# 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:** 30
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/581 "2005-03-18T01:52:05Z")
Andre Norton, who wrote over 130 books during her ninety-three years and is best known for her _Witch World_ series of novels, [died today in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.](http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/people/11162011.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/582 "2005-03-19T02:11:04Z")
Did anyone have Terry Schiavo? ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/583 "2005-03-19T02:51:59Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Did anyone have Terry Schiavo? She’s not dead yet! (At least, I can’t find anything that says she’s dead as of right now.) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/584 "2005-03-19T02:56:05Z")
No, I just meant, will anyone get points if today’s decision is final? ---
**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:** [March 19, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/585 "2005-03-19T14:16:33Z")
No one probably picked him (as he would have been worth -1 point), but [George Kennan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_F._Kennan) is dead at 101. ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/586 "2005-03-19T20:06:06Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Did anyone have Terry Schiavo? I saw a couple of people put her on the list. I thought it was really sick to take advantage of such a situation. And I was pissed that I didn’t think of it… ---
**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:** [March 20, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/587 "2005-03-20T19:17:59Z")
> [@](#): > > John DeLorean, developer of a futuristic sportscar that captured the country’s attention in the 1980s, has died. He was 80. > > DeLorean died Saturday at the Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey, from complications from a stroke, said Paul Connell, owner of Desmond and Sons funeral home in Michigan. Source: [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/20/obit.delorean/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/20/obit.delorean/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/588 "2005-03-21T02:22:51Z")
My apologies for not yet posting a proper scoreboard update this month. None of the newly-dead celebrities mentioned in the thread since my last post here were picked by anyone, so nothing has changed AFAIK. **Mehitabel** , I did catch your post about HST and updated my master scoreboard accordingly. I hope to have an update sometime this week. I hope. Hang in there, Your Eminence… ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/589 "2005-03-21T03:33:19Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > None of the newly-dead celebrities mentioned in the thread since my last post here were picked by anyone, so nothing has changed AFAIK. I thought there were a couple of people who picked Delorean. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2005, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/590 "2005-03-21T11:43:48Z")
I had DeLorean on my original list that I lost. I think I need a flux capacitator, stat! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/591 "2005-03-21T12:25:54Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > … **Mehitabel** , I did catch your post about HST and updated my master scoreboard accordingly… I’m really not sure how I managed to live so long without realizing that the good doctor shared a monogram with Harry Truman. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/592 "2005-03-21T15:25:26Z")
It isn’t likely that anyone (other than a couple of the NY-area Dopers, perhaps) had him, but Bobby Short (longtime fixture of the Carlyle Hotel) is dead at 80. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/593 "2005-03-21T17:11:34Z")
I (and **psychobunny** , since ours was a joint list) had John DeLorean. And I noticed that he was not included in the unique picks list, so someone else must have had him as well. Yay! Still a **SpoilerVirgin** , but no longer a Death Pool Virgin. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/594 "2005-03-21T17:19:12Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Did anyone have Terry Schiavo? I do! I do! And while I’m not unmindful of the pain that all of this is causing to her family, I could really, really use the points. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/595 "2005-03-22T15:01:08Z")
Prince Rainier of Monaco is threatening to make an appearance on the scoreboard. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/22/monaco.rainier.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/22/monaco.rainier.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/596 "2005-03-22T15:03:17Z")
Isn’t there a problem with Albert succeeding to the throne if he hasn’t married? ---
**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:** [March 22, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/597 "2005-03-22T15:06:10Z")
Pardon my extreme ignorance and laziness, but is there a master sheet of everyone’s picks on line that can be linky’d too? I can’t remember who the heck I picked. \<--------------------Is an embarrassment to the Dead Pool People Pickers Union #111! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/598 "2005-03-22T15:11:13Z")
Really? I have a printout taped to both the work monitor and the home monitor. I’ve had some interesting conversations with people who want to know the significance of “1. Dick Button, 2. Fidel Castro, 3. Carol Channing…” ---
**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:** [March 22, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/599 "2005-03-22T15:18:28Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Isn’t there a problem with Albert succeeding to the throne if he hasn’t married? From [here](http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=1648&dekey=princesscaroline&gwp=8&curtab=1648_1): > [@](#): > > Caroline had three children with Stefano Casiraghi: Andrea (b. 1984), Charlotte (b. 1986) and Pierre (b. 1987)… As the eldest male child, Caroline’s brother Albert is heir to Prince Rainier. However, Monaco’s constitution was changed in 2002 so that if Albert dies without children, the throne will pass to Caroline and on to her children with Casiraghi. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/600 "2005-03-22T15:29:10Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Really? I have a printout taped to both the work monitor and the home monitor. > > I’ve had some interesting conversations with people who want to know the significance of “1. Dick Button, 2. Fidel Castro, 3. Carol Channing…” You are my hero. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=31)