# 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:** 53
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1041 "2010-04-02T20:41:31Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Jaclyn looks damned good - she was on L&O:SVU this week - she has to have had work done, though As in more restoration work than the Sistene Chapel? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1042 "2010-04-02T20:51:23Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > As in more restoration work than the Sistene Chapel? easily ---
**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:** [April 2, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1043 "2010-04-02T20:57:21Z")
A little plaster goes a long way on cracks and warps. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1044 "2010-04-02T21:29:36Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Dammit! I dropped him for this year. Ah, only 8 points and you lose those if he comes back to life on Sunday. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1045 "2010-04-02T23:26:26Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > Ah, only 8 points and you lose those if he comes back to life on Sunday. Thanks, Uncle, you sure do cheer a guy up! šŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [April 3, 2010, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1046 "2010-04-03T08:37:47Z")
[John Forsythe](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1263175/Dynasty-star-John-Forsythe-92-dies-losing-battle-cancer.html) has 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:** [April 3, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1047 "2010-04-03T16:38:18Z")
[For 83 points to anyone who had him, Matt James, the top high school football player has died from a fall.](http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1070547) Doubt anyone had him. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1048 "2010-04-03T17:02:49Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [For 83 points to anyone who had him, Matt James, the top high school football player has died from a fall.](http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1070547) > > Doubt anyone had him. Invalid pick. > [@amarone](#): > > 1. Valid picks are not: > [ā€¦] > d. under age 18 at death ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1049 "2010-04-03T18:58:46Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [For 83 points to anyone who had him, Matt James, the top high school football player has died from a fall.](http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1070547) > > Doubt anyone had him. Such a tragedy, turns 18 next week. Another young person dies while on Spring Break, this death is a little more high profile. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1050 "2010-04-03T20:00:48Z")
Ed Roberts, Designer of what many consider the first personal computer, the Altair 8800, Dead at 68 > **[Ed Roberts, Designer of Altair 8800, Dead at 68](https://www.pcmag.com/archive/ed-roberts-designer-of-altair-8800-dead-at-68-249766)** > > Dr. Henry Edward Roberts, who designed the Altair 8800 credited with being the world's first personal computer, died in Georgia at age 68, according to reports. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1051 "2010-04-03T20:11:10Z")
Former Major League Pitcher, [Mike Cuellar](http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5051729), died yesterday at age 72. He was part of the Baltimore Oriole starting pitching rotation that featured 4 20-game winners in 1971. There wasnā€™t any 20 game winner in the major league last year. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1052 "2010-04-04T21:03:01Z")
[Eugene TerreBlanche](http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/africa/la-fg-safrica-terreblanche4-2010apr04,0,219493.story), who formed and led the Afrikaner Resistance Movement during South Africaā€™s apartheid era, was killed at the age of 69. TerreBlanche (whose surname translates to ā€œwhite landā€) had called in the 1980ā€™s for three homelands to be carved from his country and reserved for Caucasian citizens, with blacks allowed only as guest laborers. He was fatally attacked yesterday by two men who subsequently claimed (when questioned by investigators) that they had worked for TerreBlanche but not been paid. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1053 "2010-04-05T13:29:18Z")
Openly gay former pro wrestler [Christopher Klucsaritis](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/04/04/openly-gay-wrestler-dies-apparent-suicide/?test=latestnews), an apparent suicide at 40. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1054 "2010-04-06T11:47:51Z")
Canadian paralympic hockey player [Matt Cook](http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2010/04/04/sp-cook-sledgehockey.html), 22. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1055 "2010-04-06T13:13:26Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Canadian paralympic hockey player [Matt Cook](http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2010/04/04/sp-cook-sledgehockey.html), 22. Wait a minuteā€¦ the puck died?!? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1056 "2010-04-06T22:25:11Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > Wait a minuteā€¦ the puck died?!? :eek: oh, for shame! You have confirmed your reservation in Hell (along with the rest of us). šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [April 6, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1057 "2010-04-06T23:23:20Z")
Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee Nationā€™s first female chief, [dead at 64](http://www.examiner.com/x-12767-US-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m4d6-Wilma-Mankiller-Cherokee-Nations-first-female-chief-dead-at-64) . ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1058 "2010-04-06T23:51:46Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee Nationā€™s first female chief, [dead at 64](http://www.examiner.com/x-12767-US-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m4d6-Wilma-Mankiller-Cherokee-Nations-first-female-chief-dead-at-64) . OK, that makes me kind of sad, having spent two summers (eons ago, while I was in grad school) working at [ā€œUnto These Hillsā€](http://www.cherokee-nc.com/index.php?page=9) in Cherokee, NC. It was cheesy then. I bet itā€™s cheesy now, but I had the chance to work with a lot of Cherokees. I didnā€™t know any Mankillers, but I knew Walkingsticks, Bushyheads, and Bigmeats. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1059 "2010-04-07T03:51:42Z")
So, over Easter, I brought up the topic of a Death Pool. I asked my cousin if he ever played in one. He told me that he didnā€™t play in one, because he thought it was too sick\* , \*\*. \*And I remind you of the reservations I used to have before getting in this year. \*\* And I didnā€™t expect him to have any reservations on the concept at all. Yet he knew what it was. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1060 "2010-04-07T14:48:39Z")
Martina Navratilova [diagnosed](http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=5063033) with breast cancer. It is not thought to be imminently life threatening. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=54)