The Celebrity Death Pool 2008

The Game Room
581

[QUOTE=BJMoose]
Well, fine and good, but others (myself included) would be inclined to vote for 2008 when he was officially declared dead.

While we dodged the bullet this time,* I think it would be wise to adopt a Steve Fossett Rule whereby someone widely presumed to have died but not declared dead cannot be listed in subsequent years.

Alas, that doesn’t address the situation we (potentially) were in in 2007. Someone needs to decide whether or not a celeb has to be declared dead in order to be sufficiently dead for our purposes.

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They should be mostly dead. But then we’d need to add a Miracle Max disclaimer.

582

Yes, but is he morally ethically, spiritually physically, positively absolutely, undeniably and reliably dead?

583

No. He’s only resting.

584

[QUOTE=Fear Itself]
Yes, but is he morally ethically, spiritually physically, positively absolutely, undeniably and reliably dead?
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Not quite

585

Maybe he drowned in a fjord.

586

Glad to see y’all take death so seriously. . . .
Just see if I ever try to be the voice of reason again.

Who put this “kick me” sign on my back?

587

whistles innocently

588

[QUOTE=Fear Itself]
Yes, but is he morally ethically, spiritually physically, positively absolutely, undeniably and reliably dead?
[/QUOTE]

Geez, I’d settle for most sincerely.

589

Nancy Reagan was rushed to the hospital tonight. News reports said she fell. At 86, any fall could be fatal, or the start of a downward slide.

590

Think I heard this morning that she had been released. Presumably not to the undertaker.

591

Castro’s stepping down as Cuban dictator today. Perhaps because he feels the icy grip of Death?

592

Points fer me.

Oink

593

[QUOTE=SpazCat]
Castro’s stepping down as Cuban dictator today. Perhaps because he feels the icy grip of Death?
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If he’s resigning today, there’s a decent chance he died a month ago.

594

Bob Howsam, who helped found the American Football League and its Denver Broncos franchise, has died at the age of 89. Howsam also served as general manager of baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds, helping to build the latter’s “Big Red Machine” which won the World Series in both 1975 and '76 to highlight its dominance of the National League’s West Division during the 1970’s.

595

[QUOTE=MadTheSwine]

Points fer me.

Oink
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And for Captain Lance Murdoch, vaulting him into second place.

596

[QUOTE=amarone]
And for Captain Lance Murdoch, vaulting him into second place.
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Where do i vault?

597

Into the pool. Careful, it’s a little nasty in there.

598

[QUOTE=MadTheSwine]
Where do i vault?
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Into 5th.

599

Actor Ben Chapman who played the title role in the Creature from the Black Lagoon has died at 79.

600

Evan Mecham, whose term as Governor of Arizona ended due to impeachment and conviction in 1988, is dead at 83