# 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:** 35
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/681 "2010-01-27T21:27:35Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Really? _Everyone_ pounced on that wagon? Some of us didn’t know who she was. Or cared, frankly. ---
**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 27, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/682 "2010-01-27T21:32:25Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Really? _Everyone_ pounced on that wagon? No, it went against my strategy. You can see how well _that’s_ working out. I loved Poltergeist. I’m sorry to hear Zelda’s gone into the light. ---
**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 27, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/683 "2010-01-27T21:56:00Z")
Carl Kassel, on the other hand continues to sleep in on weekdays and judge _Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me_ on Saturdays. :rolleyes: ---
**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 27, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/684 "2010-01-27T22:01:06Z")
That it – as the first one to post a list containing Zelda, I demand three bonus points (actually, that could make for an interesting [if massively complicated] ruleset). ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/685 "2010-01-27T22:06:04Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > That it – as the first one to post a list containing Zelda, I demand three bonus points. Okay. But I also deducted three for lying, because you weren’t the first - **Little Nemo** was. ---
**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 27, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/686 "2010-01-27T22:07:30Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Okay. But I also deducted three for lying, because you weren’t the first - **Little Nemo** was. Well done, Sir, well done! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/687 "2010-01-27T22:10:35Z")
I didn’t even mention her at all - surely that is worth something? ---
**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 27, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/688 "2010-01-27T22:37:29Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > I didn’t even mention her at all - surely that is worth something? I _knew_ you weren’t going to mention anything. THAT’S got to be worth a couple of points. ---
**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 27, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/689 "2010-01-27T23:47:29Z")
> [@Critical\_Mass](#): > > [Zelda has died.](http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/01/exclusive-poltergeist-star-zelda-rubinstein-has-passed-away) > > Points for all! YAY! ---
**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 28, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/690 "2010-01-28T00:40:46Z")
[Howard Zinn, author, dead at 87.](http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1449629.html) ---
**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 28, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/691 "2010-01-28T01:08:10Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Okay. But I also deducted three for lying, because you weren’t the first - **Little Nemo** was. \…damn misspellings throwing off my search…\… ---
**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 28, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/692 "2010-01-28T01:10:52Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > [Howard Zinn, author, dead at 87.](http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1449629.html) This saddens me. I love his books. ---
**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 28, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/693 "2010-01-28T01:33:20Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Carl Kassel, on the other hand continues to sleep in on weekdays and judge _Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me_ on Saturdays. :rolleyes: _Shoots you evil looks for even wishing him dead. I haz da wub for Kassel._ :(( ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/694 "2010-01-28T01:35:22Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > [Howard Zinn, author, dead at 87.](http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1449629.html) If he is buried, will he get a Zinn Bin ? ---
**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 28, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/695 "2010-01-28T01:54:54Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > This saddens me. I love his books. It saddens me too, as he wasn’t on my list and earned me no points. I am always saddened by pointless death. ---
**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 28, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/696 "2010-01-28T02:04:03Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > _Shoots you evil looks for even wishing him dead. I haz da wub for Kassel._ I don’t _wish_ him dead, it just seemed that leaving NPR’s morning program after 100 years, he must be ill. A possible opportunity, as it were. What does it mean, “I haz da wub”? Amarone, does anyone else have him? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/697 "2010-01-28T02:09:31Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What does it mean, “I haz da wub”? > > Amarone, does anyone else have him? It’s [LOLspeak](http://speaklolspeak.com/). Where you been? ---
**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 28, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/698 "2010-01-28T02:14:57Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > It’s [LOLspeak](http://speaklolspeak.com/). Where you been? Oh, cruising the aether, buildng model airplanes, sitting around in my underwear smoking cigars. So, what does it mean? After some research, it appears that he or she is enamored of Mr. Kassel. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/699 "2010-01-28T03:13:44Z")
I refuse to jump on bandwagons. Which explains my large number of points every year. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/700 "2010-01-28T03:36:44Z")
[Louis Auchincloss](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-louis-auchincloss28-2010jan28,0,6465261.story), whose depictions of upper-class New Yorkers earned him the title “America’s foremost novelist of manners”, has died at the age of 92. [Charles McCurdy Mathias](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-charles-mathias27-2010jan27,0,507177.story), who served Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1961 to '69 and in the Senate from '69-'87, passed away at 87. The Republican was known for bucking his party on civil rights, gun control, and other issues [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=36)