The Off Topic 2010 Celebrity Dead Pool

[embalmer42]

RIP


* Sigh *

[-Jrabbit]

A fine actor who came back from the brink of total self-destruction, probably more than once.

Rest in peace, Easy Rider.

[embalmer42]

The important question is did anyone have him? Or was the announcement of his death here worthless?

[Ming]

I don't think anybody had him...

RIP

[Wezil]

Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- A public memorial service for heavy metal rocker Ronnie James Dio is planned for Sunday, with members of the Westboro Baptist Church saying they will picket the ceremony.

The church in Topeka, Kansas, is known for its intolerance of gays and its picketing of soldiers' funerals.

A picketing schedule on the church's website said protesters will be at the Dio memorial at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, accusing the 67-year-old rocker of worshipping Satan.

Westboro is still spreading the love.

[embalmer42]

Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- A public memorial service for heavy metal rocker Ronnie James Dio is planned for Sunday, with members of the Westboro Baptist Church saying they will picket the ceremony.

The church in Topeka, Kansas, is known for its intolerance of gays and its picketing of soldiers' funerals.

A picketing schedule on the church's website said protesters will be at the Dio memorial at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, accusing the 67-year-old rocker of worshipping Satan.

Westboro is still spreading the love.

So all is right with the world.

[Wezil]

Chris Haney, one of the co-creators of Canada's most famous board game, Trivial Pursuit, has died at the age of 59 after a long illness.

Haney invented the game with Scott Abbott in 1979. Both had worked in journalism: Haney was a photo editor for The Canadian Press and the Montreal Gazette, while Abbott was a sports reporter.

The two men enlisted Haney's brother, John, and friend Ed Werner, a lawyer, to help them develop the game and set in motion a fundraising plan that would change the lives of many of their friends.


To raise money for their venture, the two men sold shares to friends and colleagues for $1,000. While many turned them down, those who didn't went on to rake in tens and even hundreds of thousands of dollars in dividends as the game grew in popularity following its 1981 Canadian debut. Trivial Pursuit was introduced to the U.S. market in 1982.

In 1984, at the height of its popularity, more than 20 million games were sold. By 2004, total sales topped 80 million.

After several special editions of the game -- some devoted to certain decades, others focused on pop culture like the Star Wars films – the men sold the rights to Hasbro in 2008 for US$80 million.

Haney, who grew up in Welland, Ont., invested his board-game profits into one of Canada's top golf courses: the Devil's Pulpit.

The Ontario course opened in 1990, and the following year it was named Best New Canadian Golf Course by Golf Digest. It was co-designed by golf course architect Michael Hurdzan.

Haney is survived by his wife and three grown children.

[embalmer42]

What? Are you sitting beside your computer, frantically chain-smoking yourself into happy thoughts as you anxiously await the latest death so you can be the first one to report on it?

[-Jrabbit]

It's very exciting for Wezil whenever a Canadian qualifies as a celebrity...

[embalmer42]

That was a good 'un. Congratulations sir.

[SlowwHand]

Ted Koppel's son, 40, found dead in NYC apartment (AP) - 2 hours ago

AP - The 40-year-old son of former ABC News anchor Ted Koppel was found dead in an apartment in upper Manhattan after a day of bar hopping with a man he met at a watering hole, a law enforcement offic...

Drank himself to death.

[Wezil]

If I'm not mistaken....he used to run a dead pool.

[SlowwHand]

Al Gore and Tipper are splitting the sheets after 40 years. I guess the marriage is dead.

[-Jrabbit]

Sounds like they're still alive...

[Wezil]

Al Gore and Tipper are splitting the sheets after 40 years. I guess the marriage is dead.

I wonder how many houses she'll get.