# 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:** 109
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2163 "2011-10-04T16:48:31Z")
> [@Critical\_Mass](#): > > It’s like the fields are yielding a rich bounty of death during this harvest season. > > The bodies are starting to stack up in the corner. > > A happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving it will be in the **Mass** household next weekend! > > [Vasily Aleksanyan](http://rt.com/news/former-yukos-executive-dies-969/) for 61 points please. I think this is my cherry for this year. I’ve had him on my list for at least the last 3 years. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2164 "2011-10-04T17:51:07Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > People get in Wiki now just for being born?! They appear to be lots of young actors and singers and athletes, as one would expect. Ambitious little punks, aren’t they? When I was 17 I went to school, watched TV and occasionally baby-sat. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2165 "2011-10-04T19:53:42Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > They appear to be lots of young actors and singers and athletes, as one would expect. Ambitious little punks, aren’t they? When I was 17 I went to school, watched TV and occasionally baby-sat. Maybe there should be a wiki category for sitting on babies. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2166 "2011-10-04T20:04:15Z")
_snort_😛 ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2167 "2011-10-05T13:03:44Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The frustrating thing is, you know not all of them will make it out of 2012 alive. The more frustrating thing is, _save Fanning_, I didn’t recognize a single name on the list. If you are going for the points grab\*, then I guess this list is great, but let’s not detour into “What makes someone a celebrity” conversation again. Not that my list is doing anything, but haven’t most of the points this year [and in all years] been from the 75-80 and older set? alternately wouldn’t one or two 18-20 year olds be enough? - I guess you could argue that the points grab would be in making a list exclusively with the older than 90 set, but this would actually prove my point. I’m not one to base my list on age [Older or younger], my points totals can bear witness to that. For me, and I hope I’m not too off base here, the death pool is, and should be, more than that. **If the game becomes too predictable, it’s not worth playing. Because indeed, it won’t be played at that point, it will be merely solved.** And I guess, I’m saying that this can happen for the over 80 set, and the for the under 20 set. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2168 "2011-10-05T13:44:29Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > The more frustrating thing is, _save Fanning_, I didn’t recognize a single name on the list. Not even Justin Bieber? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2169 "2011-10-05T13:50:02Z")
I recognized a few names. But clicking through to a few of the Slavic-sounding names reveals that Russian footballers and hockey players are heavily overrepresented in that list. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2170 "2011-10-05T15:44:17Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Not that my list is doing anything, but haven’t most of the points this year [and in all years] been from the 75-80 and older set? alternately wouldn’t one or two 18-20 year olds be enough? Enough to actually win the game? No. (As of Oct. 1) only four of the top 10 players snagged Amy Winehouse’s 73 points, and neither of the top 2. Those who’ve scored _only_ with Winehouse are tied for 29th (as of Oct. 1). No, she wasn’t 18, but 9 more points wouldn’t knock \*\*Critical Mass \*\*out of the top spot, and would only have nudged those 29th-ers up to 27th. Adding one 18-year-old to that would be good enough for 8th place. No cigar. Not to brag, but I myself (as of Oct. 1) was holding onto a respectable 12th without AW’s points. I’d be tied for 2nd if I’d had her, but still squinting upward at the leader. ---
**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 5, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2171 "2011-10-05T17:23:03Z")
I’m in 9th place now, and I had Amy on my list for a couple-three years. I took her off this year’s list when I read she went into rehab. How could I know that STOPPING the drugs would kill her?? DAMN DAMN DAMN! But even if I had her and her points, I still wouldn’t be in the lead. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2172 "2011-10-05T17:33:32Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’m in 9th place now, and I had Amy on my list for a couple-three years. I took her off this year’s list when I read she went into rehab. How could I know that STOPPING the drugs would kill her?? DAMN DAMN DAMN! > > But even if I had her and her points, I still wouldn’t be in the lead. Tied for ninth, actually!😛 If you had selected AW you’d be in second place. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2173 "2011-10-05T18:18:40Z")
**Jim** , you’re gonna hate Amy Winehouse _forever_, now, aren’t ya? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2174 "2011-10-05T23:38:53Z")
Apple is saying Steve Jobs has died. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2175 "2011-10-05T23:44:44Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Apple is saying Steve Jobs has died. [ABCNews.com’s article](http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/steve-jobs-apple-ceo-dies/story?id=14383813) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2176 "2011-10-05T23:54:40Z")
I posted in my Facebook about an hour or so ago that my iPod died. And I blamed Steve Jobs. WHAT HAVE I DONE? Besides earn myself, and a shitload of people, 44 points. ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2177 "2011-10-05T23:56:22Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Apple is saying Steve Jobs has died. [Gizmodo says](http://gizmodo.com/5838847/steve-jobs-is-dead) “Steven P. Jobs passed away on Friday, September 9th, 2011 after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer.” That was nearly a month ago. I wonder if someone just made a typo in the rush to get it posted. ---
**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 6, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2178 "2011-10-06T00:00:24Z")
Jobs v. 2.0 will be released shortly. ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2179 "2011-10-06T00:03:44Z")
And now Gizmodo’s story has been corrected to October 5. I guess there was no conspiracy on Apple’s part to keep it secret until the new iPhone launched after all. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2180 "2011-10-06T00:04:20Z")
Well, I’ll cross him off my prospective 2012 list. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2181 "2011-10-06T00:05:22Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Besides earn myself, and a shitload of people, 44 points. Only 10 others, and none of the leaders. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2182 "2011-10-06T00:06:41Z")
Oh come on. I had him on my list for a couple years but dropped him off this year. AND ARIEL SHARON IS STILL FUCKING ALIVE GODDAMN IT. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=108) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=110)