# 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:** 93
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1841 "2010-10-20T18:28:42Z")
[Harvey Phillips](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Phillips), tuba legend and founder of [Tubachristmas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubachristmas). ☹ ---
**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:** [October 21, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1842 "2010-10-21T01:56:51Z")
Penthouse magazine founder [Bob Guiccione, dead at 79](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39770106/ns/today-entertainment/). ---
**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:** [October 21, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1843 "2010-10-21T02:45:36Z")
Why am I imagining that it’s going to be a veritable orgy of a memorial service? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1844 "2010-10-21T08:07:09Z")
Bob Guiccione also founded _Games_ magazine, if memory serves. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1845 "2010-10-21T10:07:33Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > Bob Guiccione also founded _Games_ magazine, if memory serves. As I recall it, _Games_ was actually started by Chip Block who eventually sold the magazine to Playboy in the early 80s. It wasn’t until the mid 80s that Penthouse got involved - it was acquired by _Omni_, which was a Penthouse publication. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1846 "2010-10-21T11:25:14Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Penthouse magazine founder [Bob Guiccione, dead at 79](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39770106/ns/today-entertainment/). That wasn’t an earthquake in CA last night, that was Hef and the Bunnies doing their happy dance. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1847 "2010-10-21T13:51:45Z")
pity he wasn’t a muslim extremist, because that guy has never seen one virgin, imagine his surprise if he saw 72 at once! ---
**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 21, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1848 "2010-10-21T18:48:50Z")
pity he wasn’t a Catholic priest because that guy never laid any alter boys, imagine his surprise when he was cannonized! :smack: No, this still doesn’t make any sense. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1849 "2010-10-22T20:36:06Z")
Zsa Zsa Gabor, aged 93 is still alive and kicking, more than two months after receiving Last Rites. In fact, the most recent news stories say [she’s on the road to recovery,](http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_zsa-zsa-gabor-on-the-road-to-recovery_1447057) and she’s now able to consume the blood of virgins (or whatever it is that keeps her going) without the aid of a feeding tube. That Zsa Zsa… takes a licking and keeps on ticking, am I right? ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1850 "2010-10-22T21:08:20Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Zsa Zsa Gabor, aged 93 > is still alive and kicking, more than two months after receiving Last Rites. In fact, the most recent news stories say [she’s on the road to recovery,](http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_zsa-zsa-gabor-on-the-road-to-recovery_1447057) and she’s now able to consume the blood of virgins (or whatever it is that keeps her going) without the aid of a feeding tube. That Zsa Zsa… takes a licking and keeps on ticking, am I right? [Well, she is Hungarian…](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1851 "2010-10-22T22:38:51Z")
Zsa Zsa could be 2011’s “Conch”. Zelda Rubinstein was this year’s Conch. Patrick Swayze was 2009’s Conch. Im not going back to see if the “Z” conspiracy goes back to 2008. See Feud threads for “Conch” definition. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1852 "2010-10-22T22:48:06Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Zsa Zsa could be 2011’s “Conch”. Zelda Rubinstein was this year’s Conch. Patrick Swayze was 2009’s Conch. > > Im not going back to see if the “Z” conspiracy goes back to 2008. > > See Feud threads for “Conch” definition. I haven’t looked up the definition, but the most chosen scoring celeb in 2008 was Suzanne Pleshette. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1853 "2010-10-22T23:03:11Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > I haven’t looked up the definition, but the most chosen scoring celeb in 2008 was Suzanne Pleshette. I am spotting a trend! Yikes! ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1854 "2010-10-23T20:20:49Z")
[David Thompson](http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/10/23/barbados.prime.minister.obit/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn), Prime Minister of Barbados. 52 points wasted. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1855 "2010-10-23T21:09:32Z")
> [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](#): > > [David Thompson](http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/10/23/barbados.prime.minister.obit/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn), Prime Minister of Barbados. > > 52 points wasted. He was on my 2011 proto-list. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1856 "2010-10-24T01:18:40Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > As I recall it, _Games_ was actually started by Chip Block who eventually sold the magazine to Playboy in the early 80s. It wasn’t until the mid 80s that Penthouse got involved - it was acquired by _Omni_, which was a Penthouse publication. If only we knew someone here that actually worked on / for GAMES… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1857 "2010-10-24T02:59:24Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > If only we knew someone here that actually worked on / for GAMES… :dubious: Before my time. Guccione, though, definitely wasn’t involved in either the founding of _Games_ or in its actual operation at any time – strictly an investment to him. ---
**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 24, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1858 "2010-10-24T04:50:12Z")
Swimmer, [Fran Crippen](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=fran-crippen&pid=146167729), dead at 26 in swimming accident. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1859 "2010-10-24T23:48:43Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Before my time. Guccione, though, definitely wasn’t involved in either the founding of _Games_ or in its actual operation at any time – strictly an investment to him. It still amazes how far “sinful” things reach. I mean Playboy influencing Games, Phillip Morris or another Tobacco company owning Nabisco and Kraft… It makes you wonder if they have some major grasp on psychology that leaves laypeople clueless. I’m not saying that Oreos have nicotine in them, but I would bet its a lot worse than I think. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1860 "2010-10-25T17:14:55Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > If only we knew someone here that actually worked on / for GAMES… :dubious: In my freelancing days, I published an article in _Omni_ once… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=92) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=94)