# 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:** 65
**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:** [August 13, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1281 "2009-08-13T16:47:47Z")
Bummer! I heard an interview with him on NPR not too long ago. What an interesting person! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1282 "2009-08-13T17:46:26Z")
Character actor John Quade, age 71, of natural causes. > **[John Quade dies at 71; character actor specialized in playing heavies](https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-john-quade13-2009aug13-story.html)** > > Quade appeared in several Clint Eastwood films, including 'Every Which Way But Loose' and 'The Outlaw Josey Wales,' and he played Sheriff Biggs in the TV miniseries 'Roots.' ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1283 "2009-08-13T18:20:41Z")
Too bad about Les Paul. I did have him on my death pool since around 2004, though. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1284 "2009-08-17T13:01:46Z")
I just learned that furniture maker Sam Maloof died in May. From the New York Times: [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/arts/design/27maloof.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/arts/design/27maloof.html) Crap. ☹ Couldn’t afford it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1285 "2009-08-17T13:28:06Z")
I heard over the weekend [Ted Kennedy](http://www.thestar.com/Sports/Hockey/article/681607)died. I’m surprised nobody else jumped on this… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1286 "2009-08-17T22:03:55Z")
[Drummer Allen Shellenberger](http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/15/lit-drummer-dies-of-brain-cancer/) of Lit dies of brain cancer. Nobody had him. Semi-surprising, since he was diagnosed in May 2008. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1287 "2009-08-17T22:11:18Z")
> [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](#): > > [Drummer Allen Shellenberger](http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/15/lit-drummer-dies-of-brain-cancer/) of Lit dies of brain cancer. > > Nobody had him. Semi-surprising, since he was diagnosed in May 2008. I think we have to give this one to **gonzomax** for his Allen Shellberger. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1288 "2009-08-18T16:14:36Z")
Journalist [Bob Novak](http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33189). [Another…](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/08/conservative_columnist_robert.html) ---
**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:** [August 18, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1289 "2009-08-18T16:37:40Z")
Woot! Busted my cherry! Finally! ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1290 "2009-08-18T16:38:06Z")
22 points! ---
**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:** [August 18, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1291 "2009-08-18T16:46:57Z")
The long dry spell is over!!! ---
**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:** [August 18, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1292 "2009-08-18T17:01:36Z")
Points for me! I’m now at an even 100! And this time, I didn’t even like the guy. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1293 "2009-08-18T17:51:17Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > The long dry spell is over!!! Our long national nightmare is over! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1294 "2009-08-18T18:01:06Z")
The prince of darkness goes down! (He also used that nickname in his books) 22 points for me too, and a shot to second place! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1295 "2009-08-18T18:48:21Z")
[Kim Dae-jung,](http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-korea-kim18-2009aug18,0,787710.story?page=1) who served as South Korea’s president from 1998 to 2003, has died at the age of 85. Kim won the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize after a landmark meeting earlier that year with North korean leader Kim Jong Il, but the early promise of the South Korean Kim’s “sunshine policy” has given way to the continuing reality of North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1296 "2009-08-18T19:08:55Z")
THANK YOU BOB NOVAK! I broke 100! ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1297 "2009-08-18T19:15:06Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > 22 points for me too, and a shot to second place! I am in second and I had Novak too, so you will be third at best, depending on whether Captain Lance had him - I will check that out when I get home from work. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1298 "2009-08-18T19:18:12Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > The prince of darkness goes down! (He also used that nickname in his books) > > 22 points for me too, and a shot to second place! I will move up from a tie for thirteenth, to a tie for twelfth, assuming #12 didn’t also pick him. Good times, good times, my brother! ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1299 "2009-08-18T19:23:14Z")
With Jacskon and Shellenberger, I am doing well. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1300 "2009-08-18T21:22:05Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Journalist [Bob Novak](http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33189). Outstanding! 🙂 All the poor can spend the tax refunds be begrudged them on beer and cigarettes! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=66)