# 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:** 43
**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 21, 2011, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/841 "2011-02-21T07:36:02Z")
[Henry Fogle](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/17/MNK41HNDU1.DTL), last surviving member of the crew that built the Golden Gate Bridge, dead at 97. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/842 "2011-02-21T17:18:55Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [Henry Fogle](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/17/MNK41HNDU1.DTL), last surviving member of the crew that built the Golden Gate Bridge, dead at 97. Weird that somebody keeps track of stuff like that. ---
**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 21, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/843 "2011-02-21T17:56:31Z")
> [@Moirai](#): > > 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. Don’t forget. Many Christians boycotted Walden books back around 1989/1990, so they have not always been super Christian friendly. They sold pornography at the stores. I think that is the same company as this Walden that makes the movies, but I could be wrong. I think Walden books became those Borders Express stores you see sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/844 "2011-02-21T19:05:11Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I think Walden books became those Borders Express stores you see sometimes. [Speaking of Deaths.](http://www.borders.com/online/store/PartnerSiteInvestorsView) Yes. I believe that Borders Took on WaldenBooks… At least they share the Borders Rewards program. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/845 "2011-02-21T22:00:34Z")
[Ollie Matson](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ollie-matson-20110220,0,5617804.story), who was considered such a good football player he was once traded for eight players and a draft pick, has died at the age of 80. Matson, who also won two track and field medals in the 1952 Olympics, gained 12,884 combined yards on rushes, receptions, and returns during a 14-year National Football League career despite enjoying only two winning seasons during that stretch. [Joe Frazier](http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/yb/155846502), who managed the New York Mets for one full season (1976) and part of the next campaign, passed away at 88. Frazier had won four minor-league pennants in five years before getting what would be his only big-league managing job. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/846 "2011-02-23T01:56:23Z")
[Christian Lambertsen, Scuba Inverntor dies at 93.](http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/02/22/dr-christian-lambertsen-scuba-inventor-dies-at-93/) I thought someone related to the invention of SCUBA died in recent memory… ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/847 "2011-02-23T02:00:21Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Belated entry: [Ken Olson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Olsen) > [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > [Dave Duerson,](http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2011/02/report-former-bears-safety-duerson-found-dead.html) > [@Sternvogel](#): > > [Ollie Matson](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ollie-matson-20110220,0,5617804.story) And you know, when I was trying to create my list, it was all I could do to get 2 dozen. Oh well, I guess there is always next year. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/848 "2011-02-23T11:28:19Z")
U.N.I.T. will never be the same. Nicholas Courtney, aka Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart has [passed away](http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/23/2675808/doctor-whos-brigadier-nicholas.html) Additionally, Dwayne McDuffie, African-American comic pioneer whose latest work - writing the adaptation of All-Star Superman - was just released on DVD/Blu-Ray today [has also died](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/23/us-dwaynemcduffie-idUSTRE71M0FI20110223) ---
**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:** [February 23, 2011, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/849 "2011-02-23T12:47:19Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > U.N.I.T. will never be the same. > > Nicholas Courtney, aka Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart has [passed away](http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/23/2675808/doctor-whos-brigadier-nicholas.html) Nuts. “Jenkins! Chap with wings. Five rounds rapid!” ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/850 "2011-02-23T12:52:42Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > U.N.I.T. will never be the same. > > Nicholas Courtney, aka Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart has [passed away](http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/23/2675808/doctor-whos-brigadier-nicholas.html) I should probably clarify for those that don’t immediately recognize the name that the Brigadier is one of the more (if not the most) beloved characters in Doctor Who. ---
**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 23, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/851 "2011-02-23T13:36:59Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > I should probably clarify for those that don’t immediately recognize the name that the Brigadier is one of the more (if not the most) beloved characters in Doctor Who. The Brigadier was always fun, but as far as beloved goes I’m all in favor of Amy Pond. Come to think of it, I liked Leela and Romana better than the Brigadier too. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/852 "2011-02-23T16:29:25Z")
[Recent video](http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/115338/20110223/radar-online-apple-steve-jobs-cancer.htm) of Steve Jobs does not look promising for him lasting until Jan 1, for a spot my 2012 list… ---
**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 23, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/853 "2011-02-23T16:57:24Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > [Recent video](http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/115338/20110223/radar-online-apple-steve-jobs-cancer.htm) of Steve Jobs does not look promising for him lasting until Jan 1, for a spot my 2012 list… Wow, he does look ill. I hope he can beat it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/854 "2011-02-23T18:05:57Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > U.N.I.T. will never be the same. > > Nicholas Courtney, aka Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart has [passed away](http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/23/2675808/doctor-whos-brigadier-nicholas.html) “Just _once_ I’d like to meet an alien menace that isn’t immune to bullets!” Damn, this has me kind of bummed. The Brigadier was one of my favorite characters in the series. ---
**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 25, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/855 "2011-02-25T12:34:04Z")
“Deadliest Catch” deckhand **Justin Tennison** of the F/V Time Bandit was [found dead this week](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/02/deadliest-catch-found-dead-justin-tennison.html)in an Alaska hotel room. He was 34. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/856 "2011-02-25T14:00:35Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > “Deadliest Catch” deckhand **Justin Tennison** of the F/V Time Bandit was [found dead this week](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/02/deadliest-catch-found-dead-justin-tennison.html)in an Alaska hotel room. He was 34. Tenni **SON**. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/857 "2011-02-25T20:19:06Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Wow, he does look ill. I hope he can beat it. Me too. At least for another 310 days. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/858 "2011-02-25T21:13:10Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Me too. > > At least for another 310 days. Perhaps that is what that announcement is for. Looks like the new iSteve is coming out just in time. ---
**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 26, 2011, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/859 "2011-02-26T07:03:57Z")
Oh man, the Deadliest Catch crews are a Dream Team Theme Death List. How did I not think of it before? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/860 "2011-02-26T21:45:04Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Tenni **SON**. > Sigh. How many is this? > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Oh man, the Deadliest Catch crews are a Dream Team Theme Death List. How did I not think of it before? I know right? Its right there in the name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=44)