# 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:** 53
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1042 "2008-09-02T21:27:05Z")
[Ike Pappas,](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/02/AR2008090201099.html) who was reporting on the scene for New York radio station WNEW when Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963, has passed away at the age of 75. In 1964, Pappas joined CBS as a news writer for radio. Eventually, he served as a correspondent for the network, and covered such stories as the Six Day War in Israel (1967) and the Kent State shootings (1970). ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1043 "2008-09-02T21:30:00Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Singer-actor Jerry Reed [dies at the age of 71](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gtCKwgisw0t7ftgEpx3zQa1gEjtQD92UOT880). Aw, man! I guess he’s “East Bound and Down,” now… ☹ ---
**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:** [September 2, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1044 "2008-09-02T23:52:17Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Singer-actor Jerry Reed dies at the age of 71. Damn. _I looked behind me, and there was a big ol’ cop who said, “Looks like we’re gonna hafta hall y’all in, boy and keep all that money for evidence.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1045 "2008-09-03T12:18:26Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Damn. > > _I looked behind me, and there was a big ol’ cop who said, “Looks like we’re gonna hafta hall y’all in, boy and keep all that money for evidence.”_ Heh! “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot” is one of the earworms on permanent shuffle play in my tiny brain, along with “King Tut” and the theme from the $25,000 Pyramid. Damn from here, too. ☹ ---
**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:** [September 4, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1046 "2008-09-04T06:51:54Z")
Animator [Bill Melendez](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/03/AR2008090303840.html?hpid=entnews) (producer of the Charlie Brown television specials, among other things) has died at 91. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1047 "2008-09-05T01:56:21Z")
[Tommy Bolt, who won the 1958 US Open among 15 PGA Tour victories, has died at 92](http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3566764) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1048 "2008-09-06T02:20:31Z")
And here is the end of August position. Only two celebrities left us: ```auto Name Dead Age Points Votes Leroy Sievers 16-Aug 53 47 2 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 3-Aug 89 11 1 ``` This resulted in little change in the positions, which are: ```auto Name Points Number 1 Rachm Qoch 315 7 2 Captain Lance Murdoch 270 6 3 qwest 183 5 4 MadTheSwine 153 4 5 amarone 145 4 6 WVmom 124 3 7 The Vorlon 104 3 8 NurseCarmen 93 3 9 Quartz 90 2 10 Sublight 85 2 11 Squonk 78 2 12= CowPatty 77 2 12= Long Time First Time 77 2 12= VunderBob 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 vraskin 11 1 71 appleciders 10 1 72 BJMoose 7 1 73= 89 people 0 ``` 34 of 806 celebrities have died, representing 4.22% of those chosen and 5.4% of the votes. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1049 "2008-09-06T02:34:08Z")
> [@Santos\_L\_Halper](#): > > Animator [Bill Melendez](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/03/AR2008090303840.html?hpid=entnews) (producer of the Charlie Brown television specials, among other things) has died at 91. A unique pick for **mobo85**. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1050 "2008-09-06T08:10:23Z")
Woohoo! Top ten, baby! ---
**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:** [September 7, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1051 "2008-09-07T01:39:11Z")
[Robert Giroux, prominent book editor and last surviving name partner in Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, has died at 94](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/books/06giroux.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin) ---
**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:** [September 8, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1052 "2008-09-08T02:00:31Z")
At a time like this, I wish **Eve** were still around: [Anita Page, notable actress of the late silent/early sound period, has died at 98](http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10400244?nclick_check=1) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1053 "2008-09-08T03:59:22Z")
> [@Governor\_Quinn](#): > > At a time like this, I wish **Eve** were still around: > > [Anita Page, notable actress of the late silent/early sound period, has died at 98](http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10400244?nclick_check=1) That link didn’t work for me. Am I doing something wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1054 "2008-09-08T04:17:34Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > That link didn’t work for me. Am I doing something wrong? No you aren’t, there is something wrong with the link. It wants to open a secure server here at the Straight Dope. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1055 "2008-09-08T05:14:25Z")
> [@Governor\_Quinn](#): > > [Anita Page, notable actress of the late silent/early sound period, has died at 98](http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10400244?) If you take the end instruction out of the URL it works okay. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1056 "2008-09-09T01:32:38Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > That link didn’t work for me. Am I doing something wrong? Odd, I didn’t notice anything with the link when I placed it, and it’s opening for me. On-topic, [Don Haskins, who led Texas Western to the 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship, has died at 78](http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/8536482/Hall-of-Fame-coach-Haskins-dies-at-78?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1057 "2008-09-09T10:44:01Z")
> [@Governor\_Quinn](#): > > Odd, I didn’t notice anything with the link when I placed it, and it’s opening for me. you posted the link as “http : / / [www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci\_10400244?nclick\_check=1](http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10400244?nclick_check=1)” (broken) When I click, it redirects me to “https : / / [secure.passport.mnginteractive.com/mngi/servletDispatch/ErightsPassportServlet.dyn?url=](http://secure.passport.mnginteractive.com/mngi/servletDispatch/ErightsPassportServlet.dyn?url=)[http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci\_10400244?nclick\_check=1&forced=true](http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10400244?nclick_check=1&forced=true)” (also broken) ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1058 "2008-09-09T14:06:36Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > you posted the link as “http : / / [www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci\_10400244?nclick\_check=1](http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10400244?nclick_check=1)” (broken) > When I click, it redirects me to “https : / / [secure.passport.mnginteractive.com/mngi/servletDispatch/ErightsPassportServlet.dyn?url=](http://secure.passport.mnginteractive.com/mngi/servletDispatch/ErightsPassportServlet.dyn?url=)[http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci\_10400244?nclick\_check=1&forced=true](http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10400244?nclick_check=1&forced=true)” (also broken) And it takes me to https:/ /secure.boards.straightdope.com/registration/?rPage=login&url=http%3A%2F%2Fboards .straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2Fshowthread.php%3Fp%3D10172531&eRightsSessionExpired=true&forced=true (broken) Some interesting properties to that link. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1059 "2008-09-09T15:49:19Z")
Evan Tanner, former UFC champ, [is dead at 37](http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=14429). ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1060 "2008-09-09T16:09:54Z")
Kim Jong-Il: Already gone and replaced by body doubles, or merely [circling the drain?](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122096793304014739.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news) ETA: Old commies never die. Period. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1061 "2008-09-09T18:10:08Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > ETA: Old commies never die. Period. True 'nough. I’m getting tired of waiting for Fidel to kick it. Don’t even get me started on Ariel Sharon (who isn’t a Commie, but has been in a coma quite long enough.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=54)