# 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:** 39
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/761 "2014-01-20T17:13:53Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > ETA: [Aslan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aslan_Gahramanly) died. > > That’s Aslan Gahramanly, the Azerbaijani playwright, but I just had to see if I could make any C.S. Lewis fans’ heads spin. We already know he died, it was in the books. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/762 "2014-01-20T17:41:54Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > That’s Aslan Gahramanly, the Azerbaijani playwright, but I just had to see if I could make any C.S. Lewis fans’ heads spin. Well, you made this Liam Neeson fan a little worried! ---
**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:** [January 20, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/763 "2014-01-20T18:32:13Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > We already know he died, it was in the books. He got better. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/764 "2014-01-20T19:29:04Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Well, you made this Liam Neeson fan a little worried! Ditto. As soon as I read the rest of the responses I was going to Google Neeson. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/765 "2014-01-20T22:13:19Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > He got better. Well yeah. But he did die. So it’s not like it’s a big deal to him anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/766 "2014-01-21T00:40:48Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Wow only one pick? Didn’t he used to be one of the mainstays? I never knew what The Professors real name was. At one time he was only part of: “the Movie Star and **the rest** ” ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/767 "2014-01-21T17:13:02Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > I never knew what The Professors real name was. At one time he was only part of: “the Movie Star and **the rest** ” Yeah, I’ve been hearing “and the rest” a lot lately. My wife got a box set of the entire series for Christmas, so we’ve been gradually working our way through Season 1. According to the Wikipedia page, the Professor’s name was Professor Roy Hinkley, Ph.D. (even though he was a high school teacher, and not an actual professor), the Skipper’s name was Jonas Grumby, ‘Lovey’ was Eunice Lovelle Wentworth Howell, and Ginger’s and Mary Ann’s last names were Grant and Summers, respectively. Gilligan himself didn’t have a full name during the series, though. I was surprised, upon Russell Johnson’s death, to learn of his WWII record, because I’d have placed him as being thirtyish or early 30s when they filmed the first season. ---
**Author:** ![KC\_Reaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc8723/32.png) [@KC\_Reaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KC_Reaper)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/768 "2014-01-22T01:09:28Z")
Im fairly certain that Gilligans first name was Willie. Never appeared in the series, but was listed as part of a promotional poster used prior to the pilot episode. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/769 "2014-01-22T02:22:56Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I think we have a death for points (not my points, unfortunately): [Dennis Frederiksen](http://ultimateclassicrock.com/dennis-frederiksen-dies/)of the 1970s band Toto. I think he was on **Fear Itself** ’s list. Wikipedia has his age as 62. He was only with the band for 1 album and tour, in 1984-85 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/770 "2014-01-22T02:36:16Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > According to the Wikipedia page, the Professor’s name was Professor Roy Hinkley, Ph.D. (even though he was a high school teacher, and not an actual professor), the Skipper’s name was Jonas Grumby, ‘Lovey’ was Eunice Lovelle Wentworth Howell, and Ginger’s and Mary Ann’s last names were Grant and Summers, respectively. Gilligan himself didn’t have a full name during the series, though. > [@KC\_Reaper](#): > > Im fairly certain that Gilligans first name was Willie. Never appeared in the series, but was listed as part of a promotional poster used prior to the pilot episode. from wikipedia: [ > [@](#): > > Bob Denver as First Mate Gilligan, the bumbling, naive, accident-prone crewman (affectionately known as “Little Buddy” by “the Skipper”) of the S.S. Minnow. Denver was not the first choice to play Gilligan; actor Jerry Van Dyke was offered the role, but he turned it down, believing that the show would never be successful. He chose instead to play the lead in My Mother the Car, which premiered the following year and was cancelled after one season. The producers looked to Bob Denver, the actor who had played lovable beatnik Maynard G. Krebs in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. **None of the show’s episodes ever specified Gilligan’s full name or clearly indicated whether “Gilligan” was the character’s first name or his last. In the DVD collection, Sherwood Schwartz states that he preferred the full name of “Willy Gilligan” for the character. Denver, on various television/radio interviews (The Pat Sajak Show; KDKA radio), said that “Gil Egan” was his choice. The actor reasoned that because everyone yelled at the first mate, it ran together as “Gilligan.” In the unaired pilot episode, it is unclear whether Lovey Howell refers to Gilligan as “Stewart” or steward. On Rescue from Gilligan’s Island, the writers artfully dodged Gilligan’s full name when the other names are announced. Little is revealed about Gilligan’s past, except his occasional reference to best friend Skinny Mulligan. According to the creator, though the character was only referred to as “Gilligan,” the original, unaired, pilot gave him the first name of “Willie.”**[2] ]([Gilligan's Island - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilligan's_Island)) ---
**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 22, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/771 "2014-01-22T03:46:27Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > He was only with the band for 1 album and tour, in 1984-85 That’s like saying “He only won the Congressional Medal of Honor once.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/772 "2014-01-22T14:43:25Z")
Bernie Madoff has had a heart attack and has stage 4 kidney disease. So says CNBC Not sure how many have him, if anyone. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/773 "2014-01-22T15:19:39Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Bernie Madoff has had a heart attack and has stage 4 kidney disease. So says CNBC > Not sure how many have him, if anyone. From my informal search, it looks like **meghan** and **HeyHomie** would have points if the Grim Reaper takes Bernie away. Our beloved DeathMistress can correct me as needed. 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 22, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/774 "2014-01-22T17:09:23Z")
> [@](#): > > It is too early to diagnose Michael Schumacher as being in a permanent vegetative state … [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/michael-schumacher-apallic-syndrome-consultant-3048367](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/michael-schumacher-apallic-syndrome-consultant-3048367) … so says Neurosurgeon Colin Shieff of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in central London. Maybe Michael Schumacher now replaces Ariel Sharon on the Doper [del]waiting to die and score points[/del] celebrity death pool list. When one door closes another door opens … ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/775 "2014-01-22T17:46:28Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/michael-schumacher-apallic-syndrome-consultant-3048367](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/michael-schumacher-apallic-syndrome-consultant-3048367) > > … so says Neurosurgeon Colin Shieff of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in central London. > > Maybe Michael Schumacher now replaces Ariel Sharon on the Doper [del]waiting to die and score points[/del] celebrity death pool list. When one door closes another door opens … Is there such an expression as _c’est la morte_? ---
**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:** [January 23, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/776 "2014-01-23T13:52:47Z")
Annnnd, I am on the board, _Boston Globe_ has a breaking headline that Chet Curtis has shed his mortal coil, story to follow. POINTS, err, my condolences to his family ---
**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:** [January 23, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/777 "2014-01-23T16:25:59Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Annnnd, I am on the board, _Boston Globe_ has a breaking headline that Chet Curtis has shed his mortal coil, story to follow. > > POINTS, err, my condolences to his family [26 points.](http://www.wbur.org/2014/01/23/longtime-boston-tv-anchor-chet-curtis-dies) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/778 "2014-01-23T21:36:59Z")
Wow, never would’ve predicted someone would have picked him. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/779 "2014-01-23T22:34:37Z")
Aaaaaand **The Vorlon** jumps into third place! Quartz 40 1 1 Fear Itself 38 1 1 The Vorlon 26 1 1 amarinth 15 1 0 anyrose 15 1 0 arara123 15 1 0 Archeonomist 15 1 0 ataraxy22 15 1 0 critter42 15 1 0 Fleetwood 15 1 0 Gleena 15 1 0 guylevesque 15 1 0 imthjckaz 15 1 0 jtgain 15 1 0 Labtrash 15 1 0 MadTheSwine 15 1 0 Maus Magill 15 1 0 notfrommensa 15 1 0 racer72 15 1 0 Sami41 15 1 0 Sarabellum1976 15 1 0 SCAdian 15 1 0 Schnitte 15 1 0 SpazCat 15 1 0 Squonk 15 1 0 Tazmanian Devil 15 1 0 tim-n-va 15 1 0 Borborygmi 11 1 1 ---
**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 26, 2014, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/780 "2014-01-26T12:39:28Z")
Ryan Loskarn, a former senate staffer charged with child port offences has committed [suicide](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/24/former-senate-staffer-child-porn-charges-suicide). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=40)