# 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:** 47
**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:** [March 9, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/921 "2010-03-09T13:47:33Z")
Anyone have race driver Stirling Moss? If so, hard luck - the 80-year-old has survived [a three-story fall down an elevator shaft](http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Stirling-Moss-falls-three-storeys.6133972.jp). They don’t make 'em like that anymore. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/922 "2010-03-09T15:33:06Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Anyone have race driver Stirling Moss? If so, hard luck - the 80-year-old has survived [a three-story fall down an elevator shaft](http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Stirling-Moss-falls-three-storeys.6133972.jp). > > They don’t make 'em like that anymore. We’ll know he’s tough if he survives his hospital stay. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/923 "2010-03-10T06:45:51Z")
[Former Los Angeles Dodger baseball great Willie Davis found dead in his Burbank home - age 69.](http://www.dailynews.com/ci_14640429?source=rss_viewed) ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/924 "2010-03-10T10:29:19Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > We’ll know he’s tough if he survives his hospital stay. True, this _is_ the NHS. I hear the “death panel” convenes on Friday. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/925 "2010-03-10T13:34:35Z")
[Corey Haim Dead at 38](http://www.fox6now.com/news/ktla-corey-haim-obit,0,3525046.story) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/926 "2010-03-10T13:39:20Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Corey Haim Dead at 38](http://www.fox6now.com/news/ktla-corey-haim-obit,0,3525046.story) A unique pick and a bundle of points to **andipandie**. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/927 "2010-03-10T14:00:16Z")
Y’know - Haim was kind of a train-wreck so I shouldn’t be surprised - but it still makes me sad he never could get his life straight. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/928 "2010-03-10T14:15:42Z")
I’m just shocked that he beat the over/under and made it to 38. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/929 "2010-03-10T14:16:29Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > A unique pick and a bundle of points to **andipandie**. Was Feldman on their list too? I mean, you never see one doing something without the other…just saying, is all. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/930 "2010-03-10T15:04:59Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > A unique pick and a bundle of points to **andipandie**. Whew! So his death wasn’t a total waste! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/931 "2010-03-10T16:14:14Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Was Feldman on their list too? I mean, you never see one doing something without the other…just saying, is all. I was going to ask if he was one of the 80’s Corey’s. But, Apparently my 27 year old grasp on time is shot. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/932 "2010-03-10T16:17:43Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > I feel death in the air. > > Mark my words, I think we are going to get a slew of celebrity deaths this week. Or at least a slew of points. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/933 "2010-03-10T16:34:00Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > Just because this is a death-related thing. There is starting to be a bit of a fuss that neither Farrah Fawcett or Bea Arthur were mentioned in last night’s “In Memoriam.” Although both were more well known for their TV stardom - they both had well-supported film careers as well. > > Just a little aside. I also heard Ricardo Montalban was left out and he was an established movie actor long before Fantasy Island. Seems like the Oscars are a bit snobby, do any TV and we’ll ignore you. Good thing Michael Jackson never had a TV series or he wouldn’t have been mentioned for his one film. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/934 "2010-03-10T16:41:10Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I also heard Ricardo Montalban was left out and he was an established movie actor long before Fantasy Island. Seems like the Oscars are a bit snobby, do any TV and we’ll ignore you. Good thing Michael Jackson never had a TV series or he wouldn’t have been mentioned for his one film. I think the thing about MJ is not necessarily his one film, but the influences he had on cinematography, soundtracking and sound recording, etc. Yes, I think he’s received enough coverage and I am dismayed that he was chosen and others were not. But I can understand why they chose him. I just think that the constant overshadowing of MJ’s death over Farrah’s is unfortunate. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/935 "2010-03-10T16:49:32Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I also heard Ricardo Montalban was left out and he was an established movie actor long before Fantasy Island. Seems like the Oscars are a bit snobby, do any TV and we’ll ignore you. Good thing Michael Jackson never had a TV series or he wouldn’t have been mentioned for his one film. I had to check this and that was not the case, Montalban was in the 2009 Oscar “In Memoriam”. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/M480lyYD-tY/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/M480lyYD-tY?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![andiepandie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@andiepandie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andiepandie)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/936 "2010-03-10T17:06:41Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > A unique pick and a bundle of points to **andipandie**. When I heard the news this morning my first thought was “Oh no, that’s a shame.” My next thought was “Oooooo, I think I put him on my SDMB celebrity death pool list! Finally some points!” I loved him so much when I was a little girl growing up in the 80s, I think it helped soften the blow a bit 😛 Also, I can’t believe I was the only one who had him on their list! I’m far more shocked about that than I am over his actual death. As for the Oscars ‘In Memorium’ piece, I heard they also forgot to include Henry Gibson which made me quite sad since I didn’t even know that he had died! ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/937 "2010-03-10T17:14:11Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > A unique pick and a bundle of points to **andipandie**. Wow, impressive. Definitely the first significant death game-wise this year. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/938 "2010-03-10T18:42:45Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I had to check this and that was not the case, Montalban was in the 2009 Oscar “In Memoriam”. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M480lyYD-tY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M480lyYD-tY) Ah, okay, I took someone else’s word for it and I couldn’t double check because my iPhone battery was dying and wouldn’t let me open another app. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/939 "2010-03-10T19:17:47Z")
The zero point, 100 year old ‘Granny D’ has also crossed the river Styx. [http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/03/10](http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/03/10) Yeah, no points, but I figured we were all about seeing them drop ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/940 "2010-03-10T20:03:06Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Was Feldman on their list too? . No. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=48)