# 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:** 75
**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 12, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1481 "2010-08-12T13:59:39Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > 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? Only if you’re David Carradine. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1482 "2010-08-12T14:16:07Z")
Please, Carradine was just a Michael Hutchence wannabe. With mad kung-fu skills. ---
**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, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1483 "2010-08-12T14:21:09Z")
that was his stunt double ---
**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, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1484 "2010-08-12T14:38:11Z")
I was inspired to that question by the thread _[Lesson learned the hard way, wear a life vest](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574286)_. One idiot pushes a guy off a boat not realizing he can’t swim, then jumps in to save him. But then he’s in trouble. A third idiot jumps in. And then a fourth. All four drown. They are now celebrities of a type – dead ones whose last acts were amazingly stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1485 "2010-08-12T20:43:17Z")
Noted neopagan author [Isaac Bonewits](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Bonewits) has passed into the Summerlands at the age of 60. > **[Examiner is back - Examiner.com](https://examiner.com)** > > Examiner.com is the go-to source for millions of people who want to know what's happening in their city. And we're still growing! ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1486 "2010-08-13T15:25:19Z")
[**Richie Hayward**](http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/aug/13/richie-hayward-obituary), drummer for Little Feat, is no longer keeping perfect time. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1487 "2010-08-13T15:36:02Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#): > > Noted neopagan author [Isaac Bonewits](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Bonewits) has passed into the Summerlands at the age of 60. > [StockExaminer - AI-Powered Stock Chatbot](http://www.examiner.com/x-55814-Manchester-Paganism-Examiner~y2010m8d12-Pagan-author-Isaac-Bonewits-passes) A unique pick for you. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1488 "2010-08-13T15:37:02Z")
> [@DfrntBreign](#): > > [**Richie Hayward**](http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/aug/13/richie-hayward-obituary), drummer for Little Feat, is no longer keeping perfect time. 36 points to you and **Shirley Ujest** , who climbs to 5th place. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1489 "2010-08-13T15:43:57Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > 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. I’d say that falls under: > [@the rules](#): > > g. famous solely as a result of their illness or associated actions/events. especially since, for someone to actually pick such a person in Death Pool, they’d have to be in the hospital in a coma or something. ---
**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 13, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1490 "2010-08-13T16:36:50Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > …especially since, for someone to actually pick such a person in Death Pool, they’d have to be in the hospital in a coma or something. Technically not. Like if you knew the four idiots who drowned, and you knew they didn’t swim and went out on small boats a lot and got drunk, you might pick them. But it would be like hotting a lottery – very long odds. The only reason they gained fame (of a kind) is that all four died at once. Last year somebody picked all members of some cult. He expected them all to commit suicide, I think, because their leader was put in prison. They didn’t, but it was a very similar idea to what I’m asking about. And I think some or all of their names got in the papers in stories related to the criminal trial. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1491 "2010-08-13T17:34:49Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Like if you knew the four idiots who drowned, and you knew they didn’t swim and went out on small boats a lot and got drunk, you might pick them. Yes, but … how would somebody pick 4 random schmoes who no one had ever heard of, just in case they managed to kill themselves in such a spectacularly stupid way that they ended up on CNN … where people would now have heard of them. ---
**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 13, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1492 "2010-08-13T17:58:04Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > > Like if you knew the four idiots who drowned, and you knew they didn’t swim and went out on small boats a lot and got drunk, you might pick them. > > Yes, but … how would somebody pick 4 random schmoes who no one had ever heard of, just in case they managed to kill themselves in such a spectacularly stupid way that they ended up on CNN … where people would now have heard of them. No idea, hence my last sentence in post 1480. But if you have a lot of confidence in the incredible stupidity of someone… ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1493 "2010-08-13T22:28:55Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Last year somebody picked all members of some cult. That was The Master, **Rachm Qoch**. ---
**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 13, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1494 "2010-08-13T23:17:55Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > That was The Master, **Rachm Qoch**. Being far too lazy to search, may I ask if he entered this year? ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1495 "2010-08-13T23:46:23Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > > [@amarone](#): > > > > That was The Master, **Rachm Qoch**. > > Being far too lazy to search, may I ask if he entered this year? Yes, but I think he got tired of the lack of challenge - his list is pedestrian, and he languishes on zero 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:** [August 14, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1496 "2010-08-14T00:22:01Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > > > Being far too lazy to search, may I ask if he entered this year? > > Yes, but I think he got tired of the lack of challenge - his list is pedestrian, and he languishes on zero points. Isn’t it just a list of cult members who may commit suicide? ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1497 "2010-08-14T01:59:18Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@amarone](#): > > > > Yes, but I think he got tired of the lack of challenge - his list is pedestrian, and he languishes on zero points. > > Isn’t it just a list of cult members who may commit suicide? No, that was last year. ---
**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 14, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1498 "2010-08-14T02:10:06Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Yes, but I think he got tired of the lack of challenge - his list is pedestrian, and he languishes on zero points. He obviously has some temporal difficulty with his time machine this year. No, wait, he…damned confusing, I guess he is stuck where ever it broke down. ---
**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 16, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1499 "2010-08-16T02:58:07Z")
Zsa Zsa Gabor. Takes a licking and keeps on ticking. Won’t someone please drive a stake through her heart? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1500 "2010-08-16T03:20:04Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > Zsa Zsa Gabor. Takes a licking and keeps on ticking. Won’t someone please > drive a stake through her heart? wasn’t there a rumor going around about how she received a transfusions of Keith Richards’ blood? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=76)