# The Celebrity Death Pool 2005 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574 "2004-12-01T21:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/421 "2005-01-09T06:22:43Z")
This thread has gotten pretty frickin massive. What is it 8 pages? 9? It’s not even mid-January, fercryinoutloud!! Would it be possible to lock this, and start a new one with a linky to this one? Just so we can keep the scores, grim-reaper updates and general discussion seperate from the entries? Just a thought… Happy ---
**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:** [January 9, 2005, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/422 "2005-01-09T06:32:49Z")
It’ll slow down at this point. The bulk of the posts come from the predictions. And part of the fun of Celebrity Deathpool is they’re the longest running threads on the board. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/423 "2005-01-09T09:36:48Z")
I just noticed that I made an error in my list. My selection 13 is Carl XIV Gustaf, King of Sweden. No such person exists; the King of Sweden is Carl XVI Gustaf. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/424 "2005-01-09T17:01:26Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > It’ll slow down at this point. The bulk of the posts come from the predictions. And part of the fun of Celebrity Deathpool is they’re the longest running threads on the board. I imagine it will slow down a bit (although no signs of that yet), but last year we didn’t get to page nine until _May_! ---
**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:** [January 9, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/425 "2005-01-09T20:01:02Z")
The size of the thread indicates how exponentially more popular The Straight Dope Celebrity Death Pool has become. Someone is spreading the word about the magnificence of this board. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/426 "2005-01-09T23:54:10Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > I just noticed that I made an error in my list. My selection 13 is Carl XIV Gustaf, King of Sweden. No such person exists; the King of Sweden is Carl XVI Gustaf. Gotcha. You know the King of Sweden? He gave me things that I was needin.’ He gave me a home built of gold and steel; a diamond car with a platinum wheel… A heidi-heidi-heidi-heidi-heidi-heidi-ho…! ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/427 "2005-01-10T10:09:07Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Gotcha. Thanks. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2005, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/428 "2005-01-13T05:20:16Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Gotcha. > > You know the King of Sweden? He gave me things that I was needin.’ > > He gave me a home built of gold and steel; a diamond car with a platinum wheel… > > A heidi-heidi-heidi-heidi-heidi-heidi-ho…! _Audience_A heidi-heidi-heidi-heidi-heidi-heidi-ho…! Smoogly-do smoogly-do smoogly oogly oogly oogly-do…! ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/429 "2005-01-13T06:01:18Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Gotcha. > > You know the King of Sweden? He gave me things that I was needin.’ > > He gave me a home built of gold and steel; a diamond car with a platinum wheel… > > A heidi-heidi-heidi-heidi-heidi-heidi-ho…! Did he give you his townhouse, and his racing horses? Is each meal you eat a dozen courses? Do you have a million dollars in nickles and dimes? That you have counted one million times? whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Most excellent reference BTW ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/430 "2005-01-13T19:37:45Z")
Does anyone have [Spencer Dryden](http://www.jeffersonairplane.com) from Jefferson Airplane on their list? He died on 1/11 from colon cancer. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/431 "2005-01-13T21:59:25Z")
Nope, nobody picked him. ---
**Author:** ![GWVet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/65b543/32.png) [@GWVet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GWVet)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/432 "2005-01-15T13:02:55Z")
Bread guitarist Jimmy Griffin dead at 61 [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&e=4&u=/nm/20050114/en\_nm/music\_bread\_dc](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&e=4&u=/nm/20050114/en_nm/music_bread_dc) Seems like it’s a bad week to be an aging rocker. ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/433 "2005-01-15T15:09:33Z")
Buenos noches Victoria de los Angeles [http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050115/325/faclb.html](http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050115/325/faclb.html) ---
**Author:** ![MC\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@MC\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_E)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/434 "2005-01-15T15:10:12Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > Questionable Selections: > > MC$E ¤ Shirley McClain - The woman’s claimed to be have died and been reincarnated a multiple number of times. Are we to assume she’s like a cat with 9 lives? Death in her case means a cold body, funeral, and a burial. Well, it means that in any case. I wasn’t trying to sneak in with a re-incarnation or anything. Honest. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/435 "2005-01-15T17:30:38Z")
Nobody picked either Jimmy Griffin or Victoria de los Angeles. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/436 "2005-01-15T18:05:52Z")
How long was it last year before a “picked celebrity” died? ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/437 "2005-01-15T19:14:25Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > How long was it last year before a “picked celebrity” died? January 5th. Tug McGraw. I know this, because he was one of my two “winners” from last year. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/438 "2005-01-15T23:45:01Z")
> [@zoog](#): > > January 5th. Tug McGraw. This year, the black horse of death is still at the starting gate. We are off to a slow start, yet it doesn’t stop the MPS, like The King of Sweden reference. This is going to be a loooooooong, fun thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/439 "2005-01-17T00:55:37Z")
First blood has finally been drawn! Charlie Bell has gone to the [giant golden arches in the sky](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=509&e=4&u=/ap/20050117/ap_on_bi_ge/obit_bell), earning **VunderBob** and **amarone** each 56 big points. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/440 "2005-01-17T01:35:34Z")
Zhao Ziyang, a former premier and reform-minded Communist Party leader who was toppled in a power struggle following the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, died Monday, a prominent human rights activist said, citing Zhao’s family. He was 85. Source: [Yahoo / AP Wire](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&ncid=716&e=4&u=/ap/20050117/ap_on_re_as/obit_zhao_ziyang) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=23)