# 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:** 37
**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, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/721 "2010-01-28T14:08:53Z")
Has the Deathpool ever tied for first place? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/722 "2010-01-28T14:16:09Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Okay, so I have read the reports about the iPad. I understand totally that it is yet another bit of new-fangled technology that I don’t need or want (unless it will also mow my lawn). But all the news reports ignored the most important question: “How healthy did Steve Jobs look?” I’m \*so \*glad I wasn’t the only one to get up and walk across the room to the TV to get a better look at him. ---
**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, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/723 "2010-01-28T14:27:13Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > It saddens me too, as he wasn’t on my list and earned me no points. I am always saddened by pointless death. That too. ---
**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 28, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/724 "2010-01-28T14:33:28Z")
I do think that is anyone over 100 dies of anything other than natural causes, you should get some points as a bonus. ---
**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 28, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/725 "2010-01-28T14:34:06Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > He’s got the iPancreas rocking. however, [iDeath.com](http://iDeath.com) is already registered… just sayin… ---
**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 28, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/726 "2010-01-28T15:25:51Z")
I am feeling guilty about how much I am enjoying actually participating this year. I had no shame in jumping on a good bandwagon. Woo! More points from Zelda! Considering that CBC Radio (re)played an interview with Paul Quarrington about his impending demise a few days before New Years I am surprised that no other Canadians jumped on that bandwagon (Although to assuage my guilt over my initial glee at his death I have bought a number of his books) But why didn’t CBC do a similar show about Kate McGarrigle? … another pointless Canadian death. I initially wanted to do an all Canadian list, but we Canucks are much quieter about our health/impending death it seems. And I too was disappointed that the iPad coverage didn’t include a health update. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/727 "2010-01-28T18:14:49Z")
J D Salinger will [catch no more rye](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/01/ap_son_says_jd_salinger_has_di.html)… ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/728 "2010-01-28T18:26:07Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > J D Salinger will [catch no more rye](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/01/ap_son_says_jd_salinger_has_di.html)… 9 points for **Mean Mr. Mustard** and **Rilchiam**. ---
**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 28, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/729 "2010-01-28T18:56:34Z")
I wonder if they’ll publish any of the novels he has allegedly written over the past decades. ---
**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, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/730 "2010-01-28T18:59:21Z")
Huh…you could’ve bet me a sizable sum that he died at least 10 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/731 "2010-01-28T22:06:18Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Did I ask _you_, Mister Sunshine? 🙂 Of course not, but has that ever stopped any of use before? 😃 > [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Huh…you could’ve bet me a sizable sum that he died at least 10 years ago. Same here. But it is not like he has exactly been burning up the talk show circuits promoting his newest books. ---
**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 29, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/732 "2010-01-29T00:22:13Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > J D Salinger will [catch no more rye](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/01/ap_son_says_jd_salinger_has_di.html)… Always thought the book was overrated. But check out this slice from the obit: In 2000, daughter Margaret Salinger’s Dreamcatcher portrayed **the writer as an unpleasant recluse who drank his own urine and spoke in tongues.** Man, I can’t stop laughing! I’ve just gained new insights into the book every high school kid was forced to read. hahahaha! ---
**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 29, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/733 "2010-01-29T00:51:31Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > In 2000, daughter Margaret Salinger’s Dreamcatcher portrayed **the writer as an unpleasant recluse who drank his own urine and spoke in tongues.** There might be something to be said for such a regimen. After all, he did live to be 91. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/734 "2010-01-29T01:52:01Z")
I’d be willing to die at 88 if I can skip the urine drinking and just do the speaking in tongues. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/735 "2010-01-29T02:49:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by critter42 View Post > J D Salinger will catch no more rye… > [@amarone](#): > > 9 points for **Mean Mr. Mustard** and **Rilchiam**. Thanks for the points, Jerome David; I’ll eat a piece of rye bread in your honor. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/736 "2010-01-29T03:36:17Z")
I’m honored to be paired with MMrM! ---
**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 29, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/737 "2010-01-29T04:02:38Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > There might be something to be said for such a regimen. After all, he did live to be 91. “live” seems too strong a word for old J. D. He managed to exist until 91, and even that is filled with some speculation. Howard Hughes being another such weird, lonely, urine sipper known not so much for his achievements but for his insanity. Once the English teachers who fell in love with Catcher all croak, he will be entirely forgotten. Or is there a movie in the works? Gosh, I sure hope Orlando Bloom plays Holden!! ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/738 "2010-01-29T07:14:27Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > Or is there a movie in the works? Gosh, I sure hope Orlando Bloom plays Holden!! Blech!!! What a horrible idea in a variety of ways! ---
**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 29, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/739 "2010-01-29T12:23:48Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I do think that is anyone over 100 dies of anything other than natural causes, you should get some points as a bonus. When I turned 100, I plan to snort coke and then parachute out of a plane into a lake full of alligators before heading out for my tax audit. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/740 "2010-01-29T13:45:03Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > When I turned 100, I plan to snort coke and then parachute out of a plane into a lake full of alligators before heading out for my tax audit. Keep us updated, O.K.? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=38)