# 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:** 66
**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 12, 2008, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1302 "2008-12-12T05:11:06Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Another thought, what if, say, Tom Cruise, was a secret Doper, knew he had a terminal illness, and put himself on his _own_ Death Pool List? Should he get the points for himself? He might win, but he’d only win once. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1303 "2008-12-12T09:14:11Z")
**twickster** picked Bettie Page for 15 points. Congratulations on your deflowering. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1304 "2008-12-12T14:19:23Z")
> [@Scoobysnax](#): > > Bettie Page has died at 85 > > [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap\_en\_ce/obit\_bettie\_page](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_en_ce/obit_bettie_page) I had her! I mean, I had her. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1305 "2008-12-12T14:20:25Z")
Sorry for the double post – didn’t realize there was another page. > [@Sublight](#): > > **twickster** picked Bettie Page for 15 points. Congratulations on your deflowering. About damn time, eh? Ah well, better than zero points for the year, which I had in '07. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1306 "2008-12-12T15:27:19Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Sorry for the double post – didn’t realize there was another page. Well ,there is one less Page 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:** [December 12, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1307 "2008-12-12T18:29:33Z")
I shall charge a fee this year for putting [folks](http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/081211-bad-miracle-cure.html) on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1308 "2008-12-12T20:53:00Z")
Van Johnson is reported to have died. Checking for cite. ETA: [Cite.](http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a1fJ9uXYuJIw&refer=us) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1309 "2008-12-12T21:12:47Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Van Johnson is reported to have died. Checking for cite. > > ETA: [Cite.](http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a1fJ9uXYuJIw&refer=us) Another of **BJMoose’s** nonagenarians bites the dust. A unique pick. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1310 "2008-12-12T21:38:03Z")
> [@Scoobysnax](#): > > Bettie Page has died at 85 > > [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap\_en\_ce/obit\_bettie\_page](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_en_ce/obit_bettie_page) Damn! I had her on my 2009 list. Would it have killed her to stay alive 20 more days? ---
**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 12, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1311 "2008-12-12T21:44:07Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Damn! I had her on my 2009 list. > > Would it have killed her to stay alive 20 more days? No kidding. I had her down as well. GMTA. ---
**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 12, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1312 "2008-12-12T22:03:52Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Would it have killed her to stay alive 20 more days? There is a certain morbidity in this group, myself included, previously noticed only in morticians, emergency room personnel and automobile salesmen. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1313 "2008-12-13T04:04:29Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Would it have killed her to stay alive 20 more days? Well, it _did_. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1314 "2008-12-13T14:32:44Z")
_Blazing Saddles_ just won’t be the same without Van Johnson. What? > [@amarone](#): > > Another of **BJMoose’s** nonagenarians bites the dust. A unique pick. [Bill Conrad] And so the moronic moose, eagerly taking multiple bows, conks his head against the microphone and knocks himself silly, collapsing to the floor in a somewhat fetid, flea-bitten heap, but with a silly grin firmly affixed to his moronic mug. [/Bill Conrad] And with that, I break into the top fifty! The interesting thing is, the number of people on my current list who have died this year now equals the number of people on _previous_ lists who’ve died this year. No idea what it means. > [@amarone](#): > > . . . The last one that “counts” was October 31. Methinks I detect a bit of snideness here. 😉 > [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > I’m in 15th place!!!111!!! Oh, stuff it. See if I ever put _your_ name in lights again. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1315 "2008-12-13T14:54:47Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Damn! I had her on my 2009 list. > > Would it have killed her to stay alive 20 more days? I can’t believe y’all are begrudging me my moment of glory here. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1316 "2008-12-13T14:57:46Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > There is a certain morbidity in this group, myself included, previously noticed only in morticians, emergency room personnel and automobile salesmen. You left out insurance salespeople and ambulance chasers ETA: And I forgot to add my own profession: REALTORS! ---
**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 13, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1317 "2008-12-13T23:24:47Z")
Former Teamsters president [Ron Carey](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_on_go_ot/obit_carey_1) has died. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1318 "2008-12-14T22:20:40Z")
Hey, I’ve been following along this thread all year, and now that its getting to the finish, it looks like there is a slight possibility for a thrilling last second upset… Amarone, is there any chance you can post who is left on the lists for Rachm and Captain Murdoch? ---
**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 15, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1319 "2008-12-15T00:19:38Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I can’t believe y’all are begrudging me my moment of glory here. We aren’t begrudging you any of your well deserved and macabe glory, we are pissed that our own lists are suffering so and our short list for next year dies off too farkin’ early. I think the word I am looking for is BITTER. Happy FOR you and bitter, collectively for us if anyone scores. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1320 "2008-12-15T01:13:39Z")
[Cardinal Avery Dulles, prominent theologian and son of John Foster Dulles, has died at 90](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/13/AR2008121301911.html) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1321 "2008-12-15T23:55:49Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > Hey, I’ve been following along this thread all year, and now that its getting to the finish, it looks like there is a slight possibility for a thrilling last second upset.. > Amarone, is there any chance you can post who is left on the lists for Rachm and Captain Murdoch? RQ: Orlando Thomas Steve Smith Doku Umarov Abu Ayyub al-Masri Farrah Fawcett CLM: Farrah Fawcett Zdravko Tolimir Orlando Thomas Johnny “Lam” Jones Doku Umarov Steve Smith So four duplicates. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=67)