# 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:** 74
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1461 "2010-08-10T22:15:45Z")
Ted Stevens…Is that the one guy who didn’t fall for ABSCAM? ---
**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:** [August 11, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1462 "2010-08-11T00:22:57Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Ted Stevens…Is that the one guy who didn’t fall for ABSCAM? I don’t think so. I lost his seat in 2008, I think, because of allegations of accepting bribes and/or gifts. The case against his was later tossed out because of prosecutorial misconduct. But I did a search for Stevens and ABSCAM and I didn’t find anything suggesting he was involved. On another subject, Sean O’Keefe survived the crash. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1463 "2010-08-11T03:17:02Z")
I want to die in my sleep, like Ted Stevens, not in terror and confusion like the people in Ted Stevens’ plane. Nah, it needs work. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1464 "2010-08-11T03:48:39Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > I want to die in my sleep, like Ted Stevens, > not in terror and confusion like the people in Ted Stevens’ plane. I want to NOT go in a plane crash, like the guys who survived. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1465 "2010-08-11T10:49:00Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > But I did a search for Stevens and ABSCAM and I didn’t find anything suggesting he was involved. On further perusal, he’s way too young to be that guy. ABSCAM was in 1978. And now Wiki tells me the guy who didn’t fall was Larry Pressler of South Dakota. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1466 "2010-08-11T14:01:29Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > > But I did a search for Stevens and ABSCAM and I didn’t find anything suggesting he was involved. > > On further perusal, he’s way too young to be that guy. ABSCAM was in 1978. And now Wiki tells me the guy who didn’t fall was Larry Pressler of South Dakota. Oh no, he wasn’t too young. I did find quotes from him about his colleagues who got embroiled in ABSCAM. At the time he was the Senate minority whip. He served in the Senate for 40 years. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1467 "2010-08-11T19:12:33Z")
Another political death [Dan Rostenkowski](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/08/11/GA2010081103769.html?hpid=artslot) dead at 82. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1468 "2010-08-11T19:17:20Z")
Ooh, and a Hollywood death, producer [David L Wolper dead, also at 82](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100811/ap_en_ot/us_obit_david_wolper). ---
**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:** [August 11, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1469 "2010-08-11T19:20:15Z")
And, [former Pirates broadcaster Nellie King dead at 82](http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/2010-08-11-2078646293_x.htm). WTF is up with 82 taday? ---
**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:** [August 11, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1470 "2010-08-11T19:36:24Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > [Dan Rostenkowski](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/08/11/GA2010081103769.html?hpid=artslot) dead at 82. Another old school crook who actually believed in sending some money to the people who elected him. Those were the days. Now all these thieves can’t wait to become lobbyist themselves and line their pockets even more. Sad to think that criminals like Stevens and Rostenkowski represent a better time for Congress, but they do. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1471 "2010-08-11T21:23:39Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I just had a dreadful thought, Amarone. What happens if YOU die mid-Death Pool? > > It would be tragic on so many levels. I mean, sure your RW family and friends will be distraught, but the idea of losing most of a year of Death Pooling – well, the mind shudders. And a further tragedy is that yours would be a pointless death, as you can’t be on any lists, even though you’re a star to all of us. > > Stay well, my anonymous internet friend. Whaddya know - I go offline for a couple of days and nearly miss someone saying something nice about me. Thank you. If my points lead would hold up to the end of the year making me a posthumous winner, I am sure the creative minds here could come up with an excellent epitaph. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1472 "2010-08-11T21:44:37Z")
I’ll work on it if you promise\* to put it on your gravestone. \*You don’t have to be sincere. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1473 "2010-08-11T21:51:24Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’ll work on it if you promise\* to put it on your gravestone. > > \*You don’t have to be sincere. If it’s no good I’ll choose cremation and have it go up in flames. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1474 "2010-08-11T21:58:41Z")
We can bury your ashes in my ssiter’s back yard, next to our uncle. FYI, We buried his ashes next to bush, and it killed the bush. So now there’s more room in the yard!! ---
**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:** [August 11, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1475 "2010-08-11T22:01:44Z")
Oh yeah, and if you know you’re going to die in say, a year or two, you should quit the SDMB so we can get points! 😛 BTW, is a ‘Guest’ a ‘registered member’? Can’t recall if that ever came up. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1476 "2010-08-12T00:47:23Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Oh yeah, and if you know you’re going to die in say, a year or two, you should quit the SDMB so we can get points! 😛 > > BTW, is a ‘Guest’ a ‘registered member’? Can’t recall if that ever came up. quit the Dope, then do something newsworthy\*, then die. \*lest your celebrity-ness be in dispute ---
**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:** [August 12, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1477 "2010-08-12T01:12:06Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > > Oh yeah, and if you know you’re going to die in say, a year or two, you should quit the SDMB so we can get points! 😛 > > > > BTW, is a ‘Guest’ a ‘registered member’? Can’t recall if that ever came up. > > quit the Dope, then do something newsworthy\*, then die. Damn Rose, now _you_ are being cold! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1478 "2010-08-12T01:33:02Z")
just call me Ice Queen. 😉 ---
**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:** [August 12, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1479 "2010-08-12T01:38:52Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > just call me Ice Queen. 😉 You are the Cute Ice Queen. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 12, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1480 "2010-08-12T05:26:37Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > > Oh yeah, and if you know you’re going to die in say, a year or two, you should quit the SDMB so we can get points! 😛 > > > > BTW, is a ‘Guest’ a ‘registered member’? Can’t recall if that ever came up. > > quit the Dope, then do something newsworthy\*, then die. > > \*lest your celebrity-ness be in dispute Another rules question. If you kill yourself in some spectacular way, or in a spectacularly stupid way, and become famous by the means of your death, are you eligible? Though honestly, unless you know someone who is planning something, I can’t imagine how any of us would know to pick someone like that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=75)