# 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:** 67
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1322 "2008-12-16T00:10:48Z")
Thanks- so, the only way for Rachm to be dethroned is if Johnny Jones, or Tolimir die in the next 15 days, unless Abu Ayyub al-Masri also dies. I’m seeing Captain Murdoch throwing Johnny Jones into the cart, and Johnny saying “But I’m not dead yet!” ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1323 "2008-12-16T19:00:48Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > Thanks- so, the only way for Rachm to be dethroned is if Johnny Jones, or Tolimir die in the next 15 days, unless Abu Ayyub al-Masri also dies. I’m seeing Captain Murdoch throwing Johnny Jones into the cart, and Johnny saying “But I’m not dead yet!” The chloroform would keep him quiet. ---
**Author:** ![Rachm\_Qoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Rachm\_Qoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachm_Qoch)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1324 "2008-12-17T09:02:33Z")
Actually, I find the sweet scent of chloroform quite… … oh, you mean Johnny Jones. ---
**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 18, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1325 "2008-12-18T03:33:34Z")
[Sammy Baugh](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081218/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_obit_baugh) has died. ---
**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 18, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1326 "2008-12-18T19:52:36Z")
Actor [Sam Bottoms](http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-bottoms18-2008dec18,0,2920563.story) has died of brain cancer at 53. ---
**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 18, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1327 "2008-12-18T22:11:11Z")
Star Trek’s [Majel Barrett-Roddenberry](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28300175/) has died at 76. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1328 "2008-12-19T05:21:55Z")
Did we know about these? [Van Johnson](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_en_ot/obit_van_johnson) [Beverly Garland](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-garland7-2008dec07,0,4991260.story) [Nina Foch](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3685382/Nina-Foch.html) The thread search function takes too long ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1329 "2008-12-19T05:45:59Z")
[W Mark Felt](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24823803-23109,00.html), aka Deep Throat. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1330 "2008-12-19T05:48:23Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Did we know about these? > [Van Johnson](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_en_ot/obit_van_johnson) > [Beverly Garland](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-garland7-2008dec07,0,4991260.story) > [Nina Foch](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3685382/Nina-Foch.html) > The thread search function takes too long Yes, No, No. But nobody had the latter two. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1331 "2008-12-19T05:50:09Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > [W Mark Felt](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24823803-23109,00.html), aka Deep Throat. Nobody had him in 2008, but a couple of people need to revise their 2009 list. ---
**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 19, 2008, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1332 "2008-12-19T07:18:36Z")
I just heard [Kathy Staff](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7782250.stm) died last week, aka [Nora Batty](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Last_of_the_Summer_Wine_characters#Nora_Batty). ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1333 "2008-12-20T18:32:35Z")
[Dock Ellis](http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/15844/r.i.p._dock_ellis,_the_original_david_wells), who in 1974 pitched a no-hitter while under the influence of LSD, died yesterday of liver disease. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1334 "2008-12-22T12:17:28Z")
> [@Santos\_L\_Halper](#): > > Star Trek’s [Majel Barrett-Roddenberry](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28300175/) has died at 76. Surprisingly, it doesn’t appear anyone picked her. I would have thought a Trek actress would be on someone’s list. ---
**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 22, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1335 "2008-12-22T13:49:40Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > Surprisingly, it doesn’t appear anyone picked her. I would have thought a Trek actress would be on someone’s list. Not one of the regulars – the writers wouldn’t allow a death. Bones would pass some glittery shiny noisy thing over the body, the eyes would open, and Bones would go into his, “Ah shucks, I’m only an old country doctor” routine. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1336 "2008-12-22T18:58:35Z")
Two more from baseball: Negro Leagues infielder [Carlos Manuel Santiago](http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3785783), who played for the New York Cubans in 1945 and '46, has died at the age of 82. Pitcher [Dave Smith](http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-19-dave-smith-obitdec19,0,1707524.story), who saved 216 games and made two All-Star Game rosters during a career spent mostly with the Houston Astros, has passed away at the age of 53. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1337 "2008-12-23T23:02:20Z")
[Lansana Conte](http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/guinea-strongman-lansana-conte-dies/1393756.aspx), who spent the past 24 years as Guinea’s strongman, has died at the age of 74. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1338 "2008-12-24T15:37:20Z")
Ai Iijima, former porn star, more recently author, news commentator and TV celebrity, has just passed away at age 36. Cause as yet unknown. Very sad. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1339 "2008-12-24T15:38:49Z")
Checking through the lists, nobody picked her this year, though I know she’s been a pick in past years. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1340 "2008-12-24T16:51:56Z")
[Paul Weyrich](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-weyrich19-2008dec19,0,620983.story), who coined the phrase “moral majority” and served as the first president of the Heritage Foundation, has died at the age of 66. > [@Sublight](#): > > Ai Iijima, former porn star, more recently author, news commentator and TV celebrity, has just passed away at age 36. [Here’s a link.](http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/12/24/08/japanese-porn-actress-turned-aids-activist-found-dead) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/1341 "2008-12-25T15:48:33Z")
[Harold Pinter](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103ap_eu_britain_obit_pinter.html?source=mypi), the British dramatist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005, has died at the age of 78. On a personal note, I appeared in [_Applicant_ and _Dialogue For Three_](http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsP/pinter-harold.html) during a festival of one-act plays when I was in college. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=68)