# 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:** 83
**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:** [June 25, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1642 "2011-06-25T18:18:09Z")
Only fifteen points, but… ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1643 "2011-06-25T21:42:47Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Again, I’ll believe it when CNN or NPR reports it. 🙂 When CNN reports it? I heard they only just called Michael Jackson yesterday. Ok, so at least it felt like it, when TMZ called it HOURS before CNN did. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1644 "2011-06-25T23:58:28Z")
And if I could recall that Today is the 2nd anniversary of his death, the above would have gone over a LOT better. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1645 "2011-06-26T01:23:14Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > When CNN reports it? I heard they only just called Michael Jackson yesterday. > > Ok, so at least it felt like it, when TMZ called it HOURS before CNN did. Hey, I called bogus to OJ Simpson confessing to Oprah when everyone else bought it! 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 26, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1646 "2011-06-26T03:00:23Z")
The “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again” Award. [Man dies in plane crash, survived plane crash before](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43532239/ns/us_news/?GT1=43001) Unlikely this particular gene will live on. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1647 "2011-06-26T03:40:05Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > The “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again” Award. > > [Man dies in plane crash, survived plane crash before](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43532239/ns/us_news/?GT1=43001) Unlikely this particular gene will live on. Well, he tried to land straight into a garage, possibly mistaking the driveway for a runway. This guy does not strike me as the sharpest pilot in the pilots’ lounge. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1648 "2011-06-26T04:01:30Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Well, he tried to land straight into a garage, possibly mistaking the driveway for a runway. This guy does not strike me as the sharpest pilot in the pilots’ lounge. His son (who survived both crashes) is a Michigan basketball recruit. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1649 "2011-06-26T05:15:27Z")
[Martin H. Greenberg](http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/06/25/obituary-martin-h-greenberg/), editor of science fiction anthologies, has died. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1650 "2011-06-26T12:56:14Z")
If only this happened more often [political insider dies in port-a-toilet](http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jun/26/tory-christopher-shale-dead-glastonbury) I don’t really know anything about Christopher Shale, but he is dead. And he did die in a port-a-john at a festival and his body wasn’t discovered for a day. I pity the poor bastard who was waiting in line for him to come out. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1651 "2011-06-26T15:29:30Z")
[Nick Charles](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/nick-charles-dies-first-cnn-sports-anchor/2011/06/25/AGGmt8kH_story.html), 64 - a unique pick for yours truly. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1652 "2011-06-26T20:50:15Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > [Nick Charles](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/nick-charles-dies-first-cnn-sports-anchor/2011/06/25/AGGmt8kH_story.html), 64 - a unique pick for yours truly. Congratulations, Sir! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1653 "2011-06-26T22:06:31Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Congratulations, Sir! > 🙂 I think amerone is a ma’am Brian ---
**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:** [June 26, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1654 "2011-06-26T22:31:52Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > I think amerone is a ma’am > > Brian Actually Amarone is British. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1655 "2011-06-27T01:28:38Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Actually Amarone is British. Better than “Canadian or Dead” IIRC, a category from MTV’s game show Remote Control. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1656 "2011-06-27T02:52:00Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Actually Amarone is British. Yup. Yorkshire, England. Male. And “amarone” with a lower case “a”. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1657 "2011-06-27T02:55:58Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Yup. Yorkshire, England. Male. And “amarone” with a lower case “a”. Two out of three ain’t bad. 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 27, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1658 "2011-06-27T19:14:09Z")
Robert Byrd has died, worth 8 points(92). ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1659 "2011-06-27T19:16:23Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Robert Byrd has died. Again? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1660 "2011-06-27T19:20:56Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Robert Byrd has died, worth 8 points(92). He scored in the '10 Pool, a year ago tomorrow. Or are you marking the anniversary? ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1661 "2011-06-27T22:03:24Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Again? How’s Generalissimo Francisco Franco doing? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=82) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=84)