# 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:** 63
**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 3, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1242 "2011-05-03T16:54:00Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [45 people](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11299389&postcount=1153) picked MJ, worth a total of 2250 points. Far short of Swayze. On the other hand, he would have won any of the other 3 years. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1243 "2011-05-03T17:11:20Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Oh great! Now the death pool involves math. Sheesh! Not for me, it don’t. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1244 "2011-05-03T18:17:21Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Oh great! Now the death pool involves math. Sheesh! Not if it has anything to do with being only mostly dead, it doesn’t. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1245 "2011-05-03T20:22:50Z")
MATH = YES Algebra in fact. P = 100-Xn P=points accrued just for a single death. Xn=age in years at death of your celebrity. n is 1-13 on your list of celebrities. Then for your yearly total there is a SUM(…) function that I never could express properly. I’ve already messed up; the mind boggles:confused:😕 I’m sticking with explosives. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1246 "2011-05-03T21:57:47Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > MATH = YES > Algebra in fact. > P = 100-Xn > > P=points accrued just for a single death. > Xn=age in years at death of your celebrity. n is 1-13 on your list of celebrities. > Then for your yearly total there is a SUM(…) function that I never could express properly. I’ve already messed up; the mind boggles:confused:😕 > > I’m sticking with explosives. Now express it in base 16! ---
**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:** [May 3, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1247 "2011-05-03T22:41:03Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > [Yvette Vickers](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/la-me-yvette-vickers-20110503,0,385265.story) body has been discovered, she’s been dead for about a year. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman star was/would have been(?) 82. Weird that this was reported this week. For years, we’ve had the possibility that an issue like this would arise - somebody would die in one year but their death would not be discovered until a later year - with the question of how it would affect this game. And guess who was the person we thought it would happen with? ---
**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 3, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1248 "2011-05-03T22:42:45Z")
Normally the answer to that question would be “Hitler”, but I’m just guessing it isn’t in this case. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1249 "2011-05-03T23:06:06Z")
I’m not sure whom _you’re_ thinking of, but Jason Whatisname of “Jay and Silent Bob” fame disappeared for a couple of months one year. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1250 "2011-05-03T23:44:46Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > And guess who was the person we thought it would happen with? my guess. OBL. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1251 "2011-05-03T23:57:23Z")
Well, yeah there’s him too. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1252 "2011-05-04T20:56:58Z")
[Jackie Cooper](http://www.tmz.com/2011/05/04/jackie-cooper-dead-diesd-dies/) Age 88. This should be worth some points to someone. But not me. Zsa Zsa is still kicking. Metaphorically speaking of course. Edit: Cursory search does not indicate anyone picked him. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1253 "2011-05-04T21:00:36Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Zsa Zsa is still kicking. Metaphorically speaking of course. Man, you are not going to be smashed in the Great Kharmic Backlash, you are going to be pureed. 🙂 However you spell it. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1254 "2011-05-04T21:10:05Z")
Yikes, I make one Zsa Zsa joke and I get the wrath of the Venus Fly Trap. 😃 ---
**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:** [May 4, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1255 "2011-05-04T23:43:41Z")
“[Hinch](http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/derryn-hinchs-latest-cancer-tweetment/story-e6frf96x-1226049444357) was told then he might not see Christmas without a liver transplant” That’s really pushing it, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1256 "2011-05-04T23:59:09Z")
Still get a little thrill of satisfaction every time I realize OBL is dead, but he was not in my Triad O’ Evil this year: > [@](#): > > 1. Kim Jong-il (evil North Korean dictator bastard) > 2. Than Shwe (evil Burmese dictator bastard) > 3. Robert Mugabe (evil Zimbabwean dictator bastard) Shoulda gone with OBL and Mubarak this year for my requisite evil bastards. RIP, William Campbell, one of the many cute hammy Star Trek actors of my childhood. ---
**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 5, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1257 "2011-05-05T01:36:44Z")
[Actor Jackie Cooper dead at 88.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110505/ap_en_ot/us_obit_jackie_cooper) I’m very sorry to hear this. In my mind he was one of the truly great Hollywood icons, and particularly unusual in that he was able to maintain a successful career as an adult after a start as child star. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1258 "2011-05-05T01:46:20Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > [Actor Jackie Cooper dead at 88.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110505/ap_en_ot/us_obit_jackie_cooper) Not a good week for Coopers. Beloved British heavyweight boxer [Sir Henry Cooper](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxingandmma/8487084/Sir-Henry-Cooper-the-former-boxer-dies-aged-76.html). ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1259 "2011-05-05T02:54:59Z")
[quote=“carnivorousplant, post:1177, topic:562523”] > [@Baker](#): > > It’s Shakespeare, from Richard III. > Also a William Faulkner novel, if I don’t risk losing points. 🙂 Actually, [John Steinbeck](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent) wrote _The Winter of Our Discontent_. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1260 "2011-05-05T02:58:49Z")
[quote=“Sternvogel, post:1259, topic:562523”] > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Actually, [John Steinbeck](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent) wrote _The Winter of Our Discontent_. Oh great, show me up in front of Anyrose! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1261 "2011-05-05T03:12:04Z")
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