# 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:** 84
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1661 "2009-12-02T03:14:05Z")
Can we have a record for the most consecutive posts to mention the number 13? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1662 "2009-12-02T03:55:19Z")
It’s that damned time travel lag again…🙂 ---
**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:** [December 2, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1663 "2009-12-02T04:34:20Z")
I think Little Nemo made it 13. It’s been thirteen for all the years I’ve played it. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1664 "2009-12-02T13:50:27Z")
[Tommy “Old Reliable” Henrich](http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ao8RXlDFjY4TEUxC5reKTSMRvLYF?slug=ap-obit-henrich&prov=ap&type=lgns), five-time All-Star outfielder for the damn Yankees, dead at 96. He was the fifth-oldest living MLB player and the last surviving member of the 1938 World Champion team, and Lou Gehrig’s last living teammate. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1665 "2009-12-02T20:55:19Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > I think Little Nemo made it 13. It’s been thirteen for all the years I’ve played it. I started with [2003](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=147316), and it was 13 then. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1666 "2009-12-02T20:59:28Z")
Yeah yeah yeah… you can all stop now. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1667 "2009-12-02T21:47:39Z")
I think it’s thirteen. Did I have the former Miss Argentina, [Solange Magnano](http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Former-Miss-Argentina-Solange-Magnano-Dies-After-Surgery-To-Sculpt-Her-Bottom/Article/200912115481489?lpos=World_News_News_Your_Way_Region_0&lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15481489_Former_Miss_Argentina_Solange_Magnano_Dies_After_Surgery_To_Sculpt_Her_Bottom_)? I did not. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1668 "2009-12-05T02:16:31Z")
[Richard Todd](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-richard-todd5-2009dec05,0,6025961.story), who was Ian Fleming’s choice to play James Bond but lost his shot at the role due to a schedule conflict, has died at the age of 90. Todd, a British veteran of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, was one of the paratroopers who met Major John Howard’s glider force at Pegasus Bridge. Todd later played Howard in the film _The Longest Day_, which recreated the invasion. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1669 "2009-12-05T02:32:12Z")
And was in the film [The Yangste Incident](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051209/), which sounds like a great film. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1670 "2009-12-05T23:34:10Z")
[Eric Woolfson](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/theatre-obituaries/6720558/Eric-Woolfson.html) of the Alan Parsons Project has sung his last song as of Thursday ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1671 "2009-12-06T18:21:06Z")
I can’t find any real news links, but [TMZ](http://www.tmz.com/2009/12/04/wwe-umaga-has-died/) reports that WWE wrestler Umaga (aka Eddie Fatu) is dead. He was 36. [Wiki says he has died too](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Fatu). This happened a couple days ago. Anyone looking for lots of points in the 2010 Ghoul pool, should be looking at pro wrestlers. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1672 "2009-12-06T18:54:24Z")
Why? They all seem as fit as any other athlete. Or is it only the ones who cross over into acting that have longer lives? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1673 "2009-12-06T19:25:43Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Why? They all seem as fit as any other athlete. Or is it only the ones who cross over into acting that have longer lives? A lot of wrestlers seem to die early, Here is a list compiled on another DB on wrestlers who have died before age 50, since 1985. And it doesn’t have Umaga. I am sure there are suicides, drug ODs, weight issues, heart problems. Yes, i suppose there is a comparable list of baseball players, football players, celebrities, but the population of pro wrestlers is not as big. Chris Von Erich - 21 Mike Von Erich - 23 Louie Spiccoli - 27 Art Barr - 28 Gino Hernandez - 29 Jay Youngblood - 30 Rick McGraw - 30 Joey Marella - 30 Ed Gatner - 31 Buzz Sawyer - 32 Crash Holly - 32 Kerry Von Erich - 33 D.J. Peterson - 33 Eddie Gilbert - 33 The Renegade - 33 Owen Hart - 33 Chris Candido - 33 Adrian Adonis - 34 Gary Albright - 34 Bobby Duncum Jr. - 34 Yokozuna - 34 Big Dick Dudley - 34 Brian Pillman - 35 Marianna Komlos - 35 Pitbull #2 - 36 The Wall/Malice - 36 Leroy Brown - 38 Mark Curtis - 38 Eddie Guerrero - 38 Davey Boy Smith - 39 Johnny Grunge - 39 Vivian Vachon - 40 Jeep Swenson - 40 Brady Boone - 40 Terry Gordy - 40 Bertha Faye - 40 Billy Joe Travis - 40 Chris Benoit - 40 Larry Cameron - 41 Rick Rude - 41 Randy Anderson - 41 Bruiser Brody - 42 Miss Elizabeth - 42 Big Boss Man - 42 Earthquake - 42 Mike Awesome - 42 Ray Candy - 43 Nancy Benoit (Woman) - 43 Dino Bravo - 44 Curt Hennig - 44 Bam Bam Bigelow - 45 Jerry Blackwell - 45 Junkyard Dog - 45 Hercules - 45 Andre the Giant - 46 Big John Studd - 46 Chris Adams - 46 Mike Davis - 46 Hawk - 46 Dick Murdoch - 49 Jumbo Tsuruta - 49 Rocco Rock - 49 Sherri Martel - 49 ---
**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:** [December 6, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1674 "2009-12-06T19:48:00Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Anyone looking for lots of points in the 2010 Ghoul pool, should be looking at pro wrestlers. [Already done](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11837524&postcount=14). ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1675 "2009-12-07T02:54:42Z")
Eddie Fatu aka Umaga died yesterday at 36. Another wrestler bites the dust. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1676 "2009-12-07T14:40:48Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Why? They all seem as fit as any other athlete. Maybe it’s the gallons of anabolic steroids coursing through their veins that has something to do with it. Nah. Can’t be. Probably just bad luck. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1677 "2009-12-07T16:44:13Z")
It can not be steroids they are countered by Human Growth Serum. That makes them neutral. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1678 "2009-12-09T22:24:45Z")
[Paula Hawkins](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-paula-hawkins7-2009dec07,0,7260840.story), whose election to one of Florida’s U.S. Senate seats in 1980 made her the first full-term female member of Congress’s “upper house” who was not the wife or daughter of a prominent politician, has died at the age of 82. Hawkins, a Republican, championed the Missing Children Act of 1982. Two years later, she revealed during a congressional hearing that she had been a childhood victim of sexual molestation. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1679 "2009-12-11T13:37:45Z")
Actor Gene Barry, [dead at age 90.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091211/ap_en_tv/us_obit_gene_barry) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1680 "2009-12-15T21:06:09Z")
God has finally called [Oral Roberts](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/15/us/AP-US-Obit-Oral-Roberts.html?_r=1) home. The evangelist and university founder was 91. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=83) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=85)