# 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:** 80
**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:** [September 3, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1581 "2010-09-03T01:27:55Z")
Who’d have thought that Melanie would outlive Bonnie? Oh wait… I guess that happened in the movie too. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1582 "2010-09-03T01:31:32Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Who’d have thought that Melanie would outlive Bonnie? Oh wait… I guess that happened in the movie too. That mealy mouthed little… sorry, carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1583 "2010-09-03T03:41:51Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > > [@Meeko](#): > > > > Then you don’t want to hear my take on the movie then. > > What does that have to do with a successful actress like Butterfly McQueen being burned to death in her house? Nothing. Mine was more to the Being from Atlanta / Post as a whole. Didn’t know she died in her house. Didn’t mean to imply that the baby in the movie said her line in the first place. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1584 "2010-09-03T03:55:11Z")
> **[Butterfly McQueen | Actress, Soundtrack](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574335/)** > > Known for: Gone with the Wind, The Mosquito Coast, Affectionately Yours ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1585 "2010-09-03T12:13:23Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [Cammie King Conlon](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38981139), the actress who portrayed the doomed daughter of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone With the Wind,” has died at 76. That’s it. I’m going to run right out and shoot that pony. :mad: ---
**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:** [September 3, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1586 "2010-09-03T13:14:47Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > > [@notfrommensa](#): > > > > [Cammie King Conlon](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38981139), the actress who portrayed the doomed daughter of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone With the Wind,” has died at 76. > > That’s it. I’m going to run right out and shoot that pony. :mad: Talk about beating a dead horse… ---
**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:** [September 3, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1587 "2010-09-03T13:32:13Z")
For those of you who don’t know the story, Olivia de Havilland (who played Melanie) and Joan Fontaine are half-sisters who absolutely hate each other. Each has vowed not to die before the other. ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1588 "2010-09-03T15:25:55Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > For those of you who don’t know the story, Olivia de Havilland (who played Melanie) and Joan Fontaine are half-sisters who absolutely hate each other. Each has vowed not to die before the other. Note to myself: Do NOT pick those two! ---
**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:** [September 3, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1589 "2010-09-03T16:11:22Z")
de Havilland was born in 1916; Fontaine in 1917. They have had this pact for over 50 years! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1590 "2010-09-03T18:59:21Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > > > For those of you who don’t know the story, Olivia de Havilland (who played Melanie) and Joan Fontaine are half-sisters who absolutely hate each other. Each has vowed not to die before the other. > > Note to myself: Do NOT pick those two! \*\*What if they die at the same exact second? \*\* 😃 I think I sense a new award brewing. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1591 "2010-09-03T19:12:56Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > \*\*What if they die at the same exact second? \*\* 😃 Then Olivia Dehavilind will have a fleeting moment of happiness knowing that she lived for a longer period of time. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1592 "2010-09-03T19:29:58Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > For those of you who don’t know the story, Olivia de Havilland (who played Melanie) and Joan Fontaine are half-sisters who absolutely hate each other. Each has vowed not to die before the other. Half-sisters? No, they have the same parents, I am sure. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1593 "2010-09-03T20:47:52Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > > > For those of you who don’t know the story, Olivia de Havilland (who played Melanie) and Joan Fontaine are half-sisters who absolutely hate each other. Each has vowed not to die before the other. > > Note to myself: Do NOT pick those two! I did just for fun. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1594 "2010-09-04T04:03:46Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > de Havilland was born in 1916; Fontaine in 1917. They have had this pact for over 50 years! And if they both go tomorrow, that’s only 13 points. Why bother? ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1595 "2010-09-04T14:41:46Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > [@amarone](#): > > > > … > > 35% of celebrities have died, representing 4.4% of the nominees and 6.2% of the vote. > > I don’t understand what you are saying here. If 4.4% of the nominated celebrities have died, what does the 35% mean? > > OMG, have 35% of ALL celebrities died THIS YEAR!!??? I didn’t think that would happen until 2012. Shouldn’t have been a % on the end of 35. 35 celebrities died, being 4.4% of the 846 nominated. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1596 "2010-09-04T15:54:27Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > OMG, have 35% of ALL celebrities died THIS YEAR!!???. 35% of mine have. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1597 "2010-09-04T15:57:50Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > > > de Havilland was born in 1916; Fontaine in 1917. They have had this pact for over 50 years! > > And if they both go tomorrow, that’s only 13 points. Why bother? And I think, this is the rub for the entire contest. Do you go conservative, do you go liberal, in terms of age. I thought I had some coverage in risky lifestyle. Guess not. Not that it matters. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1598 "2010-09-04T16:08:58Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > > OMG, have 35% of ALL celebrities died THIS YEAR!!???. > > 35% of mine have. It’s a little early to start fulfilling the Mayan Apocalypse prediction. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1599 "2010-09-04T16:20:17Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > [@amarone](#): > > > > 35% of mine have. > > It’s a little early to start fulfilling the Mayan Apocalypse prediction. Yeah, the 147 authors haven’t sold enough copies of their book(s) yet. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1600 "2010-09-04T16:28:58Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > > [@Meeko](#): > > > > One wonders if she had put a knife under her deathbed, if it would have cut the pain in two. > > And you’re from Atlanta! Shame on you! 🙂 > > But if we give the quote to the correct actress, Butterfly McQueen came to a horrible end. Not like the guy who committed suicide by drinking varnish. It was a terrible way to die but he had a great finish. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=81)