# 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:** 29
**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:** [January 3, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/561 "2011-01-03T14:35:43Z")
No wonder she developed testicular cancer, all wrapped up like that. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/562 "2011-01-03T14:43:54Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Anne Francis](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-anne-francis-20110103,0,2031697.story) has died. > > Twenty points and first blood, except she is an alternate. Was she a unique pick for me? > > 🙂 She would have been. Nobody had her. I don’t keep track of alternates. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/563 "2011-01-03T15:02:39Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > She would have been. Nobody had her. I don’t keep track of alternates. Curses. Foiled again! ---
**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:** [January 3, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/564 "2011-01-03T15:23:35Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Did anyone have [Pete Postlethwaite](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12106753)? Mr. McManus probably did… ---
**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:** [January 3, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/565 "2011-01-03T15:48:16Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Wiki only says he was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1990. Maybe it recurred, or maybe a different cancer popped up. Either way, he and his family clearly kept it tightly under wraps. He will be missed. One of my favorite actors. The article I read said that his long battle with cancer was well documented in his local papers. He was not hiding it. And somehow the ghouls here missed it. My favorite role will always be Sergeant Hakeswill in the Sharpe series. One of the most evil characters ever brought to life by a great actor. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/566 "2011-01-03T16:56:21Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Nope. Nor Oscarsson. You would think this would bring me some comfort. It doesn’t. I mean, I knew going into the list, my hands were so tied to the 'son theme. Never heard of the guy though, so can’t get too mad at it. * * * So what, Day 3 of 2011, and 3 deaths? **Is this the fastest year yet?** ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/567 "2011-01-03T17:10:46Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > She would have been. Nobody had her. I don’t keep track of alternates. Though - come to think of it, a Close but No Cigar prize might have been fun. Especially since two of my three alts bought the farm last year. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/568 "2011-01-03T21:24:21Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Though - come to think of it, a Close but No Cigar prize might have been fun. > > Especially since two of my three alts bought the farm last year. Oh, hey, feel free to give yourself as many prizes as possible. My “participant” ribbon from 2010 is awesome! ---
**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:** [January 3, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/569 "2011-01-03T21:44:45Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > Oh, hey, feel free to give yourself as many prizes as possible. My “participant” ribbon from 2010 is awesome! And my “First Blood Alternate” Medal is pretty cool, too! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/570 "2011-01-03T21:52:31Z")
We have 153 entries (167 last year) containing 794 different celebrities, 574 of them (72%) unique picks. The top 20 (and ties) vote getters are: ```auto Aretha Franklin 76 Michael Douglas 67 Zsa Zsa Gabor 50 Fidel Castro 41 Kim Jong-Il 35 Ariel Sharon 34 Lindsay Lohan 33 Margaret Thatcher 33 Dick Cheney 30 Amy Winehouse 27 Abdelbaset Al Megrahi 24 Christopher Hitchens 23 Nancy Reagan 23 Dick Clark 22 Elizabeth Taylor 21 Roger Ebert 21 Muhammad Ali 18 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 17 George H. W. Bush 16 Harmon Killebrew 15 Jimmy Carter 15 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/571 "2011-01-03T22:16:49Z")
I have 7 out of the top 20. They’re all immortal… ---
**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/572 "2011-01-03T22:45:52Z")
I have the top three, hoping I will finally get some points this year. And Ariel Sharon. I just can’t give up on him now, as he has been on my list for the past two years. Go towards the light, Sharon! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/573 "2011-01-03T22:51:45Z")
I’m surprised Cheney is as low on the list as he is. ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/574 "2011-01-03T23:17:37Z")
Lindsay Lohan got out of rehab this morning. Any side bets on how long it takes her to get all hopped up on goofballs and wrap her car around a tree? ---
**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:** [January 3, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/575 "2011-01-03T23:43:34Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > I’m surprised Cheney is as low on the list as he is. The Undead cannot die. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/576 "2011-01-04T20:02:16Z")
Gerry Rafferty, RIP. My first and only alternate. Le sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/577 "2011-01-04T20:08:45Z")
Points for me, but I can’t say I’m dancing at the news. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/578 "2011-01-04T21:16:01Z")
I guess my claim to fame in the _Death Pool 2011_ is picking Harmon Killebrew first. I got wind of his cancer diagnosis last week. And I was hoping to sneak the pick in under the radar. But it is hard to slip a notable cancer diagnosis past the all the Ghouls around here. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/579 "2011-01-04T21:39:37Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I guess my claim to fame in the _Death Pool 2011_ is picking Harmon Killebrew first. I got wind of his cancer diagnosis last week. And I was hoping to sneak the pick in under the radar. But it is hard to slip a notable cancer diagnosis past the all the Ghouls around here. i got it as soon as it was posted on Google news, but I don’t pick anybody over 70. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/580 "2011-01-04T22:31:08Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Gerry Rafferty, RIP. My first and only alternate. Le sigh. The Opening Kickoff Award, and early lead, goes to **GIGObuster** , **Dung Beetle** and **Registered at Last**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=30)