# Celebrity Death Pool 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193 "2013-12-01T06:00:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/541 "2014-01-06T03:35:49Z")
The Green Bay Packers died today. Does that count? ---
**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:** [January 6, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/542 "2014-01-06T05:45:30Z")
[http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/01/05/3509250/padres-jerry-coleman-dies-at-89.html](http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/01/05/3509250/padres-jerry-coleman-dies-at-89.html) Hall of Fame broadcaster Jerry Coleman, a former second baseman for the New York Yankees who interrupted his pro career to fly as a Marine Corps pilot in World War II and Korea, died Sunday, the San Diego Padres said. He was 89. Read more here: [http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/01/05/3509250/padres-jerry-coleman-dies-at-89.html#storylink=cpy](http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/01/05/3509250/padres-jerry-coleman-dies-at-89.html#storylink=cpy) ---
**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:** [January 6, 2014, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/543 "2014-01-06T06:09:11Z")
I just noticed that Michael Schumacher had a birthday on January 3. He turned 45 and took a potential point off the scores of everyone who picked him. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/544 "2014-01-06T11:08:31Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I just noticed that Michael Schumacher had a birthday on January 3. He turned 45 and took a potential point off the scores of everyone who picked him. Yeah, and if he lives, he’ll take another 55 points from those of us who jumped on that bandwagon. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/545 "2014-01-06T20:19:40Z")
News story on Robert Mugabe. > **[Robert Mugabe has collapsed: report](http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/9578145/Robert-Mugabe-has-collapsed-report)** > > An insider from Zimbabwe's ruling government posts info suggesting Robert Mugabe has collapsed. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/546 "2014-01-07T09:37:09Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > A lot of Stanford fans here where I live are still wincing over tha one. > > Congrats to the Spartans! That block at the end of the game that flying leap, by Kyler Ellsworth, he is a local boy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/547 "2014-01-07T11:09:01Z")
Actor Larry Mann has passed away at the age of 91. He was a “that guy!” character actor, and it seems like he was in everything. But he’ll always be remembered as the voice of Yukon Cornelius, from 1964’s _Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reinder._ > **[News, recaps, reviews, photos, clips and more – MSN TV](http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv?news=845970)** > > Find the latest TV recaps, photos, videos and clips, news and more on MSN TV ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/548 "2014-01-07T12:17:32Z")
Hey, we’re a week into the New Year, and I’m still tied for the lead! Of course, so is everybody else. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/549 "2014-01-07T12:58:14Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > News story on Robert Mugabe. > > [http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/9578145/Robert-Mugabe-has-collapsed-report](http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/9578145/Robert-Mugabe-has-collapsed-report) Woo-hoo! It wouldn’t be many points, but it would pop my Death Pool cherry. And possibly also get me a share of the Opening Kickoff award. Although this could be a problem… (from the linked article) > [@](#): > > “If it is true that he has died, they are likely to keep his body refrigerated until security chiefs pass the nod to announce,” Baba Jukwa said. > > "When that will be? **It could even be 6 months later**. This is the way to do it in line with protocol. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/550 "2014-01-07T23:26:35Z")
I think it would be when the “security chiefs” thrash out who’s going to take Mugabe’s place. An execution or two, a convenient heart attack or car accident, and they’ll be ready. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/551 "2014-01-07T23:35:05Z")
BAd - Murder! [Venezuelan ex-beauty queen Monica Spear murdered](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25642041) “Former Venezuelan beauty queen Monica Spear, 29, and her British husband Thomas Berry, 39, have been shot dead in their car in Venezuela…” ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/552 "2014-01-07T23:52:03Z")
[Run Run Shaw](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/movies/run-run-shaw-movie-mogul-seen-as-creator-of-kung-fu-genre-dies-at-106.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0), credited with creating the kung fu genre in movies, has died at 106. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/553 "2014-01-08T00:16:17Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [Run Run Shaw](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/movies/run-run-shaw-movie-mogul-seen-as-creator-of-kung-fu-genre-dies-at-106.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0), credited with creating the kung fu genre in movies, has died at 106. For a minute I got excited because I know in the last year or two he’s been on a couple of lists. But not this year. Over on the other board where I play a different list one person had him as an alternate. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/554 "2014-01-08T00:18:36Z")
Actress Carmen Zapata has died. And no, nobody had her. > **[Google](https://www.google.com/#q=carmen+zapata)** > > Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/555 "2014-01-08T03:03:08Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > For a minute I got excited because I know in the last year or two he’s been on a couple of lists. > > But not this year. Over on the other board where I play a different list one person had him as an alternate. And they asked Her, “Speak to us of the Other Death Pool, oh Most Illustrious Death Mistress.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/556 "2014-01-08T10:06:57Z")
It’s a smaller board,and thirty people are playing Death Pool. Not as much chatter as over here, the whole thread was six pages for 2013. I am not the only person from here playing there though! I play a different list over there than here. I had one death for 2013, Eleanor Parker, so I got nine points and ended up 20th out of thirty players. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/557 "2014-01-08T11:10:05Z")
I’m on the scoreboard with 40 points! Paul Goggins has died aged 60. > **[MPs on all sides pay tribute to 'kind, brilliant' Labour MP Paul Goggins](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jan/08/labour-mp-paul-goggins-dies)** > > MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East has died in hospital, aged 60, after suffering a suspected brain haemorrhage ---
**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:** [January 8, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/558 "2014-01-08T12:24:14Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I’m on the scoreboard with 40 points! Paul Goggins has died aged 60. > > [MPs on all sides pay tribute to 'kind, brilliant' Labour MP Paul Goggins | Labour | The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jan/08/labour-mp-paul-goggins-dies) Congratulations! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/559 "2014-01-08T12:34:21Z")
I think he was my one unique pick too - someone else followed me with Mario Oriani-Ambrosini. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/560 "2014-01-08T13:19:21Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > For a minute I got excited because I know in the last year or two he’s been on a couple of lists. > > But not this year. Over on the other board where I play a different list one person had him as an alternate. Not much point, what with him giving you -6 points. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=29)