# 20 yrs ago today: R.I.P., Steve Irwin, 04 Sep 2006

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> [@Bullitt](#):
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> Hey, did anyone have him in the Death Pool?

Looks like the first Celebrity Death Pool was in 2003.

> [@The Celebrity Death Pool 2006](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/256):
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> Here is what I like to call “The List of People Who Will Probably Live” (Wow, I actually got 3 right last year): Bill Cosby Steve Irwin Joe Piscopo Kirstie Alley John Larroquette Loretta Swit Jack Palance James Garner Al Pacino Mary Kate Olsen Charlie Daniels Merle Haggard George Jones

> [@The Celebrity Death Pool 2006](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/1059):
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> And congratuations to Wash and kat, both of whom had Steve Irwin for their first points of the year.

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