# 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:** 14
**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 29, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/261 "2009-12-29T15:02:13Z")
My clean list: Verne Troyer Phil Ivey Mark-Paul Gosselaar Joe Francis Wes Welker Alanis Morissette Forrest Griffin Tempestt Bledsoe Scott Speedman Zach Galifianakis Coco Crisp Jared Fogle Barack Obama ---
**Author:** ![LightWithoutHeattttttttttttttt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@LightWithoutHeattttttttttttttt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LightWithoutHeattttttttttttttt)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/262 "2009-12-29T15:15:36Z")
Chad Kroeger Scott Stapp Kid Rock Billie Joe Armstrong Lindsay Lohan Britney Spears Robert Downey Jr. Billy Ray Cyrus Joe Lieberman Hillary Clinton Howard Stern Kwame Kilpatrick Terrell Owens ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/263 "2009-12-29T17:05:19Z")
I am very impressed by the quality of some of these lists. I predict a high-scoring year. ---
**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 29, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/264 "2009-12-29T17:08:19Z")
I was thinking there are a lot of repeat names – it seems more than last year but I’m just guessing. Either we all did similar research, or we’re all ripping off the same names from the early posters. ---
**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/265 "2009-12-29T18:33:33Z")
All 13 members of the LOS ANGELES LAKERS in a plane crash in an Iowa corn field. ---
**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 29, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/266 "2009-12-29T18:42:24Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > All 13 members of the LOS ANGELES LAKERS in a plane crash in an Iowa corn field. Alternates: Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper. ---
**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/267 "2009-12-29T19:05:34Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Alternates: Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper. This time they won’t be so lucky. > **[Minneapolis Lakers Forced Plane Landing](https://stewthornley.net/mplslakers_plane.html)** > > Minneapolis Lakers ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/268 "2009-12-29T19:53:52Z")
I’ve decided that I really want a unique pick this year, so I’m revising my list as I read through all your posts. If you feel something like a tiny pebble bouncing off the back of your skull, it’s probably just a flying curse… ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/269 "2009-12-29T21:03:27Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Sep 1: Scott Speedman (35), actor, who’ve I’ve never really heard of but there aren’t a lot of young famous people born on September 1st. It was not until I read the bit about “Born on September 1st” did I catch the theme. :smack: But, I still give props to Annie X-mas’ list. That was amazing. [Did I mention that yet?] ---
**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 30, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/270 "2009-12-30T00:13:07Z")
I am updating for a little more CanCon and to eliminate the questionable entrant: Replacing Steve Mazan with Paul Quarrington, 56 - Canadian Writer & Musician New and improved plain list is: Reshma Ronnie James Dio Candye Kane Irwin Barker Paul Quarrington Bryant Gumbel Johnny Hallyday Morrissey Elton John Chester Bennington Mehdi Hassan Jack Savidge Steve Jobs Alternates: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elizabeth Edwards Robert Byrd ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/271 "2009-12-30T00:34:44Z")
So, If memory serves, there has been one player that has won the game N times in a row, and has become “god-like” in their picks, yes? Why do I get the sense that getting 4 or 5 points off of 10 old people is the way to go, and that picking middle age and younger is not? Kinda like sinking the 9 ball with the 2 ball, I guess. Just, I don’t know, seems kinda, non fun to open up the trunk and count the rings, and do the math. ---
**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 30, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/272 "2009-12-30T01:44:55Z")
clean listing it is. Louis Jourdan Sidney Poitier Don Rickles Henry Kissinger Robert Mugave Eli Wallach Harry Morgan Stan Lee Zsa Zsa Gabor Abe Vigoda Larry King Bob Barker Mel Brooks ---
**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 30, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/273 "2009-12-30T02:00:02Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > So, If memory serves, there has been one player that has won the game N times in a row, and has become “god-like” in their picks, yes? What’s-his-name picked every member of a religious community this year, and he’s got, what, 52 hours for them to whack themselves. Amarone should make time machines illegal. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/274 "2009-12-30T02:13:48Z")
Rachm Qoch, I believe is our resident death-seer. ---
**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 30, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/275 "2009-12-30T02:19:47Z")
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Steve Jobs Kim Jong Il My latest changes. Elizabeth Edwards Barack Obama David Hasselhoff Dennis Hopper Bif Naked Marilyn Horne Jeff Conaway Ronnie James Dio David Prowse Carl Kassel Alternates Colin Friels Edie Falco Cokie Roberts ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/276 "2009-12-30T02:24:49Z")
First timer here. I’m so confident that my only fear is that many on my list may not make it out of 2009. I keed, I keed. And away we go: \*\*Ernie Harwell \*\* _I love ya, Ernie, and I feel horrible doing this_ **Jerry Lewis** _Who’s gonna squeegee his head?_ **Muhammad Ali** _Float like a butterfly, stink like deceased_ **Mickey Rooney** _Short and rotund, how’d he make it this long?_ **Maya Angelou** _On the pulse of mourning_ **Art Linkletter** _Corpses say the darndest things_ **Louie Anderson** _Just one more thin mint…_ **Art Donovan** _All bulldogs go to heaven_ **Fidel Castro** _Smoke 'em if ya got 'em_ **J.D. Salinger** _The Catcher in the Sky_ \*\*Urban Meyer \*\* _See ya later, Gator_ **Ariel Sharon** _An Ariel burial_ **Teresa Heinz** _She’s in a helluva pickle_ Alternates: **Ruth Bader Ginsburg** _And then there were eight_ **Kirk Douglas** _A Lovely Way To Die_ **Ernest Borgnine** _Burial at sea?_ Clean list: Ernie Harwell Jerry Lewis Muhammad Ali Mickey Rooney Maya Angelou Art Linkletter Louie Anderson Art Donovan Fidel Castro J.D. Salinger Urban Meyer Ariel Sharon Teresa Heinz Alternates: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Kirk Douglas Ernest Borgnine ---
**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 30, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/277 "2009-12-30T02:26:28Z")
Sorry, too late to edit, blew the flux capacitor. My latest changes. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Steve Jobs Kim Jong Il Elizabeth Edwards Barack Obama David Hasselhoff Dennis Hopper Bif Naked Marilyn Horne Jeff Conaway Ronnie James Dio David Prowse Carl Kassel Alternates Colin Friels Edie Falco Cokie Roberts ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/278 "2009-12-30T02:28:02Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > First timer here. I’m so confident that my only fear is that many on my list may not make it out of 2009. Don’t laugh too hard - last year several posters had to scramble after Eartha Kitt passed away on Dec. 25. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/279 "2009-12-30T02:43:16Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Colin Friels That’s out of left field. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/280 "2009-12-30T02:54:29Z")
I was going to wait in New Years Eve to post, however, I might be going out of town: Jason Becker - neo-classical metal guitarist Orlando Thomas - Former NFL Defensive back Scott LeDoux -Politician and former Heavyweight Boxer Ethan Zohn - Pro Soccer Player, Survivor Africa winner Tiger Woods - Famous Philanderer (and golfer) Greg Louganis - Olympic Diver Magic Johnson - NBA Basketball Player Jim J Bullock - Comic/Actor Eleanor Mondale - Cable Show Host, Daughter of former VP Walter Mondale Stephen Hawking - Physicist Bobby Bowden - Former Florida State Head Football Coach Doug Ford - Former PGATour Golfer Fidel Castro - Cuban Dictator Alternates John Daly - PGA Golfer Jimmie Johnson - NASCAR driver Clean List: Jason Becker Orlando Thomas Scott LeDoux Ethan Zohn Tiger Woods Greg Louganis Magic Johnson Jim J Bullock Eleanor Mondale Stephen Hawking Bobby Bowden Doug Ford Fidel Castro Alternates John Daly Jimmie Johnson [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=15)