# 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:** 31
**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, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/601 "2010-01-14T20:28:10Z")
Whoops. I see what I did. I looked for Pendergrass, and then read down looking for Reatard. ---
**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 15, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/602 "2010-01-15T03:59:19Z")
[Dammit.](http://blog.limewire.com/posts/34406-ronnie-james-dio-all-seems-to-be-going-well/) ---
**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:** [January 15, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/603 "2010-01-15T13:46:52Z")
[However](http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=451862), Rue McClanahan is spiraling downward… ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/604 "2010-01-15T13:57:00Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > [However](http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=451862), Rue McClanahan is spiraling downward… Unusual interpretation when the article says: > [@](#): > > “She’s doing amazingly well,” her rep tells ET. “She’s walking and talking and entertaining the staff with her feisty personality. She’s rehabbing and is expected home in about two weeks.” ---
**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:** [January 15, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/605 "2010-01-15T14:54:43Z")
Optimist! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/606 "2010-01-15T16:11:13Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Dammit.](http://blog.limewire.com/posts/34406-ronnie-james-dio-all-seems-to-be-going-well/) His name is Dio and he’s messing with your list When he feels better you end up getting quite pissed Ronnie James Dio is screwing with your death pool If he beats cancer you’ll be looking like a fool Doot doot doo doot de doo… Doot doot doo doot de doo… ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/607 "2010-01-16T05:35:01Z")
Dennis Hopper maybe at the end of his final ride. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/608 "2010-01-16T07:00:00Z")
Much as I’m a fan of Dennis, he’s on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/609 "2010-01-16T17:58:13Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Dennis Hopper maybe at the end of his final ride. And at least on the surface, picking a pretty tacky way to exit- apparently he’s divorcing his wife of nearly 14 years from his deathbed… nice. I hope it’s just a really unsavory tax dodge or something. ☹ ETA- wait a minute, dammit! If he’s been at Cedars since Christmas, why the hell weren’t we told?!? My list, my list… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/610 "2010-01-16T20:18:52Z")
> [@Moirai](#): > > And at least on the surface, picking a pretty tacky way to exit- apparently he’s divorcing his wife of nearly 14 years from his deathbed… nice. I hope it’s just a really unsavory tax dodge or something. ☹ He is also seeking custody of their 6 year old daughter, which seems bizarre. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/611 "2010-01-16T20:54:09Z")
I can almost understand the getting the divorce move, as maybe a last ditch “ah fuck it” maneuver. But if you’re 73 years old and your prostate cancer has moved into your bones, suing your 41 year old wife for custody of a six year old kid is pretty much a dick move any way you slice it. Unless the mother is psycho or something. Don’t see much evidence of that. ---
**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 16, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/612 "2010-01-16T22:17:16Z")
> [@Moirai](#): > > And at least on the surface, picking a pretty tacky way to exit- apparently he’s divorcing his wife of nearly 14 years from his deathbed… nice. I hope it’s just a really unsavory tax dodge or something. ☹ > > ETA- wait a minute, dammit! If he’s been at Cedars since Christmas, why the hell weren’t we told?!? My list, my list… 😉 I can see cutting her out of the will AND screwing her in the divorce to be sure she doesn’t try to contest the will. The custody thing, dunno about. ---
**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 17, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/613 "2010-01-17T17:34:21Z")
Gaines Adams, football player, has died. > ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/614 "2010-01-17T17:35:15Z")
[Gaines Adams, NFL defensive end, dead at 26](http://blogs.suntimes.com/bears/2010/01/gaines_adams_dies_in_north_carolina.html) ---
**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:** [January 17, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/615 "2010-01-17T18:18:38Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > [Gaines Adams, NFL defensive end, dead at 26](http://blogs.suntimes.com/bears/2010/01/gaines_adams_dies_in_north_carolina.html) Such a sad, pointless death. And by pointless I mean I bet nobody had him on their list. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/616 "2010-01-17T19:50:00Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Gaines Adams, football player, has died. > > [Gaines Adams - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaines_Adams) Did we all catch this on FOX just now? My god, I saw he was born in 83, and it made me stop and think for a minute. But apparently, Im not old, even at 27. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/617 "2010-01-18T18:42:04Z")
Where are the stats for this year? Wasn’t there a post with a list of names picked and number of unique picks last year? ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/618 "2010-01-18T19:09:27Z")
[Country Music Maker Carl Smith](http://www.newsok.com/country-music-hitmaker-carl-smith-dies-at-82/article/feed/124777) (First husband of June Carter Cash, Father of Carlene Carter) ---
**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 18, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/619 "2010-01-18T19:24:55Z")
[Glenn Bell, founder of Taco Bell has died at age 86.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100118/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obit_taco_bell_founder) Have we had anyone get points this year yet? ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/620 "2010-01-18T19:28:55Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Glenn Bell, founder of Taco Bell has died at age 86.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100118/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obit_taco_bell_founder) Sad that it was launched right after their “drive-thru diet” campaign. I can see the jokes forming already . . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=32)