# 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:** 57
**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:** [April 5, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1121 "2013-04-05T15:03:01Z")
I’m doing so poorly that I half-expect some of my correct picks from last year to come back to life… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1122 "2013-04-05T16:55:15Z")
Yeah, if Joe Paterno comes back there’s a lot of us who are gonna be in trouble, me included! I think I’m having a Sophomore Slump. I did OK last year for my first try, this year I got squat so far. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1123 "2013-04-05T18:15:48Z")
**Baker** -You’re of course correct about people being “bageled”. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1124 "2013-04-06T13:46:58Z")
Death Pool players will be relieved to know that [Zsa Zsa](http://music.yahoo.com/news/zsa-zsa-gabor-96-stay-her-l-mansion-235246682.html) will be able to stay her mansion until she dies. > [@](#): > > Blanchette said Gabor remained bedridden but was in better health recently than previous years and had enjoyed a 96th birthday party at the house in February attended by more than 100 friends. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1125 "2013-04-06T17:07:00Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Death Pool players will be relieved to know that [Zsa Zsa](http://music.yahoo.com/news/zsa-zsa-gabor-96-stay-her-l-mansion-235246682.html) will be able to stay her mansion until she dies. Clearly, she is on her last leg of life but she gets to keep her foot in the door until she dies. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1126 "2013-04-06T22:33:20Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Clearly, she is on her last leg of life but she gets to keep her foot in the door until she dies. That’s because of all her friends who are stumping for her. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1127 "2013-04-07T03:02:58Z")
You people are going to feel terrible when Zsa Zsa Gabor dies and you’ve already used up all your best jokes ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1128 "2013-04-07T03:07:29Z")
Yeah, I’d feel like a total heel. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1129 "2013-04-07T04:11:18Z")
I’ll be kicking myself. But Zsa Zsa won’t! ---
**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:** [April 7, 2013, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1130 "2013-04-07T06:03:20Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You people are going to feel terrible when Zsa Zsa Gabor dies > > and you’ve already used up all your best jokes Well yeah, if the shoe fits … But it doesn’t!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1131 "2013-04-07T16:13:15Z")
Zsa Zsa is immortal. There is no way she can kick the bucket. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1132 "2013-04-07T16:30:23Z")
Veteran character actor Milo O’Shea dead at 14. > **[HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News](https://www.huffpost.com/?err_code=404&err_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2013%2F04%2F06%2Fmilo-oshea-dead-dies-86_n_3029341.html)** > > Read the latest headlines, news stories, and opinion from Politics, Entertainment, Life, Perspectives, and more. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1133 "2013-04-07T16:58:07Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Zsa Zsa is immortal. There is no way she can kick the bucket. At this point if she did try to kick it, she’d fall over. I wish you could all see the mental picture I have of this. It’s hilarious. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1134 "2013-04-07T17:44:47Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Veteran character actor Milo O’Shea dead at 14. > [HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/06/milo-oshea-dead-dies-86_n_3029341.html) I see what you did there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1135 "2013-04-07T18:51:39Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > I see what you did there. > > 😃 And I _didn’t_! 😃 ---
**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:** [April 8, 2013, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1136 "2013-04-08T11:58:51Z")
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, [dead at 13 points.](http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2013/apr/08/miliband-clegg-local-elections-cameron-madrid) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1137 "2013-04-08T12:05:10Z")
**POINTS!** okay - not a lot of them, but still. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1138 "2013-04-08T12:22:55Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > **POINTS!** okay - not a lot of them, but still. Ditto ---
**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:** [April 8, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1139 "2013-04-08T12:48:06Z")
Damn! I could have sworn I had her on my list. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1140 "2013-04-08T12:56:26Z")
More quasi-points for me! Now if only some of the younger ones would, as the British press refer to it suffer “death from mis-adventure”… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=58)