# 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:** 64
**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:** [December 5, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1262 "2008-12-05T23:14:42Z")
[Sci-fi’s grand old man, Forrest J Ackerman, dies at 92](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_en_ce/obit_ackerman;_ylt=AqHpmeCfYz823puuVbpjLwis0NUE) ---
**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:** [December 6, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1263 "2008-12-06T20:27:34Z")
Heiress Martha “Sunny” Von Bulow [dies after nearly 3 decades in coma.](http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE4B51MX20081206) All those betting on Ariel Sharon, take note and despair. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1264 "2008-12-06T21:03:36Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > All those betting on Ariel Sharon, take note and despair. Hope springs eternal. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1265 "2008-12-06T22:24:02Z")
Does Qoch have a sniper on his payroll? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1266 "2008-12-06T22:59:09Z")
Sunny von Bulow is finally at rest. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1267 "2008-12-06T23:00:35Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Does Qoch have a sniper on his payroll? I’ve concluded he’s Death himself. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1268 "2008-12-07T02:30:23Z")
If he puts you on his list for 2009 ,buy insurance. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1269 "2008-12-07T02:31:51Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Does Qoch have a sniper on his payroll? Qoch’s idea of help from above is a sniper on the roof. shameless plagarized from a bumper sticker I saw at cafe press. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1270 "2008-12-07T02:33:13Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > If he puts you on his list for 2009 ,buy insurance. No insurance company would cover you. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1271 "2008-12-07T02:48:45Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Does Qoch have a sniper on his payroll? My theory is a time machine or an “Early Edition” of some obscure medical journal. It would be interesting for a loser like myself to list the same celebrities. Sort of a “nature nurture” experiment. 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 7, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1272 "2008-12-07T02:49:01Z")
[Beverly Garland](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081207/ap_en_tv/obit_beverly_garland_3) has died. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1273 "2008-12-07T15:34:29Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > [Beverly Garland](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081207/ap_en_tv/obit_beverly_garland_3) has died. There goes one entry on my 2009 shortlist. Vaya con Dios, Beverley. You’ll always be my Gunslinger. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1274 "2008-12-08T02:00:59Z")
Australian radio personality [Richard Marsland](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=683346), aged 32. Marathon runner and Commonwealth Games medalist [Kerryn McCann](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=683525), aged 41. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1275 "2008-12-08T02:17:09Z")
In McCanns case there is something about the article saying she had a long running battle with cancer and she was a marthoner. Somehow seems fitting. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1276 "2008-12-08T02:21:13Z")
Gallows humour has no place in the Celebrity Death Pool 😛 ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1277 "2008-12-08T03:14:06Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Australian radio personality [Richard Marsland](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=683346), aged 32. > > Marathon runner and Commonwealth Games medalist [Kerryn McCann](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=683525), aged 41. Nobody had them, but McCann was on my 2009 list. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1278 "2008-12-08T15:03:23Z")
Actress [Nina Foch](http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-foch7-2008dec07,0,2707835.story)… I remeber her best from _The Ten Commandments._ ---
**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:** [December 8, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1279 "2008-12-08T16:49:34Z")
Looks like nobody mentioned him yet, but [Gerard Damiano](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Damiano), director of such porn films as _Deep Throat_ and _The Devil in Miss Jones_ died October 25 at the age of 80. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1280 "2008-12-08T22:48:09Z")
[Dennis Yost](http://pal-item.com/article/20081208/UPDATES/81208020) of The Classics IV has died. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1281 "2008-12-09T02:37:39Z")
Jeez, it’s the end of the year and they’re dropping like flies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=65)