# 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:** 97
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1922 "2011-08-12T03:34:13Z")
I wonder how many have had Zsa Zsa. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1923 "2011-08-12T03:42:48Z")
[Warrant singer, Jani Lane, found dead at 47](http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/11/warrant-singer-jani-lane-dead-dies-died-hotel-ventura-los-angeles-cherry-pie/). ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1924 "2011-08-12T07:02:02Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > [Warrant singer, Jani Lane, found dead at 47](http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/11/warrant-singer-jani-lane-dead-dies-died-hotel-ventura-los-angeles-cherry-pie/). I guess heaven really isn’t too far away for him… ---
**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:** [August 12, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1925 "2011-08-12T13:22:27Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > I guess heaven really isn’t too far away for him… Six foot down boys? Dirty, rotten, filthy, stinking corpse? ---
**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 12, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1926 "2011-08-12T13:36:45Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Six foot down boys? > Dirty, rotten, filthy, stinking corpse? I know a corpse down at Uncle Tom’s Cabin? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1927 "2011-08-12T13:58:08Z")
Scott LeDoux > **[Former boxer, Anoka County Commissioner Scott LeDoux dies](https://www.startribune.com/former-boxer-anoka-county-commissioner-scott-ledoux-dies/127552528/)** > > Former boxer Scott LeDoux was an underdog who ignored the odds. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1928 "2011-08-13T15:27:50Z")
[Ernie Johnson](http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110812&content_id=23136846&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb), Former Braves pitcher and Braves TV/Radio Announcer, dead at age 87. I actually thought he was already dead, but I was a huge Braves fan (and EJ Fan) back in the 1980’s. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1929 "2011-08-13T17:08:41Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > I guess heaven really isn’t too far away for him… I saw this, and couldn’t think up a good enough joke. Well played. [I kept thinking “Every Rose Has It’s Thorn”, but that was Poison, right?] ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1930 "2011-08-13T23:07:24Z")
Former New Zealand Governor-General [Sir Paul Reeves](http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/tributes-sir-paul-reeves-4350898) died tomorrow\* in Auckland. aged 78. \*He died in New Zealand and where it is already tomorrow and this is breaking news. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1931 "2011-08-14T03:39:28Z")
Don Chandler, Packers’ Kicker during the Lombardi years, died (they mentioned it during the pregame) [http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/12/3071830/former-packers-kicker-chandler.html](http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/12/3071830/former-packers-kicker-chandler.html) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1932 "2011-08-14T04:23:20Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Former New Zealand Governor-General [Sir Paul Reeves](http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/tributes-sir-paul-reeves-4350898) died tomorrow\* in Auckland. aged 78. > > \*He died in New Zealand and where it is already tomorrow and this is breaking news. But as I Read this, your time stamp said yesterday. My head asplode. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1933 "2011-08-14T14:34:22Z")
Bernadene Healy, NIH and ARC chair / pres > **[Red Cross head during 9/11](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-aug-09-la-me-bernadine-healy-20110809-story.html)** > > Dr. 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:** [August 15, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1934 "2011-08-15T01:23:24Z")
Hope[springs](http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/merle-haggard-hospitalized-in-fort-worth) eternal. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1935 "2011-08-16T02:14:53Z")
> [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](#): > > Scott LeDoux > > [http://www.startribune.com/local/north/127552528.html](http://www.startribune.com/local/north/127552528.html) I had him, did anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1936 "2011-08-16T02:20:32Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > I had him, did anyone else? **Captain Lance** and **phungi**. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1937 "2011-08-16T02:41:32Z")
Hope continues to[spring.](http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2011-08-15-merle-haggard_n.htm) ---
**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 16, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1938 "2011-08-16T14:17:48Z")
Albert Brown, [Bataan Death March Survivor](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=albert-brown-doc&pid=153133685) dead at 105. Negative five points, but pretty cool any way. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1939 "2011-08-16T14:37:09Z")
Zsa Zsa die? [Hell, she’s reproducing!](http://www.forbes.com/sites/trialandheirs/2011/08/15/is-94-year-old-zsa-zsa-gabor-going-to-be-a-mother/) ---
**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 16, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1940 "2011-08-16T15:16:22Z")
> [@](#): > > **(CNN)** – National Hockey League veteran Rick Rypien was found dead at his rural Alberta home Monday. “We are deeply saddened to confirm Rick’s passing,” said a statement released by the Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club. “His hunger for the game made him a valued team member both on and off the ice. This loss has impacted us as more than just a hockey team.” > > The 27-year-old forward was found dead at his Crowsnest Pass home, Royal Canadian Mounted Police officials told the Toronto Globe and Mail. His cause of death did not appear to be suspicious. [http://www.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/08/16/canada.nhl.player.dies/index.html?hpt=hp\_t2](http://www.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/08/16/canada.nhl.player.dies/index.html?hpt=hp_t2) Gotta be accidental OD or suicide. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1941 "2011-08-16T21:14:03Z")
[Vic Dunlop](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-vic-dunlop-20110816,0,1271693.story), the comedian perhaps best known for his appearances on the 1970’s game show _Make Me Laugh_, has died at the age of 62. Dunlop also appeared several times on _The Richard Pryor Show_, a short-lived 1977 series, and had bit parts in numerous films. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=96) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=98)