# The Celebrity Death Pool 2004 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359 "2003-12-01T22:29:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 32
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/621 "2004-10-20T14:55:28Z")
No one picked either of these two. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/622 "2004-10-20T15:48:57Z")
Are there any names [on this list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_deaths) that we may have forgotten? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/623 "2004-10-24T23:44:15Z")
[Cardinal James A. Hickey,](http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/24/obit.hickey.ap/index.html) who served as bishop of the Cleveland (OH) diocese before being named archbishop of Washington (D.C.) in 1980 and retiring from that post in 2000, has died at the age of 84. He had been appointed to the College of Cardinals in 1988. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/624 "2004-10-24T23:59:01Z")
But nobody picked him. ---
**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/625 "2004-10-26T13:06:00Z")
Oh dear. [R.I.P. John Peel](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3955289.stm) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/626 "2004-10-26T14:01:48Z")
Nobody picked John Peel. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/627 "2004-10-26T16:51:17Z")
a35362, I had to trash my bookmarks. Could you enlighten me with the website that had all of our picks again? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/628 "2004-10-26T20:21:28Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Nobody picked John Peel. That’s because he wasn’t supposed to die! It shouldn’t be allowed. While I’m here, opera star [Robert Merrill](http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/entertainment/music/10014510.htm?1c) died, age 85. I would be saddened by this more were I not already devastated by John Peel’s untimely passing. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/629 "2004-10-27T13:40:16Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > a35362, I had to trash my bookmarks. Could you enlighten me with the website that had all of our picks again? Thanks. That would be: [http://home.earthlink.net/~sunfish9n/SDMB/participants.htm](http://home.earthlink.net/~sunfish9n/SDMB/participants.htm) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/630 "2004-10-27T15:27:20Z")
Nobody picked Robert Merrill. Thanks, **Spiff**. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/631 "2004-10-27T16:58:39Z")
[Elizabeth Kubler-Ross](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_K%FCbler-Ross) . Sorry to see such a pioneer go, she was a true role model. Worth at least 21 points! Wooo Hooooo! ---
**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:** [October 27, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/632 "2004-10-27T17:02:55Z")
I think I now have 54 points. I will defer to the judges superior math skills, however. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/633 "2004-10-27T17:11:04Z")
When do entries for next year start? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/634 "2004-10-27T17:40:55Z")
**Shirley** , where have you been? She died in August and you got your points then. You have 33 points so far (Reagan, Fay Wray, and Kubler-Ross). **Baker** , I will open up the 2005 game on December 1st and accept entries through the end of 2004. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/635 "2004-10-27T17:46:44Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > **Shirley** , where have you been? She died in August and you got your points then. You have 33 points so far (Reagan, Fay Wray, and Kubler-Ross). > > **Baker** , I will open up the 2005 game on December 1st and accept entries through the end of 2004. Feh. I was on vacation from the 18th of August - 7 September. I like my 54 point scoring better. It’s new Math, dontcha know 😛 . I know, I’m such a ;j ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/636 "2004-10-28T13:30:41Z")
[Yassir Arafat](http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041028/D86060400.html) has not assumed room temperature yet, but things are looking up… ---
**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:** [October 28, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/637 "2004-10-28T16:38:54Z")
Lets all wish Yassir a speedy death so that those who have him on their DP2004 list can score a few extra points. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/638 "2004-10-28T16:50:40Z")
I don’t wish anybody a speedy death, but I admit that when I heard about ol’ Yassir, I thought, “Hey, he’s on my Dead Pool list.” Apparently, the official word is that he’s suffering from exhaustion, and he’ll be fine. The unofficial, “speaking on condition of anonymity” word that he’s not long for this world. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/639 "2004-10-28T16:56:23Z")
Rumor has that Yassir has metastatic cancer, and his MO would be to deny to the very end, in order to keep up appearances. His lack of a chosen successor doesn’t bode well for the Palestinians or Israel. A lot of shootings and bombings will follow Arafat’s death. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/640 "2004-10-28T18:41:33Z")
I decided to put Arafat on my list for next year, so I’m hoping he can hang on for a couple of months. Sick, I know, but isn’t this whole game a little sick? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359.md?page=33)