# 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:** 56
**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, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1101 "2009-06-26T17:39:51Z")
65 posts in the 24 hours since Farrah’s death was announced on this thread. Is that a Ghoul Pool record? I am not including all the last minute entries on Dec 31. ---
**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, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1102 "2009-06-26T18:48:44Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Michael Jackson has gone to meet his maker. > Dow Corning. _::::::::::::::::::::::::::Flings roses at NurseCarmen:::::::::::::::::::::::_ ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1103 "2009-06-26T20:13:47Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Still no points for me ☹ Same here…I put up 116 points in '96 and 89 points in '97. Since then, it’s been a big, fat goose egg. Can I put my ability to make picks on next year’s list? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1104 "2009-06-26T20:22:24Z")
I picked 13 people in their nineties this year, and not a one of 'em has died yet! I don’t need to win, but I’d like a little recognition from the Fates! ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1105 "2009-06-26T20:28:12Z")
in my sadness of not having picked Jackson, Fawcett, or McMahon, I checked on a few of my picks, and, lo and behold, [Richard Quick has died of a brain tumor,](http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090611/sports/sports_us_swimming_quick) getting me out of the zero-club ---
**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, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1106 "2009-06-26T21:22:45Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > I checked on a few of my picks, Whoa, whoa, you mean St. Peter doesn’t send Amarone a list every morning? ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1107 "2009-06-26T21:41:34Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > _::::::::::::::::::::::::::Flings roses at NurseCarmen:::::::::::::::::::::::_ Must be the Michael Jackson thing, but I read this as flings NOSES at NurseCarmen ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1108 "2009-06-26T22:56:43Z")
> [@lexi](#): > > Must be the Michael Jackson thing, but I read this as flings NOSES at NurseCarmen Well, the story is, MJ sneezed, his nose fell off, and when he saw in the mirror what he looked like noseless, he had a heart attack. 😉 too soon? How about this one? Farah is greeted at the Pearly Gates by St Peter himself, who gushes, spouting compliments, citing her milestones and accomplishments and says “We are bestowing upon you one wish. Anything. Anything at all in the entirety of creation.” She thinks for a moment, this is after all a very big deal, then says “Please make the world much safer for children” . . . yeah, it’s too soon. ---
**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, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1109 "2009-06-26T23:56:27Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > “Please make the world much safer for children” . . . > > yeah, it’s too soon. No, I like that. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1110 "2009-06-27T00:57:04Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > No, I like that. It’s never too soon. ---
**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 27, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1111 "2009-06-27T01:39:44Z")
How all the more sweet that was anyrose, who has long lorded it over me that I’ve had no points. Ha! Tonight fifty points, tomorrow the world! ---
**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 27, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1112 "2009-06-27T02:52:08Z")
Does anyone know if [this](http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=96511458582&h=Bpt3L&u=EKyS-&ref=nf) is true, or something that Stephan Pastis made up for his June 26 blog? 🙂 ---
**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 27, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1113 "2009-06-27T02:59:39Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Does anyone know if [this](http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=96511458582&h=Bpt3L&u=EKyS-&ref=nf) is true, or something that Stephan Pastis made up for his June 26 blog? 🙂 That was reported yesterday on CNN. Apparently, Jacko’s star was covered up by the red carpet for the premier of a movie. So they settled for the other MJ. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1114 "2009-06-27T17:04:10Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > How all the more sweet that was anyrose, who has long lorded it over me that I’ve had no points. Ha! > Tonight fifty points, tomorrow the world! 😛 I haven’t lorded anything over anyone in months. 😉 ---
**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 27, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1115 "2009-06-27T18:39:40Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Well, the story is, MJ sneezed, his nose fell off, and when he saw in the mirror what he looked like noseless, he had a heart attack. 😉 > > … I heard that his nose fell off, lodged in his throat, and he suffocated. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1116 "2009-06-27T18:46:57Z")
and [this](http://www.twolumps.net/d/20090626.html) is one of the many reasons I love Two Lumps ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1117 "2009-06-27T20:27:18Z")
It will be hard to win without that 50 pointer. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1118 "2009-06-27T23:31:54Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Whoa, whoa, you mean St. Peter doesn’t send Amarone a list every morning? But that is only St. Peter’s list. It doesn’t include souls heading in the other direction. (No insult to Richard Quick intended.) ---
**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 27, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1119 "2009-06-27T23:36:21Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > But that is only St. Peter’s list. It doesn’t include souls heading in the other direction. > > (No insult to Richard Quick intended.) Dammit, you’re right, I’ve got Dick Cheney. “This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between posts. Please try again in 1 seconds.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1120 "2009-06-28T00:25:43Z")
[Walter Cronkite](http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/06/walter-cronkite-not-expected-to-recover-family-says/) is nearing death. He may not make it through the weekend. Sad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=57)