# 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:** 112
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2223 "2011-10-09T16:16:20Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > [She’s teasing us again.](http://news.yahoo.com/zsa-zsa-gabor-hospitalized-high-fever-191645265.html) Hardly seems worth the single-digit points. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2224 "2011-10-09T17:39:14Z")
Zsa Zsa is worth 300 pts. 50 players have her @ 6 pts apiece. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2225 "2011-10-09T19:28:51Z")
Ranks wouldn’t change much if Zsa Zsa died now. The only change in the top 10 as they currently stand would be that Boyo Jim would hold 10th place, easing Ambihelical-Hexnut into 11th. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2226 "2011-10-10T01:55:41Z")
[Roger Williams](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-williamsroger-20111009,0,3936939.story), the pianist best known for his 1955 hit _Autumn Leaves_, has died at the age of 87. Williams performed for nine presidents, beginning with Harry Truman, who played a Chopin waltz after Williams fulfilled the Missourian’s request for some Bach and Ravel. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2227 "2011-10-10T02:00:47Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > [She’s teasing us again.](http://news.yahoo.com/zsa-zsa-gabor-hospitalized-high-fever-191645265.html) I just saw the story elsewhere and came here to make the EXACT same comment 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2228 "2011-10-10T02:02:54Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > [Roger Williams](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-williamsroger-20111009,0,3936939.story), the pianist best known for his 1955 hit _Autumn Leaves_, has died at the age of 87. Williams performed for nine presidents, beginning with Harry Truman, who played a Chopin waltz after Williams fulfilled the Missourian’s request for some Bach and Ravel. I had to sing that stupid song in junior high chorus class, and hated it. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2229 "2011-10-10T22:31:54Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > I just saw the story elsewhere and came here to make the EXACT same comment 😃 Hah. ---
**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 11, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2230 "2011-10-11T01:40:20Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Hardly seems worth the single-digit points. At this point, it isn’t the points, it’s the principle of the thing! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2231 "2011-10-11T02:07:56Z")
> **[Report: T.O. hospitalized last Thursday](https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/report-t-o-hospitalized-last-thursday)** > > FOX Sports Stories are written by our in-house staff, covering sporting events and news to provide fans with a unique perspective Sure, sure, he’s been released from the hospital already, but Terrell Owens will be someone to keep in mind. Two Dopers do have him. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2011, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2232 "2011-10-12T11:13:31Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > At this point, it isn’t the points, it’s the principle of the thing! Lemme tell you what Zsa Zsa is going to do. She’s going to survive this year’s culling of the herd and die promptly on January 2 with her middle finger up in the air. That’s what she is going to do. ---
**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 13, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2233 "2011-10-13T21:05:44Z")
I feel all warm and fuzzy, having given up on Zsa Zsa last year. I hope by Jan. 2 of 2012, her middle finger is all that is left of her. But that’s a different story. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2011, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2234 "2011-10-14T11:27:48Z")
Dear Fellow Dead Poolers, I only have one stiff from my list so far and it is mid October. Should I be concerned or should I hope for a last minute Hail Mary pass in the waning week after Christmas? Sincerely, Antsy ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2235 "2011-10-14T14:40:49Z")
I don’t know about you, Antsy, but I’m still hoping for a December Laugh-In Reunion in an unsafe abandoned mine. . . . . ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2236 "2011-10-14T17:26:26Z")
Dear Antsy, You are one up on me then. One year I had my only death on 12/27. I got the Final Hours award and my celebrity was also a unique pick. Thank you Benazir Bhutto! ---
**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 14, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2237 "2011-10-14T19:19:30Z")
Dear Antsy, Have you considered sending brochures for all inclusive cruises to Club Med to everyone left on your list and hoping for a major ship disaster? They would have to book the cruise themselves so it would not look suspicious on your part at all. Signed, Helpful ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2238 "2011-10-14T21:01:22Z")
[If not for Dennis Ritchie](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/technology/dennis-ritchie-programming-trailblazer-dies-at-70.html), Jobs and Wozniak would have had to wait for Bill Gates ---
**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:** [October 16, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2239 "2011-10-16T17:42:05Z")
Charlie Daniels Band member [Tax Digregorio](http://www.theboot.com/2011/10/14/charlie-daniels-band-keyboardist-dead-taz-digregorio/) dead in a car crash, age 67 Bee Gee [Robin Gibb](http://www.nme.com/news/the-bee-gees/59822) hospitalized with colon trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2240 "2011-10-16T22:59:27Z")
[Dan Wheldon, race driver, also dead in a car crash.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wheldon) 67 points. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2241 "2011-10-17T01:58:53Z")
Nobody had Wheldon though. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2242 "2011-10-17T06:05:50Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Nobody had Wheldon though. A rare instance of points I would be sad to collect, if I had him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=111) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=113)