# 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:** 63
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1241 "2010-05-30T03:22:22Z")
Welcome. **crispijaxx**. Entries for the 2010 thread are closed, and the 2011 game begins December 1. In the meantime, though, feel free to stick around and contribute news of recent and impending deaths, as well as banter such as that occasioned by the recent Coleman and Hopper demises. ETA: **GIGObuster** wrote a shorter post, and thus nosed me out! ---
**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 30, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1242 "2010-05-30T03:40:51Z")
Pretty decent list, though. ---
**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 30, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1243 "2010-05-30T04:56:27Z")
Nice list, but you need to put it in the correct format, too… (No notes, and watch out for that space after the number. I have to get onto the Feuders for that, sometimes.) ---
**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 30, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1244 "2010-05-30T10:52:57Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Nice list, but you need to put it in the correct format, too… (No notes, and watch out for that space after the number. I have to get onto the Feuders for that, sometimes.) Death Pool lists can’t have numbers either. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1245 "2010-05-30T13:31:14Z")
**crispijaxx** , they’re not being mean or angry - just on auto pilot. Please stick around and at least join in the snarks ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1246 "2010-05-30T18:02:01Z")
Wow, this is the first I’d heard about Gary Coleman. He was only a couple of years younger than I am and my brother and I watched _Diff’rent Strokes_ faithfully (for a while, not all the way to the end), and I remember how remarkable he was back in those days. I remember how another network created _Webster_ with Emmanuel Lewis to try to pick up on that success. I remember going to the movies with my brother and seeing a poster for a movie which I think was _On the Right Track_ from 1981 (all I remember was “Gary Coleman” and “horseracing”) and also around that time hearing somebody on the radio joking about him to the effect of, “Gary Coleman? Isn’t he, like, 40 or something?” because he was such a spookily-talented, hugely successful child star. Of course I was sad but not surprised to hear that his career fizzled as an adult; I was sorry to hear that his money was lost (obscenely unfair; you’d think that if he wasn’t going to be working as an actor as an adult, then at least he’d never have to worry about money); that while he seemed to be rather depressed and angry as an adult, at least he seemed to be able to keep from going the way of his young co-stars. I didn’t realize he was having health problems. And now he’s gone. Rest in peace, Gary. Thanks. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![crispijaxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@crispijaxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crispijaxx)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1247 "2010-05-31T03:28:54Z")
Here is my list 1. Keith Richards 2. Bret Michaels 3. Pete Doherty 4. Penny Marshall 5. Jeff Conaway 6. Whitney Houston 7. Betty White 8. Burt Reynolds 9. Hugh Hefner 10.Bob Barker 11.Kirk Douglas 12.Phyllis Diller 13.Lindsay Lohan Alternates 1. Barbara Walters 2. Lou Gossett Jr. 3. Muhammad Ali What do ya think? ---
**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 31, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1248 "2010-05-31T03:32:51Z")
> [@crispijaxx](#): > > What do ya think? It’s a good list, but the next game doesn’t start until December 1st. Some of them might not make it until then. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1249 "2010-05-31T11:00:13Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > It’s a good list, but the next game doesn’t start until December 1st. Some of them might not make it until then. Although, I do love his Number 7. ☹ 😃 Apparently, I’m missing the bigger picture here. I feel that bigger picture makes this ““game”” even less fun than it is. ---
**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 31, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1250 "2010-05-31T12:38:08Z")
I’ve just had a very evil thought. What if Lindsey Lohan and Keith Richards had a baby together? That kid would have superpowers x10 and be unkillable. Just a thought. ---
**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 31, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1251 "2010-05-31T14:20:41Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > That kid would have superpowers x10 and be unkillable. And his or her name would be Ariel Sharon 😛 ---
**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 31, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1252 "2010-05-31T15:09:39Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > What if Lindsey Lohan and Keith Richards had a baby together? That kid would have superpowers x10 and be unkillable. I had to read this post three times. I kept reading the final word as “unlikable.” ---
**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:** [June 1, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1253 "2010-06-01T00:26:18Z")
[Temptations singer Ali-Ollie Woodson dies at 58](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100531/ap_on_en_mu/us_obit_woodson) ---
**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:** [June 1, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1254 "2010-06-01T13:07:49Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Obigatory: > > * * * > > What chu talking bout 'X-mas? > > * * * > > /Obligatory > One wonders what Avenue Q will do now. 😕 :eek: AQ has announced that they will keep the Coleman character. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1255 "2010-06-01T16:45:10Z")
[Andrew Koppel](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i1SpnM1ML6rcS9l52eq2rkKRsNkgD9G2IOJ80), 40 year old son of Ted, found dead. Interesting, if macabre, story. Perfect for the Deathpool ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1256 "2010-06-01T21:36:37Z")
After a very quiet April, lots more shuffling off in May. Departees were: ```auto Name Died Age Points Votes Dennis Hopper 29-May 74 26 11 Gary Coleman 28-May 42 58 2 Art Linkletter 26-May 97 3 3 Jay Gallagher 25-May 63 37 1 Martin Gardner 22-May 95 5 1 Ronnie James Dio 16-May 67 33 9 Umaru Yar'Adua 5-May 58 42 6 Ernie Harwell 4-May 92 8 7 ``` The standings are now: ```auto Name Points Number 1 amarone 145 3 2 Critical Mass 134 4 3 MsWhatsit 116 3 4 Registered at Last 101 3 5 MadTheSwine 83 3 6= Shirley Ujest 75 3 6= Fear Itself 75 2 8 BlimeyORiley 70 3 9 42fish 67 2 10 GIGObuster 66 2 11 Captain Lance Murdoch 65 2 12 The Vorlon 63 3 13 andiepandie 62 1 14 carnivorousplant 59 2 15= stockton 58 1 15= Winston Smith 58 1 17 CowPatty 57 2 18 Happy Lendervedder 51 2 19= Boyo Jim 50 2 19= Etherman 50 2 19= Rico 50 2 22 Mean Mr. Mustard 44 4 23 NurseCarmen 43 1 24 Squonk 42 1 25= DfrntBreign 33 1 25= Jeep's Phoenix 33 1 25= Loach 33 1 25= St. Anger 33 1 29 Hal Briston 32 2 30= kunilou 31 1 30= Moirai 31 1 32= A Spoonful of Awesome 26 1 32= Juliana 26 1 32= malkavia 26 1 32= Paul in Qatar 26 1 32= Thunder 26 1 32= Walkabout 26 1 38= 5 time champ 24 1 38= Anne Elk 24 1 38= anyrose 24 1 38= Avarie537 24 1 38= Baker 24 1 38= bowler girl 24 1 38= El Perro Fumando 24 1 38= Hockey Monkey 24 1 38= I Am The Lorax 24 1 38= jeezums 24 1 38= judikium 24 1 38= Little Nemo 24 1 38= Mahaloth 24 1 38= Mudshark 24 1 38= Nutty Bunny 24 1 38= Only Mostly Dead 24 1 38= phungi 24 1 38= tumbleddown 24 1 38= VunderBob 24 1 57 tarragon918 17 1 58 Lok 11 1 59 Rilchiam 9 1 60= Fiveroptic 8 1 60= Maus Magill 8 1 60= Tim R. Mortiss 8 1 63 Spiff 5 1 64 Stopfordia 4 1 65= panache45 3 1 65= wolf_meister 3 1 67= 101 others 0 ``` 21 celebrities have died, representing 2.5% of the total and 4.5% of the votes. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1257 "2010-06-01T22:43:07Z")
Hey! I thought I got credit for at least having a right name, even if Lt. Finn wasn’t worth any points. I’m no longer a no hit lister! ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1258 "2010-06-01T22:51:54Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > Hey! I thought I got credit for at least having a right name, even if Lt. Finn wasn’t worth any points. I’m no longer a no hit lister! Heh! I didn’t even check whether anyone had him, thinking nobody would choose someone who was so old. Yes, I now see that you mentioned that you had him, but in a very small font and my eyes ain’t as young as they used to be. So here you go: ```auto Name Points Number 67 OtakuLoki 0 1 68= 100 others 0 0 ``` ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1259 "2010-06-01T22:53:28Z")
Thanks, **amarone**! ---
**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:** [June 1, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1260 "2010-06-01T23:49:58Z")
Pardon me, Amarone, but I don’t see Twickster on your list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=64)