# 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:** 67
**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 20, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1321 "2009-08-20T04:18:54Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > … You are already getting 70+ points - isn’t that enough?.. In a game where death lurks around every corner, you can never have enough points. 🙂 ---
**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 20, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1322 "2009-08-20T04:22:31Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > … I know - sometimes I can hardly do the admin tasks as I am so torn up. I am inspired to write a new romance song for the 21st Century, _Lipstick On My Laptop, Tears On My Spreadsheet_. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1323 "2009-08-20T18:34:58Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’ve still got my ace in the hole, Patrick Swayze. But I suppose most everyone else does too. > > My real long shot for the big payout is Amy Winehouse. But even she won’t put me into the lead. > > … Ah, but I’ve got both of them, too, so we’d still be tied. I’m counting on Jang Jin-young to take a turn for the worst. ETA – By the way, I was WVMom when I signed up for the pool. ---
**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 20, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1324 "2009-08-20T22:03:29Z")
I’m starting to think that Patrick Swayze is getting blood transfusions from Keith Richards and Stephen Hawking. It is the only thing that makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1325 "2009-08-21T08:16:19Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > I’m starting to think that Patrick Swayze is getting blood transfusions from Keith Richards and Stephen Hawking. > It is the only thing that makes sense. I think I’m going to make an “indestructable” list for next year - Patrick Swayze, Fidel Castro, Stephen Hawking, Keith Richards (aw hell, pretty much all the Stones), maybe Ted Kennedy depending on what happens this year, etc ---
**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 21, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1326 "2009-08-21T19:36:56Z")
Happy Birthday, [Ray Bradbury.](http://gapersblock.com/bookclub/2009/08/21/birthday_wishes_for_bradbury/) One less point it it happens… ---
**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:** [August 26, 2009, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1327 "2009-08-26T05:22:41Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > I think I’m going to make an “indestructable” list for next year - Patrick Swayze, Fidel Castro, Stephen Hawking, Keith Richards (aw hell, pretty much all the Stones), maybe Ted Kennedy depending on what happens this year, etc Not Ted Kennedy. He just passed away. ---
**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 26, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1328 "2009-08-26T05:38:35Z")
[Ted Kennedy Dies of Brain Cancer at Age 77](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11485429#post11485429) ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1329 "2009-08-26T09:08:36Z")
Damn…Damn…Damn… Another one I removed from my list dies. So far I’ve lost on John Updike, Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Ted Kennedy and Ricardo Montalban. All because Elizabeth Taylor and Barbara Bush seemed like a better idea. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1330 "2009-08-26T11:16:41Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Ted Kennedy Dies of Brain Cancer at Age 77](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11485429#post11485429) [Fixed cite](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090826/us_nm/us_kennedy). ---
**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:** [August 26, 2009, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1331 "2009-08-26T12:26:35Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > Damn..Damn…Damn… Another one I removed from my list dies. So far I’ve lost on John Updike, Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Ted Kennedy and Ricardo Montalban. All because Elizabeth Taylor and Barbara Bush seemed like a better idea. I feel you pain. I picked the wrong Jackson, and the wrong senator named Ted. ---
**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 26, 2009, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1332 "2009-08-26T12:37:59Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Not Ted Kennedy. He just passed away. That’ll teach him to dis Hillary. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1333 "2009-08-26T13:01:43Z")
I didn’t realize how (relatively) young he was – JFK was born in 1917 (either the day before or the day after my mother, which is why I know that), and I thought Teddy was closer to that age. So, damn, shoulda picked him. How many people had him? ---
**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:** [August 26, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1334 "2009-08-26T13:03:47Z")
I had him. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1335 "2009-08-26T13:10:17Z")
Jesus! In checking whether I had kept Teddy on my list (I did), I also found out I had Michael Jackson! WHOO HOO! I mean, I am very, very sorry that the Kennedy dynasty is ended. ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1336 "2009-08-26T13:22:12Z")
Curse you, Ted Kennedy! You’ve upset 99% of the Easy Pickin’ for 2010 lists. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1337 "2009-08-26T13:31:01Z")
Jean Kennedy Smith wins the “Last 2nd Generation Kennedy Standing” Pool. ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1338 "2009-08-26T13:51:50Z")
Woo-hoo! My very first year in the pool and I get my cherry popped by Ted Kennedy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1339 "2009-08-26T14:33:36Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > Woo-hoo! My very first year in the pool and I get my cherry popped by Ted Kennedy! 😃 You, and how many others? ;)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1340 "2009-08-26T14:51:49Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > Woo-hoo! My very first year in the pool and I get my cherry popped by Ted Kennedy! 😃 Mary Jo? Is that you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=68)