# 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:** 35
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/681 "2004-11-11T14:01:46Z")
**Nurse** , before Arafat died you had 16 points, so you made a big jump to 41. You had seven for Reagan, who gave you the other nine? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/682 "2004-11-11T15:29:51Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > **Nurse** , before Arafat died you had 16 points, so you made a big jump to 41. You had seven for Reagan, who gave you the other nine? Julia Child. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/683 "2004-11-11T15:55:05Z")
Arafat, Rodney Dangerfield, and Julia Child were all on my short list for next. I have to keep scratching the most-likely-to-die people from my list. It’s not fair! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/684 "2004-11-11T16:28:31Z")
I’m no longer a Death Pool virgin! ---
**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:** [November 11, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/685 "2004-11-11T16:42:53Z")
Vunderbob popped his cherry! slut ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/686 "2004-11-11T16:50:26Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Vunderbob popped his cherry! > > slut What’s worse is that a dead guy popped Vunder’s cherry. necro-slut. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/687 "2004-11-11T16:57:12Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > _If_ I read post 647 correctly, **Shirley** , you made a big jump to tied for fifth place, along with **notfrommensa**. Yeah, I am getting the same numbers too. I remain hesitant to celebrate as I am mathematically challenged and Arafat might just crop up alive again. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/688 "2004-11-11T16:59:25Z")
\*\*a35362 \*\* You are doing a hell of a job keeping this straight. On the SDMB DP2004 page that you created, and I am not criticizing here it doesn’t look like it has been updated for awhile. Or, and this is possible, am I an idiot? but at least I am not a necro-slut. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/689 "2004-11-11T17:03:16Z")
Post #647 was dated 11/4, and seems to have the most recent numbers ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/690 "2004-11-11T17:44:31Z")
We are **sure** that the guy is dead now, right? Just checking. **Shirley** , I didn’t create the master list. **sunfish** created it. I have my own master list on a disk. If I knew how to make a website **hint, hint** , I would love to create my own publicly-accessible master list. All righty, then. With the passing (we’re pretty sure) of Yasser Arafat, ten contestants move up the list and we welcome four players to this year’s game! The updated scores are as follows: **Shirley Ujest** is tied for fifth place with 58 points. **Diceman** is in eighth place with 52 points. **drm** has 43 points. **Nurse Carmen** has 41 points. **Single Serving Friend** has 38 points. **Dr\_Xadium Earthman Flymaster Little Nemo** and **Mehitabel** - are tied with 32 points each. And welcoming to the scoreboard: **fruitbat gonzoron Menocchio** and **vunderbob** - tied with 25 points each. Congratulations, scorers! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/691 "2004-11-14T04:45:28Z")
Anyone pick up 65 big points for the rapper variously known as Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Big Baby Jesus, Dirt McGirt, or [Russell Jones?](http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/13/obit.odb.ap/index.html) ---
**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:** [November 14, 2004, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/692 "2004-11-14T08:40:00Z")
Note to Self: Brush on hip hop culture for DO 2005. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2004, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/693 "2004-11-14T08:41:32Z")
**DP 2005** ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/694 "2004-11-14T14:01:53Z")
Note to self: Google for “crack addict hip-hop artists” in preparation for next year. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/695 "2004-11-14T14:15:05Z")
3310 hits ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/696 "2004-11-14T15:41:01Z")
Nope, nobody picked him. ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/697 "2004-11-19T16:16:36Z")
[Cy Coleman, dead at 75](http://www.playbill.com/news/article/89700.html) ---
**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:** [November 19, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/698 "2004-11-19T16:19:31Z")
Nobody picked him. ---
**Author:** ![Squonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squonk)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/699 "2004-11-25T23:40:20Z")
The Pope still lives but author [Alex Hailey](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4043647.stm) (“Airport”) has died at age 84. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/700 "2004-11-25T23:43:56Z")
Aaaaand nobody picked him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359.md?page=36)