# 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:** 64
**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, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1262 "2011-05-05T03:22:16Z")
[quote=“anyrose, post:1261, topic:562523”] > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > it’s okay - I wasn’t looking. 🙂 Damn, you’re cute! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1263 "2011-05-05T04:03:59Z")
At this point, I think I’m just posting this to be masochistic: ZZG is back in the hospital [AGAIN](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42905653/ns/today-entertainment/), this time for pneumonia. While normally I would start tallying my points (had I actually picked her…) for someone of her age with that, we’ve been down that road before… ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1264 "2011-05-05T04:04:45Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Now express it in base 16! Why, did someone Hex you? ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1265 "2011-05-05T04:33:03Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > At this point, I think I’m just posting this to be masochistic: > > ZZG is back in the hospital [AGAIN](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42905653/ns/today-entertainment/), this time for pneumonia. A bold move by Zsa Zsa in her ongoing game of chicken with the Reaper. ---
**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, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1266 "2011-05-05T04:48:30Z")
I gotta think the Reaper is scared of her. ---
**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 5, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1267 "2011-05-05T13:36:42Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I gotta think the Reaper is scared of her. It’s more complex than that. She sold her soul to the devil in order to ensure she would get into heaven. She’s in a metaphysical cul-de-sac. Neither side can afford to claim her. ---
**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, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1268 "2011-05-05T13:44:49Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > It’s more complex than that. She sold her soul to the devil in order to ensure she would get into heaven. She’s in a metaphysical cul-de-sac. Neither side can afford to claim her. Oh, Jeez, she’s gonna end up being a third, independent soul repository – heaven, hell, and Zsa Zsa. That will be the resting place for washed up stars with predatory spouses. ---
**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 5, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1269 "2011-05-05T14:29:58Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Oh, Jeez, she’s gonna end up being a third, independent soul repository – heaven, hell, and Zsa Zsa. This would be fantastic for the colloquialisms alone. “It’s like I died and went to Zsa Zsa!” ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1270 "2011-05-05T14:33:57Z")
Okay, Heaven is lots of clouds, Hell is lots of flames, and Zsa Zsa is lots of pink and white and platinum. ---
**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, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1271 "2011-05-05T14:38:39Z")
…with a bunch of severed limbs lying around. ---
**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 5, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1272 "2011-05-05T14:44:59Z")
[Last Combat Vet of WW1](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42908450/?gt1=43001) dies at age 110. Zounds. meanwhile: > [@](#): > > heaven, hell, and Zsa Zsa. That will be the resting place for washed up stars with predatory spouses. So at least she won’t be lonely. ---
**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 5, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1273 "2011-05-05T14:54:54Z")
And now it’s time for the embarrassing confession. I read the post above about Jackie Cooper’s death and my first reaction was surprise because I thought he had died years ago. So I did some checking on Wikipedia and IMDB. And here’s the embarrassing confession. I thought Jackie Cooper and Jackie Coogan were the same person. Stop laughing dammit. The names are similar. They were about the same age. They were both child actors who had minor adult careers. So I was thinking there was a kid named Jackie, who did some Charlie Chaplin movies, appeared in the Our Gang shorts, had his family spend all his money, had his dog shot, and then grew up to play Uncle Fester in the sixties and Perry White in the seventies. Before dying in 1984 and 2011. ---
**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, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1274 "2011-05-05T15:08:16Z")
_Snicker._ Ahem. Sorry. 🙂 ---
**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, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1275 "2011-05-05T15:33:49Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > And now it’s time for the embarrassing confession. > > I read the post above about Jackie Cooper’s death and my first reaction was surprise because I thought he had died years ago. So I did some checking on Wikipedia and IMDB. And here’s the embarrassing confession. > > I thought Jackie Cooper and Jackie Coogan were the same person. > > Stop laughing dammit. The names are similar. They were about the same age. They were both child actors who had minor adult careers. > > So I was thinking there was a kid named Jackie, who did some Charlie Chaplin movies, appeared in the Our Gang shorts, had his family spend all his money, had his dog shot, and then grew up to play Uncle Fester in the sixties and Perry White in the seventies. > > Before dying in 1984 and 2011. If you look at his IMDB credits, Cooper worked pretty much non-stop from 1929-1990, and directed dozens, maybe hundreds of TV shows. I’d say he had a lot better than a minor adult career. Dying in 1984 AND 2011 puts him in a category all by himself! 😛 ---
**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 5, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1276 "2011-05-05T16:02:54Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > If you look at his IMDB credits, Cooper worked pretty much non-stop from 1929-1990, and directed dozens, maybe hundreds of TV shows. I’d say he had a lot better than a minor adult career. He was working steadily but he was not a major star. More like a character actor. So I figure it’s more like not knowing the difference between Bill Pullman and Bill Paxton rather than not knowing the difference between Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1277 "2011-05-06T02:43:49Z")
[Arthur Laurents](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2011/05/tony-winning-playwright-arthur-laurents-dies-in-new-york.html), who wrote the books of Broadway hits _West Side Story_ and _Gypsy_, has died at the apparent age of 93. Laurents also won two Tony Awards – in 1968 for the book of best musical _Hallelujah, Baby_, and in 1984 for directing _La Cage aux Folles_. ---
**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 6, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1278 "2011-05-06T13:36:03Z")
[Sada Thompson](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/arts/sada-thompson-actress-known-for-maternal-roles-dies-at-83.html?_r=1&hp), Ton & Emmy winning star, dead at 83. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1279 "2011-05-06T13:43:26Z")
Golfer Seve Ballesteros suffers a “[Severe Deterioration](http://www.thegolfchannel.com/tour-insider/ballesteros-suffers-severe-deterioration-42811/)” according to a press release for his family. “Severe deterioration” is a euphemism for something that I do not think is good. It saddens me to hear about Sada Thompson. She always seem to command whatever scene she was in. ---
**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 6, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1280 "2011-05-06T14:06:31Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [Sada Thompson](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/arts/sada-thompson-actress-known-for-maternal-roles-dies-at-83.html?_r=1&hp), Ton & Emmy winning star, dead at 83. Yes, I know she weighed a ton, but did you have to capitalize to make the point? 😛 ---
**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 6, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1281 "2011-05-06T14:13:24Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Yes, I know she weighed a ton, but did you have to capitalize to make the point? 😛 Explains how she commanded those scenes she was in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=65)