# 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:** 45
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/881 "2006-06-06T17:38:40Z")
_The Drudge Report has a line saying_ Billy Preston\*\* has died, but doesn’t yet have an active link to the story. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/882 "2006-06-06T17:58:06Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > _The Drudge Report has a line saying_ Billy Preston\*\* has died, but doesn’t yet have an active link to the story. [Fox News is reporting this as well.](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198353,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/883 "2006-06-06T18:11:30Z")
[CNN says so too.](http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/06/obit.preston.ap/index.html) Preston was on my long list of candidates for this year, but he didn’t make the cut to the short list for some reason. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/884 "2006-06-06T18:13:35Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > [CNN says so too.](http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/06/obit.preston.ap/index.html) Preston was on my long list of candidates for this year, but he didn’t make the cut to the short list for some reason. It doesn’t look like he was on anybody’s short-list. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/885 "2006-06-06T19:26:14Z")
Nobody picked Perry Bass, Steve Mizerak, Billy Preston, Vince Welnick, or Arthur Widmer. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/886 "2006-06-06T19:28:26Z")
[Eric Gregg,](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/scorecard/mlbnews.asp?articleID=167959) who umpired for 23 years in baseball’s National League, has died at the age of 55. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/887 "2006-06-06T21:27:48Z")
From Billy Preston’s Cnn announcement: > [@](#): > > As a result of a medical insult, he’d been in a deep coma since last November 21, but was still struggling to recover. He died at Shea Scottsdale Hospital in Scottsdale, Ariz., where he’d lived for the last couple of years A medical insult? Is this a typo? I’ve never heard of this before. Also, it has got to suck to live in a hospital for a couple of years. ---
**Author:** ![Ragiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ragiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ragiel)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/888 "2006-06-07T16:33:36Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > From Billy Preston’s Cnn announcement: > > A medical insult? Is this a typo? I’ve never heard of this before. > > Also, it has got to suck to live in a hospital for a couple of years. “Medically speaking, Mr. Preston, you are a waste of oxygen.” Seriously, I’ve heard “insult” used to describe damage to an organ caused by interrupted blood flow (e.g. heart attack) but not since I was an intern, way back. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/889 "2006-06-08T10:07:14Z")
According to the radio this morning, **Abu Moosab Al-Zarqawi** got an air-to-ground missile up his ass yesterday. That’s the least guilt I’ve ever felt for a score to date. I hope he rots in Hell. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/890 "2006-06-08T10:10:24Z")
[Fox News story on Zarqawi](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198651,00.html) 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃 ---
**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:** [June 8, 2006, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/891 "2006-06-08T11:09:02Z")
Man, you Dopers sure are fast in the Dead Terrorist News. And I didn’t even have this guy on my list this year. But next year…maybe… Still, that is good news for our side. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/892 "2006-06-08T11:20:05Z")
It’ll be nice to cross somebody off my list I can finally feel good about. But color me skeptical. Every time they think they got somebody with a missile they turn out to have hit a six year old on a bike. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/893 "2006-06-08T11:26:50Z")
> [@uglybeech](#): > > It’ll be nice to cross somebody off my list I can finally feel good about. > > But color me skeptical. Every time they think they got somebody with a missile they turn out to have hit a six year old on a bike. It sounds like they’re damn sure. According to the news this morning, they’ve got fingerprints and everything. I’ve finally got some points in this game! ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/894 "2006-06-08T12:37:01Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > an air-to-ground missile up his ass yesterday. Owowowowowowowowowowow! That is a painful description! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/895 "2006-06-08T14:59:10Z")
He may have 72 virgins, but I have 61 points! ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/896 "2006-06-08T17:44:27Z")
> [@Freddy the Pig](#): > > He may have 72 virgins, but I have 61 points! This is hands down my favorite Death Pool line ever. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/897 "2006-06-08T17:58:04Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > And I didn’t even have this guy on my list this year. But next year…maybe… Sorry, **Shirley**. Next year it will be too late to list Al-Zarqawi. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/898 "2006-06-08T18:07:08Z")
May I politely ask for a rehash of the standings to date? With Lou Rawls, Dana Reeve, and Zarqawi, theoretically, I have 145 points… The impatient part of me says tonight, but I’d settle for sometime in the next week or so. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/899 "2006-06-08T18:09:13Z")
I know my score - a big honkin’ goose egg! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/900 "2006-06-12T20:06:54Z")
[Moe Drabowsky,](http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/5687076) who pitched for eight different teams during his seventeen-year career in major-league baseball, has died at the age of 70. Drabowsky won 88 games and saved 55 others in the majors, but developed his greatest reputation for such stunts as calling the opposing club’s bullpen in the fifth inning and ordering a relief pitcher to warm up despite the fact that the starter was having little trouble against Drabowsky’s teammates. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=46)