# The Celebrity Death Pool 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655 "2012-12-01T05:59:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 36
**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:** [February 15, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/701 "2013-02-15T23:42:35Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Using pairs of the same names is fine, so long as the players distinguish between them, like Billy Graham the evangelist or the wrestler. I think he meant picking both of them, and interesting concept if you are into that “it’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game” thing. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/702 "2013-02-16T00:33:05Z")
American rapper Tim Dog, [dead at 54 points (46).](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tim-dog-f-k-compton-rapper-dead-at-46-20130214) ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/703 "2013-02-16T01:00:34Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Cookies? > We ain’t got no cookies! > I don’t have to show you no stinking cookies! Well, who wants stinky cookies anywho! ---
**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:** [February 16, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/704 "2013-02-16T02:34:56Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Using pairs of the same names is fine, so long as the players distinguish between them, like Billy Graham the evangelist or the wrestler. So if one chooses Billy Graham as a pairs choice next year, will that make them a Graham Cracker? 😃 ---
**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:** [February 16, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/705 "2013-02-16T02:46:39Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > So if one chooses Billy Graham as a pairs choice next year, will that make them a Graham Cracker? > > 😃 Only if he is a White Guy from Arkansas. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [February 16, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/706 "2013-02-16T22:48:20Z")
Hugo Chavez. > [@Link](#): > > Allies appear content to let Mr. Chavez continue governing silently from Havana indefinitely and bristle when asked about how the long the unusual arrangement could last. “Until he dies.” -Cuban Medicine [Link](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/venezuela-releases-first-photos-of-cancer-stricken-hugo-chavez/article8712319/) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/707 "2013-02-17T00:11:32Z")
:DThe longer Chavez lives, the less work for me!😃 ---
**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:** [February 17, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/708 "2013-02-17T00:25:15Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > :DThe longer Chavez lives, the less work for me!😃 Oh, fie, Death Mistress, oh fie! 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 17, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/709 "2013-02-17T19:53:10Z")
Perhaps we should have a new contest thread: **Celebrity Death Wading Pool** , for those that refuse to die and grant us points. So far that list has: [ul] [li]Hugo Chavez[/li][li]Zsa Zsa Gabor[/li][li]Ariel Sharon[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/710 "2013-02-17T20:00:56Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Perhaps we should have a new contest thread: > > **Celebrity Death Wading Pool** , for those that refuse to die and grant us points. > > So far that list has: > [ul] > [li]Hugo Chavez[/li][li]Zsa Zsa Gabor[/li][li]Ariel Sharon[/li][/ul] Should Fidel be on the list? He could make a foursome! ---
**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:** [February 17, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/711 "2013-02-17T20:32:20Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Should Fidel be on the list? He could make a foursome! The Fab Four. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/712 "2013-02-17T20:37:28Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Perhaps we should have a new contest thread: > > **Celebrity Death Wading Pool** , for those that refuse to die and grant us points. > > So far that list has: > [ul] > [li]Hugo Chavez[/li][li]Zsa Zsa Gabor[/li][li]Ariel Sharon[/li][/ul] Just how is Zsa Zsa going to wade? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/713 "2013-02-17T20:43:47Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Just how is Zsa Zsa going to wade? She and Sharon will be floaters. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/714 "2013-02-17T20:56:38Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Perhaps we should have a new contest thread: > > **Celebrity Death Wading Pool** , for those that refuse to die and grant us points. > > So far that list has: > [ul] > [li]Hugo Chavez[/li][li]Zsa Zsa Gabor[/li][li]Ariel Sharon[/li][/ul] > [@notfrommensa](#): > > Just how is Zsa Zsa going to wade? > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > She and Sharon will be floaters. I love this thread. ---
**Author:** ![mehgs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@mehgs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mehgs)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/715 "2013-02-18T02:44:38Z")
> **[Mindy McCready Dead -- Country Music Star Dies of Suicide](https://www.tmz.com/2013/02/17/mindy-mccready-dead-dies-suicide/)** > > The Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office released a statement this evening that reads: Mindy McReady dies of apparent suicide. Dammit I missed this one. I was going for a theme of Dr Drew’s rehab patients and other high risk drug addicts but I forgot about Mindy. Condolences to her loved ones, especially the kids. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/716 "2013-02-18T02:46:44Z")
Mindy Mccready, [Dead at 63 points](http://www.eonline.com/news/389186/mindy-mccready-country-singer-dead-at-37) ( and [one year too late](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14571535&postcount=150)! 😕 ) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/717 "2013-02-18T02:49:34Z")
Is this the woman Favre sexted awhile back? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/718 "2013-02-18T02:53:08Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Is this the woman Favre sexted awhile back? Nope, wrong athlete. She was Clemens’ mistress. (KNEW the name was familiar) ---
**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:** [February 18, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/719 "2013-02-18T02:56:21Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > Mindy Mccready, [Dead at 63 points](http://www.eonline.com/news/389186/mindy-mccready-country-singer-dead-at-37) ( and [one year too late](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14571535&postcount=150)! 😕 ) Unique pick for **CowPatty**. That’s a steep hill to overcome. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/720 "2013-02-18T03:31:38Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Nope, wrong athlete. She was Clemens’ mistress. (KNEW the name was familiar) When she was about 12 years old. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=37)