Points for:
Swampbear
cbawlmer
Tazmanian Devil
fisha
Points for:
Paul in Saudi
vraskin
Sean Factotum (who originally had him as an alternate)
From the article:
This I never knew. Goodnight, Eartha and thank you.
Robert Mulligan, who directed the film To Kill a Mockingbird and won an Emmy for directing a 1959 television production of The Moon and Sixpence, has died at the age of 83. Robert was the older brother of the late actor Richard Mulligan, who appeared as Burt Campbell on Soap.
I really and truly feel bad about the 19 points Eartha Kitt earned me. 
I love her. IMO, she was the best Catwoman and Santa Baby is one of my all time favorite songs.
Still… I have more than doubled my total point scores for the past two years. Woohoo! 
ETA:
Revised List
Fidel Castro
Dick Van Dyke
Imelda Marcos
Willie Mays
Wilford Brimley
Elizabeth Taylor
Ruth Wetheimer
Charles Manson
Yoko Ono
Walter Cronkite
Mickey Rooney
Billy Graham
Dick Clark
Alternates:
Muhammad Ali
Bob Newhart
ETA Again…
Whoops… wrong place
She was a good Catwoman, no dispute, but Julie Newmar was the definitive Catwoman, the one Lee Merriweather tried to copy
I think it was when Newmar was Catwoman that she had B&R suspended above a pit of hungry tigers. Robin looked up at her and exclaimed “Catwoman, you are NOT a nice person!”
Manof LaMacha writer Dale Wassermen dead at 94
He also wrote the stage version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Bernie Hamilton, best known as Capt. Dobey in Starsky & Hutch, has died. He was also in such notable films as Scream, Blacula, Scream.
Will 2008’s result thread be a separate thread? I really think, with the Game Room, it should be. It makes it easier to locate and navigate.
Unless you follow the game via subscription to the thread.
I know the suspense must be killing you as you all wonder who has won. I have the results ready but will allow a little longer in case of slow-breaking news of a year-end demise.
And here are the results.
In December, we lost:
Eartha Kitt 25-Dec 81
Harold Pinter 24-Dec 78
Van Johnson 12-Dec 95
Bettie Page 11-Dec 85
The final positions were:
Name Points Number
1 Rachm Qoch 344 8
2 Captain Lance Murdoch 308 7
3 qwest 183 5
4 MadTheSwine 153 4
5 amarone 145 4
6 WVmom 124 3
7 Sublight 123 3
8 The Vorlon 104 3
9 NurseCarmen 93 3
10 Quartz 90 2
11 Squonk 78 2
12= CowPatty 77 2
12= Long Time First Time 77 2
12= VunderBob 77 2
15 Shirley Ujest 75 2
16 kunilou 66 3
17 bowler girl 63 2
18 42fish 53 1
19 Sean Factotum 52 2
20 cbawlmer 49 2
21= Boyo Jim 47 1
21= Earthman 47 1
21= gonzomax 47 1
21= malkavia 47 2
25 Monstera deliciosa 46 2
26= Loach 38 1
26= Paul in Saudi 38 2
28 vraskin 33 2
29 Fear Itself 32 1
30= 8675309 30 1
30= Anne Elk 30 1
30= Carm6773 30 1
30= Freddy the Pig 30 1
30= GIGObuster 30 1
30= Hostile Dialect 30 1
30= imthjckaz 30 1
30= IrreverentTone 30 1
30= Lsura 30 1
39 snowblindfrog 29 1
40= Grits and Hard Toast 27 1
40= Hockey Monkey 27 1
42 Tuckerfan 25 1
43= anyrose 24 2
43= SpazCat 24 2
45= Dinah Steeler 23 2
45= vivalostwages 23 2
47= Dung Beetle 21 1
47= Electrical Storm 21 1
47= Ritter 21 1
50 5 time champ 20 1
51= fisha 19 1
51= swampbear 19 1
51= Tazmanian Devil 19 1
54= Andrew 21 18 1
54= Mikeargo 18 1
56= a35362 17 1
56= Sattua 17 1
56= Shamozzle 17 1
56= Wargamer 17 1
56= Yllaria 17 1
61= An Arky 16 1
61= Baker 16 1
61= bannerrefugee 16 1
61= BJMoose 16 3
61= DeVena 16 1
61= Dolores Reborn 16 1
61= drm 16 1
61= Justin Credible 16 1
61= Nutty Bunny 16 1
61= racer72 16 1
61= Tristan 16 1
61= VenusProbe 16 1
73 twickster 15 1
74= BiblioCat 14 1
74= Caffeine.addict 14 1
74= Christopher 14 1
74= Ellef 14 1
74= Jeep's Phoenix 14 1
74= PsychoNoddy 14 1
80 Only Mostly Dead 12 1
81 appleciders 10 1
82 mobo85 9 1
83= amarinth 0 0
83= Annie-Xmas 0 0
83= Avarie537 0 0
83= BACI 0 0
83= BellRungBookShut-CandleSnu 0 0
83= BobLibDem 0 0
83= Borborygmi 0 0
83= carnivorousplant 0 0
83= Cazzle 0 0
83= Cluricaun 0 0
83= Darth Sensitive 0 0
83= Desert Nomad 0 0
83= DfrntBreign 0 0
83= Diomedes 0 0
83= drewbert 0 0
83= dwc1970 0 0
83= EddyTeddyFreddy 0 0
83= EJsGirl 0 0
83= El Perro Fumando 0 0
83= Eleanor of Aquitaine 0 0
83= Enfant Terrible 0 0
83= ErinPuff 0 0
83= Etherman 0 0
83= FarmerChick 0 0
83= Ferd Burfel 0 0
83= Fiveroptic 0 0
83= GuanoLad 0 0
83= Hal Briston 0 0
83= Happy Lendervedder 0 0
83= HeyHomie 0 0
83= Intelligently Designed 0 0
83= JohnnieEnigma 0 0
83= Juliefoolie 0 0
83= Kat 0 0
83= katie1341 0 0
83= Key Lime Guy 0 0
83= Kid_A 0 0
83= Kilvert's Pagan 0 0
83= Kuizelemartz 0 0
83= labtrash 0 0
83= ladybug 0 0
83= Little Nemo 0 0
83= Lok 0 0
83= Mahaloth 0 0
83= Mona Lott 0 0
83= Ms Macphisto 0 0
83= MsWhatsit 0 0
83= Mullinator 0 0
83= OneCentStamp 0 0
83= Paladud 0 0
83= pbbth 0 0
83= percussion 0 0
83= phungi 0 0
83= Qwisp 0 0
83= Ragiel 0 0
83= Randy Seltzer 0 0
83= Rico 0 0
83= Rilchiam 0 0
83= Rodd Hill 0 0
83= Santos L Halper 0 0
83= Secret Volcano Lair 0 0
83= Shoshana 0 0
83= Sine Nomine 0 0
83= Sir Dirx 0 0
83= Southpaw 0 0
83= Spiff 0 0
83= SpoilerVirgin/psychobunny 0 0
83= SSG Schwartz 0 0
83= Sternvogel 0 0
83= tarragon918 0 0
83= Tikki 0 0
83= Tripler 0 0
83= Wallet 0 0
83= WF Tomba 0 0
83= Wile E 0 0
83= wolf_meister 0 0
83= yellowval 0 0
83= zamboniracer 0 0
83= zoog 0 0
So congratulations to Rachm Qoch for what I think is the fourth year in a row.
Additional awards:
Opening Kickoff
- Rachm Qoch, for Yo-sam Choi
Quantity not Quality
- Rachm Qoch, for 8 deceased
Inside Track With the Grim Reaper (redefined so it is given to the person with the most unique picks)
- Rachm Qoch, for Yo-sam Choi and Sherrill Headrick
- BJMoose, for Studs Terkel and Van Johnson
Final Hours
- Swampbear, cbawlmer, Tazmanian Devil and fisha, for Eartha Kitt
Strangely enough, the 2006 - 2009 rules do not mention a “Robbing the Cradle” award, although it was given in 2006. If we had such an award, RQ wins for the 35-year old Yo-sam Choi.
45 out of 805 celebrities died, representing 5.6% of the total and 6.4% of the votes.
Anyone know the statistics for insurance policy survivors? 
Man, I started off so strong, scoring with Suzanne Pleshette just 19 days into the year. And then, 347 days of nothing.
But still, just by getting on the board, I finished in the upper half of the distribution. And I survived to play another year, which should count for something in a Death Pool.
Huh, I think this is the first year I scored a goose egg.
Ah well, here’s to 2009 and many, er… deaths? That doesn’t sound right…