# 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:** 47
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/922 "2008-07-09T10:30:13Z")
[QUOTE=An Arky] 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. [/QUOTE] But that trainwreck’s on everybody’s list. ETA: Well, not mine. Not this year. Come on, Amy! You can make it six months! ---
**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 9, 2008, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/923 "2008-07-09T11:19:19Z")
[QUOTE=An Arky] Oh, well, Amy Winehouse still seems to be tilting that way, at least. [/QUOTE] Nah, that’s just the Quaaludes… ---
**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:** [July 10, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/924 "2008-07-10T14:55:23Z")
[Natasha Shneider](http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN0340025620080703) ---
**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:** [July 11, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/925 "2008-07-11T03:21:15Z")
[Mike Souchak, who won 15 golf tournaments on the PGA Tour and played in two Ryder Cups, has died at 81](http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/2008-07-10-813900100_x.htm) ---
**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:** [July 11, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/926 "2008-07-11T04:07:19Z")
Award winning Science Fiction author [Thomas Disch](http://www.locusmag.com/2008/Disch_Obit.html) commited suicide on July 4th at age 68. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/927 "2008-07-12T02:56:12Z")
[Evelyn Keyes](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=596395), aka Scarlett O’Hara’s sister Suellen, at age 91. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/928 "2008-07-12T04:14:53Z")
Over halfway through the year and all my picks are still alive. I should sell life insurance. SSG Schwartz ---
**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:** [July 12, 2008, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/929 "2008-07-12T11:05:22Z")
Fox News is reporting that former White House Press Secretary **Tony Snow** has died at 53. Heart surgeon **Michael DeBakey** has died at 99: [http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/07/12/debakey.obit.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/07/12/debakey.obit.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/930 "2008-07-12T11:26:49Z")
[QUOTE=Santos L Halper] Fox News is reporting that former White House Press Secretary **Tony Snow** has died at 53. [/QUOTE] 16 people had him, including **Rachm Qoch** who opens up a considerable lead. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/931 "2008-07-12T19:28:17Z")
[QUOTE=Santos L Halper] Fox News is reporting that former White House Press Secretary **Tony Snow** has died at 53. [/QUOTE] [Here’s an obituary](http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/12/obit.snow/index.html?iref=mpstoryview) which confirms those reports. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/932 "2008-07-12T22:03:46Z")
He died of the same disease that killed his mother. And, if I am reading his obit right, he only had a bachelors in philosophy. And made himself that successful. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/933 "2008-07-12T22:37:18Z")
Former baseball player [Bobby Murcer](http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AoptjH3sol3wo3DS08_iqCsRvLYF?slug=ap-obit-murcer&prov=ap&type=lgns) has died. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/934 "2008-07-12T23:30:48Z")
[QUOTE=Andrew 21] Former baseball player [Bobby Murcer](http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AoptjH3sol3wo3DS08_iqCsRvLYF?slug=ap-obit-murcer&prov=ap&type=lgns) has died. [/QUOTE] 38 points to me and two others. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/935 "2008-07-13T02:45:26Z")
[Charles Joffe, who won the Best Picture Oscar as a producer of “Annie Hall”, has died at 78](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-joffe12-2008jul12,0,7228562.story) ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/936 "2008-07-13T03:03:58Z")
Damn, I stay a virgin this long and then get two in two days. It’s just like when I was in college\*. Snow and Murcer were on my list. 85 points. \*a bunch of people died then, too. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/937 "2008-07-13T08:19:26Z")
Rocky Aoki, pro boxer, founder of the Benihana restaurant chain, and father of [Devon](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1226817/), has passed away at 69. [obituary report from Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aILiynvr85rY&refer=japan) A more colorful memorial over at [Fucked Gaijin](http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21051). Now that was one hell of a lifetime. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2008, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/938 "2008-07-13T08:45:39Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] Damn, I stay a virgin this long and then get two in two days. It’s just like when I was in college\*. Snow and Murcer were on my list. 85 points. \*a bunch of people died then, too. [/QUOTE] We should have an award for the quickest one-two deaths. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/939 "2008-07-14T00:37:24Z")
Heart transplant pioneer [Dr. Michael DeBakey](http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/13/america/obits.php) has died at age 99. [Another source.](http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/health/5885921.html) ETA: Missed **Santo** ’s announcement upthread a ways. So I’m late. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/940 "2008-07-14T02:16:45Z")
[QUOTE=Andrew 21] Former baseball player [Bobby Murcer](http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AoptjH3sol3wo3DS08_iqCsRvLYF?slug=ap-obit-murcer&prov=ap&type=lgns) has died. [/QUOTE] I’ll take the points but I’m not happy about it. I have never heard a bad thing said about Mr Murcer. A true gentleman who was loved by all who knew him. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/941 "2008-07-14T18:09:33Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] Plain List: 1. Osama bin Laden 2. Harper Lee 3. Chayito Valdez 4. Ariel Sharon 5. Tony Snow 6. Vice Vukov 7. Fidel Castro 8. Pope Benedict 9. Muqtada al Sadr 10. Abuc Ayyub Al Masri 11. Britney Spears 12. Christopher Tolkien 13. J.D. Salinger Alternates: Andy Dick Farley Granger [/QUOTE] Sweet Mother of OG! I SCORED! I’m on the BOARD! I’ve Lost My 2008 DP CHERRY! YAY! Is this twisted jubilation or what? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=48)