# 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:** 50
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/982 "2008-07-30T03:00:58Z")
[Hiram Bullock,](http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=21050) the guitarist known for playing with Paul Shaffer in the World’s Most Dangerous Band during the first couple of years _Late Night With David Letterman_ was on the air, has died at the age of 52. Bullock can be heard on Steely Dan’s _Gaucho_, Paul Simon’s _One-Trick Pony_, and numerous jazz albums. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/983 "2008-07-30T03:33:19Z")
The guy who invented Cap’n Crunch died. He was a _nutritionist_. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/984 "2008-08-02T02:17:11Z")
A little more activity in July. ```auto Name Dead Age Points Votes Randy Pausch 25-Jul 47 53 4 Estelle Getty 22-Jul 84 16 6 Tony Snow 12-Jul 53 47 16 Bobby Murcer 12-Jul 62 38 3 Jesse Helms 4-Jul 86 14 4 ``` This gives us the following standings: ```auto Name Points Number 1 Rachm Qoch 315 7 2 Captain Lance Murdoch 223 5 3 qwest 183 5 4 MadTheSwine 153 4 5 amarone 145 4 6 The Vorlon 104 3 7 NurseCarmen 93 3 8 Quartz 90 2 9 Sublight 85 2 10 Squonk 78 2 11= CowPatty 77 2 11= Long Time First Time 77 2 11= VunderBob 77 2 11= WVmom 77 2 15 kunilou 66 3 16 bowler girl 63 2 17 42fish 53 1 18= Boyo Jim 47 1 18= Earthman 47 1 18= gonzomax 47 1 18= Shirley Ujest 47 1 22 KayElCee 46 2 23 Loach 38 1 24= 8675309 30 1 24= Anne Elk 30 1 24= Carm6773 30 1 24= cbawlmer 30 1 24= Freddy the Pig 30 1 24= GIGObuster 30 1 24= Hostile Dialect 30 1 24= imthjckaz 30 1 24= IrreverentTone 30 1 24= Lsura 30 1 24= malkavia 30 1 24= Sean Factotum 30 1 36 snowblindfrog 29 1 37= Grits and Hard Toast 27 1 37= Hockey Monkey 27 1 39 Tuckerfan 25 1 40= anyrose 24 2 40= SpazCat 24 2 42= vivalostwages 23 2 42= Dinah Steeler 23 2 44= Dung Beetle 21 1 44= Electrical Storm 21 1 44= Ritter 21 1 47 5 time champ 20 1 48= Andrew 21 18 1 48= Mikeargo 18 1 50 Yllaria 17 1 51= racer72 16 1 51= An Arky 16 1 51= Baker 16 1 51= bannerrefugee 16 1 51= Dolores Reborn 16 1 51= drm 16 1 51= Paul in Saudi 16 1 51= Tristan 16 1 51= VenusProbe 16 1 51= DeVena 16 1 51= Justin Credible 16 1 51= Nutty Bunny 16 1 63= PsychoNoddy 14 1 63= Ellef 14 1 63= BiblioCat 14 1 63= Caffeine.addict 14 1 63= Christopher 14 1 63= Jeep's Phoenix 14 1 69 Only Mostly Dead 12 1 70 appleciders 10 1 71 BJMoose 7 1 90 dopers have their 2008 cherry intact. ``` 3.97% of our celebrities have died, representing 5.3% of the nominations. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/985 "2008-08-02T15:28:04Z")
From zero to top 20 with one death. Woo-hoo!.. I mean, rest in peace. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/986 "2008-08-02T16:50:20Z")
[QUOTE=42fish] From zero to top 20 with one death. Woo-hoo!.. I mean, rest in peace. [/QUOTE] Ditto, Tony Snow came through for me. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/987 "2008-08-03T00:07:52Z")
I haven’t been participating, but come by every once in a while to see how it’s going, and as I expected, I see Rachm Qoch out in front again. With the year slightly over half over, and slightly over half of those named by him/her are gone. Yowza. If I were one of the remaining 6 people on Rachm Qoch’s list, I would be very nervous indeed. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/988 "2008-08-03T01:10:15Z")
[Luther Davis, screenwriter and librettist (“Kismet” being probably his best-known work), has died at 91](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/theater/02davis.html?_r=1&oref=slogin) ---
**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:** [August 3, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/989 "2008-08-03T22:58:06Z")
Alexander Solzhenitsyn [has died at age 89.](http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/03/solzhenitsyn.dead/) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/990 "2008-08-04T01:26:50Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Alexander Solzhenitsyn [has died at age 89.](http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/03/solzhenitsyn.dead/) [/QUOTE] A unique pick for **vraskin**. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2008, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/991 "2008-08-04T10:10:20Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] A unique pick for **vraskin**. [/QUOTE] Assuming guests who posted to the SDMB a grand total of one time are really in the running. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/992 "2008-08-04T21:51:48Z")
[Skip Caray,](http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/braves/stories/2008/08/03/skip_caray_dies.html) who was one of the voices of the Atlanta Braves before, during, and after that baseball club’s heyday as “America’s Team”, has died at the age of 68. Skip was the son of legendary baseball broadcaster Harry Caray, as well as the father of sportscasters Chip and Josh. Although he never denied his position in the “family dynasty”, Skip never attempted to imitate his convivial father, but instead sought to carve out his own identity as “the wise-ass cynic”. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/993 "2008-08-05T19:49:29Z")
[Lou Teicher](http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080805/news/153549260&tc=yahoo), of Ferrante and Teicher. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/994 "2008-08-05T23:21:44Z")
[QUOTE=42fish] From zero to top 20 with one death. Woo-hoo!.. I mean, rest in peace. [/QUOTE] And I maintain sole possession of next-to-last place. Next time I submit a list consisting entirely of nonagenerians, I’m gonna mail 'em all a set of actuarial tables. Sheesh. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/995 "2008-08-06T02:27:41Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Alexander Solzhenitsyn [has died at age 89.](http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/03/solzhenitsyn.dead/) [/QUOTE] I would like to state that I had him a few years ago, but gave up. ---
**Author:** ![Squonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squonk)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/996 "2008-08-07T03:14:42Z")
Philadelphia Rocker (and writer of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”) [Robert Hazard](http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20080806_Robert_Hazard __Philly_rocker__ dies_at_59.html) has died at age 59. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/997 "2008-08-08T00:17:03Z")
[Eric Darling](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008097889_apobitdarling.html) from The Weavers has died at 74. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/998 "2008-08-08T20:00:19Z")
Start the clock … > [@](#): > > **PAUL Newman has finished chemotherapy and has told his family he wants to die at home.** The Oscar-winning actor was pictured being pushed from a New York cancer hospital in a wheelchair. > > Yesterday, it was reported in America that Newman, 83, had only weeks to live and had returned home to his wife, Joanne Woodward. > > “Paul didn’t want to die in the hospital,” a source said. “Joanne and his daughters are beside themselves with grief.” > > The source, described as a close family friend, said that the star had spent the past few weeks getting his affairs in order. Source: [http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24151815-10388,00.html](http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24151815-10388,00.html) ---
**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:** [August 8, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/999 "2008-08-08T20:21:28Z")
[QUOTE=Duckster] Start the clock … [/QUOTE] Looks like five people have him. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1000 "2008-08-09T10:47:29Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Looks like five people have him. [/QUOTE] And four of them will break their duck, to use a cricket term. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1001 "2008-08-09T12:15:33Z")
[QUOTE=Duckster] Start the clock … [/QUOTE] we’re all ghouls and we’re all going to hell at least we’ll be able to keep each other company [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=51)