# 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:** 97
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1921 "2010-11-06T02:19:09Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Jerry Bock also composed Fiorello!, which starred Tom Bosley (and won them both Tony Awards). > > This is getting creepy, even for the Death Pool. And Bock co-wrote _The Rothschilds_, which featured Jill Clayburgh in the cast. Maybe Randy Quaid isn’t so crazy after all… ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1922 "2010-11-06T02:44:40Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Jill Clayburgh, aged 66.](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/06/arts/06clayburgh.html?src=twrhp) Aw, man. I was just watching **Semi-Tough** about a week ago. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1923 "2010-11-06T05:35:07Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > 30 years in a geriatric care center. I’m guessing Curacao has some kind of health care situation that we don’t here. > > 30 years ( ish) as a nun ( no reason was given why she left the order or if she was still a nun at all, but a free agent of sorts.) > > Right there is 60 years of someone else paying her bills and she probably lived with her family until she became a nun. I’m guessing a life as a nun is pretty low-stress (and no drinking, no smoking, simple food and not too much of it) and then, you know, you’re in the frickin’ Caribbean. Just the occasional hurricane to worry about. You’re not really begrudging her being a nun, are you? I would get upset about feeding prisoners for decades before nuns. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1924 "2010-11-06T11:20:45Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > I’m guessing a life as a nun is pretty low-stress (and no drinking, no smoking, simple food and not too much of it) and then, you know, you’re in the frickin’ Caribbean. Just the occasional hurricane to worry about. > > You’re not really begrudging her being a nun, are you? I would get upset about feeding prisoners for decades before nuns. I’m not begrudging her anything, I’m thinking she really never had an outside job in her life and therefore, no stress or real responsibilities other than church and praying and community stuff. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1925 "2010-11-06T12:07:43Z")
And that community stuff is never stressful, or demanding. Social workers never burn out, either. \ Contemplative orders do exist, but the more common vocations emphasize ministries to the people. Ranging from running soup kitchens/homeless shelters, to medical aid, to education, all of these ministries are traditional occupations for nuns, and all qualify to my mind as real, and worthy, work. And often enough stressful work, too. [Here’s a quick list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisters_of_St._Joseph#Sponsored_ministries_2) of what the Sisters of St. Joseph do in my community. The contemplative order I’m most familiar with are the Carmelites, and they’ve got, according to Wikipedia, 700 women worldwide. The SSJ, however, have 14,000 members worldwide. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1926 "2010-11-06T12:14:33Z")
I missed the edit window: The woman in question seems to have been a Third Order Franciscan. Here’s a quick look at the ministries associated with the various Third Order Franciscan communities [according to Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Order_of_Saint_Francis#Congregations_of_women). It seems to me that there’s a good deal of work going on there. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1927 "2010-11-06T14:40:16Z")
Here’s a wikilink on [list of oldest people](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_verified_oldest_people) which includes a couple who are still kicking around. As we fall deeper into the 21st Century, I suppose birth records will become easier to verify and there will be less dispute about anyone’s age. Nonetheless, being in the US where life expectancy is dropping thanks to the “greatest health care system in the world” my goal isn’t so much to live pass 100 as it is just to stay the heck out of hospitals. Getting sick will kill ya. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1928 "2010-11-06T16:42:26Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > …As we fall deeper into the 21st Century, I suppose birth records will become easier to verify and there will be less dispute … Tell that to our Kenyan President. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1929 "2010-11-06T17:07:22Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Tell that to our Kenyan President. 😛 And the Birthers for Hawaiian statehood. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1930 "2010-11-07T02:53:33Z")
[Charles McDowell](http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/nov/06/cmob06-ar-634947/), the journalist best known for his _Richmond Times-Dispatch_ columns and his tenure as a _Washington Week in Review_ panelist, has died at the age of 84. McDowell also received acclaim as the reader of soldier Samuel Watkins’s letters in the Ken Burns documentary series _The Civil War_. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1931 "2010-11-07T04:03:34Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Tell that to our Kenyan President. 😛 Eh, no one is questioning his _age_, right? Or are the tea baggers also claiming he’s too young to be president? I can’t keep up with all the non-issues they worry about. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1932 "2010-11-07T04:58:39Z")
I’m sad to report that [Graham Crowder](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11598137) died in October. He was once considered as the fourth Doctor. I became a fan of his in [Waiting for God](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098945/). ---
**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:** [November 7, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1933 "2010-11-07T14:00:48Z")
Certainly not a celebrity, but infamous [Nazi war criminal Michael Seifert](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-italy-nazi-war-criminal,0,7202573.story) has died in prison at age 86. Doing a quick check, I see some 5000 Nazi war criminals are still alive, though that number is hard to confirm as many haven’t been seen in decades. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1934 "2010-11-07T21:04:31Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I’m sad to report that [Graham Crowder](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11598137) died in October. He was once considered as the fourth Doctor. I became a fan of his in [Waiting for God](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098945/). Tom Ballard died? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1935 "2010-11-08T17:59:54Z")
Just found out that keyboardist great [T Lavitz](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_Lavitz) died suddenly last month at age 54. Best known for his work with the Dixie Dregs. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1936 "2010-11-10T17:04:15Z")
NBA player [Quintin Dailey](http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/ct-spt-1110-bulls-quintin-dailey--20101109,0,1572543.story) dead at 49. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1937 "2010-11-11T14:33:32Z")
Producer [Dino De Laurentiis](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101111/en_nm/us_delaurentiis), gone at 91. ([Nine points](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11874537&postcount=93) and a unique pick for **Crown Prince of Irony** ) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1938 "2010-11-11T14:35:26Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Producer [Dino De Laurentiis](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101111/en_nm/us_delaurentiis), gone at 91. A unique pick for **Crown Prince of Irony**. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1939 "2010-11-11T14:43:44Z")
Is there an echo in here? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1940 "2010-11-11T14:44:43Z")
Nope. Just the silence of the grave. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=96) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=98)