# 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:** 82
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1621 "2010-09-08T13:24:32Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > > [@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… Hay. That’s the last straw! I think we’ve crossed the morbid rubicon here. woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1622 "2010-09-08T14:16:58Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > > > Cue funeral music: > > Gonna jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton > > Gonna jump down, turn around, pick a bale of hay… > > Hay. That’s the last straw! I think we’ve crossed the morbid rubicon here. He died in the fodder of all traffic accidents. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1623 "2010-09-08T15:35:58Z")
Did ELO ever cover “Timothy?” ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1624 "2010-09-08T16:27:53Z")
Did anyone put cast members of Jersey Shore on their 2010 list? I would bet this list is a mirage. It appears to be a good bet, but it vanishes on inspection. That, and I’m already working on 3 lists for next year. ---
**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 8, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1625 "2010-09-08T17:42:58Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > > [@Meeko](#): > > > > Hay. That’s the last straw! I think we’ve crossed the morbid rubicon here. > > He died in the fodder of all traffic accidents. He was fodder fodder. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1626 "2010-09-08T19:51:49Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > [Glen Shadix](http://www.imdb.com/news/ni4205223/) dead at 58, best known as Mayor in Nightmare before Christmas and as Otho in Beetlejuice. Whoa! What happened? ---
**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 8, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1627 "2010-09-08T19:55:03Z")
Another rogue bale of hay? ---
**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 9, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1628 "2010-09-09T15:31:19Z")
[Rich Cronin](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=rich-cronin&pid=145202680) LFO guy, dead at 35 from cancer. No hay was seen. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1629 "2010-09-10T16:04:12Z")
That really sucks about Schimmel, and I feel so bad for his daughter. ☹ ---
**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 12, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1630 "2010-09-12T13:28:41Z")
David Dortort, creator of ‘Bonanza’, [dies at 93.](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/arts/television/09dortort.html) ---
**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 13, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1631 "2010-09-13T00:08:49Z")
Kevin McCarthy, actor, has died. Worth 4 points. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin\_McCarthy\_%28actor%29](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy_%28actor%29) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1632 "2010-09-13T02:32:47Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Kevin McCarthy, actor, has died. Worth 4 points. > > [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin\_McCarthy\_%28actor%29](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy_%28actor%29) A unique pick for **Argent Towers**. And, unusually, nobody has yet updated Wikipedia to mark the celebrity’s demise. ---
**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 13, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1633 "2010-09-13T02:38:24Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > And, unusually, nobody has yet updated Wikipedia to mark the celebrity’s demise. Are you sure? To me it looks like his death information was added about 8 hours ago. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1634 "2010-09-13T02:43:48Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > > [@amarone](#): > > > > And, unusually, nobody has yet updated Wikipedia to mark the celebrity’s demise. > > Are you sure? To me it looks like his death information was added about 8 hours ago. For me it is showing the last update as being Sep 1, even after a refresh. eta: I cranked up the much-maligned Internet Explorer and it shows a recent Wikipedia page with the actor’s death noted. I am currently using Chrome, after having tried Firefox for a couple of months, and for me neither has been as reliable as IE. ---
**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 13, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1635 "2010-09-13T03:30:03Z")
Try a Ctrl-F5 refresh. It’s like an “I’m serious” refresh, it tells the browser to go and get a new copy of the page instead of just reloading the page. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1636 "2010-09-13T09:04:21Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Kevin McCarthy, actor, has died. Worth 4 points. > > [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin\_McCarthy\_%28actor%29](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy_%28actor%29) He was 96? Wow. Funnily enough I was just reading the thread about Weird Al and thinking about McCarthy’s performance in _UHF_. He would have been, what, 74 when he made that? I wouldn’t have guessed. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1637 "2010-09-13T11:50:35Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Try a Ctrl-F5 refresh. It’s like an “I’m serious” refresh, it tells the browser to go and get a new copy of the page instead of just reloading the page. 🙂 It’s pulling the right page now anyway. What puzzles me is why it would show an old version of a page I had never visited before - it certainly could not be cached on my machine. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1638 "2010-09-14T02:30:21Z")
Harold Gould, character actor know for _The Sting,_ _Rhoda_ and one of Rose’s boyfriends on _Golden Girls_ dead at 86. He was 10 years younger than Kevin McCarthy??? ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1639 "2010-09-14T02:50:03Z")
I thought he was 86 when I saw him on _Rhoda_ ~25 years ago! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1640 "2010-09-14T15:34:26Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Robert Schimmel, worth 40 points.](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=11559455) > > ☹ Just found out about this, and it saddens me. I met him a few times back in the late '80s. His on-stage persona was rude and abrasive, but he was a really nice guy. :(, indeed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=83)