# 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:** 81
**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:** [September 4, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1601 "2010-09-04T16:35:56Z")
[Robert Schimmel, worth 40 points.](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=11559455) ☹ ---
**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, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1602 "2010-09-04T16:55:53Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > > 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. And when they say “All sales are final”, they MEAN it. ---
**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 4, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1603 "2010-09-04T17:35:22Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > > > 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. G-d’s taking notes about things like that this time of year, you know. 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 4, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1604 "2010-09-04T23:08:54Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Robert Schimmel, worth 40 points.](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=11559455) > > ☹ Not to totally sap the fun out of the game … but damn, what a bummer. That guy was funny. Not to mention that he beats cancer – where he was told he would survive it – only to go out this way. This will have to go in the [Which celebrity death really affected you when you first heard about it?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576781) thread. ---
**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 5, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1605 "2010-09-05T04:04:27Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Not to totally sap the fun out of the game … but damn, what a bummer. That guy was funny. Not to mention that he beats cancer – where he was told he would survive it – only to go out this way. > > This will have to go in the [Which celebrity death really affected you when you first heard about it?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576781) thread. Which sounds like zero fun defined. I never heard of Schimmel, and looking at the quick obit, I can see why. Generally speaking, whenever I hear that so-and-so died, my first reaction is “I thought he died years ago.” I sure hope I never get to a point that any celebrity death actually affects me beyond a “Hey, I liked that guy” level. Most of these clods I have a hard time seeing as being celebrities in the first place. Howard Stern still has a job? Who knew? ---
**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:** [September 5, 2010, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1606 "2010-09-05T10:51:15Z")
Aren’t you a little ray of sunshine. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1607 "2010-09-05T16:12:08Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > Generally speaking, whenever I hear that so-and-so died, my first reaction is “I thought he died years ago.” Well, then clearly you are obviously much superior to the rest of us. Now scurry on your little way and let the rest of us plebes have our fun discussing our trivial little interests, if you don’t mind. ---
**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 5, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1608 "2010-09-05T22:40:59Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > > [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > > > Generally speaking, whenever I hear that so-and-so died, my first reaction is “I thought he died years ago.” > > Well, then clearly you are obviously much superior to the rest of us. Now scurry on your little way and let the rest of us plebes have our fun discussing our trivial little interests, if you don’t mind. Wow, is this a joke? Because I don’t get it. I admit to not knowing who’s dead or alive, thus making this game more difficult than you’d imagine, but you’re taking it to mean I’m somehow snubbing the players here? How does that even work?!? 😕 ---
**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:** [September 6, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1609 "2010-09-06T19:02:52Z")
Giant hay bale [kills former ELO cellist Mike Edwards, 62.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100906/en_nm/us_edwards_elo) ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1610 "2010-09-06T21:37:25Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Giant hay bale [kills former ELO cellist Mike Edwards, 62.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100906/en_nm/us_edwards_elo) :eek: It means something, but trying to figure the what, will drive you crazy. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1611 "2010-09-06T23:27:43Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Giant hay bale [kills former ELO cellist Mike Edwards, 62.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100906/en_nm/us_edwards_elo) The state of North Carolina is trying to ban round bales like the one that killed Mr. Edwards. The reason: the cows can’t get a square meal… ---
**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 6, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1612 "2010-09-06T23:29:50Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Giant hay bale [kills former ELO cellist Mike Edwards, 62.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100906/en_nm/us_edwards_elo) ☹ An ELO member died! ☹ …from being crushed by a giant bale of hay, wtf? 😕 Well, it’s a switch from the usual drug/alcohol overdose that carries off a lot of rock and pop stars. ---
**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 7, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1613 "2010-09-07T03:16:05Z")
Death by hay bale. Now that should cheer anyone up. ---
**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 7, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1614 "2010-09-07T03:29:05Z")
Better than death by Snoo Snoo. ---
**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 7, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1615 "2010-09-07T03:35:05Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > The state of North Carolina is trying to ban round bales like the one that killed Mr. Edwards. The reason: the cows can’t get a square meal… I told my Rabbi that the Memphis Rabbinate had declared that cattle fed with rounded bales would no longer be considered Kosher because they wouldn’t get a square meal. He was angry for a bit that I could tell a joke worse than any of his. 🙂 ---
**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 7, 2010, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1616 "2010-09-07T11:37:17Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Better than death by Snoo Snoo. Are you kidding? Death by snoo snoo is the only way to go! ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1617 "2010-09-07T14:49:17Z")
Musician autopsy reports are different than normal reports. They consist of only two lines. Means of death: OVERDOSE Type of overdose: HAY ---
**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 7, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1618 "2010-09-07T15:42:46Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Musician autopsy reports are different than normal reports. They consist of only two lines. > > Means of death: OVERDOSE > Type of overdose: HAY Sure, for country singers. I thought it was heroin for all the others. ---
**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 8, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1619 "2010-09-08T13:03:13Z")
[Glen Shadix](http://www.imdb.com/news/ni4205223/) dead at 58, best known as Mayor in Nightmare before Christmas and as Otho in Beetlejuice. ---
**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 8, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1620 "2010-09-08T13:10:22Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Giant hay bale [kills former ELO cellist Mike Edwards, 62.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100906/en_nm/us_edwards_elo) Cue funeral music: Gonna jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton Gonna jump down, turn around, pick a bale of hay… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=80) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=82)