# 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:** 60
**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:** [May 25, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1181 "2010-05-25T13:08:31Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > He was 38 - doesn’t that make it 62 points? Oh, well, sure…if you’re going to go and apply your fancy-pants _correct_ mathematics to it… ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1182 "2010-05-25T14:49:04Z")
[Jay Gallagher](http://rocnow.com/article/local-news/2010100525003), New York state based bureau chief and reporter for newspaper chain. Pancreatic cancer. Age 63. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1183 "2010-05-26T00:43:42Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Oh, well, sure…if you’re going to go and apply your fancy-pants _correct_ mathematics to it… In the world of fake math, I’ve already won, and so did I. [[But actually, in typing this, I just lost a different game. Yep. You did too. :smack:]] ---
**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:** [May 26, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1184 "2010-05-26T01:07:44Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > In the world of fake math, I’ve already won, and so did I. > > [[But actually, in typing this, I just lost a different game. Yep. You did too. :smack:]] The only math that matters to me is Dead Pool Pointage. Is that wrong or what? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1185 "2010-05-26T01:26:02Z")
Steve Perry, screenwriter for the animated Thundercats has been missing from his home outside of Tampa since at least Friday, and [is feared dead](http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/missing-zephyrhills-mans-agonized-last-months-recalled/1097407). ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1186 "2010-05-26T01:43:06Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Steve Perry, screenwriter for the animated Thundercats has been missing from his home outside of Tampa since at least Friday, and [is feared dead](http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/missing-zephyrhills-mans-agonized-last-months-recalled/1097407). Let’s start a pool on how long it will be before we see this plot on L&O:CI I say next season’s premiere ---
**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:** [May 26, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1187 "2010-05-26T01:51:29Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Steve Perry, screenwriter for the animated Thundercats has been missing from his home outside of Tampa since at least Friday, and [is feared dead](http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/missing-zephyrhills-mans-agonized-last-months-recalled/1097407). Thundercats was scripted?!? Whoa!! ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1188 "2010-05-26T03:08:34Z")
> [@Critical\_Mass](#): > > [Jay Gallagher](http://rocnow.com/article/local-news/2010100525003), New York state based bureau chief and reporter for newspaper chain. Pancreatic cancer. Age 63. And 37 points (is that right, Hal?) for you, moving you into second place. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1189 "2010-05-26T03:53:34Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > And 37 points (is that right, Hal?) for you, moving you into second place. Ppppht…[you can use math to prove anything](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLprXHbn19I)… ---
**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:** [May 26, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1190 "2010-05-26T13:13:49Z")
[Sandy Herold](http://www.congoo.com/news/2010May25/Owner-chimp-mauled-friend-dies), who owned the chimp that mauled that poor woman, is dead at 72. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1191 "2010-05-26T20:20:11Z")
DARN. [Art Linkletter](http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/26/art-linkletter-dies-at-97/?hpt=C1) dies at 97. Only 3 points. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1192 "2010-05-26T20:40:49Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > DARN. > > [Art Linkletter](http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/26/art-linkletter-dies-at-97/?hpt=C1) dies at 97. > > Only 3 points. Another one from the “I didn’t realize he was still alive” file… ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1193 "2010-05-26T20:49:47Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Steve Perry, screenwriter for the animated Thundercats has been missing from his home outside of Tampa since at least Friday, and [is feared dead](http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/missing-zephyrhills-mans-agonized-last-months-recalled/1097407). I’m no genius but “a severed body part found nearby” is not a good sign. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1194 "2010-05-26T21:11:07Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’m no genius but “a severed body part found nearby” is not a good sign. According to [this story](http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/may/25/missing-comic-book-writer-was-downward-spiral-frie/news-metro/), it’s an arm. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1195 "2010-05-26T21:19:33Z")
With deepest respects to Mr Linkletter, his passing puts me on the scoreboard. I may have gained a unique pick with him. Am I right? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1196 "2010-05-26T22:09:59Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > DARN.[Art Linkletter](http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/26/art-linkletter-dies-at-97/?hpt=C1) dies at 97. > Only 3 points. > [@Wheelz](#): > > Another one from the “I didn’t realize he was still alive” file… me, too. > [@wolf\_meister](#): > > With deepest respects to Mr Linkletter, his passing puts me on the scoreboard. > I may have gained a unique pick with him. Am I right? Had I known he was still alive… :dubious:😃 ---
**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:** [May 26, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1197 "2010-05-26T23:35:32Z")
Art Linkletter? Damn. I was a Linkletter kid on his _House Party_ show in 1967. Despite his fixation on drug abuse, he was a kind man. To a 9 year old kid, he was really bigger than life. I remember that day fondly. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2010, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1198 "2010-05-27T09:04:44Z")
[UK Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Moran](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8707680.stm), 54, dies during a triathlon. South African opera singer [Siphiwo Ntshebe](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10162343.stm), scheduled to sing at the upcoming World Cup, dies of meningitis at just 34. Death is definitely not taking a holiday. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1199 "2010-05-27T11:55:18Z")
I took Art Linkletter off my list from last year. Still no points for me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1200 "2010-05-27T12:03:57Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > With deepest respects to Mr Linkletter, his passing puts me on the scoreboard. > I may have gained a unique pick with him. Am I right? No. **panache45** and **Mean Mr. Mustard** also picked him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=61)