# 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:** 55
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1081 "2009-06-26T01:24:56Z")
My first dead person in 6 years! Its about time you kicked off Jacko! Now I am going to have to actually work on my list for next year. I have just been using the same one, every year. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1082 "2009-06-26T02:03:55Z")
[John Forsythe](http://www.13wham.com/entertainment/story/Charlie-honors-his-Angel/i9a7EW6UP0m1x1l6c8nFWg.cspx), on my list and looking depressingly healthy, said nice things about Farrah Fawcett, who is not on my list. ☹ ---
**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:** [June 26, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1083 "2009-06-26T02:34:54Z")
Whoo hoo! I’m now officially one of the Crazy 88’s. When do I get to sleep with Lucy Liu? ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1084 "2009-06-26T02:53:49Z")
I like so many other little boys have had my cherry popped by Michael Jackson. From what I gathering getting my first death on my first list is pretty good. Now I just need to stop sucking hind tit and have more people drop like flys. ---
**Author:** ![stockton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stockton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stockton)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1085 "2009-06-26T03:20:27Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > 45 people had MJ, 32 FF. 12 people had both of them. I had Ed and Michael but not FF. I wonder if anyone else had that combo? I would love to know if anyone hit the 3-fer. I’ll buy them a drink if they ever come to Atlanta. Maybe 3. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1086 "2009-06-26T03:33:56Z")
> [@stockton](#): > > I had Ed and Michael but not FF. I wonder if anyone else had that combo? I would love to know if anyone hit the 3-fer. > > I’ll buy them a drink if they ever come to Atlanta. Maybe 3. Nobody had all three, so you can buy me that drink… ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1087 "2009-06-26T03:36:02Z")
> [@dwc1970](#): > > Join the club, **imthjckaz** (the goose egg club, that is). At first I thought I was going to score some points after having a dry run the past few years, but as I went back to check my list I realized this was the first year I had decided to drop Michael Jackson from my list :smack: . Perhaps if I kept him on there he’d still be alive Well not only did I take Jacko off my list but I didn’t even put Swayze on the list. I’ve gotta stop drinking when I put together my list. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1088 "2009-06-26T03:38:19Z")
> [@stockton](#): > > I had Ed and Michael but not FF. I wonder if anyone else had that combo? Nobody did - including you! Your list is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10636728&postcount=392): No Michael Jackson. You had a different Michael - George Michael. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1089 "2009-06-26T03:42:32Z")
> [@imthjckaz](#): > > I’ve gotta stop drinking when I put together my list. No, it inspires creativity! Faulkner, Hemingway, Carnivorousplant! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1090 "2009-06-26T03:45:27Z")
I had both! And I got Swayze too! 88 pts. Seems weird, I had Farrah Fawcett posters in my bedroom, and my sister had Jackson 5 posters. FF relived a lot of pressure of my puberty. ---
**Author:** ![stockton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stockton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stockton)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1091 "2009-06-26T03:47:39Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Nobody did - including you! Your list is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10636728&postcount=392): No Michael Jackson. You had a different Michael - George Michael. Oops! How embarassing. I was so sure I didn’t check before posting. Apologies for making you go check. 3 beers for you. I’m ITP. Where are you? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1092 "2009-06-26T09:59:05Z")
I’m one of the 88’s. This year I tried a new strategy. As posters listed their choices I kept track. Not like **amarone** , just how many “votes” each celebrity garnered. I picked the top twelve, plus Fred Phelps. (I want to get something if that jackass kicks it!) Kirk Douglas was the thirteenth vote getter, the one Fred pushed aside. ---
**Author:** ![MarkF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MarkF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1093 "2009-06-26T11:19:13Z")
So, tell me. Does this mean that he has actually got enough now? I’m confused… At the very least he now _doesn’t_ want to be starting something. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1094 "2009-06-26T11:55:55Z")
> [@Dosipede](#): > > Michael Jackson popped my cherry! > > Wait. That sounded wrong. [Insert Cory Feldman joke here.] ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1095 "2009-06-26T13:43:54Z")
I am happy for all who scored, especially anyone who hit the **Super Ultra Necro-fecta.** I hate you all! ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1096 "2009-06-26T15:04:51Z")
Michael Jackson has gone to meet his maker. Dow Corning. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1097 "2009-06-26T15:44:26Z")
I’m finally off the 2009 Schneid with MJ. Looking back at my list, I see that I just barely got him in. I originally had Jimmy Carter, then swapped him out at the last minute for Jacko. I no longer remember why I decided to do that, but it was a good intuition. Now, how much longer are Swayze and Castro going to hang around? ---
**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:** [June 26, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1098 "2009-06-26T15:51:26Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I’m finally off the 2009 Schneid with MJ. Looking back at my list, I see that I just barely got him in. I originally had Jimmy Carter, then swapped him out at the last minute for Jacko. I no longer remember why I decided to do that, but it was a good intuition. [December 21](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470709,00.html), reports circulated that MJ needed a lung transplant and was potentially fatally ill. I jumped on the MJ bandwagon at the time and was kicking myself later when it turned out to be untrue; but, as I said to my friend earlier today, all’s well that ends well. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1099 "2009-06-26T16:52:35Z")
Still no points for me ☹ ---
**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:** [June 26, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1100 "2009-06-26T17:21:29Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Still no points for me ☹ As a long time loser until Jackson, I can’t decide to say, “I feel your pain, Man”. or snicker at Cazzle’s “All’s well that ends well.” 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=56)