Paul the octopus, the star of the 2010 World Cup who predicted the outcome of eight matches, has died at an aquarium in Germany. Staff at the Sea Life centre in Oberhausen said the octopus died Monday night. Paul made his name by successfully choosing a mussel from one of two boxes bearing the flags of competing nations.Paul was two-and-a-half years old and his death was not unexpected as octopuses rarely live beyond two years. A memorial is to be erected at the aquarium in his memory.