# 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:** 41
**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:** [February 6, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/801 "2011-02-06T18:46:21Z")
[Tura Satana](http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=627206>1=28103) best known for the classic “Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” off to met her maker at age 72. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/802 "2011-02-06T19:24:35Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > **Arky** , please make note of this: Many of us fans of classic rock are at an age where something shocking is liable to kill us! Could be he has a list. We are a devious bunch. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/803 "2011-02-06T19:35:57Z")
I just read that Zsa Zsa is being released from the hospital … just in time for her -94th- birthday! Whatever she’s done and whoever she’s paid or whatever, inquiring minds sure do want to know!!! Unbelievable! Maybe somewhere along the Gabor line is a link to Rasputin? 😉 ---
**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:** [February 7, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/804 "2011-02-07T00:27:06Z")
[This Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore dead at 42 points(I mean, 58 years old).](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110206/ap_en_mu/eu_britain_obit_moore) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/805 "2011-02-07T21:56:31Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > I am on my second year with no points.. I heal the sick and breathe life into those who doctors and families have given up on. My keyboard is a conduit to lifeblood. I’m beginning to think I’m helping you. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/806 "2011-02-08T07:22:03Z")
Brian Jacques, author famous for his Redwall series, died at 71 on Feb. 5. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/807 "2011-02-08T11:58:07Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > Brian Jacques, author famous for his Redwall series, died at 71 on Feb. 5. ☹ I guess he just became “Am that is -'nt” - But seriously. One of the few books I actually managed to finish. [Redwall it self.] I have ADHD so that’s saying a lot. Trust me. Oh, and I totally judged that book by it’s cover. I was like “Why does that mouse have a sword?” And it prompted me to read it. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/808 "2011-02-08T17:15:50Z")
J Paul Getty III [famous kidnap victim](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/la-me-john-paul-getty-iii-20110208,0,7939132.story) free at last at age 54. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/809 "2011-02-10T14:16:27Z")
Trevor “Barnacle” Bailey [leaves the crease with 87 to his name.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/9393503.stm) I know nobody had him this year, but some [benighted soul had him last year](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11916189&highlight=Bailey#post11916189) but not this year :smack::smack::smack::smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/810 "2011-02-10T17:06:56Z")
[Tony Malinosky](http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/news/story?id=6105257&campaign=rss&source=MLBHeadlines), who had been the oldest living former Major League Baseball player, has died at the age of 101. Malinosky’s big-league career was limited to the 1937 season, during which he played 35 games as an infielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers. ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/811 "2011-02-10T20:16:11Z")
Former Texas A&M and Mississippi State [Emory Bellard](http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6108520), inventor of the wishbone offense, has died at 83. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/812 "2011-02-11T19:08:54Z")
[Bill Justice,](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/la-me-bill-justice-20110211,0,6346757.story) animator for Bambi, Chip n Dale and the Mickey Mouse club, enters the Disney Vault at age 97. And [Peggy Rea](http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/obituaries/sns-rt-people-peggyrean10269194-20110211,0,1098902.story) of the Waltons and Dukes of Hazzard rides into the sunset at 89. ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/813 "2011-02-11T22:57:13Z")
Former baseball manager [Chuck Tanner](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/baseball/mlb/02/11/chuck.tanner.obituary.ap/index.html), who led the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates to a World Series championship, has passed away at 82. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/814 "2011-02-12T02:48:47Z")
[Elizabeth Taylor](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/12/us-elizabethtaylor-idUSTRE71B03A20110212) is in the hospital being treated for congestive heart failure. She’s been using a wheelchair after breaking her back four times, had three hip-replacement operations, a benign brain tumor, skin cancer and pneumonia. She’s also been in rehab twice. She will live forever. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/815 "2011-02-13T13:59:12Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > [Elizabeth Taylor](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/12/us-elizabethtaylor-idUSTRE71B03A20110212) is in the hospital being treated for congestive heart failure. She’s been using a wheelchair after breaking her back four times, had three hip-replacement operations, a benign brain tumor, skin cancer and pneumonia. She’s also been in rehab twice. > > She will live forever. How can you break your back four times. Once or twice, I can kinda see, but 4 times? ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/816 "2011-02-13T15:13:52Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > …had three hip-replacement operations, … I never noticed a third leg. They must have used some clever camera work.:eek:😃 ---
**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:** [February 13, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/817 "2011-02-13T16:23:03Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > How can you break your back four times. Once or twice, I can kinda see, but 4 times? She’s been part of the beast with two backs so many times… ---
**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:** [February 13, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/818 "2011-02-13T18:30:57Z")
[Betty Garrett](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Garrett), bet known for playing on All in the Family & Laverne & Shirley, dead at 91. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/819 "2011-02-13T19:00:07Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [Betty Garrett](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Garrett), bet known for playing on All in the Family & Laverne & Shirley, dead at 91. To you, maybe – to me, best known for her work in a series of great musicals for MGM in the '50s, including _On the Town_ and a personal fave, _Neptune’s Daughter_. Sad news. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/820 "2011-02-13T22:31:13Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > How can you break your back four times. Once or twice, I can kinda see, but 4 times? It’s her daughter’s fault. She just won’t watch where she’s stepping on the pavement. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=42)