# 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:** 23
**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:** [January 17, 2005, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/441 "2005-01-17T08:23:32Z")
> [@zoog](#): > > 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. **Vunder** is a necro slut…and I’m still a virgin. 🙂 I’m so depressed. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/442 "2005-01-17T14:14:12Z")
Mystery writer [Charlotte MacLeod](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/01/17/obit.macleod.ap/index.html) has died at age 82. I got all excited when the search engine picked up a MacLeod, but alas it was former Love Boat Captain Gavin MacLeod. No one had either Charlotte MacLeod or Zhao Ziyang. (Zhao had been in seclusion for 15 years; who knew?) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/443 "2005-01-17T14:21:27Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > **Vunder** is a necro slut…and I’m still a virgin. 🙂 > I’m so depressed. Damn, I’m good. I hadn’t heard that he croaked until I checked this thread. May he be at peace, because cancer is such a rough way to go, **Shirley** , you’re not a virgin. You’ve scored in other pools in other years. The definition, since it’s my term, means someone who’s never scored at all. When I made it up, I still hadn’t scored. You’ll just have to find something else to use to pick on me. It might take you 30 seconds of hard though to come up with something else. 😉🙂 ---
**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:** [January 18, 2005, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/444 "2005-01-18T02:36:33Z")
[Virginia Mayo is Gone](http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/10667771.htm?1c) ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/445 "2005-01-18T14:29:11Z")
So has [Ruth Warrick](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4183763.stm), known better as Phoebe Tyler Wallingford from _All My Children_ and Emily Kane from _Citizen Kane_. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/446 "2005-01-20T15:21:35Z")
Guinean President Lonsana Conte just survived an assassination attempt. So close, so close. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/447 "2005-01-20T20:07:35Z")
Note to self: spread Blanket Of Death wider for next year’s pool. 😃 ---
**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 21, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/448 "2005-01-21T04:53:06Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Note to self: spread Blanket Of Death wider for next year’s pool. We should start picking more international leaders and celebrities. They tend to die more often. I assume this is what you mean? ---
**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:** [January 21, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/449 "2005-01-21T18:54:04Z")
I’m pretty sure everyone missed out on [69 points](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=298105) . As reported by Eve, Cafe Society’s Angel of Death. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/450 "2005-01-23T18:40:37Z")
Johnny Carson died! How sad - he was a legend! ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/451 "2005-01-23T19:53:38Z")
Very mixed feelings about Johnny Carson - my first Death Pool points ever, but I miss him already! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/452 "2005-01-23T21:07:40Z")
Who had him? ---
**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:** [January 23, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/453 "2005-01-23T21:11:00Z")
Crap. He was in my top 20. I figured I had no chance because he was an avid tennis player. Emphysema is a bitch. RIP, Johnny. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/454 "2005-01-23T23:40:17Z")
Anybody have [Rose Mary Woods](http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/23/obit.woods.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/455 "2005-01-24T01:19:47Z")
I feel so bad in a good sorta way. Johnny Carson is the first person I ever picked who actually died. I 'm gonna miss him, even though he’s been in virtual hiding since he quit doing the tonight show ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/456 "2005-01-24T02:10:55Z")
I apologize for falling behind on my scorekeeping duties! I will post an update very soon. Really. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/457 "2005-01-24T02:15:18Z")
If anyone deserves a break in the score keeping, it is you! Thanks in advance for keeping track of all this! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/458 "2005-01-24T05:54:37Z")
Yes. It is a shame. He was a comic genius and the world will be less funny without him in it. I’m done with that now. That’s 21 points, yo. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/459 "2005-01-26T08:06:36Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Who had him? I did, sadly. I am late posting to it, because I had hoped he was a “just in case but probably not”. He will be missed. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/460 "2005-01-26T19:37:33Z")
Renowned architect Philip Johnson has died. He was only worth 2 points, but to any Twin Cities dopers his work has a (literally) massive presence in our lives. Also, I just found out that painter Tom Wesselmann died in December. Damn you mainstream media for not doing a better job of reporting this! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=24)