# 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:** 61
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1202 "2011-05-02T03:51:57Z")
Several people had him, including me. That was a last-minute addition for me, too; I was in a rush and thought he was a good dark horse. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1203 "2011-05-02T04:14:58Z")
May looks at a April and says, “that’s how you fucking Death Pool, bitch!” ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1204 "2011-05-02T04:29:57Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Oh, brilliant. He dies and I don’t have him on my list. \*\*\*Wait, doesn “” bin “” mean son of ? \*\*\* :smack: I could have had him on MY list even. Just got home turned on the tube to find something to watch for an hour or so, and well, found the news flash from ABC. Still cant believe it myself. The first where we do jokes and pranks was LAST month, right? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1205 "2011-05-02T05:02:08Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > It’s been raining here in Michigan and, because the FATES hate me, I have a hellova period going on and our basement has a bit of a dribbley leak. > The last time this happened (basement,crimson time issues) was the day Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett died. > > So, here is to history repeating itself in GRAND EPIC FASHION! And now we know who really to credit. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1206 "2011-05-02T09:07:51Z")
I hope it was slow and painful for bin Laden. I will mourn the lack of a pick but rejoice in him rotting in Hell. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2011, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1207 "2011-05-02T11:19:49Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Oh, brilliant. He dies and I don’t have him on my list. OBL has been on my list since before he was a household name (1997 I think was the first year I had him on a list thanks to an article in Fortean times, that wacky magazine.) and this is the first year I just farkin’ gave up on him dying or being dead. I figured he was already dead somewhere. And he’s now officially dead. I want to punch him in the face. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2011, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1208 "2011-05-02T12:20:31Z")
bin Laden dead, Zsa Zsa still standing… in a manner of speaking that is. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1209 "2011-05-02T13:00:15Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > bin Laden dead, Zsa Zsa still standing… in a manner of speaking that is. No shiat. Why couldn’t she take lessons from Zelda Rubenstein? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1210 "2011-05-02T13:00:23Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > I hope it was slow and painful for bin Laden. I will mourn the lack of a pick but rejoice in him rotting in Hell. Shot in the head? Probably instant. I hope he was the one that used a woman as a human shield. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1211 "2011-05-02T13:17:45Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > bin Laden dead, Zsa Zsa still standing… in a manner of speaking that is. The last peg standing. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1212 "2011-05-02T13:47:47Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > I want to punch him in the face. Somebody already did. With a bullet. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > Oh, brilliant. He dies and I don’t have him on my list. That’s been my chorus all year. Looks like another goosegg year for ol’ **Spaz**. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1213 "2011-05-02T14:04:25Z")
Incidentally, do we have a “Most Valuable Corpse” award for the person whose death scored the most points for Death Pool players? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1214 "2011-05-02T14:35:08Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > May looks at a April and says, “that’s how you fucking Death Pool, bitch!” I would have settled for every celebrity on everyone’s list not dying for 364 days if Osama had died on December 31. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1215 "2011-05-02T14:38:03Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I would have settled for every celebrity on everyone’s list not dying for 364 days if Osama had died on December 31. Not to mention a visit from the Secret Service… ---
**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:** [May 2, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1216 "2011-05-02T15:11:36Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Not to mention a visit from the Secret Service… Like I’m the only person mixing up those two letters today. That’s a load of BS.😃 ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1217 "2011-05-02T16:27:43Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Incidentally, do we have a “Most Valuable Corpse” award for the person whose death scored the most points for Death Pool players? I think it’s the “John Paul II Memorial” award. Even at a mean 12\* points a pop, so freakin’ many people had him that I’m sure it was worth more than OBL will be. Fewer than ten people have OBL this year, I think, and I believe more than fifty had JP2. \*or however many it was. Dude was old. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1218 "2011-05-02T16:33:18Z")
IIIRC a bunch of people had Patrick Swayze, at 50 points a pop. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1219 "2011-05-02T16:44:39Z")
And now, getting back to your regularly scheduled Celebrity Death Pool, William Campbell - best known to us Trekkies as Trelane and Klingon Captain Koloth [has died](http://trekmovie.com/2011/04/29/trelane-and-koloth-actor-william-campbell-dies-at-84/). ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1220 "2011-05-02T16:47:56Z")
Again? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1221 "2011-05-02T16:49:26Z")
Wow, the over-the-top Sci-Fi villains are dropping like flies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=62)