# 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:** 30
**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, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/581 "2009-01-16T18:10:47Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > I think you’re thinking of N.C. Wyeth. No, it’s Andrew Wyeth I was thinking of. I didn’t realize his paintings were so recent. Relatively speaking. _Christina’s World_ struck me as a very old painting, but now that I’ve checked it’s only 60 years old. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/582 "2009-01-17T20:05:50Z")
[John Mortimer](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1023315.stm), creator of Rumpole of the Bailey. Nobody had him. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/583 "2009-01-17T22:30:42Z")
[Bad news](http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11518&Itemid=1) for those of us with Steve Jobs on our lists. 20 years? Sheesh! 🙂 ---
**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 17, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/584 "2009-01-17T23:21:57Z")
[Patrick Swayze got out of the hospital yesterday.](http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=348243&ocid=cds_rec) ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/585 "2009-01-18T00:58:49Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > [Bad news](http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11518&Itemid=1) for those of us with Steve Jobs on our lists. 20 years? Sheesh! 🙂 > [@Dolores Reborn](#): > > Patrick Swayze got out of the hospital yesterday. Geez, it’s just one piece of bad news after another around here today. ---
**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 18, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/586 "2009-01-18T01:01:28Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Geez, it’s just one piece of bad news after another around here today. Cheer up, he could be leaving to die peacefully at home! ---
**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 19, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/587 "2009-01-19T03:11:46Z")
[Bob “Danger, Will Robinson” May](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iyL-6Yym4W__Filb61G4GeeWuUvAD95PTFL01) age 69. ---
**Author:** ![MarkF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MarkF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/588 "2009-01-20T12:58:14Z")
[Kathleen Byron](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/kathleen-byron-actress-who-played-sister-ruth-in-black-narcissus-1451427.html) of Black Narcissus fame… [Mighty Morph-in Tony Hart](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/tony-hart-inspirational-artist-and-television-presenter-1451429.html) … sniff ---
**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:** [January 20, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/589 "2009-01-20T20:11:04Z")
Sens. Robert Byrd and Ted Kennedy had to be removed from an inaugural luncheon for [medical reasons](http://voices.washingtonpost.com/inauguration-watch/2009/01/byrd_kennedy_leave_luncheon_fo.html?wprss=rss_blog). Kennedy appears to have suffered a significant seizure. Either death would be a great loss to the nation on an otherwise joyous day. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/590 "2009-01-20T20:51:38Z")
The latest on CNN says that Byrd is okay, no word on Kennedy. ---
**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 21, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/591 "2009-01-21T05:07:33Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > [Bad news](http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11518&Itemid=1) for those of us with Steve Jobs on our lists. 20 years? Sheesh! 🙂 From that cite… > [@](#): > > On another note, Reuters is reporting Jobs’ condition might be more serious, and citing several cancer experts who believe Jobs’ pancreatic cancer may have reccured. Again, none of them have actually **treaded** Jobs Fools go lightly where cancer experts fear to tread. ---
**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 21, 2009, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/592 "2009-01-21T06:27:45Z")
> [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](#): > > From that cite… > > Fools go lightly where cancer experts fear to tread. This death watch stuff makes me sick. All you people salivating over Steve Jobs. Damn bandwagoners. I’ve had the guy on my list for 2 years. ---
**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 21, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/593 "2009-01-21T16:32:18Z")
> [@qwest](#): > > [Bob “Danger, Will Robinson” May](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iyL-6Yym4W__Filb61G4GeeWuUvAD95PTFL01) age 69. Crap. He may have \*played \*the robot, but Dick Tufeld was the voice (and is on my list). ---
**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 22, 2009, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/594 "2009-01-22T06:01:59Z")
> [@labtrash](#): > > Crap. He may have \*played \*the robot, but Dick Tufeld was the voice (and is on my list). I remember Bob May going on a radio show a few years ago. The hosts were excited to have Danger Will Robinson on. It turned out even better for the audience when they found out the truth. May came across as an arrogant prick because they didn’t give him the proper respect for being the guy in the suit. He wanted to be treated like a serious actor. It seemed to never occur to him that this was _radio_, maybe they would be interested in the voice. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/595 "2009-01-22T18:41:37Z")
[**Susanna Foster**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036261/news#ni0654125), Christine in the 1943 remake of _Phantom of the Opera_, has died at 84. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/596 "2009-01-24T13:38:40Z")
Former light heavyweight boxing champion [Jose Torres](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090120/sp_nm/us_boxing_torres_1) has died. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/597 "2009-01-24T14:21:31Z")
Shane Dronett, ex NFL player, found dead in his home. [http://www.fanhouse.com/news/nfl/shane-dronett-found-dead-in-home/314802?icid=200100397x1217155305x1201145429](http://www.fanhouse.com/news/nfl/shane-dronett-found-dead-in-home/314802?icid=200100397x1217155305x1201145429) ---
**Author:** ![MeepersC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meepersc/32/12088_2.png) [@MeepersC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeepersC)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/598 "2009-01-24T15:08:01Z")
[Kay Yow](http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3051932/), women’s basketball coach at N.C. State, died at age 66 after battling breast cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/599 "2009-01-24T16:24:13Z")
> [@MeepersC](#): > > [Kay Yow](http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3051932/), women’s basketball coach at N.C. State, died at age 66 after battling breast cancer. She will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/600 "2009-01-24T16:42:13Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > She will be missed. Yes indeed. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=31)