# 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:** 85
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1681 "2010-09-24T23:21:14Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > [Eddie Fisher dead at 86](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100924/ap_en_ce/us_obit_eddie_fisher). I’ll just sit over here at the “I thought he died long ago” table… ---
**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 25, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1682 "2010-09-25T00:29:56Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I’ll just sit over here at the “I thought he died long ago” table… Buy you a drink? Do you come here often? 🙂 ---
**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 25, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1683 "2010-09-25T00:38:15Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > > [@anyrose](#): > > > > I’ll just sit over here at the “I thought he died long ago” table… > > Buy you a drink? > 🙂 Would that be a Shirley Temple? ---
**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 25, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1684 "2010-09-25T01:05:20Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Would that be a Shirley Temple? She’s 82, only 18 points. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1685 "2010-09-25T02:43:40Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > > [@Meeko](#): > > > > Twicks likes Twix? > > I don’t know, but if Amarone likes amarone it will be a lot cheaper to bribe Twicks. Why do you think I chose the name? ---
**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 25, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1686 "2010-09-25T02:49:39Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Why do you think I chose the name? Good G-d, we can bribe you with [Mad Dog 20/2](http://www.bumwine.com/md2020.html)0. So, back to these singers named, “Horne”… ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1687 "2010-09-25T03:35:23Z")
Are you sitting down? Good…because this is going to come as some stunning, shocking news. Really, you’re scarcely going to be able to believe it. Ok…\…here goes: A former professional wrester has died. 56 points for [Giant Gonzales](http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Other_News_4/article_44028.shtml). ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1688 "2010-09-25T03:46:27Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > > [@Manduck](#): > > > > I don’t know, but if Amarone likes amarone it will be a lot cheaper to bribe Twicks. > > Why do you think I chose the name? FTR : I do not like Raccoon. I would decline the dish on principle. [[Actually, I’ve never had it, but that’s besides the point]] Just so we all are clear on that. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1689 "2010-09-25T03:50:42Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Yes, yes! > We need a seal, and a secret decoder ring, too! > > 🙂 Drink Your Ovaltine Which translates for us as Hi Opal! Tell me I’m wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1690 "2010-09-26T07:04:57Z")
Jennifer Rardin, author of the Jaz Parks series of chic-lit vampire books (but good ones) at age 45. I’m sad, they are a favorite. The series: [Jaz Parks series - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaz_Parks_series) Her publisher: [Jennifer Rardin - Orbit Books](http://www.orbitbooks.net/2010/09/22/jennifer-rardin/) ---
**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 26, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1691 "2010-09-26T17:03:44Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Are you sitting down? > > Good…because this is going to come as some stunning, shocking news. > > Really, you’re scarcely going to be able to believe it. > > Ok…\…here goes: > > A former professional wrester has died. 56 points for [Giant Gonzales](http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Other_News_4/article_44028.shtml). Shocking! Do any wrestlers live long lives? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1692 "2010-09-26T21:59:40Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Do any wrestlers live long lives? Believe it or not, [Wiki has a list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_surviving_professional_wrestlers). ---
**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 27, 2010, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1693 "2010-09-27T09:42:24Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > > > Yes, yes! > > We need a seal, and a secret decoder ring, too! > > > > 🙂 > > Drink Your Ovaltine > > Which translates for us as > > Hi Opal! > > Tell me I’m wrong. Opaltine? ---
**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 27, 2010, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1694 "2010-09-27T12:41:32Z")
Segway company owner [Jimi Heselden](http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/27/segway-boss-jimi-heselden-dies-cliff-fall) has died after riding a Segway off a cliff. This is a deeply tragic event and IN NO WAY hilarious. ---
**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 27, 2010, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1695 "2010-09-27T12:49:46Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Segway company owner [Jimi Heselden](http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/27/segway-boss-jimi-heselden-dies-cliff-fall) has died after riding a Segway off a cliff. > > This is a deeply tragic event and IN NO WAY hilarious. Whew, thanks for the warning. Otherwise I’d be laughing without cause. ---
**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 27, 2010, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1696 "2010-09-27T12:49:58Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Segway company owner [Jimi Heselden](http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/27/segway-boss-jimi-heselden-dies-cliff-fall) has died after riding a Segway off a cliff. > > This is a deeply tragic event and IN NO WAY hilarious. I am trying not to larf. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1697 "2010-09-27T15:35:53Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > > [@Gyrate](#): > > > > Segway company owner [Jimi Heselden](http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/27/segway-boss-jimi-heselden-dies-cliff-fall) has died after riding a Segway off a cliff. > > > > This is a deeply tragic event and IN NO WAY hilarious. > > Whew, thanks for the warning. Otherwise I’d be laughing without cause. Warning or not, I think we will soon **segue** into the jokes soon enough. I just wonder what his family plans to do with the balance of their time. ---
**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 27, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1698 "2010-09-27T15:57:12Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Segway company owner [Jimi Heselden](http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/27/segway-boss-jimi-heselden-dies-cliff-fall) has died after riding a Segway off a cliff. > > This is a deeply tragic event and IN NO WAY hilarious. Decorum will be maintained out of respect for the deceased, who was survived by his close friend, Wile E. Coyote. ---
**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 27, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1699 "2010-09-27T16:08:37Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > > [@Gyrate](#): > > > > Segway company owner [Jimi Heselden](http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/27/segway-boss-jimi-heselden-dies-cliff-fall) has died after riding a Segway off a cliff. > > > > This is a deeply tragic event and IN NO WAY hilarious. > > Decorum will be maintained out of respect for the deceased, who was survived by his close friend, Wile E. Coyote. The new Acme Segway: Now in Exploding \*\*\*and \*\*\*Cliff! ---
**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 27, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1700 "2010-09-27T16:34:55Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Segway company owner [Jimi Heselden](http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/27/segway-boss-jimi-heselden-dies-cliff-fall) has died after riding a Segway off a cliff. Somewhere, GOB Bluth is crying. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=84) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=86)