# 2022 \[THEMED\] Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 3, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444 "2021-12-03T14:00:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/101 "2022-09-01T14:57:28Z")
Thanks. A good reminder to check your lists, as many of the picks on the Themed Pool are under the radar. | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 48 | 1(1) | | Lou Gehrig | | 2 | Pardel-Lux | 38 | 2(2) | | German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups | | 3 | Dr.Girlfriend | 36 | 2(2) | | 11th annual All-Star Sports Edition | | 4 | Mahaloth | 16 | 1(1) | | MASH (movie or show) living cast members: | | 5 | GuanoLad | 15 | 1(1) | | British Sitcom Stars | | 6 | Railer13 | 13 | 1(1) | | 1960s St. Louis Cardinals World Series | | 7 | Biotop | 12 | 1(1) | | Dark Shadows | | 8 | Dancer\_Flight | 11 | 1(1) | | Star Trek IV | | 9 | Shoeless | 0 | 1(1) | | Guest stars from the original Twilight Zone | ---
**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:** [September 2, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/102 "2022-09-02T03:27:57Z")
> [@Dancer\_Flight](#): > > Still looking for 11 points for Nichelle Nichols And I’m still looking for eleven points for Tina Louise but she keeps hanging on. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/103 "2022-09-08T17:49:15Z")
No takers for QEII ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/104 "2022-10-03T17:36:07Z")
Looks like I missed her Obit, but her [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Balderston_Parry) page has been updated. Carolyn Balderson-Parry passed away at 76 or 77 back in April. Wikipedia doesn’t have her exact birthday, so I guess it will be 23 points. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/105 "2022-10-03T17:39:36Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > No takers for QEII Not this year. But I had her and Gorbachev on my list two years ago. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/106 "2022-10-03T19:26:21Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > Carolyn Balderson-Parry Since they listed her age as “76-77”, 23 points and a Unique Pick: | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 48 | 1(1) | | Lou Gehrig | | 2 | Pardel-Lux | 38 | 2(2) | | German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups | | 3 | Dr.Girlfriend | 36 | 2(2) | | 11th annual All-Star Sports Edition | | 4 | Registered\_at\_Last | 23 | 1(1) | | The Canadians | | 5 | Mahaloth | 16 | 1(1) | | MASH (movie or show) living cast members: | | 6 | GuanoLad | 15 | 1(1) | | British Sitcom Stars | | 7 | Railer13 | 13 | 1(1) | | 1960s St. Louis Cardinals World Series | | 8 | Biotop | 12 | 1(1) | | Dark Shadows | | 9 | Dancer\_Flight | 11 | 1(1) | | Star Trek IV | | 10 | Shoeless | 1 | 1(1) | | Guest stars from the original Twilight Zone | ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/107 "2022-11-27T01:38:15Z")
Dodie Weir died at the age of 48 points for me. > **[Doddie Weir](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doddie_Weir)** > > George Wilson "Doddie" Weir OBE (4 July 1970 – 26 November 2022) was a Scottish rugby union player who played as a lock. He made 61 international appearances for the Scotland national team and represented the British & Irish Lions. > With the change to professional rugby, he was recruited to Newcastle Falcons playing 1997–2002 and he captained the club. He returned to the Borders in 2002 but retired from professional rugby in 2004. In 2016 he was diagnosed with motor neuron disease (MND). > He b... ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/108 "2022-11-27T02:50:17Z")
That pretty much gives you an insurmountable lead for this game. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/109 "2022-11-27T14:56:41Z")
there’s still more than a month, but looking… well… grim? | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 96 | 2(2) | | Lou Gehrig | | 2 | Pardel-Lux | 38 | 2(2) | | German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups | | 3 | Dr.Girlfriend | 36 | 2(2) | | 11th annual All-Star Sports Edition | | 4 | Registered\_at\_Last | 23 | 1(1) | | The Canadians | | 5 | Mahaloth | 16 | 1(1) | | MASH (movie or show) living cast members: | | 6 | GuanoLad | 15 | 1(1) | | British Sitcom Stars | | 7 | Railer13 | 13 | 1(1) | | 1960s St. Louis Cardinals World Series | | 8 | Biotop | 12 | 1(1) | | Dark Shadows | | 9 | Dancer\_Flight | 11 | 1(1) | | Star Trek IV | | 10 | Shoeless | 1 | 1(1) | | Guest stars from the original Twilight Zone | ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/110 "2022-11-27T18:02:51Z")
On the contrary, I’d say things are falling into place quite well. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/111 "2022-11-27T20:18:29Z")
Don’t speak too soon. If everyone on my list travels together on a fateful flight that goes tragically wrong, before year’s end, I am within ear shot. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/112 "2022-11-28T03:10:13Z")
Yes, I’m about to send notifications to all my listees that they have won a wonderful prize. Show up to claim on such and such a date and place. I haven’t worked out the rock from space part but that’s just basic math. Profit. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/113 "2022-12-10T20:46:03Z")
Literally hours after I posted into the 2023 themed pool, someone from my list dies. 21 points please! > **[Ruth Madoc: Hi-de-Hi! actress dies aged 79](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63927507)** > > The actress died in hospital on Friday after surgery for a fall earlier in the week, her agent says. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/114 "2022-12-11T13:58:26Z")
21 points, indeed: | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 96 | 2(2) | | Lou Gehrig | | 2 | Pardel-Lux | 38 | 2(2) | | German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups | | 3 | Dr.Girlfriend | 36 | 2(2) | | 11th annual All-Star Sports Edition | | 3 | GuanoLad | 36 | 2(2) | | British Sitcom Stars | | 5 | Registered\_at\_Last | 23 | 1(1) | | The Canadians | | 6 | Mahaloth | 16 | 1(1) | | MASH (movie or show) living cast members: | | 7 | Railer13 | 13 | 1(1) | | 1960s St. Louis Cardinals World Series | | 8 | Biotop | 12 | 1(1) | | Dark Shadows | | 9 | Dancer\_Flight | 11 | 1(1) | | Star Trek IV | | 10 | Shoeless | 1 | 1(1) | | Guest stars from the original Twilight Zone | ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/115 "2022-12-12T19:41:51Z")
Jim Carr, Canadian Member of Parliament and former cabinet minister, dead if cancer at 71. [Jim Carr, Manitoba MP and former Liberal cabinet minister, dies after battle with cancer | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jim-carr-death-1.6683004) ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/116 "2022-12-13T22:41:12Z")
Perhaps I should mention that Jim Carr is on my list 🙂 for 29 points. I have had him on my main list in years past, but I figured when he ran for re-election that his cancer was under control so he is only on my “The Canadians” list. He was in the House of Commons when the last bill he sponsored was passed just last week. When his death was announced in the House there were audible gasps. Worked right up until the end and well liked by both sides of the house. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/117 "2022-12-14T18:27:59Z")
Unique Pick, and into 2nd place: | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 96 | 2(2) | | Lou Gehrig | | 2 | Registered\_at\_Last | 52 | 2(2) | | The Canadians | | 3 | Pardel-Lux | 38 | 2(2) | | German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups | | 4 | Dr.Girlfriend | 36 | 2(2) | | 11th annual All-Star Sports Edition | | 4 | GuanoLad | 36 | 2(2) | | British Sitcom Stars | | 6 | Mahaloth | 16 | 1(1) | | MASH (movie or show) living cast members: | | 7 | Railer13 | 13 | 1(1) | | 1960s St. Louis Cardinals World Series | | 8 | Biotop | 12 | 1(1) | | Dark Shadows | | 9 | Dancer\_Flight | 11 | 1(1) | | Star Trek IV | | 10 | Shoeless | 1 | 1(1) | | Guest stars from the original Twilight Zone | ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/118 "2022-12-29T21:43:12Z")
Pelé: 18 points for **Pardel-Lu** x: | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 96 | 2(2) | | Lou Gehrig | | 2 | Dr.Girlfriend | 54 | 3(3) | | 11th annual All-Star Sports Edition | | 3 | Registered\_at\_Last | 52 | 2(2) | | The Canadians | | 4 | Pardel-Lux | 38 | 2(2) | | German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups | | 5 | GuanoLad | 36 | 2(2) | | British Sitcom Stars | | 6 | Mahaloth | 16 | 1(1) | | MASH (movie or show) living cast members: | | 7 | Railer13 | 13 | 1(1) | | 1960s St. Louis Cardinals World Series | | 8 | Biotop | 12 | 1(1) | | Dark Shadows | | 9 | Dancer\_Flight | 11 | 1(1) | | Star Trek IV | | 10 | Shoeless | 1 | 1(1) | | Guest stars from the original Twilight Zone | ---
**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:** [December 29, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/119 "2022-12-29T22:40:39Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Pelé: 18 points for **Pardel-Lu** x: Pelé was on his list and was German? ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/120 "2022-12-29T22:49:15Z")
I am afraid you got it wrong, Pelé was on my normal list, not on the THEMED one. And 38 2(2) remains my score: Jürgen Grabowski and Uwe Seeler. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444.md?page=7)