# 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:** 67
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1322 "2011-05-12T16:45:38Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Hey, I’ve been arguing for 1/4th. For Zsa Zsa (four limbs). I think we should get credit because part of her is dead. I would even be willing to prorate the limbs in cases of partial amputation. Next you’ll be wanting a few thousandths of a point if one of your celebrities has a haircut. ---
**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 12, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1323 "2011-05-12T16:45:48Z")
Um, that would only be if Zsa Zsa were amputated at age 99. OTOH, if she dies as 99, perhaps she should lose a quarter point for each year she was shy a limb. 🙂 ---
**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 12, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1324 "2011-05-12T16:48:19Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Next you’ll be wanting a few thousandths of a point if one of your celebrities has a haircut. Nah, that’s “normal use”. Fingernails too. ---
**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 12, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1325 "2011-05-12T16:54:56Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Next you’ll be wanting a few thousandths of a point if one of your celebrities has a haircut. Well said, Sir! ---
**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 12, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1326 "2011-05-12T18:44:17Z")
[Chicago sports anchor found dead in Atlanta hotel](http://www.ajc.com/news/chicago-sports-anchor-found-943808.html?cxtype=rss_news_128746) Daryl Hawks at age 38. 3 time Emmy winner. ---
**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 13, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1327 "2011-05-13T13:54:06Z")
[Former Cowboys Running Back Ron Springs Dies After Heart Attack at Age 54](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-13/former-cowboys-running-back-ron-springs-dies-after-heart-attack-at-age-54.html) ---
**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 13, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1328 "2011-05-13T13:59:58Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [Former Cowboys Running Back Ron Springs Dies After Heart Attack at Age 54](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-13/former-cowboys-running-back-ron-springs-dies-after-heart-attack-at-age-54.html) What’s the deduction for [one foot and two toes amputated](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Springs#Health_concerns_and_death)? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1329 "2011-05-13T14:47:59Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Nah, that’s “normal use”. Fingernails too. What if they pick at a scab? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1330 "2011-05-13T15:30:47Z")
The vultures are circling around [Harmon Killebrew](http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110513&content_id=19005846&vkey=pr_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min&tcid=tw-min-misc-20110513-killebrew). > [@](#): > > It is with profound sadness that I share with you that my continued battle with esophageal cancer is coming to an end. With the continued love and support of my wife, Nita, I have exhausted all options with respect to controlling this awful disease. My illness has progressed beyond my doctors’ expectation of cure. Last Friday, it was Seve, this week Harmon Killebrew. He was one of my favorites when I was first learning baseball. Along with Frank ‘Hondo’ Howard. IMO, “Killebrew” is one of the all-time great names, especially if you a beer drinker. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1331 "2011-05-13T16:35:42Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > What if they pick at a scab? Depends on if they subsequently eat it. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1332 "2011-05-13T16:43:30Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Depends on if they subsequently eat it. ew! ---
**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 13, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1333 "2011-05-13T18:14:31Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > ew! What? You don’t eat your scabs? 😕 I suppose you throw away your hardened nose boogers too ? :D:eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1334 "2011-05-13T18:16:59Z")
Can y’all quit being so gross? We are trying to talk about dead people here! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1335 "2011-05-13T18:21:09Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > I suppose you throw away your hardened nose boogers too ? :D:eek::eek: Not after I re-hydrate them.😛 ---
**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 13, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1336 "2011-05-13T18:25:42Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Can y’all quit being so gross? We are trying to talk about dead people here! Don’t be so narrow. We’re also talking about _dying_ people. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1337 "2011-05-14T03:24:26Z")
[Mel Queen](http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6541239), who pitched for the Cincinnati Reds and California Angels during his Major League Baseball career, has died at the age of 69. Queen also served as the pitching coach at Toronto, where three straight American League Cy Young Award winners (Pat Hentgen in 1996, Roger Clemens in '97 and '98) were his charges. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1338 "2011-05-14T03:33:00Z")
[Derek Boogaard](http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=Atk1kcTMmdfCJ_JkGXeQSPJ7vLYF?slug=txrangersplayerdead) of the New York Rangers dead at 28. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1339 "2011-05-14T03:58:19Z")
Wow, I wonder what happened. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1340 "2011-05-14T06:54:44Z")
From the “Now I Feel Really Old” file: [Eddie Munster has Prostate Cancer](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1386254/Butch-Patrick-diagnosed-prostate-cancer.html) ---
**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 14, 2011, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1341 "2011-05-14T11:25:25Z")
C’mon Harmon and Billy Graham ( either one, I have both on my list.) I’m giving up on Zsa Zsa. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=68)