# 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:** 30
**Author:** ![Wallflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallflower)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/581 "2010-01-12T01:39:24Z")
No points for [Miep Gies](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/01/miep_gies_helped_protect_anne.html), who helped protect Anne Frank. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/582 "2010-01-12T03:09:16Z")
> [@Wallflower](#): > > No points for [Miep Gies](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/01/miep_gies_helped_protect_anne.html), who helped protect Anne Frank. Just saw this on my Wii news channel. Did you mean: 1. You didn’t have him 2. No one had him 3. Because he was 100, it would be a wash either way? ---
**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 12, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/583 "2010-01-12T03:10:52Z")
What an epitaph for the woman who saved Anne Frank’s diary. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/584 "2010-01-12T03:22:50Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What an epitaph for the woman who saved Anne Frank’s diary. Indeed. Sigh. ---
**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 12, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/585 "2010-01-12T03:44:09Z")
I didn’t know the names of the people who hid them, let alone that one was still alive and had a web site. _Damn._ I only recently saw the film of someone’s wedding where she leaned out the window and smiled. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/586 "2010-01-12T14:51:27Z")
The world’s strongest man [Joe Rollino](http://www.metro.co.uk/news/world/808663-worlds-strongest-man-104-run-over-and-killed-by-van) died. At age 104. From being hit by a van. When I first heard this story this morning, I wondered if I were still asleep and drearming. ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/587 "2010-01-12T19:39:22Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Just saw this on my Wii news channel. > > Did you mean: > > 1. You didn’t have him > 2. No one had him > 3. Because he was 100, it would be a wash either way? Just think about it for a moment. Choice number 3 invalidates choices 1 and 2. Why even ask the question? Miep Gies was a woman. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/588 "2010-01-12T20:49:24Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The world’s strongest man [Joe Rollino](http://www.metro.co.uk/news/world/808663-worlds-strongest-man-104-run-over-and-killed-by-van) died. At age 104. From being hit by a van. Here is an article on him when he was 103, for anyone who is interested. [Joe Rolino](http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxing-article/5769/joe-rolino-103-still-fit-fiery/) ---
**Author:** ![Wallflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallflower)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/589 "2010-01-12T23:18:24Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Just saw this on my Wii news channel. > > Did you mean: > > 1. You didn’t have him > 2. No one had him > 3. Because he was 100, it would be a wash either way? #3, although #1 is true as well. I didn’t know #2 one way or the other. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/590 "2010-01-13T00:25:54Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The world’s strongest man [Joe Rollino](http://www.metro.co.uk/news/world/808663-worlds-strongest-man-104-run-over-and-killed-by-van) died. At age 104. From being hit by a van. > > When I first heard this story this morning, I wondered if I were still asleep and drearming. Too bad he wasn’t the worlds \*fastest \*man. He might have escaped! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/591 "2010-01-13T02:58:56Z")
> [@Monstera\_deliciosa](#): > > Just think about it for a moment. Choice number 3 invalidates choices 1 and 2. Why even ask the question? > > Miep Gies was a woman. Perhaps to gain the insight of the person who posted it? Why ask any question to someone else? Sorry for using a convention that has been around for as long as I can remember. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/592 "2010-01-14T02:27:10Z")
A shocking music death: up-and-coming garage rocker and stage pugilist (really…guy got into more fistfights on stage than any recent musician I can remember) [Jay Reatard](http://pitchfork.com/news/37575-rip-jay-reatard/) dead at 29. Don’t think anybody had him, but wow. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/593 "2010-01-14T03:33:19Z")
With a name like **Reatard** , I could see why he got into a lot of fights. But checking that website, I see that he changed his name from Jimmy Lee Lindsey, Jr to Jay Reatard. I am surprised he didn’t change his first and middle name to Morris Ronald. **Mo** rris **Ron** ald, **Moron** ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/594 "2010-01-14T06:32:12Z")
[Soul singer Teddy Pendergrass dead at 59.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34854358/?gt1=43001) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/595 "2010-01-14T12:01:59Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > [Soul singer Teddy Pendergrass dead at 59.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34854358/?gt1=43001) ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/596 "2010-01-14T13:27:08Z")
[Donald Goerke, 83, creator of Campbell’s SpaghettiOs](http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20100113_Donald_Goerke __83__ creator_of_Campbell_s_SpaghettiOs.html) ---
**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:** [January 14, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/597 "2010-01-14T13:40:34Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > [Donald Goerke, 83, creator of Campbell’s SpaghettiOs](http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20100113_Donald_Goerke __83__ creator_of_Campbell_s_SpaghettiOs.html) Damn. I kept adding him and then removing him from my list. D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/598 "2010-01-14T13:50:08Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Damn. I kept adding him and then removing him from my list. D’oh! Don’t you mean “uh-oh?” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/599 "2010-01-14T16:17:11Z")
Anyone have Jay Reatard? ['Cause he’s dead at 29](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/01/garage-rock-wunderkind-jay-reatard-dead-at-29.html). . ---
**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:** [January 14, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/600 "2010-01-14T19:32:00Z")
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