# 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:** 33
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/641 "2010-01-21T01:26:27Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Jennifer Lyon (former contestant on _Survivor: Palau_ ), 37, [has died of breast cancer](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34959216/ns/entertainment-celebrities/). Dammit! I almost put her on my list! :shakes fist: ---
**Author:** ![tofergregg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tofergregg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofergregg)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/642 "2010-01-21T02:06:32Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > Dammit! I almost put her on my list! :shakes fist: My list is _entirely_ made up of 37 year old celebrities. Was she on the list? Of course not. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/643 "2010-01-21T22:40:26Z")
I am a bad, bad person. I just finished dancing around the kitchen whooping “First Blood”! [Paul Quarrington](http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/01/21/paul-quarrington-obit.html)is dead at 56. Canadian Literature and music are poorer for this. I, on the other hand, am no longer a DB Virgin and am richer by 44 points. I am so going to hell. ---
**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 22, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/644 "2010-01-22T00:02:09Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > I am so going to hell. …and the line forms behind me to push the cart. 🙂 Congratulations, dammit. ---
**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 22, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/645 "2010-01-22T00:16:15Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > ,I am so going to hell. Can you will your points to me before you go? ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/646 "2010-01-22T00:35:28Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > [Paul Quarrington](http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/01/21/paul-quarrington-obit.html)is dead at 56. Canadian Literature and music are poorer for this. I, on the other hand, am no longer a DB Virgin and am richer by 44 points. And winner of the Opening Kickoff award and early points leader. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/647 "2010-01-22T00:57:39Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > And winner of the Opening Kickoff award and early points leader. So Zelda is still exercising houses? The low hanging fruit must have been a bit sour. ---
**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 22, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/648 "2010-01-22T02:16:06Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > So Zelda is still exercising houses? The low hanging fruit must have been a bit sour. My pet theory is that she was fine all along. Her publicist plays in a death pool, and wanted to throw a false lead out there to A) screw over her competition (glares furtively around the room) and B) remind a few people her client is still alive. ---
**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 22, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/649 "2010-01-22T02:45:05Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > And winner of the Opening Kickoff award and early points leader. Congrats! We all HATE you! \ ***sigh** Never trust a sick dwarf. ---
**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 22, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/650 "2010-01-22T03:14:47Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > [Paul Quarrington](http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/01/21/paul-quarrington-obit.html)is dead at 56. Canadian Literature and music are poorer for this. Canadians count? :smack: Oh, that changes everything! ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/651 "2010-01-22T15:24:43Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > Canadians count? :smack: Oh, that changes everything! Speaking of Canadians, just read that Montreal Canadiens hockey great, Jean Beliveau [has suffered a stroke](http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=307119). ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/652 "2010-01-22T17:46:46Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > Canadians count? :smack: Oh, that changes everything! Registered at Last’s points are tempered by the phenomenon that when one Canadian dies, all Canadians die a little… ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/653 "2010-01-22T18:02:52Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > Canadians count? :smack: Oh, that changes everything! Yeah, but the exchange rate is currently 1.06, so they don’t score quite as many points. ---
**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 22, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/654 "2010-01-22T18:35:18Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Yeah, but the exchange rate is currently 1.06, so they don’t score quite as many points. That was an awesome answer. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/655 "2010-01-22T20:16:44Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Yeah, but the exchange rate is currently 1.06, so they don’t score quite as many points. In favor of the USD? :eek::eek: When did that happen, and how can we get more of it to happen ? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/656 "2010-01-22T20:19:06Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > …and the line forms behind me to push the cart. That’s a funny looking cart, I could have sworn it looks more like a handbasket. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/657 "2010-01-22T22:17:57Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > In favor of the USD? :eek::eek: When did that happen, and how can we get more of it to happen ? The US dollar is almost always stronger than the Canadian dollar. There was a period Sep 07 - Mar 08 when the Canadian dollar was stronger, but that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![MarkF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MarkF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/658 "2010-01-23T06:44:08Z")
[Jean Simmons, Actress](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8476400.stm) Aged 80. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/659 "2010-01-23T14:32:50Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > The US dollar is almost always stronger than the Canadian dollar. There was a period Sep 07 - Mar 08 when the Canadian dollar was stronger, but that’s all. As a rule, I knew this, I was shocked to find that the Canadian surpassed, back in that period, and I thought it never looked back. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/660 "2010-01-23T14:41:19Z")
> [@MarkF](#): > > [Jean Simmons, Actress](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8476400.stm) Aged 80. ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ !!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=34)