# 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:** 28
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/541 "2010-01-06T20:20:50Z")
[Asshole white supremacist dies in prison hospital](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582195,00.html). ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/542 "2010-01-06T20:22:48Z")
[The Holocaust Museum shooter dies in prison hospital.](http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9D2EQ1G0&show_article=1) ETA: Simulpost… ---
**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:** [January 6, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/543 "2010-01-06T20:23:19Z")
> [@Moirai](#): > > [Asshole white supremacist dies in prison hospital](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582195,00.html). Oooo, so close, yet so far; Shirley Ujest had him on her alternate list. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/544 "2010-01-06T23:05:03Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Oooo, so close, yet so far; Shirley Ujest had him on her alternate list. GAH!!! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/545 "2010-01-06T23:13:33Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > There have been times I’ve read one of **amarone** ’s posts and thought “I don’t remember typing that…” Good to know that I’m not going insane. I’m already there, without this. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/546 "2010-01-07T00:32:52Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > This just in: > > [Gary Coleman Hospitalized](http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=450177>1=28103) This game is mine! ---
**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/547 "2010-01-07T00:36:12Z")
Did anyone have Dennis Hopper? I just heard he is in bad shape. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/548 "2010-01-07T01:06:52Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > Did anyone have Dennis Hopper? I just heard he is in bad shape. At least a dozen people have him, after his disclosure that he is being treated for prostate cancer. Still, most men with that diagnosis die with it, than die from it. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/549 "2010-01-07T01:45:14Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > Did anyone have Dennis Hopper? I just heard he is in bad shape. Eleven. ---
**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 7, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/550 "2010-01-07T01:52:45Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Still, most men with that diagnosis die with it, than die from it. The chemo kills the cancer and them? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/551 "2010-01-07T02:01:54Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The chemo kills the cancer and them? No, they’re just not always deadly. Prostate cancer is often diagnosed late in life and the tumors can grow slowly enough that they are not a mortal danger. ---
**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 7, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/552 "2010-01-07T02:42:39Z")
It killed my Brother in Law in a matter of months. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/553 "2010-01-07T03:05:27Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > No, they’re just not always deadly. Prostate cancer is often diagnosed late in life and the tumors can grow slowly enough that they are not a mortal danger. it’s also quite treatable these days - two of my friends are survivors - one for over ten years, the other almost six ---
**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 7, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/554 "2010-01-07T03:21:07Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > two of my friends are survivors Congratulations. My Physician told me it is considered to be “a grave diagnosis.” ---
**Author:** ![BomTek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bomtek/32/21364_2.png) [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/555 "2010-01-07T12:30:44Z")
[Tsutomu Yamaguchi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Yamaguchi), one of the very few people known to have survived both atomic bombs, died a few days ago. Anyone have him? ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/556 "2010-01-07T12:36:06Z")
> [@BomTek](#): > > [Tsutomu Yamaguchi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Yamaguchi), one of the very few people known to have survived both atomic bombs I thought billions of people did. > [@](#): > > Anyone have him? No ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/557 "2010-01-07T14:47:52Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > I thought billions of people did. Check out the link, he’s pretty unique- he survived the first bomb while at work in the Mitsubishi plant in Hiroshima, and then despite his wounds, went back to work a couple of days later at the plant in Nagasaki… and was nuked again. :eek: ---
**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 7, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/558 "2010-01-07T15:01:21Z")
> [@Moirai](#): > > the plant in Nagasaki… and was nuked again. An author of a book about his experience was interviewed on NPR. He told his fellow workers if they were bombed to get under furniture. Just as his boss was berating him for being a liar and a traitor about the bomb, there was a big flash and everyone dove under furniture. Their room was sheltered by a metal stairway that deflected the blast. It was the only area of the factory that survived. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/559 "2010-01-07T17:02:14Z")
The first bombing was one thing. But after the second one, Tsutomu started to take it personally. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/560 "2010-01-07T17:46:36Z")
Knut Haugland, last surviving crew member of the _Kon Tiki_ and an [all-around amazing guy](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/04/world/04haugland.html), has passed away at age 92. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=29)