# 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:** 39
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/761 "2010-02-02T19:24:21Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Tied for 3rd place!!!11111 Yes, but it looks much lower because of the alphabetical secondary sorting (works well for ‘amarone’). Maybe I will sort in reverse alphabetical order next month so you can see your name higher up the page. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/762 "2010-02-02T19:37:08Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > yes, but it looks much lower because of the alphabetical secondary sorting (works well for ‘amarone’). Maybe i will sort in reverse alphabetical order next month so you can see your name higher up the page. noooooooooooooooooooo!!! ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/763 "2010-02-02T20:12:20Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Yes, but it looks much lower because of the alphabetical secondary sorting (works well for ‘amarone’). Maybe I will sort in reverse alphabetical order next month so you can see your name higher up the page. No one made them choose usernames at the end of the alphabet. -amarinth (among the first of the 38th placers) ---
**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:** [February 3, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/764 "2010-02-03T02:54:20Z")
> [@](#): > > DODGEVILLE, Wis. — An actor who appeared on the TV show “Boston Legal” has been killed in an SUV crash in Wisconsin. The Iowa County Sheriff’s Department says Justin Mentell was killed when his SUV went down an embankment off Highway 39 near Blanchardville and hit two trees. The crash was reported around 8:30 a.m. Monday. The sheriff’s department says the 27-year-old from Waukegan, Ill., wasn’t wearing a seat belt. Mentell portrayed attorney Garrett Wells on “Boston Legal” from 2005 to 2006. More recently, he was Terrell in the 2009 Disney movie “G-Force.” [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/02/justin-mentell-dead-bosto\_0\_n\_446130.html](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/02/justin-mentell-dead-bosto_0_n_446130.html) ---
**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:** [February 4, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/765 "2010-02-04T14:55:15Z")
[Dick McGuire](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/sports/basketball/04mcguire.html) a fixture with the New York Knicks, dead at 84. ---
**Author:** ![BomTek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bomtek/32/21364_2.png) [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/766 "2010-02-04T17:15:00Z")
[George Jones is dead.](http://www.reviewonline.com/page/content.detail/id/523457.html?nav=5009) I don’t get any points for that one, though. It’s not the George Jones you’re thinking of. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/767 "2010-02-04T17:46:40Z")
I’ll bet there is not a day goes by that George Jones doesn’t die. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/768 "2010-02-04T19:16:51Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I’ll bet there is not a day goes by that George Jones doesn’t die. Only 75 in the last year, [according to legacy.com](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries.asp?page=obitfinderresults&firstname=george&lastname=jones&state=&daterange=Last1Yrs&newspaper=&keyword=) (of course, legacy’s coverage can be pretty spotty). ---
**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:** [February 4, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/769 "2010-02-04T19:45:54Z")
Frances Reid is dead as well. [http://www.imdb.com/news/ni1516952/](http://www.imdb.com/news/ni1516952/) Only 5 points, so no biggie… Not that have her listed. Waiting for a St Valentine’s Massacre to finally score here. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/770 "2010-02-07T04:24:30Z")
Ian Carmichael has snuffed it. [Ian Carmichael - News - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0138428/news#ni1528875) I know him best as Lord Peter Wimsey, the gentleman detective. Time and perception being what it is, I would have suspected him dead years ago. Seems hard to believe the Lord Peter mysteries aired 35 years ago, but so it goes. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/771 "2010-02-07T14:28:06Z")
Former radio and TV station owner and U.S. Congressman CECIL HEFTEL died YESTERDAY in SAN DIEGO of natural causes at 85, according to the HONOLULU STAR-BULLETIN. [http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/70420/cecil-heftel-dies-at-85](http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/70420/cecil-heftel-dies-at-85) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/772 "2010-02-07T16:51:56Z")
Sooooo going to HELL! I check the Dope each day, wander over to the game room. Aha, the Celebrity Death Pool 2010 has moved back toward top. I’ts time to check on who died. This can’t be healthy. My only (pitiful) redeeming factor is that I don’t have the thread bookmarked or get any alerts for posts. Still going to Hell but I’m 38th in line. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/773 "2010-02-07T17:05:21Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > My only (pitiful) redeeming factor is that I don’t have the thread bookmarked or get any alerts for posts. I’m sure my Teachers at Catholic High have a term for that…“Sin of Omission”, “Sin of Commission”,or “Sin of Covering Your Ass.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/774 "2010-02-07T17:14:27Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I’m sure my Teachers at Catholic High have a term for that…“Sin of Omission”, “Sin of Commission”,or “Sin of Covering Your Ass.” > > 🙂 Language, please! the pc phrase is “blanketing one’s donkey” 😉 😃 ---
**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:** [February 7, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/775 "2010-02-07T17:23:20Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Language, please! the pc phrase is “blanketing one’s donkey” 😉 😃 I stand corrected. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 7, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/776 "2010-02-07T17:48:01Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Language, please! the pc phrase is “blanketing one’s donkey” 😉 😃 I’m stealing this. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/777 "2010-02-07T17:59:00Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > I’m stealing this. by all means. I stole it from someone else many years ago. ---
**Author:** ![There\_is\_no\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@There\_is\_no\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/There_is_no_God)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/778 "2010-02-07T22:36:56Z")
William Tenn (pseudonym of Philip Klass) has [died](http://dpsinfo.com/williamtenn/) at 89. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/779 "2010-02-08T04:11:19Z")
Betty White, apparently, can play some pigskin. Looks like I’m screwed for this year. No one give her a Snickers bar. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2010, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/780 "2010-02-08T10:34:55Z")
[Sir John Dankworth](http://http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/7185109/Sir-John-Dankworth-this-one-is-for-Johnny-gone-but-not-forgotten.html) - jazz legend, composer, husband of Cleo Laine and all-around awesome dude, dead at 82. And you have to give the family credit for upholding the “the show must go on” tradition (from the above link): > [@](#): > > Just before the finale, Dame Cleo, 82, told the hushed audience that Sir John Dankworth, her husband of more than 50 years and one of the totemic figures of British jazz, had died hours earlier. > > Members of the audience said Dame Cleo made the announcement towards the end of the concert, saying: “I’m terribly sorry that Sir John can’t be here today, but earlier on my husband died in hospital.” If anyone else had done something like that after losing a spouse of over 50 years I would have thought they were mad, but “Johnny” would have wanted it that way. Rest in peace, jazz man. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=40)