# 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:** 68
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1342 "2011-05-14T11:41:30Z")
I came back to this thread after hearing about Harmon Killebrew, since he’s on my list. I had totally forgotten I had put Osama bin Laden on there, too! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1343 "2011-05-15T01:35:27Z")
[Wallace McCain](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/05/14/wallace-mccain.html), Canadian French Fry tycoon, has died at age of 81 from pancreatic cancer. ---
**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 15, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1344 "2011-05-15T04:13:47Z")
[Cornell Dpree, blues guitarist, dead at 68.](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/nyregion/cornell-dupree-studio-guitarist-is-dead-at-68.html) ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1345 "2011-05-15T06:39:19Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > 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) “‘I’m told I have a 90 per cent chance of recovery and of living another 20 years.’” yeah, sure that’ll happen. Nope, you’re going on my list next year, bucko! THAT is what’s going to keep you alive the next 20 years, not some “cure” 😃 ---
**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 16, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1346 "2011-05-16T00:46:38Z")
“There is no death sentence in Victoria and if they put me behind bars right now and if I can’t get out within 45 minutes to get to a hospital, then I am going to die, and I just think that’s inherently and manifestly not fair.” [Yes!](http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/if-they-put-me-behind-bars-then-i-am-going-to-die-derryn-hinch-says/story-fn7x8me2-1226056382523) I mean, no, but…I mean, hey, I didn’t have Osama. ---
**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 16, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1347 "2011-05-16T02:58:19Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > “There is no death sentence in Victoria and if they put me behind bars right now and if I can’t get out within 45 minutes to get to a hospital, then I am going to die, and I just think that’s inherently and manifestly not fair.” > > [Yes!](http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/if-they-put-me-behind-bars-then-i-am-going-to-die-derryn-hinch-says/story-fn7x8me2-1226056382523) > I mean, no, but…I mean, hey, I didn’t have Osama. I read this link, and I don’t get it. Are the names of convicted pedophiles suppressed? Or is it suspected pedophiles? ---
**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 16, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1348 "2011-05-16T03:40:43Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I read this link, and I don’t get it. Are the names of convicted pedophiles suppressed? Or is it suspected pedophiles? Hell if I know. I just dropped from forth because some death pool folks were smart enough to keep Bin Laden, however you spell it. I need the points, and I believe he is a unique pick. ---
**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 16, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1349 "2011-05-16T03:45:50Z")
Bin Laden dead? Bah! Only if you take the word of the President of the United States, the CIA, the Secretaries of State and Defense, the President of Pakistan, and Al Queda. It’s all hearsay, I tells you. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1350 "2011-05-16T04:42:41Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Bin Laden dead? Bah! Only if you take the word of the President of the United States, the CIA, the Secretaries of State and Defense, the President of Pakistan, and Al Queda. > > It’s all hearsay, I tells you. Dick Cheney gave W credit for the kill, so it must be true. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1351 "2011-05-16T04:53:58Z")
Olympic Kenyan marathon champ [Sammy Wanjiru](http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2011-05-16-3961719016_x.htm) dies of apparent suicide at age 24. In Nairobi. ---
**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 16, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1352 "2011-05-16T05:08:18Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Olympic Kenyan marathon champ [Sammy Wanjiru](http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2011-05-16-3961719016_x.htm) dies of apparent suicide at age 24. In Nairobi. [Insert Obama Kenyan joke here.] ---
**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 16, 2011, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1353 "2011-05-16T09:41:35Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I need the points, and I believe he is a unique pick. Not unique, I believe. ---
**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 16, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1354 "2011-05-16T11:59:32Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Bin Laden dead? Bah! Only if you take the word of the President of the United States, the CIA, the Secretaries of State and Defense, the President of Pakistan, and Al Queda. > > It’s all hearsay, I tells you. Amarone ain’t gonna buy that. My No. 4 position is toast. ☹ ---
**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 16, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1355 "2011-05-16T13:18:26Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Seve Ballesteros’ website reports he died early this morning at age 54. And, 492 days in, I have scored my very first Death Pool points. (I was out of the country and missed the news of Seve’s death until this morning.) I am simultaneously saddened by the news, glad to have the points, and pissed that Zsa Zsa is still alive. I had a really good joke ready to go had she been the one to pop my cherry. Oh well. ---
**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 16, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1356 "2011-05-16T15:22:16Z")
[Mary Murphy](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/la-me-mary-murphy-20110516,0,2514645.story) the sweet girl from _The Wild Ones,_ dead at 80. All in all, while I keep looking at rapidly aging Hollywood Stars, for high scores it seems looking at young athletes who have problems adjusting in real life might be the way to go. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1357 "2011-05-16T20:09:36Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Dick Cheney gave W credit for the kill, so it must be true. Mission accomplished! ---
**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 16, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1358 "2011-05-16T20:34:34Z")
Hey, a twofer of celebrities I’ve never heard of. [Bob Flanigan of _The Four Freshmen_ dies at 84.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110516/ap_en_ot/us_obit_flanigan). Heard of the group, but not of him. [Rapper M-Bone killed in drive by shooting at **age 22**!!](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110516/ap_en_mu/us_rapper_slain) I almost weep at this pointless death – 88 of them, the number of keys on a piano. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1359 "2011-05-16T20:37:31Z")
78, not 88. Been a while since math class, huh? 😉 ---
**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 16, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1360 "2011-05-16T20:42:40Z")
Somebody short sheeted my piano! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1361 "2011-05-17T16:21:19Z")
[Harmon Killebrew](http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6559023) has passed away. Age 74. NFM and 14 others score some points. Friggin Whee! :mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=69)