# 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:** 91
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1801 "2010-10-11T18:45:05Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > [Joan Sutherland, at 83](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/joan-sutherland-stupendous-soprano-dies-at-83/?src=twt&twt=nytimesmusic) A unique pick for **Cunctator**. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1802 "2010-10-14T15:24:47Z")
[Albertina Walker](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/arts/music/09walker.html) passed last week. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1803 "2010-10-14T16:33:32Z")
I am subscribed to this thread. Every time it has unread posts, I think to myself, “Who died?” Every single time. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1804 "2010-10-14T17:13:39Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > I am subscribed to this thread. > > Every time it has unread posts, I think to myself, “Who died?” Every single time. Do I detect a “Hey Meeko, Shut Up!” in here? 😃 **Trust me, this game is nothing.** There was a game of Haggle\* on here that lasted about **2 weeks** , IIRC. Someone complained that I was posting way too much. After the game was over, I did the math. \*\*Roughly 15% of my SDMB total post count [at that time] came from the game. \*\* - Despite April Foolishness game going south on me, Dragon’s Hoard Haggle has taught me that monopolizing post space in Haggle is advantageous. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1805 "2010-10-14T17:19:01Z")
We do need another Haggle game some time. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1806 "2010-10-14T18:25:38Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > > [@Rebo](#): > > > > I am subscribed to this thread. > > > > Every time it has unread posts, I think to myself, “Who died?” Every single time. > > Do I detect a “Hey Meeko, Shut Up!” in here? 😃 Not at all! I didn’t even notice you! 😉 > [@](#): > > **Trust me, this game is nothing.** There was a game of Haggle\* on here that lasted about **2 weeks** , IIRC. Someone complained that I was posting way too much. > > After the game was over, I did the math. \*\*Roughly 15% of my SDMB total post count [at that time] came from the game. \*\* > > - Despite April Foolishness game going south on me, Dragon’s Hoard Haggle has taught me that monopolizing post space in Haggle is advantageous. I want to play! Um - what is 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:** [October 14, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1807 "2010-10-14T18:39:23Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > I want to play! Um - what is it? I popular Ferengi party game, I believe. 🙂 I’d be interested to see how they [adapted](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggle_%28game%29) it to the board. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1808 "2010-10-15T04:14:55Z")
Rebo: Chicago Sportswriter [Reid Hanley](http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-spt-1015-hanley-reid--20101014,0,1665862.story) Died at age 64 ---
**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:** [October 15, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1809 "2010-10-15T18:01:55Z")
Soul singer, [General Norman Johnson](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/la-me-general-johnson-20101015,0,3622967.story) dead at 67. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1810 "2010-10-15T18:05:31Z")
Actor [Simon MacCorkindale](http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/oct/15/simon-maccorkindale-star-casualty-dies) dead from cancer at age 58. Husband to actress Susan George. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1811 "2010-10-15T18:06:13Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I’d be interested to see how they [adapted](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggle_%28game%29) it to the board. Here is the game thread for it. I believe Meeko broke some sort of record for posting rate in this thread. I think I came in…third? [April Foolishness Haggle(2009)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=514763) ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1812 "2010-10-15T19:21:10Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > Actor [Simon MacCorkindale](http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/oct/15/simon-maccorkindale-star-casualty-dies) dead from cancer at age 58. Husband to actress Susan George. So Manimal’s final change is from man to dust? ---
**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:** [October 15, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1813 "2010-10-15T20:42:34Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > So Manimal’s final change is from man to dust? Oh, that’s something we all get to look forward to someday, so that would be hard to claim to be his alone. Still, I had forgotten this guy was alive until I heard he was dead. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1814 "2010-10-15T20:43:10Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > Actor [Simon MacCorkindale](http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/oct/15/simon-maccorkindale-star-casualty-dies) dead from cancer at age 58. Husband to actress Susan George. 42 points for seven people. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1815 "2010-10-15T22:56:26Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > I am subscribed to this thread. > > Every time it has unread posts, I think to myself, “Who died?” Every single time. :eek: ME TOO!!! 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 16, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1816 "2010-10-16T11:25:55Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > > [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > > > Actor [Simon MacCorkindale](http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/oct/15/simon-maccorkindale-star-casualty-dies) dead from cancer at age 58. Husband to actress Susan George. > > 42 points for seven people. Yesssssssssss!!! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1817 "2010-10-16T15:57:25Z")
[Larry Siegfried](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-1016-larry-siegfried-20101016,0,2125879.story), who helped the Ohio State Buckeyes win the 1960 NCAA basketball title, has died at the age of 71. After his college days, he played with the Cleveland Pipers of the old American Basketball Association before rejoining former Ohio State teammate John Havlicek with the Boston Celtics. He subsequently contributed to five of the Celts’ NBA crowns before finishing his pro career with San Diego, Houston, and Atlanta. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1818 "2010-10-16T16:29:11Z")
[Benoit Mandelbrot](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/us/17mandelbrot.html), mathematician. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1819 "2010-10-16T21:01:26Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > > > I’d be interested to see how they [adapted](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggle_%28game%29) it to the board. > > Here is the game thread for it. I believe Meeko broke some sort of record for posting rate in this thread. > > I think I came in…third? > > [April Foolishness Haggle(2009)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=514763) Obviously, I would have referenced Dragon’s Hoard. But yeah, the April Fool’s themed game was … Well IIRC, someone dropped out, and his elements went to auction. That partnered with the Pound monetary note, and the game was a run away. I gave a thought to a Halloween themed game. I decided against it, because I won’t have the time to give it, if I were to Mod it. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1820 "2010-10-16T21:04:33Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > [Benoit Mandelbrot](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/us/17mandelbrot.html), mathematician. Wow. For whatever reason, I thought he was already dead. … Not in the traditional use of the word. Just, I knew of his work, and I thought he had come and gone. And now, in honor to Mandelbrot, a self-repeating post. [QUOTE=Meeko] Wow. For whatever reason, I thought he was already dead. … Not in the traditional use of the word. Just, I knew of his work, and I thought he had come and gone. And now, in honor to Mandelbrot, a self-repeating post. [/QUOTE] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=90) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=92)