# 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:** 68
**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:** [July 2, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1341 "2010-07-02T13:08:29Z")
[Beryl Bainbridge](http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jul/02/beryl-bainbridge-dies) dies at age 75. not on my list of immortals. nope. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1342 "2010-07-03T01:19:00Z")
[Don Coryell](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-don-coryell-20100702,0,5155582.story), the football coach whose emphasis on the passing game led to his offense being termed “Air Coryell”, has died at the age of 85. After guiding the National Football League’s St. Louis Cardinals from 1973 to '77, Coryell took over at San Diego, where quarterback Dan Fouts enabled the Chargers to lead the league in passing yardage for each of Coryell’s first six seasons with the club. Coryell stepped down after the 1986 campaign. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1343 "2010-07-04T03:50:28Z")
The voice of the Disney character Cinderella has died. [Ilen Woods, aged 81](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_cinderella_s_voice) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1344 "2010-07-05T23:49:06Z")
[Bob Probert](http://www.financialpost.com/news/Former+enforcer+Probert+dies/3238238/story.html), former NHL player died this past weekend while boating at age 45. He was the last NHL player to score a goal at the old Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1345 "2010-07-06T01:23:45Z")
I have just discovered that [Deborah Peagler](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Peagler#cite_ref-0) died June 8. Although her Wikipedia entry does not give her age, she was reported as being 49 when released from prison in August 2009, so I will go with an age of 50 now. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1346 "2010-07-06T01:26:52Z")
Slightly delayed mid-year standings. Four celebrities departed in June: ```auto Name Died Age Points Votes Robert Byrd 28-Jun 92 8 12 Irwin Barker 21-Jun 58 42 3 Deborah Peagler 8-Jun 50 50 1 Rue McClanahan 3-Jun 76 24 1 ``` The standings are now: ```auto Name Points Number 1 amarone 237 5 2 Registered at Last 143 4 3 Critical Mass 134 4 4 MsWhatsit 116 3 5 Captain Lance Murdoch 107 3 6 MadTheSwine 83 3 7= Shirley Ujest 75 3 7= Fear Itself 75 2 9 The Vorlon 71 4 10 BlimeyORiley 70 3 11 42fish 67 2 12 GIGObuster 66 2 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 kunilou 39 2 26= DfrntBreign 33 1 26= Jeep's Phoenix 33 1 26= Loach 33 1 26= St. Anger 33 1 30= Hal Briston 32 2 30= tumbleddown 32 2 32 Moirai 31 1 33= A Spoonful of Awesome 26 1 33= Juliana 26 1 33= malkavia 26 1 33= Paul in Qatar 26 1 33= Thunder 26 1 33= Walkabout 26 1 39= 5 time champ 24 1 39= Anne Elk 24 1 39= anyrose 24 1 39= Avarie537 24 1 39= Baker 24 1 39= bowler girl 24 1 39= El Perro Fumando 24 1 39= Hockey Monkey 24 1 39= I Am The Lorax 24 1 39= jeezums 24 1 39= judikium 24 1 39= Krawly77 24 1 39= Little Nemo 24 1 39= Mahaloth 24 1 39= Mudshark 24 1 39= Nutty Bunny 24 1 39= Only Mostly Dead 24 1 39= phungi 24 1 39= VunderBob 24 1 58 tarragon918 17 1 59 Tim R. Mortiss 16 2 60 Lok 11 1 61 Rilchiam 9 1 62= a35362 8 1 62= Ataraxy 8 1 62= Crown Prince of Irony 8 1 62= Curtis LeMay 8 1 62= Diogenes the Cynic 8 1 62= Fiveroptic 8 1 62= freckafree 8 1 62= KennerTheGreat 8 1 62= Maus Magill 8 1 62= zamboniracer 8 1 72 Spiff 5 1 73 Stopfordia 4 1 74= panache45 3 1 74= wolf_meister 3 1 76 OtakuLoki 0 1 77= 91 others 0 0 ``` 26 celebrities have died, representing 3.1% of the total and 5.3% of the votes. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1347 "2010-07-06T01:33:12Z")
[Lockerbie Bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi could live another 20 years](http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/05/doctor-released-lockerbie-bomber-could-live-much-longer/) > [@](#): > > A British cancer expert who said the man convicted in the 1988 plane bombing over Scotland had about three months to live before the prisoner’s release last year now says the Libyan could survive another decade or more. > > Dr. Karol Sikora told The Sunday Times that Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi – whom Scotland’s government released on compassionate grounds in August after being diagnosed with prostate cancer - could live another 10 or even 20 years. [python] “I’m not dead yet; I’m feeling much better…” [/python] ---
**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:** [July 6, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1348 "2010-07-06T03:39:45Z")
Man. Into the second half of the year and I’m sitting at zero with 90 other failed Cassandras. I certainly need to re-think who to pick next year. This is getting depressing. So many corpses, and none of them mine. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1349 "2010-07-06T18:17:22Z")
Second! Wow, I’m quite excited to be doing this well. Either it pays to play the game for years as a lurker before actually submitting your first official list or its just beginner’s luck. Of course, \*\*Amarone \*\*seems untouchable this year. I checked the math on it after Irwin Barker passed away and I though I was within 1 point of him … but noooo, he had Irwin too and then to top it off he adds a unique 50 pointer before the end of the month. Unless \*\*Rachm Qoch \*\*has an unexpected comeback I think Amarone may have this wrapped up with almost half the year to go. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1350 "2010-07-06T21:05:17Z")
25th place! I am poised and ready for a big second-half push. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1351 "2010-07-09T21:07:20Z")
I know what it is - **Amarone** must have peeked at the answers - either that or got a look at the Grim Reaper’s day planner last year! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1352 "2010-07-11T03:43:39Z")
[Mel Turpin](http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2010/07/mel_turpin.html), who starred at center for the University of Kentucky’s men’s basketball team before an NBA career spent most notably with the Cleveland Cavaliers, has committed suicide at the age of 49. With Cleveland, “Dinner Bell Mel” was known at least as much for his prodigious appetite as for helping the Cavs make the playoffs in his rookie season after the team began the campaign with a 2-19 mark. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1353 "2010-07-11T13:30:23Z")
[Hoawrd the Cab Driver](http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/77684/wplj-s-howard-the-cab-driver-dies), side kick to WPLJ’s Jim Kerr, passed away this week ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1354 "2010-07-11T17:40:48Z")
Longtime Yankees PA announcer [Bob Sheppard](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/sports/baseball/12sheppard.html) has died at 99. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1355 "2010-07-12T19:02:11Z")
American Splendor creator Harvey Pekar [found dead at 70](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/harvey-pekar-who-chronicled-ordinary-lives-in-american-splendor-comics-dies/?src=me) ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1356 "2010-07-12T19:33:46Z")
I’m not near my list right now, but didn’t I finally have a death this year? I could have sworn that I had Eunice Kennedy Shriver… ---
**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:** [July 12, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1357 "2010-07-12T19:35:46Z")
> [@Moirai](#): > > I’m not near my list right now, but didn’t I finally have a death this year? I could have sworn that I had Eunice Kennedy Shriver… If you did, [you are a year late.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice_Kennedy_Shriver) ---
**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:** [July 12, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1358 "2010-07-12T22:32:25Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > American Splendor creator Harvey Pekar [found dead at 70](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/harvey-pekar-who-chronicled-ordinary-lives-in-american-splendor-comics-dies/?src=me) Wow, did anyone have him? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1359 "2010-07-13T00:16:42Z")
[Milt Morin](http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/football/other_nfl/view/20100711umass_great_milt_morin_dead/srvc=home&position=recent), who starred for the University of Massachusetts football team before a ten-year NFL career with the Cleveland Browns, has died at the age of 67. Morin, who caught 271 passes with the Browns and made two Pro Bowl squads, is scheduled to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame this coming weekend. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1360 "2010-07-13T03:47:24Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Wow, did anyone have him? Nope. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=69)