# 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:** 111
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2201 "2010-12-19T18:48:54Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > 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 The fact that a 94 yr was the last living player to face Babe Ruth led me to do some research: (death pool 2011 research) According to this [wiki entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_living_Major_League_Baseball_players), this guy would be 13th in a list of oldest MLB Baseball players. Some things that I found surprising. 1. Only 9 former major leaguers are 95 yrs and older. (I would think it is much more, but the list might be incomplete) 2. The 8 oldest players all made their MLB debut at age 23 or older. 3. One of the guys didn’t make his MLB debut until age 38. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2202 "2010-12-19T23:27:38Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > 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. I’m already looking at 20 **12**. I’ve found someone that might not make it. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2203 "2010-12-20T00:06:08Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > I’m already looking at 20 **12**. I’ve found someone that might not make it. Some people are just so inconsiderate. ---
**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 20, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2204 "2010-12-20T04:41:02Z")
I really need to broaden my horizons. [never heard of this guy](http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/dec/19/tommaso-padoa-schioppa) and he seems like someone everyone should have known. And now he’s dead. ---
**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 20, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2205 "2010-12-20T15:20:58Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > … And now he’s dead. Thank you for starting up an earworm … Seems an appropriate theme for our Deathpool … [\*Dont go into Politics \*by the Arrogant Worms](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_9rgiiBHok) (Hope the link works … I’m at work and can’t access Youtube from here) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2206 "2010-12-20T20:54:01Z")
[Walt Dropo](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/18/AR2010121803709.html), who won the American League’s Rookie of the Year award in 1950, has died at the age of 87. In 1952, Dropo tied a still-standing Major League Baseball record when he hit safely in twelve consecutive at-bats shortly after being traded to the Detroit Tigers. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2207 "2010-12-20T23:04:39Z")
[The Corporate Death Pool.](http://finance.yahoo.com/news/20-Companies-That-Cratered-in-usnews-3358422380.html?x=0) Of a sort. I would have had Blockbuster. 25 Apple points, in a game chock full of Oranges. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2208 "2010-12-20T23:49:09Z")
Farewell, Dietrich: [Steve Landesberg](http://www.tmz.com/2010/12/20/forgetting-sarah-marshall-steve-landesberg-dead-died-dies-barney-miller) has passed. ---
**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 20, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2209 "2010-12-20T23:57:23Z")
> [@Ann\_Onimous](#): > > Farewell, Dietrich: [Steve Landesberg](http://www.tmz.com/2010/12/20/forgetting-sarah-marshall-steve-landesberg-dead-died-dies-barney-miller) has passed. [**Dietrich**](http://boards.straightdope.com/name/nm0484688/): I’ve always admired the Japanese outlook on death. The calm acceptance, the treating it as a part of life… **[Yemana](http://boards.straightdope.com/name/nm0814530/)**: [_to Wojo_] I dunno what he’s talking about - personally, I’m going kicking and screaming all the way. ---
**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 21, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2210 "2010-12-21T03:35:39Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > Thank you for starting up an earworm … Seems an appropriate theme for our Deathpool … [\*Dont go into Politics \*by the Arrogant Worms](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_9rgiiBHok) (Hope the link works … I’m at work and can’t access Youtube from here) Link worked fine! Neat tune, thanks. ---
**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 21, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2211 "2010-12-21T03:40:39Z")
> [@Ann\_Onimous](#): > > Farewell, Dietrich: [Steve Landesberg](http://www.tmz.com/2010/12/20/forgetting-sarah-marshall-steve-landesberg-dead-died-dies-barney-miller) has passed. So, Abe tricks Death and Death takes out Landesberg instead. Then, using the formula for Final Destination:The Barney Miller Saga, this means Death is now after Hal Linden. Unless of course, Max Gail has somehow interfered with Death before hand. Crap. These Rube Goldberg Death Scenarios never work out the way I expect them to. Ron Glass should be okay for now, but only if Abe takes a swan dive soon. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2212 "2010-12-21T22:24:00Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > [Walt Dropo](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/18/AR2010121803709.html), who won the American League’s Rookie of the Year award in 1950, has died at the age of 87. In 1952, Dropo tied a still-standing Major League Baseball record when he hit safely in twelve consecutive at-bats shortly after being traded to the Detroit Tigers. He was a big clumsy guy who stole home once. That was a surprise. ---
**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 22, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2213 "2010-12-22T23:05:06Z")
Fred Foy, announcer for the 50’s TV show, ‘The Lone Ranger’ , [has died at age 89.](http://watching-tv.ew.com/2010/12/22/fred-foy-lone-ranger-died/) ---
**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:** [December 23, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2214 "2010-12-23T13:45:16Z")
[The Lockerbie bomber dude](http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/12/23/lockerbie-bombers-release-was-allowed-on-false-prognosis-u-s/) will probably live forever. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2215 "2010-12-23T17:31:18Z")
Bing Crosby’s widow [Kathryn](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=12299324) in horrible car crash that killed her current husband Maurice William Sullivan . ---
**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 23, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2216 "2010-12-23T18:45:04Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Bing Crosby’s widow [Kathryn](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=12299324) in horrible car crash that killed her current husband Maurice William Sullivan . That’s not nearly as funny as Zsa Zsa’s hubby gluing his eyelids shut. ---
**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 26, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2217 "2010-12-26T00:15:14Z")
Florida Talk Show host [Neil Rogers](http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/12/25/Radio-talk-show-host-Neil-Rogers-dies/UPI-16361293307874/)died yesterday at 68. He couldn’t hold on for one more week. What a pointless death. (off to update my 2011 list … who to promote? hmm) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2218 "2010-12-26T04:57:35Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > [never heard of this guy](http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/dec/19/tommaso-padoa-schioppa) and he seems like someone everyone should have known. And now he’s dead. I want that on my tombstone. ---
**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 26, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2219 "2010-12-26T15:52:16Z")
Gone from needing a death a month to needing 2-3 deaths a day to wipe out my list. So here’s hoping for a post-Xmas rush! Or barring that, one freaking stiff so I hit the scoreboard. Have a jolly time and a merry whatever, everybody. ---
**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 26, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/2220 "2010-12-26T18:03:50Z")
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