# 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:** 57
**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 25, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1122 "2011-04-25T14:08:58Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Let’s have a change and celebrate someone not dying. Ugh! People not dying is terribly upsetting! What kind of monster are you?!? ---
**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 25, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1123 "2011-04-25T17:55:13Z")
[Marie-France Pisier](http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/apr/25/marie-france-pisier-obituary) French actress known for movies directed by Truffaut, found dead in swimming pool at age 66. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1124 "2011-04-25T18:23:51Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Let’s have a change and celebrate someone not dying. … I suppose, since she’s over 100 and she’s not worth any points 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 26, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1125 "2011-04-26T00:14:18Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > [Marie-France Pisier](http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/apr/25/marie-france-pisier-obituary) French actress known for movies directed by Truffaut, found dead in swimming pool at age 66. She resembles Mia Sara, from Ferris Buellar. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1126 "2011-04-26T13:22:36Z")
[49ers great Joe Perry dies at 84](http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/26/6533392-49ers-great-joe-perry-dies-at-84) Zsa Zsa still lives. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1127 "2011-04-26T13:24:14Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Let’s have a change and celebrate someone not dying. The oldest living Nobel Laureate, [Rita Levi-Montalcini](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Levi-Montalcini), turned 102 on Friday. For anyone interested in learning more about this remarkable woman (and several others) I recommend reading [Nobel Prize Women in Science](http://www.amazon.com/Nobel-Prize-Women-Science-Discoveries/dp/0309072700/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1303731023&sr=8-1-spell). I am concerned that you are not keeping your head in the game here, **amarone**. ---
**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 26, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1128 "2011-04-26T14:24:30Z")
[Poly Styrene](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=poly-styrene&pid=150588325) of the X-Ray Spex off the charts at 53 ---
**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:** [April 26, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1129 "2011-04-26T15:27:35Z")
Singer[Phoebe Snow](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/04/26/135733969/singer-phoebe-snow-has-died-her-poetry-man-was-a-hit-in-the-70s) dead at 58 from complications of a brain hemorrhage. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1130 "2011-04-26T15:30:42Z")
Phoebe Snow dead at 58 ---
**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:** [April 26, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1131 "2011-04-26T19:39:29Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Phoebe Snow dead at 58 Actually Phoebe Snow dead at 60. [Link](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBIT_PHOEBE_SNOW?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-04-26-10-56-54) ☹ ETA: The link I had says 60, but according to wiki she’s 58. I stand corrected. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1132 "2011-04-26T19:47:30Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > [Poly Styrene](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=poly-styrene&pid=150588325)of the X-Ray Spex off the charts at 53 My 2012 short list gets shorter. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1133 "2011-04-26T20:44:42Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [49ers great Joe Perry dies at 84](http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/26/6533392-49ers-great-joe-perry-dies-at-84) When Jim Brown set the all-time rushing mark, he broke Perry’s record. ---
**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 27, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1134 "2011-04-27T02:11:35Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Actually Phoebe Snow dead at 60. [Link](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBIT_PHOEBE_SNOW?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-04-26-10-56-54) ☹ > > ETA: The link I had says 60, but according to wiki she’s 58. I stand corrected. because wiki is the definitive arbiter of accuracy.:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1135 "2011-04-27T02:34:22Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > ETA: The link I had says 60, but according to wiki she’s 58. I stand corrected. Not that it matters, because nobody had her, or anyone else since Liz Taylor 34 days ago. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1136 "2011-04-27T02:38:14Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I am concerned that you are not keeping your head in the game here, **amarone**. Game? In (almost) the words of the immortal (except he’s dead) [Bill Shankly](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Shankly), “The Death Pool’s not a matter of life and death … it’s more important than that”. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1137 "2011-04-27T02:46:05Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Not that it matters, because nobody had her, or anyone else since Liz Taylor 34 days ago. 34 days? Really!? You’re killing me! C’mon, somebody on someone’s list die already! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1138 "2011-04-27T03:21:54Z")
A few days late: [Hubert J. (“Hub”) Schlafly, Jr., **TelePrompter** inventor and Two-time Emmy Award winner, dies](http://www.cisionwire.com/the-cable-center/hubert-j---hub--schlafly--jr--teleprompter-inventor--and--two-time-emmy-award-winner--dies111676). Age 91. In other news, out of respect, President Obama tried to ask for a moment of silence, but was speechless. ---
**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 27, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1139 "2011-04-27T13:56:58Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Not that it matters, because nobody had her, or anyone else since Liz Taylor 34 days ago. Ok, so it’s not my imagination. The universe is out to get me! ---
**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:** [April 27, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1140 "2011-04-27T18:18:34Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > …The universe is out to get me! What’s the point? You’re not an anyone’s list either. ---
**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 27, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1141 "2011-04-27T19:28:15Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > What’s the point? You’re not an anyone’s list either. We may all be on someone’s list. Perhaps the Mods have one. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=58)