# 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:** 57
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1122 "2008-10-07T16:23:25Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > And you call them sickos? > > Warrabout you guys playing this game? > > Wait…I could be whooooooshed here:confused: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1123 "2008-10-07T18:18:36Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > 🙂 :smack::smack: I shoulda known it, my very first whooshing ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1124 "2008-10-07T23:14:58Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > :smack::smack: > > I shoulda known it, my very first whooshing And I am sure you will feel a lot better knowing it was supplied by a Yorkshireman. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2008, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1125 "2008-10-09T06:09:57Z")
Lloyd Thaxton, host of a one-of-kind TV teen dance party in the '60s, dies at age 81. [Link](http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-thaxton8-2008oct08,0,108325.story) ---
**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:** [October 10, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1126 "2008-10-10T01:20:22Z")
[Bob Friend, longtime presenter for Sky News, has died at 70](http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Bob-Friend-Former-Sky-News-Presenter-Dies-Aged-70-After-Suffering-From-Cancer/Article/200810115115343?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15115343_Bob_Friend_Former_Sky_News_Presenter_Dies_Aged_70_After_Suffering_From_Cancer) ---
**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:** [October 10, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1127 "2008-10-10T12:39:34Z")
[Eileen Herlie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Herlie), best known for portraying Myrtle Fargate on _All My Children_, dead at 90. I liked the character. She was the maternal figure who knows everything about everybody and reveals nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1128 "2008-10-10T16:13:52Z")
Probably of no interest to anyone but myself: [Youngest son of Preston Tucker dies.](http://www.mlive.com/news/annarbornews/index.ssf?/base/news-29/1223476846125870.xml&coll=2) ---
**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:** [October 12, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1129 "2008-10-12T01:28:00Z")
[Jorg Haider, long controversial figure in the politics of Austria, has died in a car accident at 58](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7664846.stm) ---
**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:** [October 12, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1130 "2008-10-12T22:41:05Z")
Sports broadcasting icon [Gil Stratton](http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-me-stratton13-2008oct13,0,4543764.story) dies at age 86. Stratton also appeared in the film “Girl Crazy” with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, singing “Embraceable You” in duet with Garland. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1131 "2008-10-15T14:14:22Z")
Batman theme composer Neal Hefti [dies at age 85.](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gYCoPnB_dhximtFOn_prwhxSObigD93QMNU80) Nana-nana-nana-nana Nana-nana-nana-nana DEADMAN! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1132 "2008-10-15T19:39:37Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Batman theme composer Neal Hefti [dies at age 85.](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gYCoPnB_dhximtFOn_prwhxSObigD93QMNU80) > > Nana-nana-nana-nana > > Nana-nana-nana-nana > > DEADMAN! **Eve** would be proud of you for that post, I’m sure. (She always liked the witty death notices.) ---
**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:** [October 15, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1133 "2008-10-15T20:42:42Z")
[Dick Cheney](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijDA5bgxiHlTvS_r-SSjskS1Tq1wD93R05J00) may or may not be circling the drain. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1134 "2008-10-15T21:03:20Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > [Dick Cheney](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijDA5bgxiHlTvS_r-SSjskS1Tq1wD93R05J00) may or may not be circling the drain. _::crosses fingers so tightly as to cut off circulation::_ ---
**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:** [October 15, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1135 "2008-10-15T21:18:42Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > [Dick Cheney](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijDA5bgxiHlTvS_r-SSjskS1Tq1wD93R05J00) may or may not be circling the drain. That’s not abnormal heart rhythm, that’s his heart desperately trying to escape from his evil corpse. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1136 "2008-10-15T21:18:46Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > [Dick Cheney](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijDA5bgxiHlTvS_r-SSjskS1Tq1wD93R05J00) may or may not be circling the drain. If Cheney actually died now, so close to the election, would they even bother swearing in a new VP for the time that is left? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cheapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8e7dd6/32.png) [@El\_Cheapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cheapo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1137 "2008-10-15T22:35:26Z")
Game show host [Jack Narz](http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/10/veteran_game_show_host_narz_de.php) has died at age 85. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1138 "2008-10-16T00:41:36Z")
Two former members of the US House, [Matthew Rinaldo](http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--obit-rinaldo1013oct13,0,7270034.story) and [Paul Rogers](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hV2Y6Zt1oDbZbNE1k1Dro441GM4AD93PUP280), die on the 13th, at the ages of 77 and 87. [For those who prefer sport, Tom Tresh, Yankees shortstop of the 1960s, has died at 71](http://www.themorningsun.com/articles/2008/10/15/sports/doc48f6488003692821930060.txt) ---
**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:** [October 16, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1139 "2008-10-16T01:44:24Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > [Dick Cheney](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijDA5bgxiHlTvS_r-SSjskS1Tq1wD93R05J00) may or may not be circling the drain. The drain was circling him, until he shot it. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1140 "2008-10-16T16:33:07Z")
[Edie Adams](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/movies/16adams.html?_r=1&oref=slogin), singer and actress, dead at age 81. She flirted with a cigar long before Monica Lewinsky. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1141 "2008-10-16T19:59:19Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > If Cheney actually died now, so close to the election, would they even bother swearing in a new VP for the time that is left? Probably not. The office has been left vacant [on many occasions](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Vice_Presidents_of_the_United_States), including as recently as from August to December of 1974. John Tyler, who took over after William Henry Harrison’s one-month presidency of 1841, never got a veep during his nearly four-year term! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=58)