# 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:** 47
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/921 "2011-03-08T20:16:46Z")
that would account for the seemingly rapid weight loss, but bariatric surgeons are reluctant to operate on folks over 65 with health issues. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/922 "2011-03-08T20:37:04Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > that would account for the seemingly rapid weight loss, but bariatric surgeons are reluctant to operate on folks over 65 with health issues. Meaning she must be healthy if someone did weight loss surgery, or that it must not have been weight loss surgery? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/923 "2011-03-08T22:44:30Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Meaning she must be healthy if someone did weight loss surgery, or that it must not have been weight loss surgery? I guess we won’t know until she tells us. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/924 "2011-03-08T23:52:25Z")
[Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr (Age 44) dies in Utah;](http://www.tmz.com/2011/03/08/mike-starr-alice-in-chains-bassist-celebrity-rehab-dead-salt-lake-city-utah-felony-possession-painkiller/) ---
**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:** [March 9, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/925 "2011-03-09T01:05:06Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr (Age 44) dies in Utah;](http://www.tmz.com/2011/03/08/mike-starr-alice-in-chains-bassist-celebrity-rehab-dead-salt-lake-city-utah-felony-possession-painkiller/) Devastated to hear this. Half the band dead to what sounds like drugs, now. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/926 "2011-03-09T01:13:25Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Devastated to hear this. > > Half the band dead to what sounds like drugs, now. Which sucks even if it isn’t a surprise. Starr left the band in 1993, though. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/927 "2011-03-09T01:16:58Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Which sucks even if it isn’t a surprise. Starr left the band in 1993, though. I think I’m mixing him up with Inez, then. Still, sad. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/928 "2011-03-09T04:08:42Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Meaning she must be healthy if someone did weight loss surgery This based upon what? If you have the cash, you can get whatever surgery you desire for whatever reason. If she wants to Micheal Jackson herself to death, there are plenty of doctors willing to pick up the scalpel and cut. > [@](#): > > or that it must not have been weight loss surgery? Losing 85 pounds in a matter of weeks certainly points to one of two things: surgery or cancer. Don’t lose hope, people! She can still die before the year is out! Or not as the case may be. Not on my list. I really don’t care. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2011, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/929 "2011-03-09T10:49:41Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr (Age 44) dies in Utah;](http://www.tmz.com/2011/03/08/mike-starr-alice-in-chains-bassist-celebrity-rehab-dead-salt-lake-city-utah-felony-possession-painkiller/) No one should die in Utah. Still at Zero. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/930 "2011-03-09T19:26:19Z")
[Journalist David Broder dead at 81.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/09/AR2011030902885.html?hpid=opinionsbox1) ---
**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:** [March 9, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/931 "2011-03-09T22:42:04Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > [Journalist David Broder dead at 81.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/09/AR2011030902885.html?hpid=opinionsbox1) You mean safe, non-threatening, bland David Broder dead at 81. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/932 "2011-03-10T00:01:05Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > You mean safe, non-threatening, bland David Broder dead at 81. Some thought he was safe, non-threatening and bland, but some thought he was incisive and insightful. The truth must lie somewhere in between. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/933 "2011-03-11T05:01:58Z")
[Johnny Preston](http://www.spinner.com/2011/03/07/johnny-preston-dies/), whose recording of “Running Bear” spent three weeks at the top of the _Billboard_ Hot 100 in 1960, has died at the age of 71. [Bernard St. Clair Lee](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2011/03/bernard-st-clair-lee-who-sang-rock-the-boat-with-hues-corporation-dies-at-66.html), whose baritone voice was most famously heard on the Hues Corporation’s 1974 hit “Rock the Boat”, passed away at 66. [Jean Dinning](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2011/03/jean-dinning-who-wrote-teen-angel-dies-at-86.html), who wrote “Teen Angel” and saw son Mark take the tune to the top of the charts in 1959, has died at the age of 86. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/934 "2011-03-11T05:09:25Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > You mean safe, non-threatening, bland David Broder dead at 81. In his defense, most people can be described as safe, non-threatening, and bland following their death. Vampires and zombies excepted. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/935 "2011-03-11T13:34:02Z")
Gallagher has collapsed on stage. Has his watermelon been smashed? ---
**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:** [March 11, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/936 "2011-03-11T14:35:37Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Gallagher has collapsed on stage. Has his watermelon been smashed? Sounds like a heart attack. > [@](#): > > [A witness, Chris Blade, told the Rochester Post-Bulletin that Gallagher had complained of pain in his left arm and shortness of breath earlier in the evening](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_people_gallagher). A non-fatal one, however. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/937 "2011-03-11T14:43:18Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > In his defense, most people can be described as safe, non-threatening, and bland following their death. Vampires and zombies excepted. And people whose corpses are booby-trapped with explosives. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/938 "2011-03-11T15:33:49Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Gallagher has collapsed on stage. Has his watermelon been smashed? The Original guy, or his brother? Because I thought a family member wanted to use the name after the original guy was done with it. Either case, I had no idea that you could still do a late 80s gig in the 20 teens. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/939 "2011-03-11T15:44:29Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > The Original guy, or his brother? Because I thought a family member wanted to use the name after the original guy was done with it. Gallagher sued his brother to get him to stop performing. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/940 "2011-03-11T15:47:58Z")
Gallagher, whose real name is Leo Anthony Gallagher, is best known for smashing watermelons with a sledgehammer. What a claim to fame. Probably still will best Carrot Top’s :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=48)