# 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:** 31
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/601 "2009-01-24T21:02:51Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Yes indeed. ☹ **JP** keeping quiet about the fact that he just scored 34 points. So did **Sternvogel** ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/602 "2009-01-26T16:18:22Z")
Ernest Borgnine looked extremely well for 92 at the Screen Actors Guild last night. Suck it. ---
**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 27, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/603 "2009-01-27T18:39:41Z")
[John Updike](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jSy7IaB3AtpUUQ89OcmhP0ARmzIwD95VL4FO0) age 76. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/604 "2009-01-27T22:00:30Z")
[Dante Lavelli](http://www.ohio.com/sports/browns/38127094.html), the wide receiver who was known as “Gluefingers” while starring with the Cleveland Browns in the 1940’s and '50’s, has died at the age of 85. I grew up in a suburb near Lavelli’s adopted home of Rocky River, and often rode by his appliance store, whose sign featured an image of a football player wearing Lavelli’s #86 jersey. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/605 "2009-01-28T22:30:44Z")
Per radio report, [Billy Powell](http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1603697/20090128/lynyrd_skynyrd.jhtml), keyboardist for Lynyrd Skynyrd, has joined the heavenly choir from a reported heart condition. ---
**Author:** ![BACI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/606 "2009-01-29T20:56:51Z")
John Martyn, an all time favourite of mine for over 30 years. > **[Singer-songwriter John Martyn dies, aged 60](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jan/29/john-martyn-dies)** > > Known for musical marriage of folk and jazz, Martyn was one of the most distinctive and prolific artists of his generation ☹ ---
**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 30, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/607 "2009-01-30T15:21:24Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > 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. But being … Er, never mind. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/608 "2009-01-31T23:11:18Z")
Looks like I scored back on January 4th. [Bill Grant](http://housedemocrats.wa.gov/members/grant/). ---
**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:** [February 1, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/609 "2009-02-01T12:01:04Z")
[Ingemar Johansson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingemar_Johansson), former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion goes down for the count. 76 years old. He knocked out Floyd Patterson for the title in 1959. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/610 "2009-02-01T15:40:12Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > [Ingemar Johansson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingemar_Johansson), former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion goes down for the count. 76 years old. He knocked out Floyd Patterson for the title in 1959. And scores points for **racer72**! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/611 "2009-02-01T18:12:36Z")
For those of you keeping score at home, I’ve changed my user name. **qwest** is now **Critical Mass** ---
**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:** [February 1, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/612 "2009-02-01T18:27:00Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > And scores points for **racer72**! When I posted that it was for informational purposes only. I never thought someone would have him. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/613 "2009-02-02T01:36:47Z")
Ane here we go with the standings after one month. Ten celebrities left us, representing 1.2% of the total and 0.6% of the votes. ```auto Name Dead Age Points Votes Ingemar Johansson 30-Jan 76 24 1 John Updike 27-Jan 76 24 2 Kay Yow 24-Jan 66 34 2 Tapan Sinha 15-Jan 84 16 1 Dai Llewellyn 14-Jan 62 38 2 Ricardo Montalban 14-Jan 88 12 3 Griffin Bell 5-Jan 90 10 1 Bill Grant 4-Jan 71 29 1 Don Sanderson 2-Jan 21 79 1 Maria de Jesus 2-Jan 115 0 1 ``` ```auto Name Points Number 1 Captain Lance Murdoch 117 2 2 Critical Mass 38 1 3= Jeep's Phoenix 34 1 3= Sternvogel 34 1 5 amarone 29 1 6 Sublight 26 2 7= labtrash 24 1 7= racer72 24 1 7= WF Tomba 24 1 10= fubbleskag 12 1 10= SpazCat 12 1 10= The Librarian 12 1 13 42fish 0 1 =last 168 others. ``` ---
**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:** [February 2, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/614 "2009-02-02T03:39:43Z")
Please include **Rachm Qoch** ’s score in these updates, even at 0, so we can simultaneously breathe a sigh of relief, and gloat. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/615 "2009-02-02T03:54:47Z")
**Rachm Qoch** is either going to get nothing, or everything all at once, with his very specific collection. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/616 "2009-02-02T04:01:00Z")
Yes, I know, but until the mass cult suicide happens, we can all enjoy the respite from **Rachm Qoch** ’s dominance. And should the mass cult suicide occur, and Rachm Qoch be catapulted into the lead, we can at least take comfort in the fact that a busload of fruitcakes has removed themselves from the earth. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/617 "2009-02-02T04:43:02Z")
Oh well, at least I’m leading for the ‘Inside Track’ award. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/618 "2009-02-02T15:40:06Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Yes, I know, but until the mass cult suicide happens, we can all enjoy the respite from **Rachm Qoch** ’s dominance. > > And should the mass cult suicide occur, and Rachm Qoch be catapulted into the lead, we can at least take comfort in the fact that a busload of fruitcakes has removed themselves from the earth. I gotta admit I’m rooting for him this year. It would be such an epic smackdown. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/619 "2009-02-03T00:56:53Z")
I think **RQ** is giving us a break this year, while still having a slim chance at winning. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/620 "2009-02-03T19:16:31Z")
[John Gordy](http://www.freep.com/article/20090131/SPORTS01/901310359/1049/SPORTS01/Celebrated+Lion+John+Gordy+dies+at+73+), the offensive lineman who played guard for the Detroit Lions from 1957 to ‘67 after starring at the University of Tennessee, has died at the age of 73. As a rookie, Gordy contributed to what is still the Lions’ most recent NFL title. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=32)