The Celebrity Death Pool 2008

The Game Room
1062

He will die when everyone takes him off their Dead Pool Easy Pickin’ List.

1063

Don Gutteridge, who managed the Chicago White Sox in 1969 and 1970, has passed away at the age of 96. Gutteridge, who helped turn five double plays in one game of the 1944 World Series as a member of the St. Louis Browns, was the oldest living former Major League Baseball manager or coach just before his death.

1064

Imam W. Deen Mohammed, the son of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, has died at the age of 74. After Elijah Muhammad’s death, W. Deen Mohammed took over the Nation, renamed it the World Community of al-Islam in the West, and reshaped it into a less black-centered, more traditionally Muslim organization. Louis Farrakhan, whose bid to succeed Elijah Muhammad had been turned aside, subsequently broke with Mohammed and formed a splinter group which revived the Nation of Islam name.

1065

Gregory Mcdonald, who wrote the “Fletch” books that inspired two Chevy Chase films, has died at the age of 71. Mcdonald, a two-time winner of the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Allan Poe Award, was also a journalist with the Boston Globe.

1066

I didn’t picture him as that old. The Fletch books were very witty; as usual, the movies really butchered them.

1067

George Putnam, who went from an active announcer of 1940s network radio to a longtime figure in LA television, has died at 94

1068

Ralph Plaisted, whose 1968 expedition to the North Pole may have been the first to do so, has died at 80

1069

No story yet, but the AP wire sent out a news alert that author David Foster Wallace was found dead in his home.

1070

Wikipedia already says he hanged himself in his home. Those guys are fast… I wonder if they’re both fast and accurate this time?

1071

Looks like they are:

1072

Here’s a link to the Wallace obituary.

1073

Joey Giardello, the victim of multiple health problems IRL, and artistic license in the movie The Hurricane (1999).

1074

Richard Wright of Pink Floyd. :frowning:

1075

Shine on you (not so) crazy (in fact, probably the only sane one in the band) diamond.

1076

Just reporting in to say +9 months and nobody on my list of immortals is dead yet.

1077

So? Mine are writing books about how they beat cancer.:rolleyes:

1078

Peter Camejo, who ran for President as a Socialist Workers Party candidate, for Vice-President as Ralph Nader’s running mate, and thrice for Governor of California as a Green, has died at 68

1079

A unique pick for Fear Itself

1080

Norman Whitfield, noted songwriter/record producer (especially with Motown), has died

1081

Good God, y’all!

What was he good for?

Absolutely 33 points!