# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1748
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1748 "2010-01-02T15:55:36Z")
Here are the final results. With no scoring deaths in December, the final list standings are as follows: ```auto Name Points Number 1 amarone 401 9 2 Quartz 323 5 3 Captain Lance Murdoch 276 5 4 GIGObuster 258 5 5 Sublight 255 8 6 Ms Whatsit 251 6 7 Critical Mass 249 7 8 Walkabout 241 6 9 MissTake 204 4 10 CowPatty 200 6 11= Etherman 193 5 11= Anne Elk 193 4 13 El Perro Fumando 181 4 14= MadTheSwine 177 5 14= gonzomax 177 4 16 Boyo Jim 176 5 17= Baker 154 4 17= Dolores Reborn 154 4 19 zoog 153 5 20 Shirley Ujest 149 5 21 NurseCarmen 141 4 22 bowler girl 139 4 23= Merkwurdigliebe 138 4 23= SandyHook 138 4 25 imthjckaz 136 5 26 amarinth 133 5 27= Kat 131 3 27= notfrommensa 131 3 27= twickster 131 3 30 Andrew 21 127 4 31 Diogenes the Cynic 124 4 32 MarkF 123 2 33= Carm6773 118 4 33= pseudotriton ruber ruber 118 3 33= Uvula Donor 118 3 36= Annie-Xmas 116 3 36= Justin_Bailey 116 3 36= Ms Macphisto 116 3 36= Omega Glory 116 3 40= The Librarian 112 4 40= VunderBob 112 3 42 Captain Klutz 110 3 43 Jeep's Phoenix 107 3 44= Monstera deliciosa 104 3 44= rolandgunslinger 104 3 44= tarragon918 104 3 47= Drain Bead 100 4 47= phungi 100 3 47= Sternvogel 100 3 50= carnivorousplant 95 3 50= Scoobysnax 95 3 52= Happy Lendervedder 93 5 52= appleciders 93 2 52= Cazzle 93 2 52= Cunctator 93 2 52= Doody Pants* 93 2 52= Jack Batty 93 2 52= nofloyd 93 2 52= Rilchiam 93 2 52= Seeker of Truth & Beauty 93 2 61= Hockey Monkey 91 3 61= tumbleddown 91 3 63 5 time champ 89 4 64 The Vorlon 88 3 65= BACI 83 3 65= Borborygmi 83 3 67= drewbert 81 3 67= cbawlmer 81 2 67= Eleanor of Aquitaine 81 2 67= FarmerChick 81 2 67= katie1341 81 2 67= Little Nemo 81 2 67= Nightingale 81 2 74 Thunder 80 3 75 BiblioCat 78 3 76 BMax 76 3 77 Mona Lott 74 3 78= Clothahump 73 2 78= ErinPuff 73 2 78= Oredigger77 73 2 78= Ragiel 73 2 78= Maus Magill 73 1 83 pohjonen 71 2 84= Ataraxy 66 2 84= cadolphin 66 2 84= Cassie Beth 66 2 84= Cisco 66 2 84= clipper 66 2 84= jali 66 2 84= Kyrie Eleison 66 2 84= ladybug 66 2 84= Long Time First Time 66 2 84= Squonk 66 2 84= want2know 66 2 95 Wallflower 65 3 96 Fear Itself 61 2 97 OtakuLoki 59 2 98 Nutty Bunny 58 2 99 Wile E 57 2 100= fubbleskag 55 2 100= SpazCat 55 2 102 texasoysterman 54 4 103 jtgain 51 2 104= Dosipede 50 1 104= Lok 50 1 104= LouiseE 50 1 104= puppygod 50 1 104= Sattua 50 1 109 labtrash 49 2 110 42fish 43 3 111= critter42 43 1 111= Jaade 43 1 111= Lsura 43 1 111= Mullinator 43 1 111= Robusensei 43 1 111= Sanity Challenged 43 1 111= Tristan 43 1 111= WarmNPrickly 43 1 111= wheresgeorge04 43 1 120= Freddy the Pig 38 1 120= Qwisp 38 1 120= Rodd Hill 38 1 123 Mehitabel 32 2 124= missred 31 2 124= Rico 31 2 126= racer72 27 2 126= vivalostwages 27 1 128 Dung Beetle 25 1 129 WF Tomba 24 1 130= Blalron 23 1 130= discodancer 23 1 130= freckafree 23 1 130= meghan 23 1 130= Mr. Goob 23 1 130= Mudshark 23 1 130= zamboniracer 23 1 137 Hal Briston 22 1 138= BJMoose 17 3 138= Paul in Saudi 17 2 138= SpoilerVirgin 17 1 141= rucciface 14 1 141= stockton 14 1 143= anyrose 12 2 143= EJsGirl 12 1 145 a35362 9 2 146= dwc1970 8 1 146= swampbear 8 1 148= Mahaloth 6 1 148= wolf_meister 6 1 150 Spiff 5 1 151= Tazmanian Devil 3 1 151= Tuckerfan 3 1 153 Buckler of Swashing 0 1 154= arnesw 0 0 154= batsto 0 0 154= bluecanary 0 0 154= Boulter's Canary 0 0 154= Charger 0 0 154= Charlie Tan 0 0 154= Crown Prince of Irony 0 0 154= DfrntBreign 0 0 154= Draconova 0 0 154= GuanoLad 0 0 154= gwendee 0 0 154= HeyHomie 0 0 154= Just Some Guy 0 0 154= Kalea 0 0 154= Key Lime Guy 0 0 154= Kilvert's Pagan 0 0 154= Loach 0 0 154= Oakminster 0 0 154= Only Mostly Dead 0 0 154= Rachm Qoch 0 0 154= Sami41 0 0 154= Shodan 0 0 154= Sigmagirl 0 0 154= SSG Schwartz 0 0 154= Stopfordia 0 0 154= Terminus Est 0 0 154= The Blue-Sighted Shadow 0 0 154= Wallet 0 0 ``` Special awards go to: Opening Kickoff **Captain Lance Murdoch** , for Don Sanderson on Jan 2. Inside Track with the Grim Reaper **Sublight** , for a massive five successful unique picks: Griffin Bell, Tapan Sinha, Juana Tejeda, Him Mark Lai and J. G. Ballard. Quantity not Quality **amarone** , with 9 successful picks, followed by **Sublight** , with 8 and **Critical Mass** with 7. (not so) Final Hours **Critical Mass** for Samak Sundarajev, way back on November 24. For a complete list of those who left us: ```auto Name Dead Age Points Votes Samak Sundaravej 24-Nov 74 26 1 Claude Levi-Strauss 1-Nov 100 0 2 Lou Jacobi 23-Oct 95 5 1 Soupy Sales 22-Oct 83 17 2 Lou Albano 14-Oct 76 24 1 Susan Atkins 24-Sep 61 39 9 Mary Travers 16-Sep 72 28 1 Patrick Swayze 14-Sep 57 43 96 Henry Gibson 14-Sep 73 27 1 Norman Borlaug 12-Sep 95 5 1 Jang Jin-young 1-Sep 35 65 2 Dominick Dunne 26-Aug 83 17 1 Abdul Aziz al-Hakim 26-Aug 59 41 2 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 Bobby Robson 31-Jul 76 24 4 Corazon Aquino 31-Jul 76 24 1 Walter Cronkite 17-Jul 92 8 14 Robert Dunn 11-Jul 68 32 1 Robert McNamara 6-Jul 93 7 3 Karl Malden 1-Jul 97 3 6 Farrah Fawcett 25-Jun 62 38 32 Michael Jackson 25-Jun 50 50 45 Ed McMahon 23-Jun 86 14 7 Richard Quick 10-Jun 66 34 2 George Edward Wahlen 5-Jun 84 16 1 Him Mark Lai 22-May 83 17 1 Robert Müller 22-May 28 72 2 Thomas Buckley 15-May 23 77 3 Tom Buckley 14-May 23 77 1 Mickey Carroll 7-May 89 11 1 Dom DeLuise 4-May 75 25 7 J. G. Ballard 19-Apr 78 22 1 Allister Boyd 4-Apr 20 80 1 Jade Goody 22-Mar 27 73 6 Ron Silver 15-Mar 62 38 1 Dan Brown* 13-Mar 50 50 1 Juana Tejada 8-Mar 40 60 1 Paul Harvey 28-Feb 90 10 4 Wendy Richard 26-Feb 65 35 11 Joaquin Gracilazo Cruz 16-Feb 66 34 1 Ingemar Johansson 30-Jan 76 24 1 Alex Macomber 28-Jan 18 82 2 John Updike 27-Jan 76 24 2 Kay Yow 24-Jan 66 34 2 Tapan Sinha 15-Jan 84 16 1 Dai Llewellyn 14-Jan 62 38 2 Ricardo Montalban 14-Jan 88 12 3 Griffin Bell 5-Jan 90 10 1 Bill Grant 4-Jan 71 29 1 Maria de Jesus 2-Jan 115 0 1 Don Sanderson 2-Jan 21 79 1 ``` Summer looks to be a dangerous time for celebs. 47% of departed celebrities were unique picks, compared with 67% of selections. 6.5% of chosen celebrities died, representing 16.7% of the votes. Unlike 2008, when almost all the top selections survived, three of the top five vote-getters died, and four of the top ten. Thanks all for playing this ghoulish game. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262)._