# 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:** 110
**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 6, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2183 "2011-10-06T00:09:47Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Only 10 others, and none of the leaders. Am I back in the top ten again? Where’s my neck brace? ---
**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, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2184 "2011-10-06T00:11:34Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Am I back in the top ten again? Where’s my neck brace? Nope. Current top ten and ties: ```auto Name Points Number #unique Youngest 1 Critical Mass 339 7 1 39 2 Registered at Last 192 4 0 39 3 gonzomax 190 4 1 27 4 amarone 177 4 2 52 5 Tamex 166 4 0 27 6 Captain Lance Murdoch 161 4 0 51 7 Captain Klutz 159 3 0 27 8 Borborygmi 155 4 0 27 9 carnivorousplant 152 4 1 39 10= Boyo Jim 145 4 1 54 10= Ambihelical Hexnut 145 3 0 27 ``` ---
**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, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2185 "2011-10-06T00:11:59Z")
Ruth Bader Ginsberg had pancreatic cancer. Why isn’t SHE dead? ---
**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, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2186 "2011-10-06T00:16:05Z")
Well Boyo I’ve had Ariel on my list since the year BEFORE he went into the coma. And still no points. ---
**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 6, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2187 "2011-10-06T00:16:30Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Ruth Bader Ginsberg had pancreatic cancer. Why isn’t SHE dead? Because I have her, and G-d hates me. Yes, She does. 🙂 ---
**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, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2188 "2011-10-06T00:21:20Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Well Boyo I’ve had Ariel on my list since the year BEFORE he went into the coma. And still no points. He’ll go any day now. I know because I took him off my list two years ago. It’s surprising he’s lasted this long. ---
**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 6, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2189 "2011-10-06T00:23:34Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > He’ll go any day now. I know because I took him off my list two years ago. It’s surprising he’s lasted this long. That would be my fault. “Ariel Sharon or Peter Falk?” I asked myself last December. Sorry, Columbo. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2190 "2011-10-06T00:43:45Z")
[Steve Jobs.](http://www.apple.com/) ---
**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, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2191 "2011-10-06T00:44:58Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > [Steve Jobs.](http://www.apple.com/) Subtract 16 points - 1 for each post since the first announcement of this. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2192 "2011-10-06T00:45:14Z")
[Apple and CNN reporting on Jobs.](http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/05/us/obit-steve-jobs/index.html?iref=BN1&hpt=hp_t1) ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2193 "2011-10-06T00:46:18Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Subtract 16 points - 1 for each post since the first announcement of this. :smack: Yeah, but who reads up-thread 5 posts? Really. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2194 "2011-10-06T00:50:21Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > He’ll go any day now. I know because I took him off my list two years ago. It’s surprising he’s lasted this long. I know what you mean - I had Amy W and Steve J on my list last year (and I even had Amy W on my pre-Elizabeth Edwards list for this year) and went ahead and scrapped it for this ridiculous theme I picked. Oh well - Clint Eastwood can’t have THAT much longer, really, can he? :smack: ---
**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 6, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2195 "2011-10-06T00:55:59Z")
> [@Google News](#): > > Merle Haggard is a textbook example of longevity: Over the course of his career, which now spans 48 years, the country star has released a staggering 76 studio albums… dammit. ---
**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 6, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2196 "2011-10-06T01:25:40Z")
I think almost everyone left on my list is over 50. I doubt I’d get enough points to move up much even if I swept the rest of them. ---
**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2197 "2011-10-06T06:35:09Z")
Wohoo! After three years, I finally score points in this game! Bless you, Jobs - your death has not been in vain. ---
**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 6, 2011, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2198 "2011-10-06T11:36:09Z")
nm ---
**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 6, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2199 "2011-10-06T12:21:25Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I posted in my Facebook about an hour or so ago that my iPod died. And I blamed Steve Jobs. > > WHAT HAVE I DONE? I may have saved my iPod from an ignoble death. Does this mean Steve Jobs is coming back too? ---
**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 6, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2200 "2011-10-06T13:25:01Z")
Jobs couldn’t hold out for 3 more damn months, yet Zsa Zsa still lives… :mad: ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2201 "2011-10-06T15:26:36Z")
Sidney Lumet - one of the greatest directors of all time - gone Steve Jobs - one of the greatest visionaries of all time - gone Harmon Killebrew - one of the greatest baseball players of all time - gone Randy “Macho Man” Savage - one of the greatest Pro Wrestlers of all time - gone Elizabeth Taylor - one of the greatest actresses of all time - gone And yet Zsa Zsa Freakin Gabor is still hopping (literally.) I’m with ya’ Wheelz - even if she does last 3 more months, the points I would get aren’t worth the roller coaster she’s put us through. (oh who am I kidding, if she’s alive 12/31/2011, she’s on my list… 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2202 "2011-10-06T16:17:07Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > Sidney Lumet - one of the greatest directors of all time - gone > Steve Jobs - one of the greatest visionaries of all time - gone > Harmon Killebrew - one of the greatest baseball players of all time - gone > Randy “Macho Man” Savage - one of the greatest Pro Wrestlers of all time - gone > Elizabeth Taylor - one of the greatest actresses of all time - gone > > And yet Zsa Zsa Freakin Gabor is still hopping (literally.) > > I’m with ya’ Wheelz - even if she does last 3 more months, the points I would get aren’t worth the roller coaster she’s put us through. > > (oh who am I kidding, if she’s alive 12/31/2011, she’s on my list… 🙂 ) She has been very inconsiderate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=109) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=111)