# 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:** 92
**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 24, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1822 "2011-07-24T17:17:29Z")
Some would say her body is a work of art. ---
**Author:** ![gtalley2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f9ae1b/32.png) [@gtalley2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gtalley2)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1823 "2011-07-24T22:39:27Z")
Sorry, I didn’t see the DeadLine for the entry date. ---
**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 24, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1824 "2011-07-24T22:57:21Z")
> [@Superbia-acedia](#): > > 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. You win. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1825 "2011-07-24T22:57:36Z")
Am I the only person who picked Winehouse’s ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1826 "2011-07-24T23:25:30Z")
I had a theme of 13 people who fucked Amy Whinehouse that I gave up on in favor of a bunch of old sick people, all but one of whom have stubbornly refused to die so far. I think I should get half points for that. ---
**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 24, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1827 "2011-07-24T23:34:49Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I think I should get half points for that. As a guy who went from No. 4 to a Big Loser, I believe that I am qualified to say, “Sorry, Charley”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1828 "2011-07-25T01:27:00Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > Amy becomes the newest member of the [27 Club](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club). I think I have a new strategy for 2012. ---
**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 25, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1829 "2011-07-25T13:48:08Z")
[First ever Bond girl dies aged 87](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8658863/First-ever-Bond-girl-dies-aged-87.html) Linda Christian, 1940’s starlet married to Tyrone Power. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1830 "2011-07-25T14:15:49Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > Amy becomes the newest member of the [27 Club](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club). > [@Baker](#): > > Twenty-seven people had Amy on their lists. Huh. How 'bout that. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1831 "2011-07-25T18:58:19Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Huh. How 'bout that. If 28 had her, she would still be alive. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1832 "2011-07-25T21:18:53Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > If 28 had her, she would still be alive. Until September 14th, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1833 "2011-07-25T23:15:38Z")
Amy provided more points than almost any other celebrity. Some celebrities have more people choose them, but they are older. Amy totaled out at 1971 points(27\*73=1971). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1834 "2011-07-25T23:21:19Z")
Amy provided more points than almost any other celebrity. Some celebrities have more people choose them, but they are older. Amy totaled out at 1971 points(27\*73=1971). ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1835 "2011-07-25T23:22:44Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Amy provided more points than almost any other celebrity. Some celebrities have more people choose them, but they are older. Amy totaled out at 1971 points(27\*73=1971). Still less than half of Patrick Swayze’s 4,128. But maybe 1971 is a special number - the year Jim Morrison died… ---
**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 25, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1836 "2011-07-25T23:32:25Z")
Next year I’m gonna look real hard for a 20 year old comatose boxer with pancreatic cancer, preferably one who has drunken friends who drive him around town strapped to the bumper of their old Pinto. ---
**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 25, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1837 "2011-07-25T23:43:28Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Next year I’m gonna look real hard for a 20 year old comatose boxer… [He’s mine, I tell’s ya!](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/191000/) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1838 "2011-07-25T23:49:13Z")
Oh my God! :eek: ☹ ---
**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 26, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1839 "2011-07-26T00:09:09Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [He’s mine, I tell’s ya!](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/191000/) Well, no Pinto, but… His problem (my problem, really) is that he’s been in a coma for a year. He could be the next Ariel Sharon, and last for decades. 'Course, I dropped Amy Winehouse from my list, and I thought Aretha Franklin was meat on the table, so to speak, so what do I know? ---
**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 26, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1840 "2011-07-26T00:17:32Z")
I’m thinking “comatose boxers” is a good theme list for next year. I just need to hit on (um, er, score) a couple of the young’uns next year to be in the competition. ---
**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 26, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1841 "2011-07-26T00:22:58Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Well, no Pinto, but… > > His problem (my problem, really) is that he’s been in a coma for a year. He could be the next Ariel Sharon, and last for decades. Yeah, tell me about it. I haven’t been able to find out anything about him since last August. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=91) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=93)