# 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:** 52
**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 31, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1021 "2011-03-31T01:55:13Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > I don’t know why y’all are so upset about Zsa Zsa. She’s one foot in the grave already… You guys don’t just have negative Karma, you have -i\*Karma. 🙂 ---
**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 31, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1022 "2011-03-31T02:13:01Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > I don’t know why y’all are so upset about Zsa Zsa. She’s one foot in the grave already… And she’ll never have two feet in the grave. Not the same grave, at least. ---
**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 31, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1023 "2011-03-31T02:44:13Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > She’s one foot in the grave already… I see what you did there. And that is dark, man. I love it. ---
**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 31, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1024 "2011-03-31T12:26:55Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > [Farley Granger](http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/mar/29/farley-granger-dies-aged-85) featured in Hitchcock movie **Strangers on a Train** and **Rope** dies at 85. Zsa Zsa says “These B-listers can’t hold a candle to me. I’m next! Me! Me!” Farley’s been on my alternate list for years. Goddammit. ---
**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 31, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1025 "2011-03-31T16:19:14Z")
[Claudia Heill,](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=claudia-heill&pid=149831309) Judo silver metal winner in the '04 Olympics jumps to her death at age 29. I suppose when your life is devoted to a single aspect, and second place is the best you can do, life quickly becomes pretty meaningless. Still, 71 points down the drain. ---
**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 31, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1026 "2011-03-31T17:33:43Z")
Possibly being Austrian is enough reason to kill yourself. Imagine the daily misery of being taken for an Australian. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1027 "2011-03-31T22:23:46Z")
Hall of Fame [Boxing trainer, manager Gil Clancy](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/31/us-boxing-clancy-idUSTRE72U7HC20110331?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews) dies at 88; worked with Ali, Frazier & Foreman. Age 88. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1028 "2011-04-01T20:24:39Z")
Standings at the end of the first quarter. Liz Taylor was the only points-scorer to depart in March. ```auto Name Died Age Points Votes Elizabeth Taylor 23-Mar 79 21 21 ``` The standings are: ```auto Name Points Number #unique Youngest 1 Registered at Last 85 2 0 52 2 MsWhatsit 65 2 0 52 3 CowPatty 59 2 1 58 4 carnivorousplant 49 2 1 68 5 amarone 48 1 0 52 6= Boyo Jim 40 1 0 60 6= cadolphin 40 1 0 60 6= Rico 40 1 0 60 6= The Vorlon 40 1 0 60 10= Dung Beetle 37 1 0 63 10= GIGObuster 37 1 0 63 12 Ann Onimous 25 2 1 79 13= Anne Elk 21 1 0 79 13= Borborygmi 21 1 0 79 13= Cazzle 21 1 0 79 13= Gleena 21 1 0 79 13= Jack Batty 21 1 0 79 13= J-P L 21 1 0 79 13= lexi 21 1 0 79 13= malkavia 21 1 0 79 13= missred 21 1 0 79 13= Mona Lott 21 1 0 79 13= Mudshark 21 1 0 79 13= Orange Skinner 21 1 0 79 13= Paul in Qatar 21 1 0 79 13= racer72 21 1 0 79 13= SpoilerVirgin 21 1 0 79 13= Superbia-acedia 21 1 0 79 13= swampbear 21 1 0 79 13= Tamex 21 1 0 79 13= tarragon918 21 1 0 79 13= vivalostwages 21 1 0 79 33 42fish 17 1 0 83 34 KennerTheGreat 16 1 1 84 35= gwendee 11 1 0 89 35= Ms Box 11 1 0 89 37 fruitbat* 8 1 1 92 38 ErinPuff 6 1 1 94 39 Andrew 21 0 1 1 >100 40= 114 others 0 0 0 ``` 13 celebrities have died, representing 1.7% of the total and 2.2% of the votes. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1029 "2011-04-01T21:17:13Z")
WOOHOO! In a many way tie for 13th place which is, I suppose, an appropriate number in a death pool. 😃 Of course, I’ll be waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in the pack before year’s end but for now Ima celebrate 13th place. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1030 "2011-04-01T23:51:07Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Of course, I’ll be waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in the pack before year’s end Won’t we all? Well, not Amarone, anyway. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 2, 2011, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1031 "2011-04-02T11:33:24Z")
40th Place free for all! Wooooooo! At what point should I begin to worry? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1032 "2011-04-02T13:52:54Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > 40th Place free for all! Zsa Zsa is sure to hop on over to help some people out. I’ve got bigger fish to die. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1033 "2011-04-02T14:01:47Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > At what point should I begin to worry? When Merle Haggard and Aretha Franklin make miraculous recoveries. Oh, wait… ---
**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:** [April 2, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1034 "2011-04-02T15:25:18Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > 40th Place free for all! > Wooooooo! I’m right there with you. So, I’ll bring a few bottles of Boonesfarm for us to party with. (I figure the leaders are partying with Cristal or some such). ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1035 "2011-04-02T16:14:56Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > I’m right there with you. So, I’ll bring a few bottles of Boonesfarm for us to party with. (I figure the leaders are partying with Cristal or some such). Snowcreek Berry is my personal favorite flavor! Bring an extra bottle. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1036 "2011-04-03T02:16:38Z")
> **[Fighting rages in Ivory Coast,rebels battle it out at palace](https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/fighting-rages-in-ivory-coast-rebels-battle-it-out-at-palace/)** > > The Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbos rule appeared to be nearing an end > [@](#): > > The Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo’s rule appeared to be nearing an end on Friday as his rival’s troops pressed into the country’s main city of Abidjan, his own army’s chief of staff abandoned his post and his opponents claimed substantial defections of his troops and police officers. > > After steadfastly refusing to leave the presidential palace despite losing an election four months ago — a refusal that has led to hundreds of deaths, international condemnation and sanctions, the financial collapse of what had been West Africa’s economic star and a plunge back into civil war — Gbagbo faced the gravest threat yet to his rule. Hundreds dead because this bastard refused to step down after losing the election, This is one that I would be happy to get points for, maybe sooner than I expected. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1037 "2011-04-08T20:24:09Z")
WTF? A week of nothing?!? This game is going to become impossible if the Grim Reaper is going to be taking breaks. Let’s get on with it! ---
**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:** [April 9, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1038 "2011-04-09T16:47:37Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > WTF? A week of nothing?!? > > This game is going to become impossible if the Grim Reaper is going to be taking breaks. > > Let’s get on with it! Ask and you shall receive. 😉 “Get up, get up out of your chairs, go to the window, throw the window open, stick your head out and yell I’M MAD AS HELL AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!” Sidney Lumet, Director of American Film Classics, Dies at 86 [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/movies/sidney-lumet-director-of-american-classics-dies-at-86.html?\_r=1](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/movies/sidney-lumet-director-of-american-classics-dies-at-86.html?_r=1) ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1039 "2011-04-09T16:59:29Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > WTF? A week of nothing?!? > > This game is going to become impossible if the Grim Reaper is going to be taking breaks. > > Let’s get on with it! He’s doing his taxes. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1040 "2011-04-09T19:37:28Z")
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