The Celebrity Death Pool 2008

[Annie-Xmas]

Ola Brunkert, ABBA drummer, dead at 61 in a very freak accident.

[twickster]

[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas]
Ola Brunkert, ABBA drummer, dead at 61 in a very freak accident.
[/QUOTE]

Speaking of which – did we ever find out what Keith Richards was doing in that palm tree?

[Duckster]

LONDON, England (AP) – Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella, who turned such literary works as “The English Patient,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and “Cold Mountain” into acclaimed movies, has died. He was 54.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/18/obit.minghella.ap/index.html

[BJMoose]

[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas]
Ola Brunkert, ABBA drummer, dead at 61 in a very freak accident.
[/QUOTE]

Meh. Just the old falling-through-a-glass-door trick. What would have been weird (and ironic) is if he had died while playing Frisbee with a crash cymbal.

Move over, Satan, I have dibs on this seat.

[carnivorousplant]

See the kind of guy I pick?
:rolleyes:

[Cazzle]

CNN’s developing story headline says that Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90.

[Sternvogel]

[QUOTE=Cazzle]
CNN’s developing story headline says that Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90.
[/QUOTE]

This article confirms the report.

[amarone]

[QUOTE=Sternvogel]
This article confirms the report.
[/QUOTE]
10 points to **applciders ** and SpazCat.

[anyrose]

I meant to say earlier, amarone, thankyou for the monthly updates - I hope your schedule allows you to continue that

[Catamount]

[QUOTE=amarone]
10 points to **applciders ** and SpazCat.
[/QUOTE]

I wanted points, but this is not the person I wanted to give me the points.

[carnivorousplant]

[QUOTE=Cazzle]
CNN’s developing story headline says that Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90.
[/QUOTE]

Dammit. Not from our game, but appreciation of his achievements. My ISP has a satellite in the Clarke belt. I hope I make ninety. Damn.

[Moirai]

[Tazmanian_Devil]

Former professional wrestling manager Gary Hart dead at 66

[Wile_E]

Weird, I could have sworn I picked Arthur Clarke for my author but I guess I went with Ursula LeGuin instead.

[Duckster]

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) – Ivan Dixon, an actor, director and producer best known for his role as Kinchloe on the 1960s television series “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died. He was 76.

Dixon died Sunday at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte after a hemorrhage and of complications from kidney failure, said his daughter, Doris Nomathande Dixon of Charlotte.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/19/obit.dixon.ap/index.html

[Fear_Itself]

[QUOTE=Duckster]
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/19/obit.dixon.ap/index.html
[/QUOTE]
Word of his death leaked out when it was discovered the coffeepot in the doctor’s lounge was bugged.

[Loach]

[QUOTE=Fear Itself]
Word of his death leaked out when it was discovered the coffeepot in the doctor’s lounge was bugged.
[/QUOTE]

We really need a slow clap smiliey.

[appleciders]

[QUOTE=amarone]
10 points to **applciders ** and SpazCat.
[/QUOTE]

Damn. I did not want those points that badly. Sigh. That’s it for the trio of Golden Age Grandmasters, I guess.

[Loach]

Since no one else has mentioned it, the great Paul Scofield has died at 86.

[Duckster]

Death watch. Navaira is 45.

HOUSTON – Emilio Navaira III, the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, was placed in a medically induced coma because of a severe brain injury received after a bus crash in Houston and may not survive, KPRC Local 2 reported Monday.

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“He is still critically ill. There is a chance he may not make it. Everyone needs to understand that right up front. That’s how bad this is. And the recovery will take a long time,” said Dr. Alex Valadka with Memorial Hermann Hospital.

Source: http://www.click2houston.com/news/15688683/detail.html