# The Celebrity Death Pool 2006 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632 "2005-12-01T22:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**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 10, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/401 "2006-01-10T19:22:38Z")
**Rachm** thanks for the info on the Nazis. I googled and find this kind of stuff so fascinating in such a macabre manner it defies explanation. What I find so entertaining is the fact that every interview it seems with these SS members has them either saying they were following orders or did not know what was going on until it was too late. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/402 "2006-01-10T19:26:13Z")
AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I have this mental image of **Bobbio** (that’s **VunderBob** for those who don’t hang in the MMP threads) and Yassir Arafat shacked up down at the Motel 6. Make it stop! :eek: Then again I may lose my virginity to the likes of Courtney Love. There ain’t enough brain bleach in the world to scrub that out. I’d see the Death Pool thread and think, I need to get in on this, then I’d forget. This year when I first saw it I jumped on in. I’m lovin’ the stats and update things I read. This is gonna be fun. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/403 "2006-01-10T21:03:49Z")
It’s only January, and already this thread is 11 pages long! Would it make sense to close this thread and start another one just for comments on the passing of celebrities and the occasional scoreboard update? ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/404 "2006-01-10T22:16:11Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > …In the context of the Death Pools, a virgin is simply someone who has never scored in any and all pools entered to date. It also provides room for **Shirly Ujest** to make lots of jokes at your expense. FWIW, I lost mine on Yassir Arafat… Ah, you never do forget your first time. I popped my cherry on Tug McGraw a couple of years ago. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/405 "2006-01-10T22:19:20Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > It’s only January, and already this thread is 11 pages long! > > Would it make sense to close this thread and start another one just for comments on the passing of celebrities and the occasional scoreboard update? No. what fun would that be? ---
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/406 "2006-01-10T23:21:11Z")
I lost my cherry to the Pope. :eek: Good times. ---
**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 11, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/407 "2006-01-11T00:22:56Z")
Y’know, I’m starting to feel like Mae West. I cannot remember who I popped my dead pool cherry on/with/whatever all those years ago. I’m gonna have to think about it and go back on death pool lane. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/408 "2006-01-11T00:37:01Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Y’know, I’m starting to feel like Mae West. > I cannot remember who I popped my dead pool cherry on/with/whatever all those years ago. > > I’m gonna have to think about it and go back on death pool lane. See, now that’s why you should always carve these things into a tree or write it in fresh cement, so you have a record. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/409 "2006-01-11T01:29:25Z")
> [@Kuizelemartz](#): > > I lost my cherry to the Pope. :eek: > > Good times. Me too! That was quite an orgy, what, over a hundred people there? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/410 "2006-01-11T02:53:26Z")
Gah, I lost my death pool cherry to Rodney Dangerfield. Make your own damn joke. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/411 "2006-01-11T07:18:04Z")
I lost mine to Warren Zevon. I can live with that. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/412 "2006-01-11T13:27:30Z")
Well, this is my first year, and I was in on the Lou Rawls orgy, so not a bad way to get popped. _…You’ll never find, as long as you live Someone who loves you tender like I do…_ ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/413 "2006-01-11T14:10:47Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Then again I may lose my virginity to the likes of Courtney Love. There ain’t enough brain bleach in the world to scrub that out. **swampy** I said it last year and I’ll say it again: Courtney is going to find everyone who has put on on their list and kick their asses. She’s this generation’s Keith Richards, and I for one would rather lose year after year than take the chance of her showing up pissed off on my doorstep. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/414 "2006-01-11T14:40:00Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > **alterego** , you get two more picks. > > **Electronic Chaos** ’s picks are okay with me. > > **Dolores Reborn** and **yellowval** : do you mean John Madden the football guy or John Madden the film director? Sorry, I just now saw this question. I meant Madden the football guy. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/415 "2006-01-11T15:23:11Z")
Ronald Reagan was my first. Yeah, that’s a good story for parties. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/416 "2006-01-11T18:31:54Z")
> [@Dolores Reborn](#): > > Sorry, I just now saw this question. > > I meant Madden the football guy. I am also a Madden guy, but am thinking that I may “round the bases” with Sharon ---
**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 11, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/417 "2006-01-11T19:18:16Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > I am also a Madden guy, but am thinking that I may “round the bases” with Sharon Who knew Ariel Sharon was such a cocktease? /one ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/418 "2006-01-11T21:11:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **ArchitectChore** > \*I would not want to issue a new policy for life insurance to any of these people, therefore, they made my list for the Celebrity Death Pool 2006. > > 1. Vaclav Havel (former Czech prez, heavy smoker, and cancer sufferer; somehow he is still among the living) > 2 Roy “Chappy” Chapman (elderly owner of Smarty Jones; Chapman is constantly attached to an oxygen tank and has appeared to be near death since Smarty’s derby victory) > 3 Jack Snow (former NFL player / father of MLB player J. T. Snow; he’s in critical condition) > 4 Norodom Sihanouk (former Cambodian leader who stepped down as a result of health issues) > 5 Andreas Katsulas (actor with inoperable cancer) > 6 Joseph Breen (former soap opera actor; he has AIDS) > 7 Natasha Lyonne (actress; allegedly hospitalized with serious illnesses in 2005) > 8 W. Mark Felt (“Deep Throat” looks like he will be 6 feet deep pretty soon) > 9 Cecil Underwood (twice former governor of West Virginia [1957-1961] and [1997-2001] and the first ever guest on To Tell The Truth; he has had heart problems) > 10 F. Lee Bailey (defense attorney; I cannot defend my decision to pick him as well as he defended his clients; he just looks unhealthy to me, and he is no stranger to drinking and smoking) > > I’m jumping on the bandwagon for these picks: > 11 Lou Rawls > 12 Don Ho > 13 Ronnie Biggs\* That’s two down and eleven more to go. > [@](#): > > Originally posted by **ArchitectChore** > \*Those who missed the cut: > Ron Santo – He was supposedly near death when I picked him 2 years ago, but he let me down and I no longer trust him to be worthy of the Death Pool. However, he may die in 2006 out of spite. > > Tammy Fay Bakker Messner – yes, she has cancer again but I’m thinking she will hang on for another year. > > Ariel Sharon – He had a minor stroke recently, but seems to be recovering > > Abe Vigoda – He’s seemingly healthy for his age\* Ariel, hang in there buddy. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/419 "2006-01-11T21:34:04Z")
[Olympic swimmer Eric Namesnik has died from injuries sustained in a car accident.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060111/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_obit_namesnik) I doubt anyone picked him though. ---
**Author:** ![Rachm\_Qoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Rachm\_Qoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachm_Qoch)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/420 "2006-01-11T22:01:17Z")
> [@ArchitectChore](#): > > > [@ArchitectChore](#): > > > > Quote: > > Originally posted by ArchitectChore > > I would not want to issue a new policy for life insurance to any of these people, therefore, they made my list for the Celebrity Death Pool 2006. > > > > 1. Vaclav Havel (former Czech prez, heavy smoker, and cancer sufferer; somehow he is still among the living) > > 2 Roy “Chappy” Chapman (elderly owner of Smarty Jones; Chapman is constantly attached to an oxygen tank and has appeared to be near death since Smarty’s derby victory) > > 3 Jack Snow (former NFL player / father of MLB player J. T. Snow; he’s in critical condition) > > 4 Norodom Sihanouk (former Cambodian leader who stepped down as a result of health issues) > > 5 Andreas Katsulas (actor with inoperable cancer) > > 6 Joseph Breen (former soap opera actor; he has AIDS) > > 7 Natasha Lyonne (actress; allegedly hospitalized with serious illnesses in 2005) > > 8 W. Mark Felt (“Deep Throat” looks like he will be 6 feet deep pretty soon) > > 9 Cecil Underwood (twice former governor of West Virginia [1957-1961] and [1997-2001] and the first ever guest on To Tell The Truth; he has had heart problems) > > 10 F. Lee Bailey (defense attorney; I cannot defend my decision to pick him as well as he defended his clients; he just looks unhealthy to me, and he is no stranger to drinking and smoking) > > > > I’m jumping on the bandwagon for these picks: > > 11 Lou Rawls > > 12 Don Ho > > 13 Ronnie Biggs > > That’s two down and eleven more to go. > > Ariel, hang in there buddy. 66 points and we’re not even 2 weeks in!?! Well Done! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=22)