# 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:** 35
**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 18, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/681 "2011-01-18T04:19:45Z")
SCOOOOOOOOORRRRRRREEEEEEE!!! Financier, Wall Street exec and author [Gordon Murray dead at age 60](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2011%2F01%2F17%2Ffinancial%2Ff151736S51.DTL). 40 points for me ME ME!! I am devastated by this tragic death. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/682 "2011-01-18T06:24:52Z")
Just coming in to gloat about Murray. ME TOO ME TOO! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/683 "2011-01-18T07:31:28Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [Sargent Shriver hospitalized in Maryland - CNN.com](http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/01/17/us.shriver/index.html?hpt=T2) > > Anyone select him? Yeah, I know he’s not dead, but the year is young. I had Shriver on my '08 list but gave up on him when he didn’t die ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/684 "2011-01-18T17:01:23Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > Just coming in to gloat about Murray. > > ME TOO ME TOO! me three. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/685 "2011-01-18T17:09:46Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > me three. Paging **cadolphin** - you are missing out on the gloatfest. ---
**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 18, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/686 "2011-01-18T18:21:35Z")
R.I.P. [Don Kirshner](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/brill-building-publisher-don-kirshner-dead-at-77-20110118) From the link: > [@](#): > > For most of the Seventies, Kirshner hosted Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert, a television series that included live performances by the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath, Devo and the Ramones, among many others. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/687 "2011-01-18T18:26:29Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/688 "2011-01-18T22:08:37Z")
If anyone had [Sargent Shriver](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sargent-shriver-dies-peace-corps-founder-vp-candidate/story?id=12627926), your having a better day than he did. ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/689 "2011-01-19T18:34:42Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > R.I.P. [Don Kirshner](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/brill-building-publisher-don-kirshner-dead-at-77-20110118) > > From the link: File this under “I would have sworn he died years ago”. I fondly remember Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert" from when I was a teenager. ---
**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 20, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/690 "2011-01-20T17:27:35Z")
[Alex Kirst](http://www.longislandpress.com/2011/01/20/iggy-pop-drummer-alex-kirst-killed-in-hit-and-run/) drummer for Iggy Pop killed in hit and run at age 47. ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/691 "2011-01-20T17:44:03Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > [Alex Kirst](http://www.longislandpress.com/2011/01/20/iggy-pop-drummer-alex-kirst-killed-in-hit-and-run/) drummer for Iggy Pop killed in hit and run at age 47. Is Alex Kirst any relation of Whitey (Whitehorn) Kirst, guitarist for Iggy Pop in the 1990’s to now? Whitey is from my city, and some people who I know, know Whitey. ---
**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 20, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/692 "2011-01-20T18:30:42Z")
> [@lexi](#): > > Is Alex Kirst any relation of Whitey (Whitehorn) Kirst, guitarist for Iggy Pop in the 1990’s to now? Whitey is from my city, and some people who I know, know Whitey. I dunno, internet? I just posted the obit because I’m bored at work. I really haven’t cared one way or the other about Iggy Pop since about 1978, and only guess that he’s still alive since his drummer was just killed. But I’m sure there’s a wealth of information out there, waiting to be found. ---
**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 21, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/693 "2011-01-21T17:07:14Z")
and now: [Comical Death of the Month](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12249452) :smack:🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/694 "2011-01-22T06:32:55Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > and now: [Comical Death of the Month](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12249452) :smack:🙂 > [@](#): > > Two doctors have been charged with negligent manslaughter after German porn star “Sexy Cora” died after receiving her sixth breast enlargement operation, according to reports. The 23-year-old actress, whose real name is Carolin Berger, fell into a coma on Jan. 11 during surgery at a clinic in Hamburg, a spokesperson for the state prosecutor told CNN. [http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-504083\_162-10006377.html](http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-504083_162-10006377.html#ixzz1Bk8sJwOT) ---
**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 23, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/695 "2011-01-23T05:29:39Z")
Gee, put it that way and it’s not funny at all. Thanks for the killjoy. meanwhile: [Reynolds Price](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=reynolds-price&pid=147953592) final exam at age 77. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/696 "2011-01-24T02:45:49Z")
Breaking news, so no link yet: Jack LaLanne, dead at 96. Damn. That’s one on my list I didn’t want to go. ETA: [Link](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41225595/ns/us_news-life/). ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/697 "2011-01-24T02:59:56Z")
> [@Ann\_Onimous](#): > > Breaking news, so no link yet: Jack LaLanne, dead at 96. > > Damn. That’s one on my list I didn’t want to go. > > ETA: [Link](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41225595/ns/us_news-life/). Damn, and he was so \*healthy. \* /low-hanging fruit. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/698 "2011-01-24T03:29:54Z")
> [@Ann\_Onimous](#): > > Breaking news, so no link yet: Jack LaLanne, dead at 96. I cut him from my list when his point value dropped too low. Good for him for nearly making it to 100. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/699 "2011-01-24T03:41:21Z")
He had been a perennial on my list too, but dropped this year. RIP, Jack. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/700 "2011-01-24T04:24:45Z")
Just announced it on the 11pm news here. Used to enjoy exercising along with him while my Mom ironed while watching him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=36)