# 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:** 66
**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 14, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1301 "2010-06-14T03:14:12Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > For the record, I did not know that there was a Meat Industry Hall of Fame. I was quite happy not knowing that. Thanks for sharing. :rolleyes: ---
**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 14, 2010, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1302 "2010-06-14T10:17:51Z")
Dunno about you, but a Tshirt from " Meat Industry Hall of Fame" would be an excellent Father’s Day gift. ---
**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 14, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1303 "2010-06-14T12:52:57Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Dunno about you, but a Tshirt from " Meat Industry Hall of Fame" would be an excellent Father’s Day gift. Agreed. So is Jimmy Dean going to be processed? Or just canned? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1304 "2010-06-14T13:10:21Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Dunno about you, but a Tshirt from " Meat Industry Hall of Fame" would be an excellent Father’s Day gift. Well, somebody needs to provide a link. Link. 😃 ---
**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 14, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1305 "2010-06-14T15:32:51Z")
Has he gone back to the five and dime? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1306 "2010-06-15T01:15:36Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Well, somebody needs to provide a link. > > Link. 😃 A sausage link? [Here](http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Inaugural-Class-Elected-To-The-Meat-Industry-Hall-Of-Fame/2009-08-05/Article.aspx?oid=823836) is a list of the inaugural class of the Meat Industry Hall of Fame. Only ones I’ve heard of are Dean, Perdue, and Grandin. Well, I figured there was a Tyson behind Tyson Foods, but had no clue as to his first name. Guess Philip Armour and George A. Hormel will have to wait for the Veterans’ Committee vote… ---
**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:** [June 15, 2010, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1307 "2010-06-15T08:36:20Z")
I can’t believe Meat Loaf didn’t make it in. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1308 "2010-06-15T23:42:06Z")
Al Johnson, founder of the restaurant with the same name (the one with the goats on the roof) died: > **[Door County Swedish restaurateur remembered](https://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/state-and-regional/article_e1fa5958-78b8-11df-886e-001cc4c03286.html)** > > MILWAUKEE - Al Johnson may not have thought up the idea of goats grazing on the roof, but he knew a good thing when he saw it. Ok, only a celebrity amoung Door County vacationers, but since Sister Bay was my permanent address for a few years I had to mention it. Brian ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1309 "2010-06-16T03:09:06Z")
[Randy Jackson, brother of the late pop legend Michael Jackson,](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RANDY_JACKSON?SITE=TXDAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) was hospitalized Tuesday in Southern California. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1310 "2010-06-17T12:19:47Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Al Johnson, founder of the restaurant with the same name (the one with the goats on the roof) died: I’ve heard that there is another restaurant with goats on the roof en route from GA to NC. I don’t know if it is a good thing, or a bad thing, that this idea has so many followers. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1311 "2010-06-17T13:06:28Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > I’ve heard that there is another restaurant with goats on the roof en route from GA to NC. [There is](http://www.goats-on-the-roof.com/). I have driven past it many times, but never stopped there. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1312 "2010-06-17T14:57:16Z")
Canadian operatic legend, [Maureen Forrester](http://www.cbc.ca/arts/theatre/story/2010/06/16/maureen-forrester.html) has passed away at age 79. The Canadian arts scene has lost a magnificent voice, both on and off the stage. ---
**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 19, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1313 "2010-06-19T02:23:36Z")
Not to be out done by people I have never heard of, here’s this link to 87 year old Jose Saramago: > **[Nobel laureate José Saramago dies, aged 87](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jun/18/jose-saramago-writer-nobel-dies)** > > The finest Portuguese writer of his generation, José Saramago, has died today I need to learn the code so the link isn’t this long too. Is it url= blah blah blah/actual link/url? ---
**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 19, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1314 "2010-06-19T02:34:30Z")
[url=[http://www.whatever.com](http://www.whatever.com) ] whatever [/url] Remove the spaces and it will give you [whatever](http://www.whatever.com) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1315 "2010-06-19T05:51:39Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve heard that there is another restaurant with goats on the roof en route from GA to NC. > > I don’t know if it is a good thing, or a bad thing, that this idea has so many followers. I don’t see how knowing there are a bunch of goats somewhere above my head pooping down on me as I eat could be a good thing. ---
**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 19, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1316 "2010-06-19T13:30:23Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > [url=[http://www.whatever.com](http://www.whatever.com) ] whatever [/url] > Remove the spaces and it will give you > [whatever](http://www.whatever.com) thanks! I will abuse using it another time. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1317 "2010-06-19T20:36:10Z")
[Former NBA player, 7’7" Manute Bol.](http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Ag16KcdJJWffF.d8LH3PLVy8vLYF?slug=ap-obit-bol) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1318 "2010-06-19T21:21:31Z")
Aw, man. ---
**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 20, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1319 "2010-06-20T01:29:35Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > [Former NBA player, 7’7" Manute Bol.](http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Ag16KcdJJWffF.d8LH3PLVy8vLYF?slug=ap-obit-bol) How will they ever find a coffin for him? Seriously, though, he seemed nice. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1320 "2010-06-20T02:17:00Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > [Former NBA player, 7’7" Manute Bol.](http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Ag16KcdJJWffF.d8LH3PLVy8vLYF?slug=ap-obit-bol) Just read this elsewhere. Could he touch the rim, standing on flat ground? The net at least, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=67)