# 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:** 71
**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 20, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1402 "2011-05-20T01:29:38Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I admit I’m not up to date on the latest Rapture lore. I thought a few would be swept up and the rest of us would be… oh, consumed in fire, eaten by locusts, or some such. Hmmmm…[Brood XIX](http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/category/brood-xix/) just hatched. ---
**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 20, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1403 "2011-05-20T01:41:58Z")
The Rapture ad campaign says the word ends Saturday. If the only thing that happens is that the saintly disappear, I see that as a win-win for all parties. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1404 "2011-05-20T02:21:24Z")
I think I picked Butch Patrick for the weapons-grade drug use. Cancer would be a bonus, but I really don’t think prostate cancer will get it done. Sad about Conaway- Kenickie was so cute! ODs himself right into a coma… no surprise at all, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1405 "2011-05-20T02:53:50Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > in what time zone? 6:00 PT. Not sure if it’s am or pm, or standard time of daylight saving time. So it’s either 6:00 am PDT or 7:00 am PDT (6:00 am PST), or 6:00 pm PDT or 7:00 pm PDT (6:00 pm PST). [Official [del]Zombie[/del] Judgement Day web site](http://www.familyradio.com/index2.html). ---
**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 20, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1406 "2011-05-20T03:18:07Z")
6:66 CST, in the Bible Belt. ---
**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 20, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1407 "2011-05-20T11:02:25Z")
[The Daily Zsa Zsa Update](http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/movies/zsa-zsa-s-hubby-expects-the-worst-1.1071513): Her husband doesn’t know what to do. But we do. ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1408 "2011-05-20T12:02:31Z")
Now Now. That’s only for horses. ---
**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 20, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1409 "2011-05-20T13:34:29Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [Official [del]Zombie[/del] Judgement Day web site](http://www.familyradio.com/index2.html). Gotta love a website that claims “Gay Pride: Sign of the End,” and “The Bible Guarantees It.” ETA: If this does happen, image the points scored in the Death Pool!!! ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1410 "2011-05-20T16:40:01Z")
TMZ is reporting that Randy “Macho Man” Savage died of a heart-attack earlier today. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1411 "2011-05-20T16:50:25Z")
> [@fubbleskag](#): > > TMZ is reporting that Randy “Macho Man” Savage died of a heart-attack earlier today. [Heart attack while driving](http://www.tmz.com/2011/05/20/randy-savage-car-accident-macho-man-dead-dies-died-killed-wwe-wrestler-florida/). age 58 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1412 "2011-05-20T17:13:00Z")
n/m ---
**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 20, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1413 "2011-05-20T17:33:50Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [Heart attack while driving](http://www.tmz.com/2011/05/20/randy-savage-car-accident-macho-man-dead-dies-died-killed-wwe-wrestler-florida/). age 58 Hit a tree full on, too. I suppose both contributed to his death. Dude, he was supposed to snap into a Slim Jim, not around a tree. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1414 "2011-05-20T17:41:10Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > n/m I was waiting for someone other than TMZ to confirm before posting a link. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1415 "2011-05-20T17:45:51Z")
> [@fubbleskag](#): > > I was waiting for someone other than TMZ to confirm before posting a link. That’s fine. My post got lost in the fury of a teleconference, and by the time I saw I didn’t actually submit it was stale, so I deleted it. **Shirley Ujest** will be along shortly to opine that all of my posts are stale. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1416 "2011-05-20T17:46:23Z")
He was driving the car and had a heart attack. Then crashed into the tree. Hos wife was in the car and suffered minor injuries. ---
**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 20, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1417 "2011-05-20T17:46:49Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > **Shirley Ujest** will be along shortly to opine that all of my posts are stale. 😛 Shirley knows jest. Er, Shirley knows best. ---
**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 20, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1418 "2011-05-20T18:58:13Z")
> [@fubbleskag](#): > > TMZ is reporting that Randy “Macho Man” Savage died of a heart-attack earlier today. We all know he was raptured. ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1419 "2011-05-20T19:17:07Z")
Hey. I just saw four horsemen (well, 3 horseman and one horsewoman) on Ellsworth Drive in Silver Spring. They weren’t all different colors though. They were all bays. ---
**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 20, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1420 "2011-05-20T20:32:03Z")
Nevada is the gateway to hell. No wait, that’s Texas. Anyway, in these perilous times, just about anything is a Sign of the End. It’s all over, except the part where it’s not. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1421 "2011-05-20T22:24:16Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Hit a tree full on, too. I suppose both contributed to his death. > > Dude, he was supposed to snap into a Slim Jim, not around a tree. The DJ on the Classic Rock station to which I listen was eating memorial bacon wrapped slim jims during the evening drive show [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=72)