# 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:** 67
**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, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1321 "2010-06-20T02:18:13Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > 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. For a split second, I Read that as Morgan Freeman. :eek: ---
**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:** [June 23, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1322 "2010-06-23T17:30:04Z")
[Edith Shain](http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/06/23/2010-06-23_edith_shain_nurse_whose_vj_kiss_with_sailor_in_times_square_immortalized_in_life.html), aka “the one getting kissed in that V-J Day picture”, dead at 91. ---
**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 25, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1323 "2010-06-25T03:03:48Z")
ugh. down to the last few days of this month – this vital month! – and my list remains frustratingly alive. Curse them all. ---
**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 25, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1324 "2010-06-25T13:40:55Z")
Oeiginal Kinks’s guitarist [Peter Quaife](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/121429), dead at 66. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1325 "2010-06-26T01:55:41Z")
Dick Cheney [hospitalized](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/25/dick-cheney-hospitalized-discomfort_n_626374.html), but as per usual, they’ll feed him a couple fresh newborn baby hearts and he’ll be on his way. ---
**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 26, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1326 "2010-06-26T22:17:12Z")
[Irwin Barker](http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/06/22/obit-barker-irwin.html), 58, one of the funniest Canadians to not move South, passed away Monday from leiomyosarcoma. He was given 12 months to live 3 years ago. His last appearance was only a few months ago at a cancer research fundraiser. He was still finding the humour in his most dire circumstances. Of course, being so open with his struggle gave a few of us 42 sweet points. ---
**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 27, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1327 "2010-06-27T19:34:01Z")
[Robert Byrd, American Senator, is quite ill in the hospital. He’s 92.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_byrd_hospital) ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1328 "2010-06-28T10:13:39Z")
And now Senator Byrd has died: WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the longest-serving senator in history, has died at 92. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1329 "2010-06-28T11:30:37Z")
[CNN link to Senator Byrd’s passing.](http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/28/obit.byrd/index.html?hpt=T1) Eight points for me, and presumably a bunch of others. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1330 "2010-06-28T16:28:00Z")
> [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > [CNN link to Senator Byrd’s passing.](http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/28/obit.byrd/index.html?hpt=T1) > > Eight points for me, and presumably a bunch of others. Yup, that’s only my second pick 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 29, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1331 "2010-06-29T02:04:53Z")
> [@Tazmanian\_Devil](#): > > And now Senator Byrd has died: WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the longest-serving senator in history, has died at 92. So Big Coal has lost a supporter. 21 mountain tops to be removed in his honor. Adios, ya doddering old fool. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1332 "2010-06-29T03:40:03Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Dick Cheney [hospitalized](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/25/dick-cheney-hospitalized-discomfort_n_626374.html), but as per usual, they’ll feed him a couple fresh newborn baby hearts and he’ll be on his way. He yet lives and walks the earth. Curses. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1333 "2010-06-29T21:42:33Z")
> [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > Eight points for me, and presumably a bunch of others. I am on vacation without my spreadsheet, so I cannot tell you. The usual monthly update will be a little late also - probably July 6. But I did have Irwin Barker on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1334 "2010-06-29T22:29:40Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > I am on vacation without my spreadsheet, so I cannot tell you. The usual monthly update will be a little late also - probably July 6. > > But I did have Irwin Barker on my list. By my logic, this should extend the 2010 pool until January 6 or so, right? 😉 😃 I might could still have a chance then! ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1335 "2010-06-30T04:54:09Z")
Ugh, over halfway through the year and right now it looks like the only way I’ll get any points is if a plane carrying Blake Edwards, Florence Henderson, and Christopher Lee back to Hollywood crashes into a Kansas tribute concert featuring Van Halen, the Rolling Stones and Amy Winehouse held at the Playboy Mansion and being hosted by Al Roker ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1336 "2010-06-30T12:44:57Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > Ugh, over halfway through the year and right now it looks like the only way I’ll get any points is if a plane carrying Blake Edwards, Florence Henderson, and Christopher Lee back to Hollywood crashes into a Kansas tribute concert featuring Van Halen, the Rolling Stones and Amy Winehouse held at the Playboy Mansion and being hosted by Al Roker Who would sing “Carry On Wayward Son?” Mick Jagger or David Lee Roth? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1337 "2010-06-30T21:06:27Z")
[David Foster](http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=24655&mid=4), former CEO of Colgate-Palmolive Corporation, dead at age 90. He was a great supporter of the LPGA Golf Tour from 30 years ago. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1338 "2010-07-01T20:08:27Z")
Well, halfway through my first year of this, and a certain triskaidectet continues to insist on keeping me a death-pool virgin. The reaper’s been busy but I don’t care for his aim. I wonder if there’s something I can do to, um, point him toward the right targets? What do reapers like? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1339 "2010-07-01T20:22:56Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > The reaper’s been busy but I don’t care for his aim. I wonder if there’s something I can do to, um, point him toward the right targets? What do reapers like? liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1340 "2010-07-02T01:07:31Z")
[Algirdas Brazauskas](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10426487.stm), who served as the first president of Lithuania after the Baltic state gained independence during the breakup of the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 77. After his 1993-98 presidential term, Brazauskas returned to national government in 2001 as prime minister, and held that post for five years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=68)