# 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:** 24
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/461 "2010-01-01T16:52:23Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > I stayed up for this? Who wouldn’t stay up for this: > [@](#): > > And just in case Tiger is in the midst of a fatefull cocaine fueled New Year’s frenzy with Christina, Jenna, Chris, and the dwarf … ---
**Author:** ![RedBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5e9695/32.png) [@RedBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedBlob)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/462 "2010-01-01T18:18:18Z")
Luker here, chiming in and fading to obscurity… Michelle Duggar - uterus exploding during birth Mary Kate Olsen - drugs/eating disorder Amy Winehouse - drugs/eating disorder Tiger Woods - assault with golf club Pete Doherty - drugs Rush Limbaugh - heart attack Arnold Schwarzenegger - heart attack/steroids Lindsey Lohan - drugs Paris Hilton - car crash/drugs Kate Moss - drugs/eating disorder Eddie Van Halen - drugs Whitney Houston - drugs Robert Downey Jr. - drugs ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/463 "2010-01-01T19:33:26Z")
**Blob,** you realize that you missed the submission deadline? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/464 "2010-01-01T20:35:27Z")
If this is correct, the Guinean dictator could get ahead of Zelda: [http://www.africanews.com/site/list\_message/24350](http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/24350)? > [@](#): > > Guinea’s Junta leader, Musa Dadis Camara, is reported to be in so bad a condition that there is very little hope of having him back. Rumours about the worsening condition of the junta leader are coming in by the day. > Reports linked to the Junta’s number 2, interim leader of Guinea, General Sékouba Konate, revealed that Captain Camara remains unconcious. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/465 "2010-01-01T20:45:39Z")
> [@ErinPuff](#): > > Tom Baker Sorry, you can’t have him a) because it is so, so wrong, and b) because he is a Time Lord and is several hundred years old. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/466 "2010-01-01T20:59:04Z")
> [@tofergregg](#): > > Did anyone have Zelda on the list before the announcement about her being taken off life support? No. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/467 "2010-01-01T21:38:31Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > It’s not yet midnight, so I have a question. What if a celebrity dies before midnight (local time wherever they may be) but news of the death doesn’t appear until after the new year begins? It is the time of death that counts. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/468 "2010-01-01T21:58:46Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > **Blob,** you realize that you missed the submission deadline? **VunderBob** is correct - midnight Central Time, Dec 31/Jan 1 is the deadline. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/469 "2010-01-01T22:23:56Z")
amarone,are you posting stats this year? most picked and what not? ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/470 "2010-01-01T22:28:29Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > amarone,are you posting stats this year? most picked and what not? Yup. I am just going through all the final entries (hence the barrage of posts above) and am correlating all the lists. We have 170 entries - 11 fewer than last year. I will also post the 2009 results in the next day or so - I am waiting a short time in case of late death announcements. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/471 "2010-01-01T22:34:11Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Yup. I am just going through all the final entries (hence the barrage of posts above) and am correlating all the lists. We have 170 entries - 11 fewer than last year. > > I will also post the 2009 results in the next day or so - I am waiting a short time in case of late death announcements. Good! I like the stats. Thanks for all your work. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/472 "2010-01-02T01:11:07Z")
I set up a Google News Alert on Connie Newton Needham, as well as all other of my picks. So, tonight, I get my news feed, and the very first entry in the e-mail is my list of submitted names on Page 4. I don’t know if I should be proud or shocked. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/473 "2010-01-02T03:51:13Z")
And every year I look forward to this, I miss the lovely deadline. :mad: Anyone wanna start another Celeb Death Pool that goes from February to January 31st??? ---
**Author:** ![Pray\_for\_peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/474 "2010-01-02T04:51:07Z")
> [@Sidney Evgeni Jordan](#): > > Jon Gosselin > Tiger Woods > Clint Eastwood > Robert Redford > Arlen Specter > Rush Limbaugh > Elizabeth Taylor > Adam Lambert > Taylor Lautner > Lil Wayne > Kate Moss > Oprah Winfrey > Hillary Clinton It turns out that there are several names on my list that were only mentioned on one list prior to mine. Please know I wasn’t copying - this is my first time playing, and I posted my list at the last minute without reading the thread. Also, I just figured out that Taylor Lautner doesn’t turn 18 until February 11 (yikes!) - I hope he holds on until then. 😛 ---
**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:** [January 2, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/475 "2010-01-02T05:25:38Z")
By Golly, I copied. This Conaway guy is indeed a trainwreck waiting to happen. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/476 "2010-01-02T05:42:10Z")
> [@Sidney Evgeni Jordan](#): > > It turns out that there are several names on my list that were only mentioned on one list prior to mine. Please know I wasn’t copying - this is my first time playing, and I posted my list at the last minute without reading the thread. > > Also, I just figured out that Taylor Lautner doesn’t turn 18 until February 11 (yikes!) - I hope he holds on until then. 😛 I didn’t read a rule about copying. I think your good one way or the other. I’m sure no one pays attention to my list, but I wait to post until the last minut for that very reason. Anyway, **Amarone** , I realize one of the names on my list might be ambiguous. The William Perry I am referring to is “The Fridge” of 1986 Bears football fame. I didn’t want to clarify that in my post since I know you like to cut and paste names. If the former Secretary of Defense dies, I’m SOL. ---
**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, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/477 "2010-01-02T11:31:57Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > Anyway, **Amarone** , I realize one of the names on my list might be ambiguous. The William Perry I am referring to is “The Fridge” of 1986 Bears football fame. I didn’t want to clarify that in my post since I know you like to cut and paste names. If the former Secretary of Defense dies, I’m SOL. Thanks for the clarification. ---
**Author:** ![RedBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5e9695/32.png) [@RedBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedBlob)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/478 "2010-01-02T13:13:34Z")
Oops, sorry about missing the date! It’s all good, just putting it out there for the record then. ---
**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, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/479 "2010-01-02T14:44:39Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > ok, what the hell, it IS the 50th anniversary of the first corn field incident: > > Ron Artest > Shannon Brown > Kobe Bryant > Andrew Bynum > Jordan Farmar > Derek Fisher > Pau Gasol > Didier Ilunga-Mbenga > Adam Morrison > Lamar Odom > Josh Powell > Sasha Vujacic > Luke Walton Maybe you picked the wrong [basketball team](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/basketball/nba/01/01/wizards.guns/index.html?cnn=yes). ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/480 "2010-01-02T15:32:22Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Maybe you picked the wrong [basketball team](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/basketball/nba/01/01/wizards.guns/index.html?cnn=yes). If the Washington NBA franchise hadn’t already changed its name from Bullets, this incident might have provided the impetus to do so… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=25)