Ok, so maybe not on so serious of a level on a personal scale, but whenever I see this thread with a new post, my heart gets a little sad, as if to say, OMG who passed away now.

I did hear just today of his death but to be honest I didn't know who he was til I read it. Still, RIP.


TIS

That's a kind of sad. I spent a lot of time reading his books during High School.

Sorry if I overly excited anyone by bringing this thread up...

But has there really been no "kills" the past 2 months?? There's about a month to go and here's what we have so far. If you notice any omissions, please let us know. There's a list of deceased here.

I'm sure SC will post a new thread when he starts accepting submissions for 2009. BTW, that second link is an online dead pool where you pick 10 for the year and it'll keep track for you. (You can actually start any month)*. Maybe I'll try that also.

*Edit: Damn, I actually have to wait 'til the end of March since I made 10 picks last year (Score=0).

Yeah... this thread is the only thing that died lately.

I was auditing my picks thru wikipedia and discovered 4 more kills!

Douglas Fraser, trade unionist (91) (2/3/08)
Sydney Lucas, WWI survivor (107) (11/4/08)
Anita Page, actress (97) (9/6/08) (Thought I marked this one?)
Gladys Powers, last female WWI survivor (108) (8/15/08)

I suggest everyone do the same... (TIS got +1 for Anita Page as well)

Anita Page is a name from the far past. I saw it and knew she was up there in age, so added her.


I think my total is a big 3 or 4. Glad I don't have big Vegas bets on this dead pool. I'd be dead in the pool myself. We have til Dec. 31 right?




TIS

Congrats Geoffy on your kills.

I don't know if it's me or the BB problems, but I can't seem to copy/paste articles here. Anyway, I'm sure some will remember Beverly Garland who passed away yesterday. Don't know if anyone had her. She probably will be best known for her role in the tv show, My Three Sons. I remember doing charades once and the girl who's turn it was got My Three Sons. She simply tapped her foot and everyone knew the show.


'My Three Sons' actress Beverly Garland dies at 82
Sat Dec 6, 7:04 PM PST

Beverly Garland, the B-movie actress who starred in 1950s cult hits like "Swamp Women" and "Not of This Earth" and who went on to play Fred MacMurray's TV wife on "My Three Sons," has died. She was 82.

Garland died Friday at her Hollywood Hills home after a lengthy illness, her son-in-law Packy Smith told the Los Angeles Times.

Garland made her film debut in the 1950 noir classic "D.O.A.," launching a 50-year career that included 40 movies and dozens of television shows.

She gained cult status for playing gutsy women in low-budget exploitation films such as "The Alligator People" and a number of Roger Corman movies including "Gunslinger," "It Conquered the World" and "Naked Paradise."

"I never considered myself very much of a passive kind of actress," she said in a 1985 interview with Fangoria magazine. "I was never very comfortable in love scenes, never comfortable playing a sweet, lovable lady."

Garland showed her comedic chops as Bing Crosby's wife in the short-lived sitcom "The Bing Crosby Show" in the mid-'60s.

She went on to be cast in "My Three Sons" as the second wife of MacMurray's widower Steve Douglas during the last three seasons of the popular series that aired from 1960 to 1972.

Her television credits also include "Remington Steele," "Scarecrow and Mrs. King," "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman," "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" and "7th Heaven."

Garland was born Beverly Fessenden in Santa Cruz, Calif., in 1926, and grew up in Glendale. She became Beverly Garland when she married actor Richard Garland. They were divorced in 1953 after less than four years of marriage.

In 1960, she married real estate developer Fillmore Crank, and the couple built a mission-style hotel in North Hollywood, now called Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn. Garland, whose husband died in 1999, remained involved in running the North Hollywood hotel.

She was the honorary mayor of North Hollywood and served on the boards of the California Tourism Corp. and the Greater Los Angeles Visitors and Convention Bureau.

Anyone have Sunny von Bulow??

That would've been something if someone picked someone who'd been in a coma for some 28 years...!

(can I use the word some any more?)

I barely remembered her until this news story, but yea, if someone has her on his/her list it would have been something.

And Geoff, you can use any word, any time you wish. You da boss!!!! What they gonna do? Beat ya up????


TIS

I didn't even know she was still alive. I have three weeks to go before having a perfect year... no deaths. I am going to advertise this skill with older people for the 2009 pool.

When I first heard of her death, I also thought she had already died.

I guess that 28 years in a coma is about as close as you can come to death without actually dying.

You are the anti-Dead Pool, and that's a good thing. Dead Pool players are creepy, but you Dontomasso have risen above creepiness by picking living people. May your year end count be zero.

Seems no one had Bettie Page. RIP to one of the most ubiquitous pin-up queens!

I've never heard of her.

Where's the 2009 pool?

VAN JOHNSON AND RON CAREY anyone?

I was just gonna post Van Johnson. I may have him. I'll have to check cause I'm not sure. Don't think I know Ron Carey.


Just checked, both Don Cardi and I have Van Johnson.



TIS

Wow! Ron Carey died? How sad. You know him TIS. A very good character actor who's been in many different comedy movies. Probably best known for his role on The Barney Miller Show.

Isn't that the "I got it / I got it / I ain't got it" guy?? I didn't know his name, either, but he's been in a lot of great movies...

Ron Carey was a Teamsters leader!

Yes he was. But I'm sorry to tell you that this is a totally different Ron Carey that we are talking about here.


Now go home and get your shinebox!

I didn't realize he was that old, but now that I do the math, yeah. Still too young to die in this day and age though.

He was hysterical in HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 1.

RIP, Officer Levitt.

THAT Ron Carey died almost two years ago.

Okay, so the labor leader died; the actor of the same name died in '07. Just had to clear that up - thanks, SC!

Okey doke.

Hey Don Cardi, I was referring to the Teamsters leader, as its on the same day as Van Johnson.

Now where do you want that damm shinebox!

You realy shouldn't leave an opening like that.

Then again, maybe your opening is where the shinebox is wanted.