# 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:** 42
**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:** [April 14, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/821 "2009-04-14T13:26:56Z")
Or a porn star for the hat trick. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/822 "2009-04-14T13:36:51Z")
You need 3 for a hat trick. Did I miss one? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/823 "2009-04-14T13:39:53Z")
Would two porn stars make a half and half? ---
**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:** [April 14, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/824 "2009-04-14T14:29:18Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > We need one more from Major League Baseball to hit for the cycle. Already got it. With Nick Adenhart, Harry Kalas, and Mark Fidrych all at the Big Diamond in the Sky, baseball has received the coveted Trifecta Death Crown. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/825 "2009-04-14T15:28:37Z")
[Bruce Snyder](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-bruce-snyder14-2009apr14,0,852084.story), the football coach who led the Arizona State Sun Devils to a perfect regular season in 1996, has died at the age of 69. Snyder guided the Sun Devils’ program from 1992 to 2000 after serving as the head coach at Utah State (1976-82), an assistant with the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams (1983-86), and the head coach at the University of California (1987-91). ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/826 "2009-04-14T23:24:48Z")
nope. sorry. no good. he wasn’t MLB. he doesn’t count. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/827 "2009-04-15T06:40:49Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Already got it. With Nick Adenhart, Harry Kalas, and Mark Fidrych all at the Big Diamond in the Sky, baseball has received the coveted Trifecta Death Crown. There is four in a cycle not three (single, double, triple, homerun). Jeez when commenting on my poorly constructed analogy try to get the facts straight. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/828 "2009-04-15T12:42:49Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > There is four in a cycle not three (single, double, triple, homerun). Jeez when commenting on my poorly constructed analogy try to get the facts straight. What, a trifecta ain’t good enough for ya? ---
**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:** [April 15, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/829 "2009-04-15T12:58:05Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > What, a trifecta ain’t good enough for ya? I would love it if I was at the track. You people are killing me! ---
**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:** [April 15, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/830 "2009-04-15T16:35:35Z")
Are you famous? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/831 "2009-04-15T16:47:56Z")
Marilyn Chambers’ [autopsy ruled inconclusive.](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hJI4NHrHaZWhnrYV7lDqFvi8cwiAD97IKSHG0) ---
**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:** [April 15, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/832 "2009-04-15T17:07:40Z")
> [@](#): > > You need 3 for a hat trick. Did I miss one? Jack Wrangler died on April 7. ETA: Disabled the link. I linked to the wikipedia article without checking it. Turns out it had an explicit nude picture. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/833 "2009-04-15T17:48:55Z")
Apparently [Jody McCrea](http://www.jodymccrea.com/) has died. He’s probably best known for playing “the goofy guy” in the 1960s beach movies, alternatively called “Bonehead,” Deadhead," and “Big Lunk.” Have not been able to find an official obit, though. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/834 "2009-04-16T13:36:51Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > We need one more from Major League Baseball to hit for the cycle. Is it wrong that I larfed? Where the hell are all my Dead People this year? ---
**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:** [April 16, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/835 "2009-04-16T13:42:15Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Are you famous? Only in my mind. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Jack Wrangler died on April 7. > ETA: Disabled the link. I linked to the wikipedia article without checking it. Turns out it had an explicit nude picture. Yep forgot about that one. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/836 "2009-04-16T14:01:37Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > We need one more from Major League Baseball to hit for the cycle. [Merle Harmon](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-merle-harmon16-2009apr16,0,4007006.story), who served as a broadcaster for several Major League Baseball teams, has died at the age of 82. Harmon was the voice of the Kansas City A’s, Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers, and Texas Rangers at various points of his four decades in the booth. He also owned Merle Harmon’s Fan Fair, a chain of stores which sold officially licensed sports merchandise. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/837 "2009-04-19T19:58:19Z")
**Sublight** takes the lead with a unique pick of [J. G. Ballard](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8007331.stm). ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/838 "2009-04-20T16:00:33Z")
Anyone got Steven Hawking? ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/839 "2009-04-20T16:05:21Z")
Stephen Hawking hospitalized, [reported very ill](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_hawking_5). ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/840 "2009-04-20T16:06:22Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > Anyone got Steven Hawking? I do, obviously. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=43)