "2008-07-09T10:11:23Z")
That would’ve been great, had I had her on my list! Oh, well, Amy Winehouse still seems to be tilting that way, at least. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=47)