# 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:** 87
**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:** [July 9, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1722 "2011-07-09T13:05:22Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Former First Lady [Betty Ford](http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/08/betty-ford-dead-at-93/) has passed away. Age 93 Whoo Hoo! I got a big, whopping _7 points!_ ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1723 "2011-07-09T13:30:03Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Whoo Hoo! I got a big, whopping _7 points!_ Rub it in, whydoncha? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1724 "2011-07-10T02:16:17Z")
Mostly for Latin Americans: ☹ [http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/09/3758803/argentine-singer-cabral-shot-to.html#ixzz1RfWeJC1f](http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/09/3758803/argentine-singer-cabral-shot-to.html#ixzz1RfWeJC1f) > [@](#): > > Argentine songwriter and singer Facundo Cabral, an icon of Latin American folk and protest music, was shot to death early Saturday by unknown gunmen who intercepted his car in Guatemala City and pumped it full of bullets. > > Guatemalan authorities said they had not yet determined a motive for the slaying, which appeared to be a well-orchestrated ambush, and there were suggestions that a businessman accompanying Cabral might have been the intended target. Guatemala has one of the highest murder rates in the region, exacerbated in recent years by the invasion of Mexican drug traffickers. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1725 "2011-07-11T15:34:06Z")
BBC News is tweeting that Alex Hay, a BBC golf announcer has passed away at age 78 after a short battle with cancer. No link found yet. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1726 "2011-07-11T19:25:27Z")
Quasi interrupting for just a moment to ask if this thread has ever been on a newscast, because I think that a game like this is VERY newsworthy. Thanks Q ---
**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:** [July 11, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1727 "2011-07-11T19:40:56Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > BBC News is tweeting that Alex Hay, a BBC golf announcer has passed away at age 78 after a short battle with cancer. No link found yet. His [Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hay) has been updated with a 2011 death, but no cites. Plus, he’s still under the “Living People” tag. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1728 "2011-07-11T20:23:45Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Quasi interrupting for just a moment to ask if this thread has ever been on a newscast, because I think that a game like this is VERY newsworthy. > > Thanks > > Q I have seen or read news stories about death pools and the concept of death pools, but I’ve never heard of a story about OUR death pool. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1729 "2011-07-12T02:38:47Z")
[Jaroslav Jirik, first Czech in NHL, dies at 71](http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2011/07/11/jaroslav-jirik-first-czech-in-nhl-dies-at-71/) A first from the then Communist country. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1730 "2011-07-12T02:47:01Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I have seen or read news stories about death pools and the concept of death pools, but I’ve never heard of a story about OUR death pool. I have heard there is (was?) a big celebrity ghoul pool in St Louis area for real money. It is not pocket change to enter and winner can earn thousands of dollars. I know no details about their pool other than it exists (or used to exist). ---
**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:** [July 12, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1731 "2011-07-12T12:46:57Z")
I’ve heard about Dead Pools since the 80’s. It all started when Greta Garbo died and the DJ said something like, " Everyone forgot about her, (something something) death pool points." Well, stick a fork in me, I’m done. And Zsa Zsa lives on. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1732 "2011-07-12T13:16:31Z")
Ahmed Wali Karzai, a younger brother of Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s president, and one of the country’s most powerful men, has been [shot dead by one of his bodyguards](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55645296-ac60-11e0-bac9-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz1RteGl8X0), according to a provincial official. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1733 "2011-07-12T13:20:39Z")
David Lee “Deacon” Turner, 56, a former running back for the Cincinnati Bengals, was [shot and killed by a California deputy](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jPWMqHDlyBG5vmzRZYyUHpG5d8nA?docId=e2b1a6678d994d7cbdc9ac1f5c8c8dec) in front of a convenience store after he allegedly hit an officer with a bag holding two cans of beer. Turner played with the Bengals from 1978 to 1980 and had long arrest history after his playing career was finished. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1734 "2011-07-12T17:16:34Z")
Sherwood Schwartz, dead at age 94. [Its a story of a corpse name Schwartz](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43728174/ns/today-entertainment/t/report-brady-bunch-creator-schwartz-dies/). ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1735 "2011-07-12T19:42:04Z")
I think Sherwood scans better: \*It’s the story, of man named Sherwood Who’s now pushing up the daisies in SoCal **ataraxy22** now gets 6 points The only one who does \* Or _Juuuuuust sit right back and you’ll hear a tale A tale of man named Schwartz Who toddled off this earthly coil And left with just six points_ ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1736 "2011-07-12T19:57:23Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > **ataraxy22** now gets 6 points Which means that more than half the entrants have now scored points this year. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1737 "2011-07-13T00:19:30Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Which means that more than half the entrants have now scored points this year. > [@VunderBob](#): > > Rub it in, whydoncha? \*\* THIS.\*\* ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1738 "2011-07-13T00:23:07Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Which means that more than half the entrants have now scored points this year. {checking score} Oh rub it in, whydontcha? 🙂 Edit: OK, this is what I get for leaving my edit window open and playing that one last game of Angry Birds… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1739 "2011-07-13T02:53:56Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > {checking score} > > Oh rub it in, whydontcha? Hey, at least when I do the monthly updates I omit the names of the [del]miserable failures[/del] people with lists that may bear fruit later in the year. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1740 "2011-07-13T23:49:37Z")
[Hinch suffers setback!](http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/derryn-hinch-to-undergo-emergency-surgery/story-e6frfmyi-1226094313341) ---
**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:** [July 14, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1741 "2011-07-14T01:28:10Z")
> [@](#): > > DERRYN Hinch has suffered a minor setback in his liver transplant recovery > > Read more: [http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/derryn-hinch-to-undergo-emergency-surgery/story-e6frfmyi-1226094313341#ixzz1S2SFZSJU](http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/derryn-hinch-to-undergo-emergency-surgery/story-e6frfmyi-1226094313341#ixzz1S2SFZSJU) dammit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=86) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=88)