# 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:** 30
**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, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/581 "2011-01-04T22:37:37Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > The Opening Kickoff Award, and early lead, goes to **GIGObuster** , **Dung Beetle** and **Registered at Last**. Is this late for the opening kick-off (compared to previous years)? ---
**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, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/582 "2011-01-04T22:41:38Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Is this late for the opening kick-off (compared to previous years)? 2006: Jan 6 2007 - 9: all Jan 2 2010: Jan 21 ---
**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:** [January 4, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/583 "2011-01-04T23:11:23Z")
> [@Bewildebeest](#): > > 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? She’s [moved next door to her former girlfriend](http://www.businessinsider.com/house-of-the-day-lindsay-lohan-moves-in-next-door-to-her-girlfriend-2011-1#), so how about a good old-fashioned case of domestic violence? ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/584 "2011-01-04T23:17:03Z")
[Mick Karn](http://www.nme.com/news/nme/54435) has died. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/585 "2011-01-05T00:08:19Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > The Opening Kickoff Award, and early lead, goes to **GIGObuster** , **Dung Beetle** and **Registered at Last**. I we go for the alphabetical order, I’m stuck in the middle with you guys… RIP Gerry. ---
**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 5, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/586 "2011-01-05T02:11:04Z")
[Bill Erwin](http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-ent-bill-erwin-obit,0,7205937.story) Grumpy old man, snuffs it at 96. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/587 "2011-01-05T03:11:31Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > The Opening Kickoff Award, and early lead, goes to **GIGObuster** , **Dung Beetle** and **Registered at Last**. Wow! Two years in a row … how exciting. Although I am sad about Gerry. Amarone … what about Mick Karn? He also died today. (I had both 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/588 "2011-01-05T03:15:01Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I we go for the alphabetical order, I’m stuck in the middle with you guys… Of course I meant to say “ **If** we go for…” ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/589 "2011-01-05T03:22:35Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > amarone … what about Mick Karn? He also died today. (I had both 😃 ) Hmm - he was not announced in this thread until after Gerry Rafferty, but he may have died first. I cannot tell. I have found reference to Mick Karn dying at 4:30 pm GMT, but have not found a time for Gerry Rafferty. Anyone know anything more about when GR died? Update: I found a reference to GR dying “this morning” in a UK publication, so he pre-deceased MK. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/590 "2011-01-05T03:25:52Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > [Bill Erwin](http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-ent-bill-erwin-obit,0,7205937.story) Grumpy old man, snuffs it at 96. Last year’s news… ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/591 "2011-01-05T03:25:58Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Gerry Rafferty, RIP. My first and only alternate. Le sigh. > [@Andrew\_21](#): > > [Mick Karn](http://www.nme.com/news/nme/54435) has died. Whoa, \*\*MsWhatsit \*\*and \*\*amarone \*\*had him, getting crowded over here in this hand basket. Will be there a tie breaker or because of the international date line do we consider Mick Karn’s death to be actually on the 5th? ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/592 "2011-01-05T03:27:49Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Will be there a tie breaker or because of the international date line do we consider Mick Karn to die actually on the 5th? See post 589. Date lines are irrelevant. One died before the other irrespective of where they were, although both appear to have been in the GMT time zone. ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/593 "2011-01-05T04:53:47Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > She’s [moved next door to her former girlfriend](http://www.businessinsider.com/house-of-the-day-lindsay-lohan-moves-in-next-door-to-her-girlfriend-2011-1#), so how about a good old-fashioned case of domestic violence? Works for me. ---
**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 5, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/594 "2011-01-05T13:28:35Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > early lead goes to _snip_ **Dung Beetle**. Well, that was short-lived. 🙂 ---
**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 5, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/595 "2011-01-05T14:13:51Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Last year’s news… I have really got to stop trusting the damn Chicago Tribune links. Before too long I will be breathlessly announcing the attack on the World Trade Center… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/596 "2011-01-05T21:46:54Z")
[Alireza Pahlavi](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2011/01/shah-of-irans-son-alireza-pahlavi-dies-of-suicide-at-44.html), the youngest son of the late Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, has passed away at the age of 44. Alireza, who had been despondent since the 2001 overdose death of his sister Leila, died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/597 "2011-01-06T03:39:19Z")
I wonder how a mythical slate of the top-13 nominees would do? 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 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/598 "2011-01-06T10:53:52Z")
I did that not too long ago and had the best year for me so far. That was when Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Patrick Swayze all died in the same year. Actually, I took the top twelve, not thirteen, and had Fred Phelps on there to round it out. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/599 "2011-01-06T20:24:33Z")
[Dick King-Smith](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2011/01/british-author-dick-king-smith-whose-childrens-book-was-basis-of-1995-movie-babe-dies-at-88.html), who wrote over 100 books and was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, has died at the age of 88. His most famous work was the novel _The Sheep-Pig_, which served as the inspiration for the film _Babe_. ---
**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 6, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/600 "2011-01-06T23:26:41Z")
It’s another [Death Pool miracle!](http://hiphopwired.com/2011/01/06/aretha-franklin-talks-pancreatic-cancer-says-problem-has-been-resolved/) > [@](#): > > [**Aretha Franklin**](http://hiphopwired.com/tag/aretha-franklin/) is speaking out on her bout with pancreatic cancer and assuring fans that her “problem has been resolved.” > > As previously[**reported**](http://hiphopwired.com/2010/12/08/aretha-franklin-diagnosed-with-cancer/), fans of the soul singer were shocked to find out that she’d been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer known for being one of the deadliest forms of the disease. > > Franklin says however that she’s doing just fine and tells _ **JET magazine** _ that she’s been reluctant to talk about it because it’s her “personal business.” > **“I am not one to do a lot of talking about my personal health or business. Not too much, not too much. There are a lot of people who will talk about anything, as long as there is somebody listening. But I am not one of those people. That’s not Aretha.”** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=31)