# The Celebrity Death Pool 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523 "2010-12-01T09:16:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 106
**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 20, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2102 "2011-09-20T02:15:59Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > [Tom Wilson](http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/09/comics-a-m-ziggy-creator-passes-away-the-chill-wins-anthony-award/), creator of Ziggy, at 80. First time anything related to Ziggy ever made me laugh. ---
**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 20, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2103 "2011-09-20T02:29:41Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > First time anything related to Ziggy ever made me laugh. Shame on you, even in the Death Pool. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2104 "2011-09-20T10:13:16Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Shame on you, even in the Death Pool. There is no shame in the Death Pool. ---
**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 20, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2105 "2011-09-20T12:04:57Z")
Shame on all of us for being _in_ a Death Pool. ---
**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 20, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2106 "2011-09-20T12:30:52Z")
I’d rather laugh in the Death Pool than read a fawning obit in Parade magazine any day. Who knows what death will brighten your day? ---
**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 20, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2107 "2011-09-20T12:50:16Z")
But…Ziggy! 🙂 ---
**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 20, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2108 "2011-09-20T13:43:19Z")
I’m afraid you can’t pick a cartoon character to be on your Death Pool list. Just had a thought… what if a celeb died under murky circumstances, and the local police decide they need to investigate anyone who listed the celeb on a Death Pool list? I suppose there’s so many lists out there that some celebs (I’m looking at you, Amy Winehouse) would have hundreds of suspects. ---
**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 20, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2110 "2011-09-20T23:29:26Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > First time anything related to Ziggy ever made me laugh. Ziggy was suppose to be funny? Really? Who knew. ---
**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 21, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2111 "2011-09-21T00:20:19Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Ziggy was suppose to be funny? Really? Who knew. E Tu, Ujeste? 🙂 ---
**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 21, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2112 "2011-09-21T20:55:38Z")
[The Gordon Ramsey sex dwarf eaten by badgers seems to be made up.](http://gawker.com/5842001/gordon-ramsays-badger+eaten-porn-dwarf-just-a-myth) Random quote from the article: > [@](#): > > Our sources inform us that the dwarf whose photograph appeared in the Sunday Sport’s “coverage” of the badger death is named Joey the Midget, and you can Google him yourself. I do not believe that googling is what I want to do to this individual. In \*any \*sense of the word. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2113 "2011-09-23T16:19:49Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > [The Gordon Ramsey sex dwarf eaten by badgers seems to be made up.](http://gawker.com/5842001/gordon-ramsays-badger+eaten-porn-dwarf-just-a-myth) > > Random quote from the article: > I do not believe that googling is what I want to do to this individual. In \*any \*sense of the word. I know what you mean. It tickles. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2114 "2011-09-24T15:29:48Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > His son has been writing it for quite a while. so the apple really can fall far from the tree. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2115 "2011-09-24T18:51:09Z")
Orlando Brown a 360 lb NFL tackle who lost 3 seasons after getting hit in the eye bay a refs flag, died at the age of 40. I am sure nobody had him. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2116 "2011-09-25T01:40:22Z")
[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/24/arts/music/vesta-williams-singer-and-actress-dies-at-53.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/24/arts/music/vesta-williams-singer-and-actress-dies-at-53.html) Vesta Williams singer/actress dies at 53. Probably no hits. Warren Jeffs recovering - I suppose it’s for the best that medical personnel don’t editorialize. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2117 "2011-09-26T02:34:55Z")
[Danny Litwhiler](http://www.seminoles.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/092311aaa.html), whose Major League Baseball career was distinguished by excellent fielding, has died at the age of 95. Following his playing days, Litwhiler coached Florida State’s baseball team (1955-63) and Michigan State’s (1964-82). He is also credited with such innovations as using a radar gun to clock the speed of pitches. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2118 "2011-09-26T21:24:44Z")
[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/09/gospel-legend-jessy-dixon-dies-at-73/1?csp=34news](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/09/gospel-legend-jessy-dixon-dies-at-73/1?csp=34news) Gospel singer Jessy Dixon dies at age 73. He toured with Paul Simon for 8 years in the 70s and wrote hits for a number of Pop stars. ---
**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 26, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2119 "2011-09-26T22:29:44Z")
Although it was not the cause of her death, [Woman who Injected Face with Beef Fat Dies](http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/09/09/woman-dies-after-injecting-face-with-beef-fat/) is a hell of a headline. Talk about a Big Mac Attack! ---
**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:** [September 27, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2120 "2011-09-27T00:41:31Z")
Arch West, [inventor of Doritos](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/09/dorito-inventor-arthur-west-dies-will-be-buried-with-chips.html), has died. Reportedly, he will be buried with “a sprinkling of the bright orange chips that have become a cheesy, tangy, American institution.” ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2121 "2011-09-27T19:08:24Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Arch West, [inventor of Doritos](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/09/dorito-inventor-arthur-west-dies-will-be-buried-with-chips.html), has died. Reportedly, he will be buried with “a sprinkling of the bright orange chips that have become a cheesy, tangy, American institution.” Well when the chips are down, nobody scores. ---
**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, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2122 "2011-09-27T20:58:45Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > Although it was not the cause of her death, [Woman who Injected Face with Beef Fat Dies](http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/09/09/woman-dies-after-injecting-face-with-beef-fat/) is a hell of a headline. Talk about a Big Mac Attack! I love the picture of Generic Hospital Bed that accompanies the article. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=105) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=107)