# 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:** 91
**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 23, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1802 "2011-07-23T19:46:41Z")
Why, Amy, WHY? WHY did you let me take you off my list this year? ::sobs quietly:: ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1803 "2011-07-23T19:50:58Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Whoop, forgot my alternate. Ok, just in case someone shuffles off today, I’ll put Amy Winehouse on the bench. Stupid lack of 11th-hour New Year’s Eve deaths… ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1804 "2011-07-23T20:12:48Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > Amy becomes the newest member of the [27 Club](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club). Anyone know if this is why Weird Al is attracted to the number? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1805 "2011-07-23T21:30:19Z")
Dang. After several years with her, I figured she had some Keith Richards thing going and was just wasting a spot. Plus I went for a theme this year. \ Still scoreless… ---
**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 23, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1806 "2011-07-23T21:40:03Z")
Good God! Winehouse Dead. It’s inconceivable. I thought she was the new Keith Richards. I am happy for those who got the 73 points in a pissed at myself kinda way. And Zsa Zsa lives on. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1807 "2011-07-23T21:43:24Z")
I hope she gets enough press to change HLN from the Casey Anthony Channel. Then there would be some good from her death, besides 73 points of course. ---
**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 23, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1808 "2011-07-23T21:51:25Z")
[Retired general John Shalikashvili, dead at 75.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/retired-army-gen-john-shalikashvili-former-chairman-of-joint-chiefs-of-staff-dies/2011/07/23/gIQAl05YVI_story.html?wpisrc=al_national) ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1809 "2011-07-23T22:53:55Z")
I’m sure Amy was on my list last year, dang it all. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1810 "2011-07-23T23:34:56Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > [Amy Winehouse](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2018020/Amy-Winehouse-dead--Found-dead-London-flat.html). That’ll be a big score for some people. Going to check whether I had her this year… Alright! Finally rid of that goose egg! Uh…I mean…poor poor Amy, so young, so tragic.. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1811 "2011-07-23T23:36:13Z")
Now, come ooooon, Lindsay! Charlie, you gotta hang on 'til next year, okay? ---
**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 23, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1812 "2011-07-23T23:43:54Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > 73 point I kinda almost feel bad for getting. Like the Prof said in Grad School when an Electronic Engineer took Electronics, “There goes the gradepoint.” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1813 "2011-07-24T02:29:19Z")
[Nguyen Cao Ky](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-nguyen-cao-ky-20110723,0,3804625.story), who served as prime minister of South Vietnam from 1965 to '67, has died at the age of 80. Ky was also the country’s vice president from 1967 to '71 as longtime rival Nguyen Van Thieu led South Vietnam. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1814 "2011-07-24T03:00:46Z")
I think she should be a gimme that everyone gets, like R S T L N E in Wheel of Fortune. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1815 "2011-07-24T12:30:28Z")
I didn’t know that Amy died until I went to my mother’s house yesterday. She said, very seriously, “I have some bad news, and potentially good news. Amy Winehouse died, but I think she is on your list.” “No, mom, she is not. We did talk about it, but I went with Lindsay Lohan as my twenty something train wreck.” My mother is devastated. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1816 "2011-07-24T14:33:00Z")
^ thread win ---
**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 24, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1817 "2011-07-24T14:51:53Z")
My boyfriend came upstairs this morning after watching the news and said, “Amy Winehouse is still dead.” “So’s Generalissimo Fransisco Franco,” I replied. He didn’t get it. ☹ I had to explain the whole thing to him. That kind of wrecked my great comeback of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1818 "2011-07-24T15:06:24Z")
No!!! I just heard about her death this morning. I also have Lindsay Lohan instead of Amy Winehouse this year. Damn it all! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1819 "2011-07-24T15:55:46Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > No!!! I just heard about her death this morning. I also have Lindsay Lohan instead of Amy Winehouse this year. Now that it’s been mentioned a few times, I’m another member of the ‘picked the wrong trainwreck’ club, also having selected Lohan over Winehouse for the year. ---
**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 24, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1820 "2011-07-24T16:12:02Z")
Lindsey Lohan, born July 2, 1986. Not quite 27 and with that birthday, she has a two year run on your list. ---
**Author:** ![Premislaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Premislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Premislaus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1821 "2011-07-24T16:32:10Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Lindsey Lohan, born July 2, 1986. Not quite 27 and with that birthday, she has a two year run on your list. She’s also not, by any stretch, a gifted artist/musician (I thought that was a requirement as well?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=90) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=92)