# 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:** 29
**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 14, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/561 "2009-01-14T22:09:53Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > [Ricardo Montalban](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBIT_MONTALBAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) > Nice lead in pic of him. > RIP, Mr. Roarke. Can Fernando Lamas and Cesar Romero be far behind? ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/562 "2009-01-14T22:09:55Z")
I had no idea that Montalban had been married to the same woman for 63 years. I thought he might have been a playboy, but apparently not. Seems like a very nice man. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/563 "2009-01-15T00:02:24Z")
> [@Struan](#): > > [Dai Llewellyn](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4231515/Sir-Dai-Llewellyn-dies-of-cancer.html) dies. Points for a couple of folk, I think. Just for one - **Captain Lance Murdoch** with his second points-scorer of the year. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/564 "2009-01-15T00:04:14Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Hmm… in that case. In a freak accident, the restaurant where John Paul Stevens, Ted Stevens, Amy Winehouse, Mary-Kate Olsen, Liza Minelli, Janet Jackson, Jade Goody, Bob Barker, Tony Curtis, Ron White, Tim Conway, Eminem, and Eddie Van Halen were all dining was hit by a cement truck. Tragically, there were no survivors. I think you are absolutely right about Jade Goody, but none of the others. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/565 "2009-01-15T01:01:19Z")
lot of deaths this week - … …none from my list, however. I’m just hoping to beat 2008’s score (which you;d think wouldn’t be that hard, but time will tell) ---
**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 15, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/566 "2009-01-15T01:10:00Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > l I’m just hoping to beat 2008’s score (which you;d think wouldn’t be that hard, but time will tell) Less difficult for some of us than others…:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/567 "2009-01-15T03:38:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Can Fernando Lamas and Cesar Romero be far behind? Maybe I’m missing the joke but Lamas and Romero both have a headstart. Lamas died in 1982 and Romero died in 1994. ---
**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 15, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/568 "2009-01-15T03:44:20Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Maybe I’m missing the joke but Lamas and Romero both have a headstart. Lamas died in 1982 and Romero died in 1994. Damn, I got the conga line order wrong. Actually, I was just thinking back to those old SNL skits. ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/569 "2009-01-15T04:32:11Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Just for one - **Captain Lance Murdoch** with his second points-scorer of the year. Me too please. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/570 "2009-01-15T05:34:25Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > And a cry of “Khan” fades away into the night. ☹ > > Fastest 12 points I’ve ever scored. He will be buried in a casket of rich Corinthian leather. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/571 "2009-01-15T13:04:29Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > He will be buried in a casket of rich Corinthian leather. Damn. You beat me to the lame joke! I spoke those very words when I heard of his death. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/572 "2009-01-15T16:36:43Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > Damn. You beat me to the lame joke! I spoke those very words when I heard of his death. I beat both of you to the [lame joke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=501807). ---
**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 15, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/573 "2009-01-15T21:11:38Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Can Fernando Lamas and Cesar Romero be far behind? Completely Pointless: I once saw Fernando Lamas when I was a lass when we were at Disney. My mom told me he was once the bee’s knees. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/574 "2009-01-15T23:25:26Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Completely Pointless: > > I once saw Fernando Lamas when I was a lass when we were at Disney. My mom told me he was once the bee’s knees. nah, but he was the cat’s pajamas. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/575 "2009-01-16T01:00:12Z")
[Indian filmmaker Tapan Sinha has died at 84 following prolonged illness.](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Filmmaker_Tapan_Sinha_dead_/articleshow/3985551.cms) 16 points for me. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/576 "2009-01-16T03:54:27Z")
> [@qwest](#): > > Me too please. Next time you pick him, lose the “Sir” - that makes him a different person in my system 🙂 ---
**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 16, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/577 "2009-01-16T14:22:16Z")
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Popular American painter Andrew Wyeth has died at his home in suburban Philadelphia. He was 91. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/578 "2009-01-16T16:16:36Z")
> [@Tazmanian\_Devil](#): > > PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Popular American painter Andrew Wyeth has died at his home in suburban Philadelphia. He was 91. [Link](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090116/ap_on_en_ot/obit_andrew_wyeth) ---
**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 16, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/579 "2009-01-16T16:55:05Z")
> [@Tazmanian\_Devil](#): > > PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Popular American painter Andrew Wyeth has died at his home in suburban Philadelphia. He was 91. Wow, I thought he was a nineteenth-century painter. Now I feel dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/580 "2009-01-16T17:36:48Z")
I think you’re thinking of N.C. Wyeth. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=30)