# 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:** 32
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/621 "2010-01-18T20:18:17Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > Where are the stats for this year? [Post 481](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11947171&postcount=481). ---
**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 19, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/622 "2010-01-19T14:16:46Z")
[Jeff Conaway](http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/18/jeff-conaway-hospitalized-staircase-fall-broken-neck/) is in the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/623 "2010-01-19T16:22:33Z")
Reports that Robert B. Parker, _Spenser for Hire_ novelist, is dead. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/624 "2010-01-19T16:36:06Z")
> [@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) > > Have we had anyone get points this year yet? Conan O’Brien [or perhaps J.Fallon] on Bell’s death:: “No word yet if he is going to have a funeral, or a funeral supreme.” ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/625 "2010-01-19T17:40:50Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Have we had anyone get points this year yet? No. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/626 "2010-01-19T17:50:37Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Reports that Robert B. Parker, _Spenser for Hire_ novelist, is dead. Confirmed by [Wall Street Journal](http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/01/19/robert-b-parker-an-appreciation/)blog. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/627 "2010-01-19T20:19:03Z")
[Katie McGarricle](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34937116/ns/entertainment-music/), Canadian folk singer and mother of Rufus Wainwright. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/628 "2010-01-19T21:03:58Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Reports that Robert B. Parker, _Spenser for Hire_ novelist, is dead. Bad day for novelists- Erich Segal is apparently dead as well… ---
**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 19, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/629 "2010-01-19T21:12:58Z")
> [@Moirai](#): > > Bad day for novelists- Erich Segal is apparently dead as well… I’m sorry to hear that. Oh, wait. Never mind. I just remembered what love means. ---
**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 19, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/630 "2010-01-19T21:18:37Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > [Jeff Conaway](http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/18/jeff-conaway-hospitalized-staircase-fall-broken-neck/) is in the hospital. Looks like a broken hip. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/631 "2010-01-19T21:28:18Z")
> [@Moirai](#): > > Bad day for novelists- Erich Segal is apparently dead as well… [Confirmation](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-erich-segal20-2010jan20,0,6062703.story) of the _Love Story_ author’s death at the age of 72. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/632 "2010-01-19T23:40:12Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Looks like a broken hip. “And a brain hemorrhage,” twicks, who has Jeff Conaway, adds hopefully. God, this game does bring out the worst in us, doesn’t it? “I can’t quit you!” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/633 "2010-01-19T23:54:25Z")
I hear you, **twix** - Every October I say, i’m not going to play the Death Pool next year, by November it’s “I’ll subscribe to the thread but won’t submit a list”, by Thanksigiving, I’ve got my list narrowed down to 20 people . . . . ---
**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 20, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/634 "2010-01-20T01:08:10Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > God, this game does bring out the worst in us, doesn’t it? You don’t suppose y’all would let us use socks to play this, would ya? Nanki-Poo, [Ko-Ko,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mikado#Roles) (Like we, he has a little list) Titipu, Pooh-Bah, Lord High Everything Else, Pish-Tush, names like that? ---
**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:** [January 20, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/635 "2010-01-20T02:41:10Z")
I had forgotten he was alive, and now the death of Erich Segal brings back such horrible memories of that terrible movie in an era of really terrible movies. And through word association I thought of Johnathan Livingston Seagull and felt even worse. Dreck goes on and on, a never ending parade of bad writing, bad acting, bad trends. Ugh. Need some happier deaths. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/636 "2010-01-20T02:45:51Z")
And apparently the train is barreling down the track for Jeff Conaway. Heh. Yes, he’s on my list. And Andy Dick, that train will be looking your way next, buddy. Time to heed the warning is now. :eek: Yes, this does bring out the worst in me. LOL ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/637 "2010-01-20T02:47:09Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > I had forgotten he was alive, and now the death of Erich Segal brings back such horrible memories of that terrible movie in an era of really terrible movies. And through word association I thought of Johnathan Livingston Seagull and felt even worse. Dreck goes on and on, a never ending parade of bad writing, bad acting, bad trends. > > Ugh. Need some happier deaths. at least the first one was better than the sequel ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/638 "2010-01-20T10:18:57Z")
> [@tarragon918](#): > > And Andy Dick, that train will be looking your way next, buddy. He’s not on my list but I’d consider it a win anyway, not for me but for all humanity. Not that I wish him anything but a long happy life, preferably on a small island somewhere where no one has to see or hear him ever again. ---
**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 20, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/639 "2010-01-20T15:37:00Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > I had forgotten he was alive, and now the death of Erich Segal brings back such horrible memories of that terrible movie in an era of really terrible movies. And through word association I thought of Johnathan Livingston Seagull and felt even worse. Dreck goes on and on, a never ending parade of bad writing, bad acting, bad trends. > > Ugh. Need some happier deaths. I hope someone drove stakes through the hearts of the people who designed the clothing back then. ---
**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 20, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/640 "2010-01-20T21:01:42Z")
Jennifer Lyon (former contestant on _Survivor: Palau_ ), 37, [has died of breast cancer](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34959216/ns/entertainment-celebrities/). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=33)