# 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:** 58
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1142 "2008-10-17T19:33:18Z")
Lead singer of The Four Tops, [Levi Stubbs](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/17/obit.stubbs.ap/index.html) is dead at 72. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1143 "2008-10-18T00:14:37Z")
> [@Monstera\_deliciosa](#): > > Lead singer of The Four Tops, [Levi Stubbs](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/17/obit.stubbs.ap/index.html) is dead at 72. ☹ ☹ ☹ ---
**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 18, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1144 "2008-10-18T02:00:28Z")
> [@Monstera\_deliciosa](#): > > Lead singer of The Four Tops, [Levi Stubbs](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/17/obit.stubbs.ap/index.html) is dead at 72. If you wanna be profound, if you really gotta justify, take a breath and look around, a lot of folks deserve to die! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1145 "2008-10-20T09:38:46Z")
[I hope his corpse is well dressed.](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-blackwell20-2008oct20,0,6825099.story) > [@](#): > > “Mr. Blackwell,” whose annual “worst dressed” list dinged movie stars, music icons and European royalty and helped turn him into a household name from the 1960s through the '80s, has died. He was 86. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1146 "2008-10-20T16:05:05Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > [I hope his corpse is well dressed.](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-blackwell20-2008oct20,0,6825099.story) Dang it, he was at the top of my short list for next year. Why yes, I AM working on next year’s list already. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1147 "2008-10-20T19:55:15Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > Dang it, he was at the top of my short list for next year. Why yes, I AM working on next year’s list already. 🆒 Mine’s already done! 😛 ---
**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:** [October 20, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1148 "2008-10-20T22:46:59Z")
It is with a heavy heart that I announce the death of the great [Rudy Ray Moore](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_oh_obit_rudy_ray_moore.html). A wake in the form of a Dolemite marathon will be held at many homes this evening. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1149 "2008-10-21T02:07:46Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Mine’s already done! 😛 So far, theoretically, I could just submit my list for this year all over again. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1150 "2008-10-21T02:45:27Z")
> [@drewbert](#): > > So far, theoretically, I could just submit my list for this year all over again. Been doing that for 4 years now. Welcome to the club. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1151 "2008-10-21T06:06:13Z")
> [@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? Yes, because even the tiniest chance of Nancy Pelosi ascending to the Oval Office, even for only a month or two, is anathema to that administration. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1152 "2008-10-21T16:51:09Z")
Except that any vice-president has to be approved by congress. It is doubtful they could get it done before the inauguration. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1153 "2008-10-22T09:28:53Z")
Less politics, more death. From my CelebrityDeathBeeper update: [Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, gambling ‘expert’](http://news.google.com/?q=FRANK+LEFTY+ROSENTHAL) [Alexi Cherepanov, very young hockey player](http://news.google.com/?q=ALEXEI+CHEREPANOV) [Neal Hefti, TV theme song writer](http://news.google.com/?q=NEAL+HEFTI) [Frankie Venom, lead singer of Teenage Head](http://news.google.com/?q=FRANKIE+VENOM) [Edie Adams](http://news.google.com/?q=EDIE+ADAMS) [Jack Narz, game show host](http://news.google.com/?q=JACK+NARZ) [Dee Dee Warwick, soul singer](http://news.google.com/?q=DEE+DEE+WARWICK) ---
**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 22, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1154 "2008-10-22T21:04:55Z")
TMZ is reporting that the Late Bob Hope’s wife Delores, who is 99, has been rushed to Cedar Sinai. On a side note, she and Bob were married 69 years. 69 years. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1155 "2008-10-23T00:20:17Z")
[Dolemite has gone to fight crackers in the afterlife](http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-102208-rudy-ray-moore-obit-oct23,0,7135612.story) ---
**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:** [October 23, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1156 "2008-10-23T01:06:55Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > [Dolemite has gone to fight crackers in the afterlife](http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-102208-rudy-ray-moore-obit-oct23,0,7135612.story) [“Bitch are you fo’ ree-yal?”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10338749&postcount=1147) 😃 ☹ Dammit, the world is less pimptastic without him. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1157 "2008-10-27T17:15:53Z")
I just saw over in Cafe Society that author Tony Hillerman has died. Shoot, I liked his Navajo mysteries. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1158 "2008-10-27T20:45:40Z")
Reporting in to say, with just over two months left in 2008, my list of immortals is still goin’ strong! 😃 ---
**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:** [October 27, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1159 "2008-10-27T21:18:48Z")
I’m considering charging money to put someone on my list. ---
**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 28, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1160 "2008-10-28T15:05:56Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I’m considering charging money to put someone on my list. And the minute you take them off your list, they die. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1161 "2008-10-28T16:59:22Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > And the minute you take them off your list, they die. We’ve gone from Small Business to Extortion. Oh my, the price just went up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=59)