# The Celebrity Death Pool 2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574 "2009-12-01T11:44:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 110
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2181 "2010-12-16T18:56:29Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Hollywood director [Blake Edwards](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/blake-edwards-prolific-comedy-director-has-died/), husband to Julie Andrews, dead at 88. effin’ FINALLY…um, I mean better late than nev…uh, we’ll miss him,yeah that’s what I mean (woohoo avoided a goose egg again!) ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2182 "2010-12-16T20:31:57Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > effin’ FINALLY…um, I mean better late than nev…uh, we’ll miss him,yeah that’s what I mean > (woohoo avoided a goose egg again!) Still waiting for my goose egg to crack. Dang… I could have sworn Blake Edwards died several years ago… ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2183 "2010-12-16T21:18:13Z")
It’s not a good month to be called Edwards. I wonder how David Honeyboy Edwards (the only other nominated Edwards) is feeling . ---
**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 17, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2184 "2010-12-17T00:53:42Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > It’s not a good month to be called Edwards. I wonder how David Honeyboy Edwards (the only other nominated Edwards) is feeling . It’s not a good year to be associated with The Great Race. Dorothy Provine (Lily Olay) in April, Tony Curtis (The Great Leslie) in September and director Blake Edwards in December. Peter Falk, you might want to get yourself on some vitamin supplements and put your doctor on speed dial, mmkay? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2185 "2010-12-17T00:56:10Z")
[Morgan Freeman is **NOT** DEAD](http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/16/morgan-freeman-very-much-alive-publicist-says/)in a twitter hoax. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2186 "2010-12-17T01:18:35Z")
I am on a roll! Apparently December is my month - first Elizabeth Edwards and now Blake Edwards. There are still 15 days left! I can pull this off, I just KNOW it! ETA: Yeah, Pete Doherty I’m looking at you! ---
**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:** [December 17, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2187 "2010-12-17T02:18:02Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Peter Falk, you might want to get yourself on some vitamin supplements and put your doctor on speed dial, mmkay? Don’t say that! (Falk would only be my second hit of the year) ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2188 "2010-12-17T03:20:07Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I believe one poster, **zamboniracer** had Bob Feller. That’s right, and as a Cleveland Indians fan I feel kind of bad about it now. ☹ Not that I’m going to turn down 8 points of course. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2189 "2010-12-17T14:13:09Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > It’s not a good month to be called Edwards. I wonder how David Honeyboy Edwards (the only other nominated Edwards) is feeling . Probably pretty good, seeing as he’s on _my_ list. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2190 "2010-12-17T16:12:44Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Probably pretty good, seeing as he’s on _my_ list. :rolleyes: Yeah … looks like he is pretty spry for a 95 year old. He has concert dates booked to the end of March 2011. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2191 "2010-12-18T00:17:48Z")
I know someone mentioned him in the thread for 2011, but [Don Van Vliet, aka “Captain Beefheart”](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/18/arts/music/18beefheart.html?hp) has passed away. I don’t know if anyone had him for this year. ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2192 "2010-12-18T02:28:03Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > I know someone mentioned him in the thread for 2011, but [Don Van Vliet, aka “Captain Beefheart”](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/18/arts/music/18beefheart.html?hp) has passed away. I don’t know if anyone had him for this year. I did. I’m not sure I want to play anymore. ☹ ---
**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 18, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2193 "2010-12-18T02:31:49Z")
With a beef heart. how long could he have lasted anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2194 "2010-12-18T02:33:11Z")
Hat’s off for the Captain! ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2195 "2010-12-18T02:47:01Z")
> [@DfrntBreign](#): > > I did. I’m not sure I want to play anymore. ☹ Okay, maybe for a few more days. I just noticed this I missed in March: [Winston Churchill (no, not that one; his grandson and member of parliament himself.](http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/article334344.ece/Winston-Churchills-grandson-dies) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2196 "2010-12-18T03:44:53Z")
> [@DfrntBreign](#): > > Okay, maybe for a few more days. I just noticed this I missed in March: [Winston Churchill (no, not that one; his grandson and member of parliament himself.](http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/article334344.ece/Winston-Churchills-grandson-dies) And that burst of points scoring moves you into 7th place. ---
**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 19, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2197 "2010-12-19T03:39:00Z")
Blues singer [Robin Rogers dies at age 52](http://blogcritics.org/music/article/singer-robin-rogers-passes-at-age/). 48 points down the crapper. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2198 "2010-12-19T13:03:38Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Blues singer [Robin Rogers dies at age 52](http://blogcritics.org/music/article/singer-robin-rogers-passes-at-age/). > > 48 points down the crapper. Damnit, she was one of my secret ringers for 2011. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2199 "2010-12-19T13:22:01Z")
I have lost nearly a third of my 2011 list since Dec. 1. What, people can’t hang on for one last Christmas? Feh. Feh, I say. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2200 "2010-12-19T14:06:38Z")
Another Cubs player, and the last living player to face Babe Ruth, [Phil Cavarretta](http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-1219-cavarretta-cubs-chicago--20101218,0,901069.story) dead at 94 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=109) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=111)