# The Celebrity Death Pool 2009 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262 "2008-12-01T23:40:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/521 "2009-01-09T00:41:26Z")
:DHas there been a ruling on a celebrity that has been certified as schizophrenic? Someone like “Sybil” could be worth a lot points when you multiply by 16.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/522 "2009-01-09T03:56:59Z")
Theologian Richard Neuhaus, [dead at age 72.](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/us/09neuhaus.html?partner=rss&emc=rss) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/523 "2009-01-09T03:59:36Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > :DHas there been a ruling on a celebrity that has been certified as schizophrenic? Someone like “Sybil” could be worth a lot points when you multiply by 16.😃 If you’re going to points per personality. you should get points per body part too. Someone murdered in a woodchipper could be worth thousands, even tens of thousands of points. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/524 "2009-01-09T04:21:08Z")
Nah, still only one person. ---
**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 9, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/525 "2009-01-09T17:35:56Z")
Former Mouskateer [Cheryl Holdridge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Holdridge) dead at 64 ETA: BTW, [SYBIL is dead](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Ardell_Mason) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/526 "2009-01-09T19:42:18Z")
[Cornelia Wallace](http://www.sacbee.com/827/story/1528946.html), the second wife of Alabama Governor George Wallace, has died at the age of 69. She is perhaps best-remembered for throwing herself over George’s body to shield him after he was shot while campaigning for the presidency of the United States in 1972. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/527 "2009-01-09T20:08:24Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > She is perhaps best-remembered for throwing herself over George’s body to shield him after he was shot while campaigning for the presidency of the United States in 1972. Wow. All the women I’ve known would have moved away less they get blood on their clothes. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/528 "2009-01-09T20:43:51Z")
You mean if you had been shot? That may say more about you than the women. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/529 "2009-01-09T21:31:56Z")
Good point. Well taken. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/530 "2009-01-09T22:08:36Z")
Hell, I’ll be happy to throw myself on top of you _after_ you’ve been shot… just not taking a bullet for you… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/531 "2009-01-09T22:18:59Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > Hell, I’ll be happy to throw myself on top of you _after_ you’ve been shot… just not taking a bullet for you… > > 😉 You have to use cold water to get the blood out, you know. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/532 "2009-01-09T22:41:27Z")
[Ray Dennis Steckler](http://www.raydennissteckler.com/), the man who brought us such movies as _The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies_ and _Wild Guitar_ has stopped living. No word yet on whether he’s been zombified. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/533 "2009-01-10T10:36:38Z")
Patrick Swayze is reported to be in the hospital with pneumonia. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/534 "2009-01-10T10:57:58Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Patrick Swayze is reported to be in the hospital with pneumonia. _Ghost II_ coming to a theater near you. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/535 "2009-01-10T23:48:42Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Patrick Swayze is reported to be in the hospital with pneumonia. Shit. If I’d have picked him, he’d be fine right now (my list apparently grants immortality to those included - at least for a year, anyways). ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/536 "2009-01-11T03:12:00Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Patrick Swayze is reported to be in the hospital with pneumonia. Woohoo! I’m gonna pop my cherry soon! Shazaam! err…I mean, I hope he pulls through.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/537 "2009-01-11T03:46:52Z")
[Dave Roberts](http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2009-01-09-roberts-obit_N.htm), who compiled a 103-125 record during his thirteen seasons as a Major League Baseball pitcher, has died at the age of 64. The linked article’s reference to him as “David Arthur Roberts” reminded me of the fact that there was a third baseman named David Wayne Roberts (who survives) whose big-league career overlapped that of the late Dave Roberts. [Prince Joe Henry](http://www.mlive.com/sportsflash/index.ssf?/base/sports-32/1231464264172530.xml&storylist=michigansports), who played for several Negro League teams during the 1950’s, passed away last week at the age of 78. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/538 "2009-01-12T03:37:20Z")
Newsflash: [Islamic hit list includes Amy Winehouse](http://www.neoconstant.com/2543/amy-winehouse-on-islamist-list-of-top-jews-we-can-target/) as “one of Britain’s leading Jews”. I submitted a Google News Alert for each of my candidates this year, and this popped into my mailbox! And I was thinking OD, not car bomb. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/539 "2009-01-12T20:02:39Z")
[Don Galloway](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obit-gallowayjan12,0,6153915.story), the actor best-known for playing Detective Sergeant Ed Brown on the _Ironside_ TV series, has died at the age of 71. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/540 "2009-01-13T05:44:11Z")
Pioneering Australian aviatrix [Nancy Bird Walton](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24907867-421,00.html) dead at the age of 93. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=28)