# 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:** 24
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/461 "2006-01-19T00:13:31Z")
This is the first time I’ve even ever looked at the Death Pool thread, because my guilt made me shy away in horror. :eek: However, it doesn’t feel _as_ awful as I thought it might be. Ya know, I don’t guess there’d be jumping up and down or any confessions that it’s your fault. So, I think I’m going to play next year. My question is, if I limit the list to nothing but people I don’t like, will I harbor less that belief that I personally got them offed anyway? I mean, I don’t think I’d have any problem, um, cheering the death of ol’ Phred, but someone I adore (like Steven Tyler – who I’d never, ever put on there!) would probably send me over the edge. Yeah, I know. I’m already there. Still. 😛 Therefore, can anyone help out another DP virgin and let me know if the delicate sensibilities can be overcome (or ignored)? Gracias. ---
**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 19, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/462 "2006-01-19T00:52:35Z")
> [@](#): > > can anyone help out another DP virgin and let me know if the delicate sensibilities can be overcome (or ignored)? Gracias. I only picked celebs who are (or were 🆒 ) unhealthy and physically suffering. You can’t feel guilty if death ends such suffering, right? It can feel quite rewarding actually. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/463 "2006-01-19T01:47:26Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Therefore, can anyone help out another DP virgin and let me know if the delicate sensibilities can be overcome (or ignored)? Gracias. My DP list consists mostly of people I admire who I hope live out the year. I figure, my bad luck in winning things will protect them. And if they all drop dead this year, I can find a bright side to what would otherwise bum me out terribly. ---
**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 19, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/464 "2006-01-19T03:09:31Z")
> [@pseudotriton ruber ruber](#): > > My DP list consists mostly of people I admire who I hope live out the year. > > I figure, my bad luck in winning things will protect them. > > And if they all drop dead this year, I can find a bright side to what would otherwise bum me out terribly. \ ---
**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 19, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/465 "2006-01-19T14:32:17Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > My question is, if I limit the list to nothing but people I don’t like, will I harbor less that belief that I personally got them offed anyway? Yes, we call that the Sting Effect. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/466 "2006-01-19T19:50:17Z")
Thanks for all the help guys. Ah, I suppose then I’ll be getting a list ready and checking it twice. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/467 "2006-01-19T20:01:25Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Ah, I suppose then I’ll be getting a list ready and checking it twice. See? We’re no different from Santa! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/468 "2006-01-19T22:47:21Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Thanks for all the help guys. Ah, I suppose then I’ll be getting a list ready and checking it twice. Just to make sure that you understand - You do realize you’ll have to wait until the next Death Pool starts on January 1 2007, right? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/469 "2006-01-19T23:12:17Z")
> [@Santos L Halper](#): > > Just to make sure that you understand - You do realize you’ll have to wait until the next Death Pool starts on January 1 2007, right? Yep, I do. But I’m sure it never hurts to take notes on strategies and plan ahead. Besides, just today I learned that [Wilson Pickett](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060119/ap_en_mu/obit_wilson_pickett) and my first thought (besides it being sad) was I bet the update email from the board comes from someone posting about it in the DP thread. Yet, it looks like I’m the first. Is that a different kind of cherry popped? I ask in all morbidity. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/470 "2006-01-20T00:50:30Z")
Nah, that ain’t a cherry poppin. That’s just a gentle nudge. ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/471 "2006-01-20T01:03:14Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Yep, I do. But I’m sure it never hurts to take notes on strategies and plan ahead. Besides, just today I learned that [Wilson Pickett](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060119/ap_en_mu/obit_wilson_pickett) and my first thought (besides it being sad) was I bet the update email from the board comes from someone posting about it in the DP thread. > > Yet, it looks like I’m the first. Is that a different kind of cherry popped? I ask in all morbidity. :eek: Maybe not a cherry popped, exactly. But a loss of innocence all the same… ---
**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 20, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/472 "2006-01-20T14:29:42Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > See? We’re no different from Santa! 😛 You misspelt Satan. ---
**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 20, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/473 "2006-01-20T19:10:22Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > You misspelt Satan. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/474 "2006-01-20T19:54:10Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Yep, I do. But I’m sure it never hurts to take notes on strategies and plan ahead. Besides, just today I learned that [Wilson Pickett](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060119/ap_en_mu/obit_wilson_pickett) and my first thought (besides it being sad) was I bet the update email from the board comes from someone posting about it in the DP thread. > > Yet, it looks like I’m the first. Is that a different kind of cherry popped? I ask in all morbidity. :eek: Cleans throat…[Nope](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354834) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/475 "2006-01-20T21:29:58Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Cleans throat…[Nope](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354834) Sorry Ms. **Annie**. My search abilities seem to be lacking at best. 😛 However, I’m pretty sure (I think, I think, I think) I was the first to mention it in _this_ thread. Does that count for anything? Rolling the old cherry around or something? Poking it with a stick (hehehehe)? :o ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/476 "2006-01-20T22:29:59Z")
[Wilson Pickett?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354834) did anyone have ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/477 "2006-01-20T22:32:17Z")
freakin coding gerbils ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/478 "2006-01-20T23:17:15Z")
As **Veuve\_ClicquotNJ** has already posted in **Cafe Society** , actor Anthony Franciosa has [died at the age of 77.](http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/20/obit.franciosa.ap/index.html) One of Franciosa’s ex-wives, actress Shelley Winters, passed away last weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Squonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squonk)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/479 "2006-01-22T00:57:11Z")
This has **Rachm Qoch** written all over it. An obscure world leader with cancer. [Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10956297) He was 61. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/480 "2006-01-23T19:58:35Z")
> [@](#): > > LOS ANGELES, California (AP) – **Anthony Franciosa** , whose strong portrayals of moody, troubled characters made him a Hollywood star in the 1950s and '60s but whose combative behavior on movie sets hampered his career, has died, his publicist said Friday. He was 77. > > Franciosa died Thursday at UCLA Medical Center after suffering a massive stroke, publicist Dick Guttman said. The actor’s wife of more than 35 years, Rita, and other family members were present. Source: [http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/20/obit.franciosa.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/20/obit.franciosa.ap/index.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=25)