# 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:** 48
**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:** [May 21, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/941 "2009-05-21T15:53:44Z")
[Lucy Gordon](http://www.popeater.com/movies/article/spider-man-3-actress-lucy-gordon-dead/493338?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main%7Cdl1%7Clink4%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.popeater.com%2Fmovies%2Farticle%2Fspider-man-3-actress-lucy-gordon-dead%2F493338) dead of an apparent suicide. The 28 year old actress was in Spider-Man 3. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/942 "2009-05-21T23:08:48Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > [Lucy Gordon](http://www.popeater.com/movies/article/spider-man-3-actress-lucy-gordon-dead/493338?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main%7Cdl1%7Clink4%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.popeater.com%2Fmovies%2Farticle%2Fspider-man-3-actress-lucy-gordon-dead%2F493338) dead of an apparent suicide. The 28 year old actress was in Spider-Man 3. [One article says](http://www.popeater.com/movies/article/spider-man-3-actress-lucy-gordon-dead/493338?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main%7Cdl1%7Clink4%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.popeater.com%2Fmovies%2Farticle%2Fspider-man-3-actress-lucy-gordon-dead%2F493338) “We are not seeking anyone else. It was a clear case of suicide.” and [another says](http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,25520941-7485,00.html) “Police initially described her death as suicide but The Sun reports it is now under investigation and the star’s boyfriend is currently being questioned.” Will be interesting to see how this one pans out. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/943 "2009-05-22T02:13:54Z")
Do I have Farrah Fawcett? I do not. I have [John Forsythe.](http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/05/74493/) :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [May 22, 2009, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/944 "2009-05-22T10:11:49Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Do I have Farrah Fawcett? > I do not. > I have [John Forsythe.](http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/05/74493/) :rolleyes: He’s looking quite healty. [Nelson] Ha ha! [/Nelson] ---
**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:** [May 22, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/945 "2009-05-22T12:42:51Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Not able to speak for Shirley, but the use of the word in that context was entirely acceptable, if a little unusual. Even though Shirley has already spoken for herself, I’ll add that that use of the word was quite usual back in the day, a fact I picked up by reading pulp fiction novels of the early 20th century. They spelt weirdly back then, too, e.g., _to-day_ and _cöordination_, to name just two examples. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/946 "2009-05-23T12:50:45Z")
Former South Korean president [Roh Moo-Hyun](http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/23/roh.dead/index.html) a suicide a age 62. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/947 "2009-05-24T12:55:18Z")
[Robert Furchgott](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8065352.stm), developer of Viagra, dead at 92, good for 8 [del]inches[/del] points. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/948 "2009-05-24T19:06:04Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [Robert Furchgott](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8065352.stm), developer of Viagra, dead at 92, good for 8 [del]inches[/del] points. and now we know what happens when you don’t see a doctor after a 4 hour erection. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/949 "2009-05-24T19:25:31Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > and now we know what happens when you don’t see a doctor after a 4 hour erection. Brings whole new meaning to “stiff,” don’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/950 "2009-05-25T03:41:22Z")
This was a high-scoring weekend for me. [Prof. Him Mark Lai, “Dean of Chinese-American History” at age 83](http://blogs.newamericamedia.org/nam-round-table/1697/him-mark-lai-dean-of-chinese-american-history-1925-2009) [Germany’s national hockey team goaltender Robert Müller, at age 28](http://www.thelocal.de/sport/20090522-19449.html) 99 points for me, and (I think) 72 points for **amarone**. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/951 "2009-05-25T03:53:46Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > 99 points for me, and (I think) 72 points for **amarone**. Correct, putting you in the lead and me in second. Seven of **Sublight** ’s list have now bitten the dust with over half the year still to go. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/952 "2009-05-25T06:26:47Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > This was a high-scoring weekend for me. > > [Prof. Him Mark Lai, “Dean of Chinese-American History” at age 83](http://blogs.newamericamedia.org/nam-round-table/1697/him-mark-lai-dean-of-chinese-american-history-1925-2009) > [Germany’s national hockey team goaltender Robert Müller, at age 28](http://www.thelocal.de/sport/20090522-19449.html) > > 99 points for me, and (I think) 72 points for **amarone**. Correction: 89 points for me and 72 for **amarone**. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/953 "2009-05-27T12:44:53Z")
Dear Sublight, I am envious of your pointage. Sincerely, Green With Envy ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/954 "2009-05-29T01:55:46Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Green With Envy You sure that’s not decomposition? ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/955 "2009-05-29T02:01:29Z")
Wow. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/956 "2009-05-30T01:01:32Z")
> [@sublight](#): > > you sure that’s not decomposition? braiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiins! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/957 "2009-05-31T22:16:35Z")
[Millvina Dean](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/8070095.stm), the last survivor of the ill-fated voyage of the _Titanic_, has died at the age of 97. She was only nine weeks old when the ship sank on April 15, 1912. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/958 "2009-06-01T01:41:51Z")
Dr. George Tiller, of Wichita, Kansas, has been shot and killed. > **[George Tiller Killed: Abortion Doctor Shot At Church](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-tiller-killed-abor_n_209504)** > > George Tiller Killed: Abortion Doctor Shot At Church There’s a thread going in the BBQ Pit about his death. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/959 "2009-06-01T03:15:30Z")
A nice deathpool-related story: [Man with advanced mesothilioma wins $10,000 on a $200 bet at 50-1 odds that he would survive a year.](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/820082/dying-man-wins-bet-he-would-live) He also placed another $200 bet that he would survive until June 2010, this one at 100-1 odds. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/960 "2009-06-01T13:31:17Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > [Millvina Dean](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/8070095.stm), the last survivor of the ill-fated voyage of the _Titanic_, has died at the age of 97. She was only nine weeks old when the ship sank on April 15, 1912. On the anniversary of the _Titanic_’s launch, no less. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=49)