# 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:** 95
**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:** [August 6, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1882 "2011-08-06T00:06:28Z")
I’ve picked Betty Ford in past years. If I had taken her this year, I’d have broken out of the Winehouse pack and made the top twenty. No regrets though. There’s still plenty of time and Fidel Castro ain’t getting any younger. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1883 "2011-08-06T12:14:11Z")
For what it’s worth, Google is celebrating the fact that Lucille Ball has been dead for 22 years. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1884 "2011-08-06T12:35:04Z")
I love the Google doodle today! ---
**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:** [August 7, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1885 "2011-08-07T05:03:05Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > For what it’s worth, Google is celebrating the fact that Lucille Ball has been dead for 22 years. And Zsa Zsa remains a leg up on that. ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1886 "2011-08-07T18:24:07Z")
Don’t know if anyone had her, but[Annette Charles](http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/08/07/139036754/remembering-annette-charles-a-k-a-cha-cha-the-best-dancer-at-st-bernadettes) has cha-cha’d off into the sunset. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1887 "2011-08-07T18:27:43Z")
> [@booklover](#): > > Don’t know if anyone had her, but[Annette Charles](http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/08/07/139036754/remembering-annette-charles-a-k-a-cha-cha-the-best-dancer-at-st-bernadettes) has cha-cha’d off into the sunset. Dammit, Death! Zsa Zsa, not Cha Cha! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1888 "2011-08-07T20:52:45Z")
Annette Charles was not on anyone’s list. August has been a slow month so far, hasn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1889 "2011-08-08T01:50:34Z")
Hugh Carey, governor of New York when I was a little kid, has [died during yet another big fiscal crisis.](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/nyregion/hugh-carey-who-led-fiscal-rescue-of-new-york-city-dead-at-92.html?_r=1&hp) He was 92. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1890 "2011-08-08T04:01:57Z")
[Mark Hatfield](http://mobile.oregonlive.com/advorg/pm_100871/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=pV4gg804), former Oregon governor and senator, dead at 89. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1891 "2011-08-08T16:16:05Z")
> **[PENNY MARSHALL's BRAVE FIGHT | National Enquirer](https://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/penny-marshalls-brave-fight/)** > > Penny Marshall is now exploring alternative medical treatments in a desperate attempt to beat her deadly cancer, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively. "At this point, Penny is open to anything," a family friend revealed. "She can feel herself getting... In case you have not heard about this. it is sad. A 3 pack a day smoker with liver cancer. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1892 "2011-08-08T16:25:42Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > [http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/penny-marshalls-brave-fight](http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/penny-marshalls-brave-fight) > In case you have not heard about this. it is sad. A 3 pack a day smoker with liver cancer. Actually the article says she smoked up to 4 packs a day! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1893 "2011-08-08T16:28:48Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Actually the article says she smoked up to 4 packs a day! :eek: That is a lot of smoking. My dad did 4 packs of Camels and dies at 51. That is chain smoking. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1894 "2011-08-08T16:29:55Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > [http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/penny-marshalls-brave-fight](http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/penny-marshalls-brave-fight) > In case you have not heard about this. it is sad. A 3 pack a day smoker with liver cancer. The link is about Penny Marshall, just in case you didn’t feel like reading anything that sad. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1895 "2011-08-08T16:37:03Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > That is a lot of smoking. My dad did 4 packs of Camels and dies at 51. That is chain smoking. I knew a guy in China that smoked 6 packs a day(only 20 cents per pack). He smoked always. Always. Heck, he woke up ever few hours and quick-smoked a few cigs at night. And he drank a bottle of Baijiu a night(78% alcohol - 156 proof). He was 38, looked 55, and will probably be dead by 45. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1896 "2011-08-08T18:17:23Z")
How long does it take to smoke a cigarette? How many hours are you awake? Can you smoke 4 packs a day? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1897 "2011-08-08T18:57:24Z")
10 minutes a cigarette would be 6 in an hour or 96 in an 16 hour day. Almost 5 packs. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1898 "2011-08-08T19:22:59Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > How long does it take to smoke a cigarette? How many hours are you awake? Can you smoke 4 packs a day? you can if you light the next one with the end of the one you’re currently puffing on - my sister did that ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1899 "2011-08-08T20:24:10Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > The link is about Penny Marshall, just in case you didn’t feel like reading anything that sad. Who is one of my picks for this year. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1900 "2011-08-08T21:22:48Z")
She’s going on my short list for 2012. My husband smoked 4 packs a day, long before I met him. He quit cold turkey the day the doc showed him spots on his lungs. Probably 15 years ago. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2011, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1901 "2011-08-09T12:47:35Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > 10 minutes a cigarette would be 6 in an hour or 96 in an 16 hour day. Almost 5 packs. That depends upon the cigarette and where one is smoking. It’s pretty easy to suck down a stick in five minutes. Many of the “light” cigarettes burn like fuses and last about three minutes. I managed close to three packs a day for roughly 17 years. Quit smoking 15 years ago, and looking at today’s prices I figure only a total idiot smokes now. Meanwhile: Marshall Grant, [bass player for Johnny Cash](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=marshall-grant&pid=153008804) dead at 83. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=94) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=96)