# 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:** 40
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/781 "2010-02-08T19:44:50Z")
Congressman Jack Murtha has reportedly died. I’ll look for a cite. ---
**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 8, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/782 "2010-02-08T19:57:51Z")
Oh hell, another Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/783 "2010-02-08T20:03:17Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Congressman Jack Murtha has reportedly died. I’ll look for a cite. Still haven’t seen it in print, but several radio sources have had the same story. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/784 "2010-02-08T20:29:00Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Still haven’t seen it in print, but several radio sources have had the same story. [It’s on his house.gov page.](http://www.murtha.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=890&Itemid=1) ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/785 "2010-02-08T21:10:15Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Oh hell, another Democrat. at least it was the most corrupt one. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/786 "2010-02-08T21:11:13Z")
[CNN on Murtha](http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/08/john.murtha.obit/index.html?hpt=T1) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/787 "2010-02-08T23:36:56Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > at least it was the most corrupt one. [Gomez Adams] “Acquitted!!” [/Gomez Adams] [One has to imagine the voice of Gomez Adams giving that reply when told that uncle Fester was a “lady killer”] ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/788 "2010-02-08T23:39:15Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Oh hell, another Democrat. You say that like it’s a bad thing. 😉 😃 😛 ---
**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 9, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/789 "2010-02-09T03:04:12Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > You say that like it’s a bad thing. 😉 😃 😛 Did any one score on those 23 points? If not, that would be a bad thing… I’m keeping a perfect Zero so far. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/790 "2010-02-10T03:19:35Z")
James Heuga, winner of a Bronze in 1964(skiing), has died. Aged 66 [James Heuga has died](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Heuga) ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/791 "2010-02-10T06:48:11Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > at least it was the most corrupt one. The doctors apparently perforated his bowel in a gallbladder operation. I wonder what his stance was on malpractice suits? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/792 "2010-02-10T12:57:31Z")
Goodbye to [Phil Harris](http://www.entertainmentandshowbiz.com/phil-harris-deadliest-catch-captain-no-more-2010021035638) of Deadliest Catch on the Discovery Channel. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/793 "2010-02-10T20:38:19Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Goodbye to [Phil Harris](http://www.entertainmentandshowbiz.com/phil-harris-deadliest-catch-captain-no-more-2010021035638) of Deadliest Catch on the Discovery Channel. That is a bizarrely worded story. It’s like an obit AND a TV show review… or something. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/794 "2010-02-10T22:21:36Z")
Former congressman and book/movie subject [Charlie Wilson](http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/10/charlie.wilson.obit/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn), dead at 76. I didn’t think he was still alive. ---
**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 10, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/795 "2010-02-10T23:43:32Z")
> [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](#): > > Former congressman and book/movie subject [Charlie Wilson](http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/10/charlie.wilson.obit/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn), dead at 76. > > I didn’t think he was still alive. and now you’re right! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/796 "2010-02-11T16:30:36Z")
[Carl Braun](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings11-2010feb11,0,2800927.story), who retired from the National Basketball Association as the New York Knickerbockers’ all-time leading scorer, has died at the age of 82. Braun, a five-time All-Star, is currently fifth on the Knicks’ career point chart. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/797 "2010-02-11T17:06:45Z")
Fashion designer [Alexander McQueen.](http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/02/11/britain.alexander.mcqueen.dead/index.html?hpt=T2) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/798 "2010-02-11T17:15:05Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Fashion designer [Alexander McQueen.](http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/02/11/britain.alexander.mcqueen.dead/index.html?hpt=T2) Although his death was originally termed “non-suspicious”, it is now being treated as an [apparent suicide](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/35348689/?GT1=43001). ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/799 "2010-02-11T19:18:53Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Fashion designer [Alexander McQueen.](http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/02/11/britain.alexander.mcqueen.dead/index.html?hpt=T2) Holy crap! I thought he was a brilliant designer- not just outrageous clothes (like many other “designers”), but technically a genius in the structure of clothing. Are there any whispers of auto-erotic asphyxiation yet? Any time someone hangs themselves, it’s sure to be mentioned… ---
**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/800 "2010-02-11T22:11:10Z")
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