# 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:** 62
**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 29, 2010, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1221 "2010-05-29T09:13:19Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > You did drugs with Gary Coleman? 😕😕 > > Still no points for me in 2009 or 2010. I am the Guardian of Life! I was in 3rd place for 5 months. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1222 "2010-05-29T13:01:49Z")
Can someone post current standings? ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1223 "2010-05-29T13:24:05Z")
> [@Winston\_Smith](#): > > Can someone post current standings? I do it at the beginning of every month, but skipped it this month because only one person’s score changed. ---
**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 29, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1224 "2010-05-29T13:25:44Z")
The most important thing for you all to know is that I am losing. Does anything else really matter? ---
**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 29, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1225 "2010-05-29T14:32:16Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > The most important thing for you all to know is that I am losing. Does anything else really matter? Bah, everybody wins in the Celebrity Death Pool! As far as scoring points goes, I’m tied with a lot others in the “nil” zone. But I expect to be on the board and collecting points as the second half of 2010 rolls along. Celebrities have not yet begun to drop! ---
**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 29, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1226 "2010-05-29T15:42:03Z")
I know. Every time a celebrity dies, and angel earns its wings. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1227 "2010-05-29T17:24:30Z")
[Dennis Hopper dead at 74](http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64S1OJ20100529) ---
**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 29, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1228 "2010-05-29T17:39:24Z")
Amazing how well whining works! I score with Dennis! ---
**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 29, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1229 "2010-05-29T18:03:53Z")
Huh…interesting move there, **Jim**. Awwwww, I’m losing…none of my picks ever die! Always my short-listers, never my picks! Whine whine whine whine whine! \ ---
**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 29, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1230 "2010-05-29T18:09:37Z")
Please! A little creativity… you are capable of so much more. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1231 "2010-05-29T18:12:27Z")
I think it’s time to start talking about an **Entourage** curse. This is three guest stars who’ve died. Unless I overlooked someone and it’s four or more. Chris Penn, DJ AM, and now Dennis Hopper. Hopper wasn’t young, but Penn was relatively young, and DJ AM definitely was. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1232 "2010-05-29T18:49:04Z")
Wasn’t Arty Lange on Entourage? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1233 "2010-05-29T18:56:38Z")
So, my Mom calls me asking me why flags were at half-mast. I comment that it could be because of Gary Coleman. Then, I add “No, if it was for Coleman, I guess the flags would be at quarter-mast.” We decided it was for Memorial Day. ---
**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 29, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1234 "2010-05-29T19:53:58Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > I think it’s time to start talking about an **Entourage** curse. This is three guest stars who’ve died. Unless I overlooked someone and it’s four or more. Chris Penn, DJ AM, and now Dennis Hopper. Hopper wasn’t young, but Penn was relatively young, and DJ AM definitely was. ☹ Here’s the [Wiki list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_celebrities_appearing_on_Entourage) of who’s guest starred. We can add Sydney Pollack to the list of dead Entourage guests. There might be others – that’s the only one that I saw without researching anything. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1235 "2010-05-29T20:12:35Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Obigatory: > > * * * > > What chu talking bout 'X-mas? > > * * * > > /Obligatory > One wonders what Avenue Q will do now. 😕 :eek: I asked that question of my cow-orkers. I was immediately surrounded by blank stares ---
**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 29, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1236 "2010-05-29T21:42:08Z")
[Dennis Hopper is dead.](http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Hollywood+hellraiser+Dennis+Hopper+dead/3087858/story.html) . ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1237 "2010-05-29T21:43:41Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > [Dennis Hopper is dead.](http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Hollywood+hellraiser+Dennis+Hopper+dead/3087858/story.html) . Again or still? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1238 "2010-05-30T00:21:25Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I asked that question of my cow-orkers. I was immediately surrounded by blank stares I hope you mean Q and not the catch phrase… ---
**Author:** ![crispijaxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@crispijaxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crispijaxx)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1239 "2010-05-30T03:16:41Z")
1. Keith Richards - Musician 2. Muhammad Ali - Boxer 3. Liz Taylor - Actress 4. Bret Michaels - Musician 5. Joan Rivers - Comedian 6. Barbara Walters - Journalist 7. Hugh Hefner - Playboy Founder 8. Bob Barker - Game Show Host 9. Lindsay Lohan - Actress 10.Kirk Douglas - Actor 11.Pete Doherty - Musician 12.Phyllis Diller - Comedian 13.Cloris Leachman - Actress Alternates 1. Burt Reynolds - Actor 2. Betty White - Actress 3. Lou Gossett Jr. - Actor ---
**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:** [May 30, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1240 "2010-05-30T03:20:31Z")
That list is too late for the current dead pool, and the 2011 thread is not here **crispijaxx** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=63)