# 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:** 65
**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:** [June 3, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1281 "2010-06-03T18:03:05Z")
Wow, the Golden Girls are dropping like flies. 2 1/2 years ago, they were all alive. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1282 "2010-06-03T18:04:28Z")
So Betty White is the oldest Golden Girl, but last to die. She was just a bit older than Bea Arthur. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1283 "2010-06-03T18:17:12Z")
I think it’s because she was such an animal lover and stayed so active. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1284 "2010-06-03T22:50:51Z")
Clearly my stragedy of picking the extremely old and hoping they’ll kick off is backfiring. They must be too used to being alive. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1285 "2010-06-03T23:59:07Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Poor Betty White - last one left. Rub it in why don’t you? ---
**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:** [June 4, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1286 "2010-06-04T03:13:14Z")
It looks like [Coach John Wooden](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/06/ucla-legend-john-wooden-said-to-be-gravely-ill.html) of UCLA fame is circling the hoop. Although he’s only worth a free throw. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1287 "2010-06-04T04:17:19Z")
I don’t have Wooden, but if I did he would be worth an infinite amount of points more than I already have. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1288 "2010-06-04T19:09:32Z")
For the sake of doing anything beside what I get paid to do, I decided to count up my list of long living celebrities and see what kind of score I would have if they all croaked by the end of the month: 161 points. Sheesh. What are the odds? Come on, you grim reaper! Off you tombstone and get busy! ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1289 "2010-06-04T19:58:10Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > For the sake of doing anything beside what I get paid to do, I decided to count up my list of long living celebrities and see what kind of score I would have if they all croaked by the end of the month: 161 points. Sheesh. What are the odds? Come on, you grim reaper! Off you tombstone and get busy! That would have got you 17th place last year, but I think scores will be lower this year. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1290 "2010-06-04T22:09:40Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > That would have got you 17th place last year, but I think scores will be lower this year. Mind you, they all have to die by the end of the month. I start losing points as birthdays arrive… Still half a year to go, but I certainly went with the concept of picking the old and the infirm as “sure things” and so far coming up empty. I’m already toying with a new concept for next year… I figure it wouldn’t be any fun to just keep playing the same list over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1291 "2010-06-05T02:25:43Z")
[John Wooden](http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/news/story?id=5253601) has passed away. For those that got fouled on a lay-up, he is worth the conversion to the traditional 3-pt play. RIP Coach ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1292 "2010-06-05T02:41:57Z")
Godspeed, Coach. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1293 "2010-06-05T03:37:03Z")
What a life. To be in your 30’s seeing World War II and to see the computer rise and take over as a dominant technology. Amazing. Anyone get the 1 point for him? ---
**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:** [June 7, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1294 "2010-06-07T13:31:26Z")
Former Stereophonics drummer [has been found dead.](http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/07/2920858.htm?section=justin) Doubt if anyone had him. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1295 "2010-06-07T13:53:23Z")
[Adriana Xenides](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/1065260/tv-star-adriana-xenides-dies-aged-54), former hostess on the Australian version of Wheel of Fortune, dead at 54. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1296 "2010-06-07T19:47:55Z")
A couple of sports related deaths over the weekend: [Jim Copeland](http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5255585), former Cleveland Brown player and former Univ of Virginia Athletic Director, has died at age 65. [Nelson Stokely](http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5257431), former Louisiana-Lafayette Football Coach, has died at age 66. ---
**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 8, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1297 "2010-06-08T13:58:31Z")
Isley Brother [Marvin Isley](http://www.nme.com/news/isley-brothers/51411) dead at 56. Personal to me because I met him. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1298 "2010-06-12T23:11:26Z")
> **[Major Intrigue In North Korea, As Key Leader Is Found Dead Before Possible...](https://www.businessinsider.com/north-korean-eminence-grise-found-dead-in-growing-signs-of-internal-power-struggle-2010-6)** I was close. Damn! ---
**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:** [June 13, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1299 "2010-06-13T02:03:21Z")
One that would not be well known over here (and I did not notice when he passed away last month) Gabriel Vargas > **[Gabriel Vargas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Vargas)** > > Gabriel Vargas may refer to: He was the creator of _La Familia Burrón_ (The Burron Family), it was very popular comic in Latin America. His popularity and importance could be compared to the one of Mort Walker (_Beetle Bailey_ and _Hi and Louis_) in the USA. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1300 "2010-06-14T03:12:48Z")
[Country music star Jimmy Dean dies](http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/country_music_star_jimmy_dean_dies/350947/) at age 81. For the record, I did not know that there was a Meat Industry Hall of Fame. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=66)