# 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:** 52
**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:** [June 22, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1021 "2009-06-22T22:27:53Z")
[Farrah Fawcett](http://www.popeater.com/television/article/farrah-fawcett-is-hospitalized-again/537205?icid=main%7Cmain%7Cdl1%7Clink4%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.popeater.com%2Ftelevision%2Farticle%2Ffarrah-fawcett-is-hospitalized-again%2F537205) is back in the hospital again. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1022 "2009-06-23T12:14:05Z")
CNN is reporting Ed McMahon has died. No link yet. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1023 "2009-06-23T12:24:57Z")
[TV host Ed McMahon is dead at age 86](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31503396/ns/us_news/) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1024 "2009-06-23T12:35:34Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [TV host Ed McMahon is dead at age 86](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31503396/ns/us_news/) Seven people had him, all now popping their 2009 cherries. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1025 "2009-06-23T15:16:05Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Seven people had him, all now popping their 2009 cherries. Only 7 of us? I figured that there would be a lot more than that. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1026 "2009-06-23T15:26:06Z")
> [@Scoobysnax](#): > > Only 7 of us? I figured that there would be a lot more than that. Low scorer - not worth nominating. If you had thirteen 86-year olds and they all popped off, you wouldn’t be close to winning. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1027 "2009-06-23T15:35:34Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Seven people had him, all now popping their 2009 cherries. Yep, my first dead celebrity. I think I had him last year, too, I thought I was keeping him alive. Well, he fought the good fight. RIP Ed. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1028 "2009-06-23T15:55:31Z")
On a more uplifting note, [Steve Jobs has been seen back at work](http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Apple-CEO-Jobs-at-work-on-rb-4109699512.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=4&asset=&ccode=)following a liver transplant two months ago. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1029 "2009-06-23T17:37:08Z")
> [@Scoobysnax](#): > > Only 7 of us? I figured that there would be a lot more than that. Like Walter Cronkite and Henry Kissinger, I thought he was already dead. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1030 "2009-06-23T23:07:00Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > On a more uplifting note, [Steve Jobs has been seen back at work](http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Apple-CEO-Jobs-at-work-on-rb-4109699512.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=4&asset=&ccode=)following a liver transplant two months ago. right, but if it was due to the pancreatic cancer spreading to the liver as has been speculated, then it’s a gamble at best… I’m just waiting for his Obit headline: “Jobs Out of Work - Permanently!” “One Less Jobs in the Workforce” “Another Jobs Loss Report” etc… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1031 "2009-06-24T00:36:23Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > I’m just waiting for his Obit headline “More News: Less Jobs.” ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1032 "2009-06-24T00:41:45Z")
I heard that an obit writer got fired for reporting that Ray Kroc was McDead. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1033 "2009-06-24T01:48:28Z")
yeah, as has been mentioned many times before, we’re going to hell 😃 ---
**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:** [June 24, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1034 "2009-06-24T15:08:58Z")
[Dr. Jerri Nielsen, 57](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528900,00.html), subject of a dramatic South Polar rescue in 1999. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1035 "2009-06-25T16:56:49Z")
[Farrah Fawcett.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032084/ns/entertainment) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1036 "2009-06-25T17:01:19Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > [Farrah Fawcett.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032084/ns/entertainment) [del]w00t! w00t! w00t! 38 points for me![/del]My condolences to Ryan and the family… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1037 "2009-06-25T17:21:03Z")
My stand by list for next year grows ever smaller… ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1038 "2009-06-25T17:28:17Z")
Huh, my first points in a couple of years. I guess my reaction is probably kind of typical: it feels kind of good to finally get off the schneid here in the pool; still, even though I have no emotional connection to Fawcett, this is still a fellow human being… a fellow traveler on this earth, now no longer with us, and dying young to boot. So, while I will take the points, don’t expect any crass celebrations or tasteless jokes from me about ‘losing my virginity’ to Farrah Fawcett. Besides, Larry ‘Bud’ Melman popped my cherry ages ago. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1039 "2009-06-25T17:44:26Z")
I told somebody here at work about the Death Pool. They were incredulous that there are people like us. My first points this year. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1040 "2009-06-25T17:49:23Z")
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