# 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:** 42
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/821 "2011-02-14T11:38:24Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > How can you break your back four times. Once or twice, I can kinda see, but 4 times? Osteoporosis is a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/822 "2011-02-14T19:59:38Z")
Jazz piano great George Shearing, at 91. [http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/14/us-georgeshearing-idUSTRE71D5S020110214](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/14/us-georgeshearing-idUSTRE71D5S020110214) ---
**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 15, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/823 "2011-02-15T14:35:16Z")
[Kenneth Mars](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20110215,0,7317108.story) of “The Producers” and “Young Frankenstein” off stage at age 75. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/824 "2011-02-15T15:54:52Z")
Belated entry: [Ken Olson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Olsen), co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, died Feb. 6 at age 84. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/825 "2011-02-15T22:41:27Z")
[Gino Cimoli](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-gino-cimoli-20110214,0,1752293.story), who was the leadoff batter in the first Major League Baseball game in California, has died at the age of 81. Cimoli, who had scored the last run for the Brooklyn Dodgers in Ebbets Field the previous September, led off for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Giants at San Francisco’s Seals Stadium on April 15, 1958. Like the Dodgers, the Giants had moved from New York after the 1957 campaign. [Cliff Dapper](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2011/02/cliff-dapper-traded-by-dodgers-for-announcer-ernie-harwell-dies-at-91.html), who had the unusual distinction of being traded for an announcer, passed away at 91. Dapper had only a “cup of coffee” in the majors as he played eight games with the Dodgers in 1942, but was in the team’s farm system when he was sent to the minor-league Atlanta Crackers six years later in exchange for broadcaster Ernie Harwell. Harwell, who was acquired by Brooklyn as a temporary replacement for the ailing Red Barber, later became the long-time radio voice of the Detroit Tigers. ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/826 "2011-02-16T19:27:34Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > 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. Sounds interesting; I’ll have to check those movies out. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/827 "2011-02-16T21:06:32Z")
> [@PhiloVance](#): > > Sounds interesting; I’ll have to check those movies out. Thanks. [Neptune’s Daughter](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHYqKEAehPU) scene. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/828 "2011-02-16T22:53:50Z")
Anyone have Steve Jobs on their list? > [@](#): > > \*\*Steve Jobs \*\*- who is on another medical leave of absence from _Apple_, the company he co-founded and manages as its longtime CEO - is receiving treatment at a cancer clinic where Hollywood star **Patrick Swayze** was a patient in his final days. > [**RadarOnline.com**](http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/02/exclusive-details-steve-jobs-receiving-treatment-cancer-clinic-where-patrick)has confirmed Jobs, 55, has been attending the Stanford Cancer Center in Palo Alto, California, where Swayze sought radical chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer before his death in September, 2009. [EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: Steve Jobs Receiving Treatment At Cancer Clinic Where Patrick Swayze Was Patient](http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/02/exclusive-details-steve-jobs-receiving-treatment-cancer-clinic-where-patrick) > [@](#): > > But the _National Enquirer_, who broke the news, talked to critical-care physician Dr. Samuel Jacobson, who said, “Judging from the photos, he is close to terminal. I would say he has six weeks.” [Steve Jobs Is Receiving Cancer Treatment at a Clinic in Stanford, According to the \National Enquirer\](http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/02/steve_jobs_is_receiving_cancer.html) ---
**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 17, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/829 "2011-02-17T02:57:44Z")
[Len Lesser, Uncle Leo from Seinfeld, has died at 12 points…I mean 88 years old.](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41633243/ns/today-entertainment/) ---
**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:** [February 17, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/830 "2011-02-17T03:04:35Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Len Lesser, Uncle Leo from Seinfeld,](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41633243/ns/today-entertainment/) Jerry! Good-Bye!! ---
**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 17, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/831 "2011-02-17T03:45:59Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Jerry! Good-Bye!! Ah, that was what I was trying to think of. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/832 "2011-02-18T14:38:06Z")
I had a whole bunch of theme lists; neocons, evangelicals, talking heads, philandering politicos, hipocrite homophobes, dying sport stars, etc… But no “North African, Middle Eastern, Southwest Asian autocrats about to exit stage right” list. None have actually kicked yet and they are old for the most point - but it looks good for quantity at least (I’m at zero, again)☹ I also see Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) shedding the teenager image with a barrage of “Bs”. Booze, Beer, Bongs, Blow, Boobs, and Butts in her “breakout”. I’m not buying this “missionary in Indonesia” stuff. Kind of a Lindsay Lohan junior (is there a feminine equivalent to junior:confused:). ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/833 "2011-02-18T14:39:54Z")
Self-induced fish slap. ---
**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 18, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/834 "2011-02-18T21:39:01Z")
[Dave Duerson,](http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2011/02/report-former-bears-safety-duerson-found-dead.html) safety for Superbowl champs 1985 Bears, dead at 50. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/835 "2011-02-18T21:46:14Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > [Dave Duerson,](http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2011/02/report-former-bears-safety-duerson-found-dead.html) safety for Superbowl champs 1985 Bears, dead at 50. Hmf. A defensive back. What happened to the linemen all dying, huh? ---
**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:** [February 19, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/836 "2011-02-19T02:58:06Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > But no “North African, Middle Eastern, Southwest Asian autocrats about to exit stage right” list. None have actually kicked yet and they are old for the most point - but it looks good for quantity at least (I’m at zero, again)☹ If it spreads to North Korea, I’m golden. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/837 "2011-02-20T00:09:46Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > [Dave Duerson,](http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2011/02/report-former-bears-safety-duerson-found-dead.html) safety for Superbowl champs 1985 Bears, dead at 50. Ruled a [suicide](http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/grizzly-detail/Dave-Duerson-Committed-Suicide-Medical-Examiner-116539023.html). He left instructions that he wanted his brain examined for ''chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), or what used to be known as “punch drunk.” ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/838 "2011-02-21T01:17:40Z")
[Perry Moore](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12518933), co-producer of the 3 Narnia films, has died, cause unknown. ---
**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 21, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/839 "2011-02-21T01:46:59Z")
[Andrew Baur](http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/article_9caa65ae-3d35-11e0-b792-00127992bc8b.html), banking mogul and co-owner of the St. Louis Cardinals, dead at 66. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/840 "2011-02-21T03:52:54Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [Perry Moore](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12518933), co-producer of the 3 Narnia films, has died, cause unknown. I’m kind of amazed that an out gay man was a Walden Media exec, working on the evangelical dream project… I would have expected much, much less from that particular Christian community. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=43)