# 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:** 55
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1081 "2010-04-15T16:34:57Z")
I know that “Tripping a Blind Man” was inspired by his family forcing an intervention that lead to a stint in rehab, but I don’t know if he was able to kick the actual habit. I am bummed. Type O is probably my favorite band ever. ---
**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 15, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1082 "2010-04-15T18:25:36Z")
I am SO out of touch. I read the first post about Steele’s death and thought, “What, they couldn’t match some guy’s rare blood type so he died?” Never heard of him, or his band, or any of the songs or albums mentioned in the linked article. Though from the description they sound like a real downer band, like they should be a headliner at the End of Days. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1083 "2010-04-15T18:36:40Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > “The cause of death currently appears to be heart failure.” > > I don’t know anything about Steele (other than I’ve never been able to stand his voice) so I could easily be way off base with this, but “heart failure” is generally code for “drug overdose”. Unless their heart failed because someone parked a truck on top of it. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1084 "2010-04-16T17:22:26Z")
[Daryl F. Gates](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100416/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_daryl_gates), former L.A. police chief, dead at 83. No word if Ice Cube was on hand to sign the death certificate. ---
**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 16, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1085 "2010-04-16T19:19:11Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I am SO out of touch. Feels great, don’t it? Row after row of celebrity magazines and the names and faces mean absolutely nothing. And when one of them dies, heck, it’s like reading about an auto accident in France. Who cares? Certainly not in the same league as when the vital heroes of my youth die. Oh crap, still making a game of it. Yippie! I’m only bummed because it’s mid April and I haven’t hit a single prize winning corpse. I’m losing faith in the incompetence of medicine. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1086 "2010-04-16T21:57:59Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I am SO out of touch. I read the first post about Steele’s death and thought, “What, they couldn’t match some guy’s rare blood type so he died?” Never heard of him, or his band, or any of the songs or albums mentioned in the linked article. Though from the description they sound like a real downer band, like they should be a headliner at the End of Days. You aren’t the only one. Wow. **Woosh.** I was like, Ok, so he has type O blood, why do we need to know this? FWIW, I thought Type O blood could take from anyone. Or is that AB ? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1087 "2010-04-16T22:47:14Z")
[Benjamin Hooks](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-benjamin-hooks16-2010apr16,0,1041811.story), who led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 1977 to '92, has died at the age of 85. Prior to serving as NAACP president, he had been the first black judge on a state-level court in the South when he was appointed to the Tennessee Criminal Court in 1965. In 1972, he became the first African-American member of the Federal Communications Commission. > [@Meeko](#): > > FWIW, I thought Type O blood could take from anyone. > > Or is that AB ? O negative is commonly called the universal donor, while AB positive is termed the universal recipient. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1088 "2010-04-17T00:00:35Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > O negative is commonly called the universal donor, while AB positive is termed the universal recipient. It took me a second to wrap my mind around those two concepts when I saw it. And this was like a month or so back. Hence it was on my mind. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1089 "2010-04-17T03:29:42Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > O negative is commonly called the universal donor, while AB positive is termed the universal recipient. This probably deserves its own thread, but if the statement about AB+ as the universal recipient, why are blood banks always looking for Blood Type AB Donors? ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1090 "2010-04-17T14:38:51Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > This probably deserves its own thread, but if the statement about AB+ as the universal recipient, why are blood banks always looking for Blood Type AB Donors? As I understand it, it is because although an AB+ recipient _can_ accept every other type in case of a shortage, the healthiest scenario is still a proper match. The universal thing is more of a last resort. ---
**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 18, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1091 "2010-04-18T17:41:17Z")
Also, giving typed AA B or O to a type AB could be disasterous if a type O needing blood shows up and there isn’t any left. Type O can only take type O. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1092 "2010-04-18T23:15:34Z")
Extremely late to this party, not that it matters :: [http://billcosby.com/site/2010/02/bill-cosby-is-not-dead.html](http://billcosby.com/site/2010/02/bill-cosby-is-not-dead.html) Did we cover this back then? Well, like I said it doesn’t matter, and I’m glad I didn’t hear it back when it was still in doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Lunchy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Lunchy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunchy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1093 "2010-04-19T02:09:02Z")
Holy hell, reading the rules and awards damn near killed me, thanx. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1094 "2010-04-19T09:07:05Z")
Convicted killer [Carl Williams](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/1041963/carl-williams-dies-in-prison-report), bashed to death in prison today aged 39. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1095 "2010-04-20T16:26:12Z")
Rapper [Guru](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/04/20/gang-starr-rapper-guru-dead/), of Gang Starr, dead at 43 of cancer. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1096 "2010-04-20T19:44:29Z")
[Keli McGregor](http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5118950), Colorado Rockies President, dead at age 48. ---
**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 20, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1097 "2010-04-20T22:56:38Z")
My hopes of getting the “Most Morbid Death Pool Points Ever” award were dashed this morning when James Dutton successfully landed [STS-131](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-131) on runway 33 at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center following a two-week mission to the ISS. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1098 "2010-04-20T23:02:55Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#): > > My hopes of getting the “Most Morbid Death Pool Points Ever” award were dashed this morning when James Dutton successfully landed [STS-131](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-131) on runway 33 at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center following a two-week mission to the ISS. The bigger shocker: Did anyone have NASA on their list? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1099 "2010-04-21T13:15:40Z")
[Juan Antonio Samaranch](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/7614429/Juan-Antonio-Samaranch-built-up-modern-Olympic-Games.html), aged 89. ---
**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 21, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1100 "2010-04-21T14:58:12Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > [Juan Antonio Samaranch](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/7614429/Juan-Antonio-Samaranch-built-up-modern-Olympic-Games.html), aged 89. Not a celebrity, uber rich asshole death pool is a different thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=56)