# 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:** 42
**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 31, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/821 "2014-01-31T03:09:16Z")
Philosopher, talk show host, riveter - is there anything that woman can’t do? ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/822 "2014-01-31T12:04:25Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I see your point. Wasn’t it Mark Twain who said that if man was crossed with a cat it would improve the man and degrade the cat? “If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat.” [Mark Twain](http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/marktwain109622.html) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/823 "2014-01-31T14:00:13Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I believe that was either _Rosie’s Poetics_ or Maimonodies _Guide for the Perplexed._ > > Perhaps both; Maimonodies was known to crib from Rosie. Had to be Maimonodies, I would _ **never** _ say anything bad about cats. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/824 "2014-01-31T19:14:56Z")
Reports are that Michael Schumacher is awake. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/825 "2014-01-31T19:24:45Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > Reports are that Michael Schumacher is awake. Another life saved by our interest. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/826 "2014-01-31T22:44:14Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Another life saved by our interest. And do you think we’ll get a thank-you note? Of course not. People have no manners these days. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/827 "2014-01-31T23:01:38Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > And do you think we’ll get a thank-you note? Of course not. People have no manners these days. If there were any manners at all in this world, I would be showered with thank-you notes, chocolates, and all expense paid world cruises for all the lives I’ve saved. HARUMPH! ---
**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 31, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/828 "2014-01-31T23:05:10Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > If there were any manners at all in this world, I would be showered with thank-you notes, chocolates, and all expense paid world cruises for all the lives I’ve saved. HARUMPH! Be careful on those cruises. Some of the waters have sharks. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/829 "2014-01-31T23:47:08Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Be careful on those cruises. > Some of the waters have sharks. I only worry about airborne sharks. ---
**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 1, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/830 "2014-02-01T01:48:44Z")
Arthur Rankin, Jr., American director, producer and writer, mostly working in animation, principal in Rankin/Bass Productions, responsible for such classics as \*Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, \*and \*Jack Frost. \* [Died January 30,](http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20140131/NEWS/140139945) at age 11 points. ---
**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 1, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/831 "2014-02-01T02:24:05Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I only worry about airborne sharks. You are a braver man than I. 🙂 ---
**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 1, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/832 "2014-02-01T03:44:25Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > Reports are that Michael Schumacher is awake. Ah, nope. > [@](#): > > The seven-time [Formula One](http://www.theguardian.com/sport/formulaone) world champion [Michael Schumacher](http://www.theguardian.com/sport/michael-schumacher) is gradually being lifted out of his artificial coma, his management confirmed on Thursday. > > A statement released by Schumacher’s manager, Sabine Kehm, said: “Michael’s sedation is being reduced in order to allow the start of the waking-up process which may take a long time. For the protection of the family, it was originally agreed by the interested parties to communicate this information only once this process was consolidated.” > > - snip - > > The process of reducing sedation can take days or even weeks, depending on the strength of medication used. Whether Schumacher can fully recover from his injuries, however, is doubtful. He has stayed in a coma for a relatively long time, indicating severe swelling, probably relating to severe damage, said [Peter Andrews](http://www.ccm.mvm.ed.ac.uk/researchers/peter-andrews), professor of intensive care at Edinburgh University, who is leading the world’s largest trial of u[sing hypothermia to reduce brain pressure](http://www.eurotherm3235trial.eu/home/index.phtml). > **[Michael Schumacher being brought out of induced coma, says manager](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jan/30/michael-schumacher-brought-out-induced-coma)** > > The seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is slowly being brought out of an induced coma following last month's skiing accident, his manager has said ---
**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:** [February 1, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/833 "2014-02-01T04:43:49Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Arthur Rankin, Jr., American director, producer and writer, mostly working in animation, principal in Rankin/Bass Productions, responsible for such classics as \*Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, \*and \*Jack Frost. \* > > [Died January 30,](http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20140131/NEWS/140139945) at age 11 points. _ **OH NO!!** _ I loved those shows as a kid! ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/834 "2014-02-01T13:22:15Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Arthur Rankin, Jr., American director, producer and writer, mostly working in animation, principal in Rankin/Bass Productions, responsible for such classics as \*Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, \*and \*Jack Frost. \* > > [Died January 30,](http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20140131/NEWS/140139945) at age 11 points. Not to mention the animated Hobbit and ROTK Brian ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/835 "2014-02-01T13:31:34Z")
If I’ve counted correctly, we have had 6 deaths for points, and 481 points, in the first month of this year. With the same caveat, that compares with 5 and 171, respectively, for January 2013, and 2,778 points from at least 4 deaths for points (probably exactly 4, but not willing to dig through the thread to verify) in January 2012. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/836 "2014-02-01T14:54:21Z")
1 Quartz 40 1 1 2 Fear Itself 38 1 1 3 The Vorlon 26 1 1 4 amarinth 15 1 0 4 anyrose 15 1 0 4 arara123 15 1 0 4 Archeonomist 15 1 0 4 ataraxy22 15 1 0 4 critter42 15 1 0 4 Fleetwood 15 1 0 4 Gleena 15 1 0 4 guylevesque 15 1 0 4 imthjckaz 15 1 0 4 jtgain 15 1 0 4 Labtrash 15 1 0 4 MadTheSwine 15 1 0 4 Maus Magill 15 1 0 4 notfrommensa 15 1 0 4 racer72 15 1 0 4 Sami41 15 1 0 4 Sarabellum1976 15 1 0 4 SCAdian 15 1 0 4 Schnitte 15 1 0 4 SpazCat 15 1 0 4 Squonk 15 1 0 4 Tazmanian Devil 15 1 0 4 tim-n-va 15 1 0 28 Borborygmi 11 1 1 29 Paul Parkhead 6 1 1 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/837 "2014-02-01T15:13:41Z")
Five unique picks, and Ariel Sharon! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/838 "2014-02-01T17:04:47Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > Reports are that Michael Schumacher is awake. It appears that they are attempting to remove the sedation, in order to “start” the “waking up process”. This reflects a level of medical stability, but there is no guarantee that he will actually wake up (i.e., if there is damage to the brain stem, secondary to swelling or anoxia). ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/839 "2014-02-01T18:26:48Z")
Maximilian Schell has died at 17 points. [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU\_AUSTRIA\_OBIT\_SCHELL?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=ENTERTAINMENT&TEMPLATE=](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_AUSTRIA_OBIT_SCHELL?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=ENTERTAINMENT&TEMPLATE=) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/840 "2014-02-01T19:13:11Z")
I thought he died years ago, also that he was much older [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=43)