# 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:** 73
**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 23, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1442 "2011-05-23T13:43:47Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Zsa Zsa ducks in and out of comas like most people duck in and out of the supermarket, and as frequently. To be fair, she also ducks in and out of the supermarket like most people duck in and out of comas. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1443 "2011-05-23T13:48:27Z")
**Re: Already in a coma, how much worse can it get?** I think we could start a thread on that. You can be Rush Limbaugh on the day after the 2008 election. You can be Tiger Woods on the day after Thanksgiving 18 months ago. You can be Lance Armstrong, right now. ---
**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 23, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1444 "2011-05-23T13:49:53Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > To be fair, she also ducks in and out of the supermarket like most people duck in and out of comas. I loved her in _Green Acres._ ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1445 "2011-05-23T14:10:34Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I loved her in _Green Acres._ That was her sister, [Eva](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001247/). Zsa Zsa was in [Queen of Outer Space](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052104/). ---
**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 23, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1446 "2011-05-23T14:13:18Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > That was her sister, [Eva](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001247/). Oh. Never mind. ---
**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 23, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1447 "2011-05-23T17:27:58Z")
Best line about Brooks’s suicide-by-helium, posted on Talkin’ Broadway’s All That Chat: Well, at least he went out on a high note. ---
**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 23, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1448 "2011-05-23T17:39:15Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Best line about Brooks’s suicide-by-helium, posted on Talkin’ Broadway’s All That Chat: > > Well, at least he went out on a high note. Win. Snarky death comment over. ---
**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 23, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1449 "2011-05-23T17:46:46Z")
Couldn’t the poor bastard get hold of some nitrous oxide? That would be a GREAT death! ---
**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 23, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1450 "2011-05-23T18:15:31Z")
Forgot to mention that NYC radio station 1010WINS originally reported that James Brooks had commited suicide. Leading me to wonder about how the Simpsons would handle the news. Get your names right, stupidheads. ---
**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 24, 2011, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1451 "2011-05-24T09:49:30Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Best line about Brooks’s suicide-by-helium, posted on Talkin’ Broadway’s All That Chat: > > Well, at least he went out on a high note. Like a chipmunk ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1452 "2011-05-24T21:59:49Z")
Former Chicago Blackhawk [Stan Mikita has Oral Cancer](http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/sports/blackhawks/cbsports-blackhawks-legend-mikita-has-oral-cancer-20110524,0,184194.story). ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1453 "2011-05-25T02:33:02Z")
[Bill Rechin](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/cartoonist-bill-rechin-co-creator-of-crock-comic-strip-dies-at-80/2011/05/23/AFSmt89G_story.html), who co-created the _Crock_ comic strip, has died at the age of 80. Rechin also produced the strips _Pluribus_ and _Out of Bounds_. ---
**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 25, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1454 "2011-05-25T13:50:43Z")
[Paul Splittorff](http://ca.news.yahoo.com/ex-royals-pitcher-paul-splittorff-dies-64-fighting-132403012.html), 64, the winningest pitcher in Kansas City Royals history and a popular broadcaster for the team, died today after a battle with oral cancer and melanoma. ---
**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 25, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1455 "2011-05-25T15:05:28Z")
> [@](#): > > Veteran journalist Mark Haines, a fixture on CNBC for 22 years, died unexpectedly Tuesday evening. He was 65 years old. > > Haines, founding anchor of CNBC’s morning show “Squawk Box,” was co-anchor of the network’s “Squawk on the Street” program, providing insight and commentary sometimes humorous and occasionally acerbic. > **[CNBC Anchor Mark Haines Dies Unexpectedly at Age 65](https://www.cnbc.com/2011/05/25/cnbc-anchor-mark-haines-dies-unexpectedly-at-age-65.html)** > > Veteran journalist Mark Haines, a fixture on CNBC for 22 years, died unexpectedly Tuesday evening. He was 65 years old. CNBC President Mark Hoffman called Haines a "building block" of the financial networks' programming. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1456 "2011-05-25T15:12:52Z")
While not circling the drain in the usual sense, [Kyle Busch](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/NASCAR-Star-Busted--For-Speeding-122578969.html) does appear to have a death wish. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1457 "2011-05-25T16:01:35Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Couldn’t the poor bastard get hold of some nitrous oxide? That would be a GREAT death! I heard of a guy who killed himself by drinking varnish. It was a terrible way to die but he had a great finish. ---
**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 25, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1458 "2011-05-25T16:33:17Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > I heard of a guy who killed himself by drinking varnish. It was a terrible way to die but he had a great finish. You have to sleep sometime, my friend. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1459 "2011-05-25T16:39:16Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > I heard of a guy who killed himself by drinking varnish. It was a terrible way to die but he had a great finish. :rolleyes: That joke is older than my grandmother, and she farts dust. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1460 "2011-05-25T20:00:43Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > I heard of a guy who killed himself by drinking varnish. It was a terrible way to die but he had a great finish. I laughed. ---
**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 25, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1461 "2011-05-25T20:12:03Z")
[Huguette Clark: New York’s billionaire recluse dies, aged 104](http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/25/huguette-clark-manhattan-recluse-dies) Yes, she is over age but still a good story. Is a recluse the opposite of a celebrity or is a person a celebrity because of their reclusiveness? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=72) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=74)