# 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:** 22
**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, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/421 "2006-01-11T23:35:52Z")
Andreas Katsulas has cancer? Waaahhhhhh! I hate seeing one of the B-5 gang going. It was bad enough when Richard Biggs died. ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/422 "2006-01-12T00:22:26Z")
How many points did we get for Lou Rawls? ---
**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 12, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/423 "2006-01-12T01:08:42Z")
Rawls died at age 72. hence, we get 28 points ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/424 "2006-01-12T11:38:05Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Gah, I lost my death pool cherry to Rodney Dangerfield. > > Make your own damn joke. I’m still a dead pool virgin. But the way things are going it looks like my first is going to be Maggie Thatcher. ☹ ---
**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 14, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/425 "2006-01-14T02:36:18Z")
Still awaiting confirmation, but Ayman al Zawahiri may have been killed in an airstrike. I could curse that I had him on my 2004 list, but dropped him. No way. Let’s hope he’s done for. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/426 "2006-01-14T02:53:29Z")
> [@Captain Lance Murdoch](#): > > Still awaiting confirmation, but Ayman al Zawahiri may have been killed in an airstrike. > > I could curse that I had him on my 2004 list, but dropped him. No way. Let’s hope he’s done for. Yeah and Saddam was killed in an airstrike too. A couple of times I think. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/427 "2006-01-14T05:28:15Z")
Dammit, I chose Zarqawi, the wrong evil Al Qaeda bastard beginning with Z. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/428 "2006-01-14T11:11:04Z")
Former NHL player and Adirondack Frostbite coach Marc Potvin dead at 38: [http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=mlh/news/brn3998705.htm](http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=mlh/news/brn3998705.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/429 "2006-01-14T14:07:01Z")
> [@Captain Lance Murdoch](#): > > Still awaiting confirmation, but Ayman al Zawahiri may have been killed in an airstrike. > > I could curse that I had him on my 2004 list, but dropped him. No way. Let’s hope he’s done for. [Nope. Missed him again.](http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20060114/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_al_qaida_attack_19) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/430 "2006-01-14T19:39:59Z")
I doubt anybody in here had her, but [Shelley Winters is dead at age 85](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Obit-Winters.html?hp). ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/431 "2006-01-14T19:45:30Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I doubt anybody in here had her, but [Shelley Winters is dead at age 85](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Obit-Winters.html?hp). Actually, I think she’s in five or six lists here. None of which are mine, of course. :rolleyes: ---
**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 14, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/432 "2006-01-14T20:07:57Z")
I never thought Shelly Winters was still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/433 "2006-01-14T20:10:41Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I never thought Shelly Winters was still alive. That’s a very weird sentence. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/434 "2006-01-14T20:12:54Z")
I had her! Woo, I’m on the board! And her autobiographies were really entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/435 "2006-01-14T20:37:39Z")
First thought: Oh how sad… I liked Shelley Winters. Followed quickly by the second thought: Squeeeeee! That’s 15 points for me! ---
**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 14, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/436 "2006-01-14T20:38:00Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > That’s a very weird sentence. Replace “Shelly Winters” with “Benjamin Franklin” and it’s not so wierd anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/437 "2006-01-14T20:40:48Z")
> [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > Replace “Shelly Winters” with “Benjamin Franklin” and it’s not so wierd anymore. I understand the sentence, but it’s an odd way to say it. ---
**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 14, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/438 "2006-01-14T20:47:35Z")
Yeah, it is a weird way to say it. Let’s try again: She was alive until today? Who knew? Better? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/439 "2006-01-14T20:48:44Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Yeah, it is a weird way to say it. > > Let’s try again: > > She was alive until today? Who knew? > Better? Much. 😃 ---
**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 14, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/440 "2006-01-14T23:33:03Z")
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