# The Celebrity Death Pool 2003 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798 "2002-12-01T18:51:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Morrison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Morrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morrison)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/321 "2003-07-07T20:37:43Z")
Mike Tyson says he wants to die. [http://www.nypost.com/seven/07062003/news/nationalnews/2470.htm](http://www.nypost.com/seven/07062003/news/nationalnews/2470.htm) Can’t that count for something? ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/322 "2003-07-07T20:48:42Z")
I’m sure Mike Tyson isn’t the only one who wants to see Mike Tyson dead. RIP Buddy. I’m sad to hear of his passing. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/323 "2003-07-08T02:32:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by h.sapiens \* > \*\*First Buddy Hackett and now Buddy Ebsen. Who’s next, Bud Cort? \*\* He’ll prolly kick off the moment he sees the remake of _Harold and Maude_. (And I, for one, wouldn’t blame him a bit.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/324 "2003-07-12T23:47:48Z")
I have so many old and unhealthy people on my list. No one has died. Why did Ted have to be the Kennedy to get out of the sixties? Oh yeah, so he could be on my list. I haven’t scored one point. I feel like the Cincinnatti Bengals. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/325 "2003-07-13T02:42:54Z")
\*\*Santos \*\* you totally and completely rock. Now, here is a fiver, gimme 40 more points. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/326 "2003-07-22T20:05:53Z")
With the deaths of Uday and Qusay Hussein confirmed, we have two new names on our list. Congratulations to **Protesilaus** and **rexnervous** , who now tie for first place with 61 points each after picking Uday. (Nobody picked Qusay.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/327 "2003-07-26T03:47:28Z")
I didn’t pick anyone from Saddam’s gang because I sincerely believed we would never find out if they were in fact dead. :smack: :smack: :smack: I’ll quit moping when I score. ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/328 "2003-07-26T03:50:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by a35362 \* > \*\*With the deaths of Uday and Qusay Hussein confirmed, we have two new names on our list. Congratulations to **Protesilaus** and **rexnervous** , who now tie for first place with 61 points each after picking Uday. (Nobody picked Qusay.) \*\* Woo Hoo! You know what the best part of this is? I can’t feel particularly…nay, at all…sad about this particular death. Sorry, but it’s the truth. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/329 "2003-07-26T04:00:56Z")
Just checked the scoring and was very pleased to find I was tied for 31st place. It is good to exceed your expcetations. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/330 "2003-07-28T13:55:43Z")
[Bob Hope](http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/28/obit.hope/index.html) has shuffled off this mortal coil. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/331 "2003-07-28T16:04:23Z")
**Bryan Ekers** and **Squirebob** , while scoring no points, are recognized on behalf of the Quantity Not Quality Award in picking Bob Hope. However, **Bryan** has only one other dead celebrity so far and **Squirebob** has none. **WSLer** and **Evil One** each has three dead celebrities so far. And nobody picked director John Schlesinger or Patrick Dennehy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/332 "2003-07-31T04:17:09Z")
Well, who would have guessed Patrick Dennehy? That’s just sad. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/333 "2003-08-06T15:49:45Z")
As of August 6th, our scoreboard reads: **Protesilaus** and **rexnervous** - 61 points **h.sapiens** - 58 points **Cisco Deep Fried Mr.\_Garrison rogzilla** and **S. Mussberger** - 42 points **Interrobang!?** - 30 points **WSLer** - 27 points **Sapphyre Rose** - 26 points **Santos L Halper** - 22 points **Rabid Child** - 20 points **Tuckerfan** - 19 points **Evil One** - 18 points **labtrash** and **scout1222** - 17 points **BiblioCat** - 14 points **HelloKitty** and **t-keela** - 13 points **Kinsey Little Nemo** and **mobo85** - 5 points **a35362 Bryan Ekers** (also QNQ) **gobear lieu Saitou Shirley Ujest** and **vivalostwages** - 4 points **Squirebob** also scores for QNQ. Congratulations, everybody! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/334 "2003-08-06T17:30:17Z")
How come I’ve always gotta bring up the rear? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/335 "2003-08-07T00:01:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*How come I’ve always gotta bring up the rear? \*\* Seems like that’s what you do best! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/336 "2003-08-11T00:45:26Z")
[Gregory Hines](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=9&u=/ap/20030810/ap_on_en_mo/obit_hines_10), 57. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/337 "2003-08-11T12:45:15Z")
Gregory Hines is worth 43 points, if anyone had him. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/338 "2003-08-11T13:30:42Z")
Nope, nobody picked him. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/339 "2003-08-11T17:10:57Z")
I think Saddam is in his 60’s, which would be a nice little chunk of change for me. I hope he puts up a fight when he gets his door kicked in. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/340 "2003-08-16T15:47:16Z")
Damn, I thought I had picked Idi Amin. Oh well, he’s dead anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798.md?page=18)