# 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:** 69
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1361 "2009-08-27T14:42:30Z")
[Abdul Aziz al-Hakim](http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324996/posts), who was on my list last year, and my short-list for next year, but not this year. ---
**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 27, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1362 "2009-08-27T14:55:16Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > [Abdul Aziz al-Hakim](http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324996/posts), who was on my list last year, and my short-list for next year, but not this year. Maybe the way to kill of bin Laden is via a carton of unfiltered Lucky Strikes every week from now on. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1363 "2009-08-27T15:10:46Z")
Huh… looks like the cleric was out of Cure Serious Wounds and failed his savings throw. ---
**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 27, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1364 "2009-08-27T15:16:03Z")
[This week’s Patrick Swayze Update](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1209344/Patrick-Swayze-confined-wheelchair-leaves-hospital-cancer-treatment.html) ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1365 "2009-08-27T18:28:14Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Actually, John and Jackie had three, although [Patrick Bouvier Kennedy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Bouvier_Kennedy) only lived for a couple of days. My sister was born in 1961 with hyaline membrane disease (the same condition Patrick had), but she survived and just celebrated her 48th birthday last week. Actually, if you reread your site, Jack and Jackie had four kids, two boys and two girls. ---
**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 27, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1366 "2009-08-27T18:36:30Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > [This week’s Patrick Swayze Update](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1209344/Patrick-Swayze-confined-wheelchair-leaves-hospital-cancer-treatment.html) I will never again do a Google Alert. I get a Patrick Swayze update every fuckin’ DAY! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1367 "2009-08-27T19:57:58Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Actually, if you reread your site, Jack and Jackie had four kids, two boys and two girls. I was going on the children that lived long enough to have kids of their own. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1368 "2009-08-27T23:41:25Z")
Rockabilly icon Billy Lee Riley died of colon cancer August 2 at 75. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aC2hFb1_szI/hqdefault.jpg "Billy Lee Riley -Red Hot") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC2hFb1_szI) ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1369 "2009-08-28T23:40:37Z")
[Adam Goldstein, AKA DJ AM](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32602310/ns/entertainment-celebrities/), who was in that plane crash with Travis Barker last year and nearly died then, was found dead in his apartment today ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1370 "2009-08-29T08:19:40Z")
Whoa! I had no clue that the original “Final Destination” film was really a documentary after all! Were there any reports of John Denver songs mysteriously playing in the background? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1371 "2009-08-29T12:39:44Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > **Sublight** has 8 so far, which is the same as **Rachm Qoch** had the whole of 2008. > > This is only my second year running this game, but there are far more “scorers” already this year than last - thanks to Kennedy and Jackson. I don’t have access to my spreadsheet right now, but I think that 142 out of 181 players have now scored. > > The top three players all had Kennedy, so no change there. **Sublight** is still one ahead of me. I thought you went ahead of me with Robert Novak? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1372 "2009-08-29T12:41:49Z")
Never mind, Novak was the one that brought you within one point. I thought he died after the July scores were posted. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1373 "2009-08-29T14:41:36Z")
[Songwriter Ellie Greenwich](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112331204) passed away Aug 26th. She wrote “Leader of the Pack” ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1374 "2009-08-29T23:38:59Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > [Songwriter Ellie Greenwich](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112331204) passed away Aug 26th. She wrote “Leader of the Pack” Leader of the pack and now _she’s_ gone. I am so going to hell for that! ---
**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 30, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1375 "2009-08-30T01:32:34Z")
[Former Mafia underboss Gennaro Angiulo dies at 90](http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/08/former_mafia_un.html) Dang, my short list for next year is getting shorter still… ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1376 "2009-08-30T22:56:26Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > [Dominick Dunne](http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/08/dominick-dunne-obituary.html) will publish in _Vanity Fair_ no longer. A unique pick for **BACI**. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1377 "2009-09-01T19:57:18Z")
Cookbook author [Sheila Lukins](http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/books/blog/2009/09/sheila_lukins_silver_palate_co.html)died Sunday at 66 of brain cancer diagnosed in June. With Julee Rosso, she ran The Silver Palate gourmet food shop in New York City and their Silver Palate Cookbook sold 2.5 million copies. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1378 "2009-09-01T20:24:52Z")
[Locherbie Bomber Guy](http://news.aol.com/article/lockerbie-bomber-abdel-baset-al-megrahis/647364) is swirling the drain. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1379 "2009-09-01T21:51:15Z")
Plenty of action in August, with 100 successful nominations - the most in one month this year. Our departees were: ```auto Name Dead Age Points Votes Dominick Dunne 26-Aug 83 17 1 Ted Kennedy 25-Aug 77 23 69 Robert Novak 18-Aug 78 22 18 Les Paul 13-Aug 94 6 5 Allen Shellenberger 13-Aug 39 61 1 Eunice Kennedy Shriver 11-Aug 88 12 6 ``` The standings are now: ```auto Name Points 1 Sublight 255 2 amarone 254 3 GIGObuster 215 4 Captain Lance Murdoch 194 5 Critical Mass 180 6 Ms Whatsit 169 7 MissTake 161 8 Anne Elk 150 9 El Perro Fumando 138 10= MadTheSwine 134 10= gonzomax 134 12= Boyo Jim 133 12= Walkabout 133 14 MarkF 123 15 CowPatty 118 16 The Librarian 112 17= Baker 111 17= Dolores Reborn 111 17= Etherman 111 20 Jeep's Phoenix 107 21 Shirley Ujest 106 22 bowler girl 96 23= carnivorousplant 95 23= Merkwurdigliebe 95 23= SandyHook 95 26= Happy Lendervedder 93 26= imthjckaz 93 28 amarinth 90 29= Kat 88 29= notfrommensa 88 29= twickster 88 32 Borborygmi 83 33 Quartz 82 34= Diogenes the Cynic 81 34= drewbert 81 36= Carm6773 75 36= pseudotriton ruber ruber 75 36= Uvula Donor 75 39= Annie-Xmas 73 39= Clothahump 73 39= ErinPuff 73 39= Justin_Bailey 73 39= Ms Macphisto 73 39= Omega Glory 73 39= Oredigger77 73 39= Ragiel 73 39= VunderBob 73 39= Maus Magill 73 49 Captain Klutz 67 50= Monstera deliciosa 61 50= rolandgunslinger 61 50= tarragon918 61 53 Nutty Bunny 58 54= Drain Bead 57 54= NurseCarmen 57 54= phungi 57 54= Sternvogel 57 58 Scoobysnax 52 59= appleciders 50 59= Cazzle 50 59= Cunctator 50 59= Doody Pants* 50 59= Dosipede 50 59= Jack Batty 50 59= Lok 50 59= LouiseE 50 59= nofloyd 50 59= puppygod 50 59= Rilchiam 50 59= Sattua 50 59= Seeker of Truth & Beauty 50 72 labtrash 49 73= Hockey Monkey 48 73= tumbleddown 48 75 zoog 47 76 5 time champ 46 77= Andrew 21 45 77= The Vorlon 45 79 BACI 40 80= cbawlmer 38 80= Eleanor of Aquitaine 38 80= FarmerChick 38 80= Freddy the Pig 38 80= katie1341 38 80= Little Nemo 38 80= Nightingale 38 80= Qwisp 38 80= Rodd Hill 38 89= texasoysterman 37 89= Thunder 37 91 BiblioCat 35 92 BMax 33 93 Mehitabel 32 94= missred 31 94= Mona Lott 31 94= Rico 31 97 racer72 27 98 Dung Beetle 25 99 WF Tomba 24 100= Ataraxy 23 100= Blalron 23 100= cadolphin 23 100= Cassie Beth 23 100= Cisco 23 100= clipper 23 100= discodancer 23 100= freckafree 23 100= jali 23 100= Kyrie Eleison 23 100= ladybug 23 100= Long Time First Time 23 100= meghan 23 100= Mr. Goob 23 100= Mudshark 23 100= Squonk 23 100= want2know 23 100= zamboniracer 23 118= Wallflower 22 118= Fear Itself 22 118= Hal Briston 22 121= BJMoose 17 121= Paul in Saudi 17 123 OtakuLoki 16 124= rucciface 14 124= stockton 14 124= Wile E 14 127= EJsGirl 12 127= fubbleskag 12 127= SpazCat 12 130 a35362 9 131= dwc1970 8 131= jtgain 8 131= swampbear 8 134 anyrose 7 135= Mahaloth 6 135= wolf_meister 6 137= Tazmanian Devil 3 137= Tuckerfan 3 139 42fish 0 140= 32 others 0 ``` 41 celebrities have died, representing 4.9% of the total and 11.6% of the votes. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1380 "2009-09-01T23:26:45Z")
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