# 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:** 31
**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 6, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/601 "2011-01-06T23:35:19Z")
Cancer can takes years to fully form. Being diagnosed and being deathly ill are two different things entirely. ---
**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, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/602 "2011-01-06T23:56:04Z")
Chicken tycoon Donald J. Tyson, [dead at 80](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/business/07tyson.html?partner=rss&emc=rss). ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/603 "2011-01-06T23:56:21Z")
[Don Tyson dies at age 80.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/06/don-tyson-foods-chicken-dies_n_805379.html?ir=Business) Found of Tyson Chicken. Yeah, I know that having a deaths with a name ending in 'Son is going to be a common thing this year. Just why can’t they be MY 'Sons? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/604 "2011-01-06T23:57:26Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Chicken tycoon Donald J. Tyson, [dead at 80](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/business/07tyson.html?partner=rss&emc=rss). Rub it in why don’t you! Oh. Simulpost you say? … Well ok, but only cause you are a mod. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/605 "2011-01-07T00:11:46Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > … Well ok, but only cause you are a mod. 😉 Not a MO **D** , **Fear Itself** is a MO **P**. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/606 "2011-01-07T00:12:56Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Rub it in why don’t you! > Oh. Simulpost you say? > > … Well ok, but only cause you are a mod. 😉 Er Moperador. Whatever. :smack: ---
**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:** [January 7, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/607 "2011-01-07T01:50:03Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > It’s another [Death Pool miracle!](http://hiphopwired.com/2011/01/06/aretha-franklin-talks-pancreatic-cancer-says-problem-has-been-resolved/) Boo Hiss! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/608 "2011-01-07T02:56:04Z")
Yes! I kept second guessing myself that I should have added her to my 2011 list. I mean … I’m glad to hear that Ms Franklin is feeling better. ---
**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 7, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/609 "2011-01-07T14:22:20Z")
[Gary Mason,](http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9439789) British Boxing Champ, killed in bike accident. Doubt anyone has him, but felt compelled to mention him to distress Meeko. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/610 "2011-01-07T16:56:18Z")
You are truly evil Uncle Goat. I like that. I recall Swayze sounding just like Franklin a couple years ago. It didn’t work out to well for him. Pancreatic cancer is a nasty nasty thing, which usually makes it a good DP choice. ---
**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 7, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/611 "2011-01-07T17:30:57Z")
Aretha just says “the problem has been resolved”. Maybe she meant her problem with accepting immanent death. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/612 "2011-01-08T09:46:39Z")
It’s like celebrities are taunting us now. [Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch has been given the all-clear in his cancer battle](http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/music/2011/01/06/16787191-wenn-story.html) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/613 "2011-01-08T14:10:53Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s like celebrities are taunting us now. > > [Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch has been given the all-clear in his cancer battle](http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/music/2011/01/06/16787191-wenn-story.html) When Stephen Hawkin gets up and walks, then we can consider _they_ are _onto_ us. ---
**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 8, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/614 "2011-01-08T15:42:18Z")
Chin up, Death Poolers! [Baseball](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=ryne-duren&pid=147648451) like Jazz, continues to provide a rich crop of corpses. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/615 "2011-01-08T15:58:06Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s like celebrities are taunting us now. > > [Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch has been given the all-clear in his cancer battle](http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/music/2011/01/06/16787191-wenn-story.html) I wish that story broke before NYE. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/616 "2011-01-08T19:19:28Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > [Gary Mason,](http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9439789) British Boxing Champ, killed in bike accident. Doubt anyone has him, but felt compelled to mention him to distress Meeko. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s like celebrities are taunting us now. > > [Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch has been given the all-clear in his cancer battle](http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/music/2011/01/06/16787191-wenn-story.html) Well At least I’m not the only one in distress. ---
**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 8, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/617 "2011-01-08T19:32:07Z")
Crazed gun man kills congresswoman and 6 others in Arizona. [Gabrielle Giffords](http://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132764367/congresswoman-shot-in-arizona?ft=1&f=1003) dead at 40. Can’t wait for the NRA to tell us this was all her fault for being a Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![Quarter\_Lane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c68b51/32.png) [@Quarter\_Lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quarter_Lane)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/618 "2011-01-08T19:58:35Z")
CNN says Giffords is in surgery, and every news report is confused about whether anyone was killed at all. It’s not looking good, though. A shot to the head is not the kind of thing people survive without major problems. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/619 "2011-01-09T00:00:47Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > Crazed gun man kills congresswoman and 6 others in Arizona. [Gabrielle Giffords](http://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132764367/congresswoman-shot-in-arizona?ft=1&f=1003) dead at 40. Can’t wait for the NRA to tell us this was all her fault for being a Democrat. Please refrain from political commentary in this forum. There’s a Pit thread if you’d like to participate in that. **twickster** , Moderator ---
**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 9, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/620 "2011-01-09T04:10:44Z")
Giffords appears to be upgraded from “dead” to “seriously injured” with a bullet wound through the brain. We’ll see what tomorrow brings. > [@](#): > > Please refrain from political commentary in this forum. There’s a Pit thread if you’d like to participate in that. Yes, yes. Jokes and snide remarks about the dead and the dying are presumably okay, but I will try in the future not to add any emotional, heat of the moment comments, least I offend someone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=32)