The Celebrity Death Pool 2008

[Captain_Lance_Murdoch]

If I could add a few more comments about Leroy Sievers…

In addition to the innumerable awards he won he should also be remembered as the creator of “The Fallen” on ABC news in which Ted Kopple read the names of all America’s dead from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s kind of hard to believe now, but that was actually quite controversial at the time.

Siever’s cancer blog was, to me, far more informative and inspirational than anything Randy Pausch said.

His last entry was about a day before his death

He is the dog we never had.

He’s a Bernese Mountain dog. A big one. We always knew what his name was going to be …“Spanky” … no matter what.

The fact that he would be a toy didn’t really bother us. We couldn’t have a real one because we both traveled too much.

So here he is, sitting with me on the bed. My comrade in cancer.

A boy and his dog.

Carpe Diem.

[Annie-Xmas]

Bernie Mac gets multiple posts, while Bernie Brillstein goes unmentioned until now.

[Fear_Itself]

Dave Matthews Band sax player LeRoi Moore dies at age 46.

[Quartz]

Journalist and bone marrow campaigner Adrian Sudbury has died. That’s 73 points for someone, but not me.

[VunderBob]

Ohio Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones may become a surprise score.

As I post this, she is still hanging in there.

[VunderBob]

@VunderBob

Ohio Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones may become a surprise score.

As I post this, she is still hanging in there.

Fox News just reported on the radio that she has now died.

[Governor_Quinn]

Hua Guofeng, who replaced Zhou Enlai as premier of China and Mao Zedong as CCP Chairman, has died at 87

[Catamount]

@VunderBob

Fox News just reported on the radio that she has now died.

Linky-loo

[Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker]

Gene Upshaw. Pancreatic cancer diagnosed just last Sunday. :eek:

[Boyo_Jim]

@Earl Snake-Hips Tucker

Gene Upshaw. Pancreatic cancer diagnosed just last Sunday. :eek:

A lot of ex-football players will love this news.

[cbawlmer]

Actor Julius Carry, perhaps best known for playing Lord Bowler on The Adventures of Brisco County and Sho’nuff in The Last Dragon, has died of pancreatic cancer at 56. Such a bummer; I loved him on Brisco. That was one of his most prominent roles, and it’s strange that the linked variety obit doesn’t mention the show at all.

[GuanoLad]

@cbawlmer

Actor Julius Carry, perhaps best known for playing Lord Bowler on The Adventures of Brisco County and Sho’nuff in The Last Dragon, has died of pancreatic cancer at 56. Such a bummer; I loved him on Brisco. That was one of his most prominent roles, and it’s strange that the linked variety obit doesn’t mention the show at all.

Doggone. I also remember him on Doctor Doctor with Matt Frewer, and he was great on that too.

[Captain_Lance_Murdoch]

The author of 100 Things To Do Before You Die has finished working on his list. He was only 47.

Co-wrote 100 Things to Do Before You Die

[Tazmanian_Devil]

Former NBA player Kevin Duckworth dead at 44

[Annie-Xmas]

Lesbian activist Del Martin died at age 87. Her wife Phyllis Lyon was by her side.

[Santos_L_Halper]

Racing legend Phill Hill has died at the age of 81.

[Cazzle]

Australian actor Mark Priestley has taken his own life at 32.

[Governor_Quinn]

Tad Mosel, who received a Pulitzer Prize in Drama for All The Way Home, has died at 86

[Duckster]

Carryover from Amnesia Weekend:
Killer Kowalsi has died

Don LaFontaine has died.

[Fear_Itself]

Singer-actor Jerry Reed dies at the age of 71.