# 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:** 45
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/881 "2005-09-04T05:01:16Z")
☹ Rehnquist is on my list At this point I was sort of hoping I’d be the last person to have 0 points. I was considering the possibility that my list had some kind of protective effect. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/882 "2005-09-04T13:26:48Z")
[Another Link.](http://deathbeeper.com/5804421.html) 20 points for me. That brings me to a grand total of 36 points. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/883 "2005-09-04T14:25:25Z")
I had him, too, so that’s 20 more points for me. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/884 "2005-09-04T16:27:15Z")
I have Rehnquist too, but I don’t know how many points I have right now because I haven’t been keeping a close watch. We need an update. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/885 "2005-09-05T01:12:06Z")
I also had Rehnquist… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/886 "2005-09-05T01:13:34Z")
_mutter, mutter_ I’m working on it… _mutter, mutter_ ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/887 "2005-09-05T02:33:16Z")
I had Rhenquist too. I’m up to 88 points, could I be in second place? ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/888 "2005-09-05T14:39:56Z")
What are the point totals nows? ---
**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:** [September 5, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/889 "2005-09-05T15:16:18Z")
> [@marymargaret](#): > > What are the point totals nows? She’s working on it. Don’t get in her way. Had I been doing the points after The Pope died, I would want to avoid the place to. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/890 "2005-09-05T16:33:38Z")
Want to know what a DP Dork I am? I have just re-read this entire thread basking in the glow of the macabre jokes you sick people make for the better part of two hours. Oh, and I had **Renquist**!!!111!!! Wooooooooooo! ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/891 "2005-09-06T00:02:33Z")
The weird thing is, I never turned my picks in. I made them, agonized over them, added and edited them. Yet, somehow never posted them. So why do I feel like I have a vested interest in this contest? :wally ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/892 "2005-09-06T07:39:10Z")
Because like the rest of us, you are a sick, sick person. 😃 Lok ---
**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:** [September 6, 2005, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/893 "2005-09-06T11:50:26Z")
I’m bumping this so that the **Gatekeeper Ladyperson** or **Death Becomes Her** can sense the excitement of me scoring you devs on my second old man turning up his toes this year!!!11!11 That and we should be having two more Big Deaths in the coming days…I can feel it. I’m such a spaz on just one cup of coffee. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2005, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/894 "2005-09-06T12:21:12Z")
Ooo, I’m up to 76 points, with three correct dead guys. No where near the lead, I’m sure. But a personal best. Hell, if I’d only scored 1 point, it’d have been a personal best. Happy ---
**Author:** ![Zog\_10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c57346/32.png) [@Zog\_10](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zog_10)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/895 "2005-09-06T16:34:56Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > I had Rhenquist too. I’m up to 88 points, could I be in second place? I hate to burst your bubble, but there’s no chance. I had the Pope, Scotty & Rehnquist, but so did 90% of the pool this year. Looking in the past: [As of April, the leader was at 140](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6028137&postcount=694) And someone had that guy that died at 32, which means they have at least 68. I have a feeling the leaders may be 200+ by now (maybe even 250) Z ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/896 "2005-09-06T17:01:43Z")
Ooops. I forgot to add Scotty to my total. so 103 is my total. Granted, I haven’t added other’s totals since April (What do I look like? a3456787562?!!??!) but since McGrory was a unique pick, I thought I might be close. > [@](#): > > Mysterious newcomer Rachm Qoch is way ahead with 140 points, adding Terri Schiavo and the Pope. He (?) also leads with four dead celebrities. > > LilyoftheValley takes second place with 86 points, adding the Pope. We’ll see soon enough. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/897 "2005-09-06T18:44:15Z")
CNN is reporting the death of Bob Denver (Gilligan). I’m a 2005 DP virgin no longer. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/898 "2005-09-06T19:01:36Z")
[Gilligan is gone](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/06/denver.obit.ap/index.html) ☹ I had him for next year. Curse you, Gilligan! (and thanks for the laughs.) ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/899 "2005-09-06T19:04:02Z")
Well, Gilligan’s death sure puts me out of the running now. I feel like smacking him with Skipper’s hat. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/900 "2005-09-06T19:04:18Z")
The news item I just read on Gilligan says his “bumbling got a group of tourists marooned on an uncharted desert island”… How was the shipwreck his fault? Wasn’t it just a bad storm that landed them on the island? Or am I missing a key piece of Gilligan trivia? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=46)