# Celebrity Death Pool 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193 "2013-12-01T06:00:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 81
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1601 "2014-08-31T13:34:53Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I think my point is being missed. > > Try to follow me here … throat surgery. See where I’m coming from? It was surgery. On her throat. One would think she would _already be_ at a hospital when that sort of thing would be going down. I still think it has to do with making money or not being sued for malpractice. “When I saw that Ms Rivers was in distress, I immediately had her transferred to a specialist hospital. She died in their care, not mine.” I would imagine that she was stabilized at the hospital or Doctor’s office where she was being operated on, and moved to a hospital better equipped and staffed to care for her. I had a malignant melanoma removed in the Doctor’s office, for example. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1602 "2014-08-31T15:44:43Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I think my point is being missed. > > Try to follow me here … throat surgery. See where I’m coming from? It was surgery. On her throat. One would think she would _already be_ at a hospital when that sort of thing would be going down. Outpatient surgery at a clinic? ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1603 "2014-08-31T16:44:56Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I think my point is being missed. > > Try to follow me here … throat surgery. See where I’m coming from? It was surgery. On her throat. One would think she would _already be_ at a hospital when that sort of thing would be going down. She was reportedly at a clinic so I guess it wasn’t a full-fledged hospital. Perhaps it was an out-patient procedure or maybe considered somewhat low-risk to be able to do it at a clinic. It was reportedly something to do with her vocal cords ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1604 "2014-08-31T23:11:19Z")
Lots of surgery is performed at out-patient clinics, even highly invasive stuff like my wife’s tummy tuck. My last eye surgery, yagi laser to burn a whole in a fogged over membrane, was at the doctor office - one room over. “Yeah it’s time to take it out, can you wait 15 minutes while I get it warmed up.”🆒 The whole operation = hospital hasn’t been the case for a couple of decades. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1605 "2014-08-31T23:28:07Z")
I had surgery on my foot, with bones being cut and shaved, in an outpatient clinic. It was a specialized clinic for bone and joint work. In early in the morning, out by midafternoon. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1606 "2014-08-31T23:37:56Z")
I wonder if they make more money in the office/clinic than at the hospital. They can probably line us up and do more of us in a day that way. It does cost us and the insurance companies less than the hospital, so I guess it is win-win-win. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1607 "2014-09-02T01:51:46Z")
Jimi Jamison, lead singer of the 1980’s rock bands Cobra and Survivor, died of a heart attack Sunday night, TMZ reports. He was 63. [http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/6236573/jimi-jamison-survivor-lead-singer-dead-at-63](http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/6236573/jimi-jamison-survivor-lead-singer-dead-at-63) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1608 "2014-09-02T07:10:18Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Jimi Jamison, lead singer of the 1980’s rock bands Cobra and Survivor, died of a heart attack Sunday night, TMZ reports. He was 63. > [http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/6236573/jimi-jamison-survivor-lead-singer-dead-at-63](http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/6236573/jimi-jamison-survivor-lead-singer-dead-at-63) His Search is Over ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1609 "2014-09-02T13:56:59Z")
Aw, I like that song. RIP, dude. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1610 "2014-09-02T14:30:12Z")
In other news, with eight months gone, all my picks are healthier than ever. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1611 "2014-09-02T15:00:45Z")
Mine as well. And somehow we failed to take note when Lindsay Lohan turned 28, thereby escaping a certain infamous jinx. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1612 "2014-09-03T18:17:32Z")
Andrew Madoff, Son of Bernie Madoff, [Dies at 52 Points](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/09/03/us/ap-us-obit-madoff-son.html) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1613 "2014-09-03T18:20:03Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > In other news, with eight months gone, all my picks are healthier than ever. So are mine. But at least they are themed. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1614 "2014-09-03T20:46:27Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Andrew Madoff, Son of Bernie Madoff, [Dies at 52 Points](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/09/03/us/ap-us-obit-madoff-son.html) A couple of players have Bernie, but nobody has the son. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1615 "2014-09-04T19:06:57Z")
Joan Rivers has diss’d her last celebrity. She’s now dissing the Archangel Gabriel. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1616 "2014-09-04T19:07:22Z")
Joan Rivers Talks No More. No Link Yet ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1617 "2014-09-04T19:19:18Z")
Yeah I couldn’t find a link yet, either. I got a pop-up from my WSJ app. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1618 "2014-09-04T19:20:22Z")
They’re coming up now, here’s one: [Joan Rivers, Comedy Pioneer and TV Host, Dies at 81](http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/joan-rivers-comedy-legend-tv-host-dies-81-n191416) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1619 "2014-09-04T19:22:12Z")
And maybe, just maybe, she’s getting diss’d by Johnny now? No… Carson had (and he still has) too much class for that. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1620 "2014-09-04T19:26:25Z")
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