# 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:** 33
**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 11, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/641 "2011-01-11T02:05:30Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > No. It’s the wrong ones that are getting better. At this point I would be surprised to see Arial Sharon get up in the morning and dance a jig. Before the new year I saw a story about him being taken out of the hospital and moved back home – to die at home, I thought. Just a couple of days ago I saw another story saying he was brought back to the hospital within 48 hours of leaving. Seems to me maybe the family is fighting over what do do with him, or what to stop doing. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/642 "2011-01-11T02:35:20Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Yauch was a unique pick for **VunderBob** , who also had Douglas but not Franklin. If Marcia Strassman recovers from Stage IV breast cancer, I’m gonna [del] be really pissed[/del] celebrate her miraculous recovery, too… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/643 "2011-01-11T03:57:06Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > If Marcia Strassman recovers from Stage IV breast cancer, I’m gonna [del] be really pissed[/del] celebrate her miraculous recovery, too… She might not - for 3 years she was on my list and lived - this year, she is not on my list ---
**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 11, 2011, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/644 "2011-01-11T13:03:43Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > No. It’s the wrong ones that are getting better. At this point I would be surprised to see Arial Sharon get up in the morning and dance a jig. No shiat. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/645 "2011-01-11T20:27:06Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > So did anyone pick Douglas, Franklin, and Yauch? Because they could market their healing touch. Adam Yauch cleared up some misperceptions about his health late last week: “[While I’m grateful for all the positive energy people are sending my way, reports of my being totally cancer free are exaggerated](http://www.avclub.com/articles/update-beastie-boys-adam-yauch-has-hopefully-beate,49750/).” ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/646 "2011-01-11T21:17:55Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Before the new year I saw a story about him being taken out of the hospital and moved back home – to die at home, I thought. Just a couple of days ago I saw another story saying he was brought back to the hospital within 48 hours of leaving. Seems to me maybe the family is fighting over what do do with him, or what to stop doing. There was a governor of North Carolina during the Civil War named [Zebulon Baird Vance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebulon_Baird_Vance). When he died, his family wanted him buried in the Vance family plot at [Riverside Cemetery](http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/asheville/riv.htm). His second wife, however, wanted him buried next to her plot (her grave is the beautiful Celtic Cross on the cemetery webpage). So he was buried where Second Wife wanted him. Then the family pitched a fit and got The Law involved. He was then dug up and moved to the family plot. Second Wife was having none of that, so she got The Law on her side and moved him back to where she wanted him. Then she died. The Vance family moved him back to the family plot and there he sits. Long story short, I see signs of Ariel Sharon becoming the Zebulon Vance of Israel. ---
**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 12, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/647 "2011-01-12T01:09:42Z")
[Danny Buchanan](http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Danny-Buchanan-dies) has died. ---
**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 12, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/648 "2011-01-12T11:40:29Z")
Actor David Nelson (_Ozzie & Harriet_) [dies at 74](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110112/ap_on_en_tv/us_obit_david_nelson) ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/649 "2011-01-12T16:00:44Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Actor David Nelson (_Ozzie & Harriet_) [dies at 74](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110112/ap_on_en_tv/us_obit_david_nelson) * * * Ha Ha.\*\*\* … **D’oh!** Yeah, selection Bias. But still Why can’t one of MINE die? ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/650 "2011-01-13T00:31:41Z")
Death takes one of its own [John Dye](http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-dyeobit,0,3908671.story), Angel of Death on _Touched by an Angel_ has died To summarize: Death, played by Dye has died ---
**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 13, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/651 "2011-01-13T01:10:45Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > Death takes one of its own > > [John Dye](http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-dyeobit,0,3908671.story), Angel of Death on _Touched by an Angel_ has died > > To summarize: Death, played by Dye has died Dude ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/652 "2011-01-13T01:14:22Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > Death, played by Dye has died > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Dude He’s dead. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/653 "2011-01-13T16:11:35Z")
I am drop jawed at this. He was so gorgeous and only 47! Damn! ---
**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 13, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/654 "2011-01-13T18:38:14Z")
No more “Old Black Magic” for [Margaret Whiting](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/la-me-margaret-whiting-20110113,0,6618095.story) off to the heavenly choir at 86. ---
**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 14, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/655 "2011-01-14T01:08:29Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Aretha just says “the problem has been resolved”. Maybe she meant her problem with accepting immanent death. [Maybe](http://www.accesshollywood.com/aretha-franklin-sets-the-record-straight-on-her-health-i-dont-know-where-pancreatic-cancer-came-from_article_42228): > [@](#): > > The “Freedom” chanteuse shot down rampant reports that she had been stricken with pancreatic cancer, saying, “I don’t know where ‘pancreatic cancer’ came from. > > “I was sitting there reading the newspaper and it was saying someone in my family said that,” Aretha continued. “No one in my family ever said that to anybody.” > > … > > “So, it’s safe to say to your fans that we will be seeing Aretha Franklin for many years to come, right?” Shaun asked Aretha. > > “That’s what my doctor said,” Aretha replied. “He said, ‘The surgery that you just had is going to add 15 to 20 more years to your life.’” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/656 "2011-01-14T04:24:56Z")
I wonder what her surgery was for, then. She says she was in terrible pain. Anyway, I’m glad she’s 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 14, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/657 "2011-01-14T14:42:22Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Anyway, I’m glad she’s feeling better. There’s far too many post like this lately. Is this the \*\*death pool \*\*or what? ---
**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 14, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/658 "2011-01-14T18:13:03Z")
hardboiled writer [Joe Gores](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/la-me-joe-gores-20110114,0,5863790.story) snuffs it at 79 ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/659 "2011-01-14T18:31:23Z")
[Pencils Aretha in for the 2026 list.] ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/660 "2011-01-14T18:54:49Z")
> [@Bewildebeest](#): > > [Pencils Aretha in for the 2026 list.] Damn. And I thought I Was good to already have a potential list for 2014. 😃 Sad thing is, is that I’m pretty sure your joking. I’m not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=34)