# 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:** 44
**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:** [February 3, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/861 "2014-02-03T21:20:07Z")
I was under the impression he was a consummate professional on movie sets(and on stage). Any evidence his drug usage ever affected a production? Outside speculation, I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/862 "2014-02-03T23:27:45Z")
Several articles have said he was 23 years sober before falling off the wagon last year. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/863 "2014-02-04T00:46:55Z")
[Joan Mondale](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/03/us-usa-people-mondale-idUSBREA121P520140203), former second lady of the United States (wife of V.P. Walter Mondale), has died at 83. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/864 "2014-02-04T01:22:41Z")
A couple of players had Walter, but not Joan. ---
**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 4, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/865 "2014-02-04T16:59:39Z")
Richard Bull, perhaps best known as Nels Oleson on Lille House on the Prairie, dead at 89. > **[highlighthollywood.com](http://highlighthollywood.com/2014/02/renowned-character-actor-richard-bull-little-house-on-the-prairies-nels-oleson-has-died-at-the-age-of-89-highlight-hollywood-news/)** > > This domain may be for sale! Brian ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/866 "2014-02-04T19:08:19Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Several articles have said he was 23 years sober before falling off the wagon last year. probably why I was so surprised by CoD. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/867 "2014-02-06T20:49:10Z")
Former baseball player and broadcaster Ralph Kiner is dead. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/868 "2014-02-07T03:27:08Z")
9 pts. I mean age 91. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/869 "2014-02-07T04:29:03Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Several articles have said he was 23 years sober before falling off the wagon last year. I’ve seen reports that the heroin he used was five years old. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/870 "2014-02-07T05:56:22Z")
[Johnny Allen](http://www.freep.com/article/20140131/ENT04/301310148/Detroit-pianist-arranger-Johnny-Allen-dies-at-96), grammy award winning co-arranger of the theme from _Shaft_, dead at 4 points. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/871 "2014-02-07T11:08:37Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’ve seen reports that the heroin he used was five years old. Does it improve with age, like whiskey? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/872 "2014-02-08T01:21:42Z")
[Samantha Juste Dolenz](http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/entertainment/goodbye-to-the-girl-in-yellow-dress/ndGsp/), ex-wife of Mickey Dolenz and 60s fashion & make-up icon, died of a stroke on Wednesday. ---
**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 8, 2014, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/873 "2014-02-08T09:57:18Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > [Samantha Juste Dolenz](http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/entertainment/goodbye-to-the-girl-in-yellow-dress/ndGsp/), ex-wife of Mickey Dolenz and 60s fashion & make-up icon, died of a stroke on Wednesday. Now I’m a believer.😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/874 "2014-02-08T11:48:49Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > [Samantha Juste Dolenz](http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/entertainment/goodbye-to-the-girl-in-yellow-dress/ndGsp/), ex-wife of Mickey Dolenz and 60s fashion & make-up icon, died of a stroke on Wednesday. _She’s a wonderful lady and she’s mine, all mine and there doesn’t seem a way that she won’t come and lose my mind. It’s too easy hummin’ songs to a girl in yellow dress it’s been a long time since the party and the room is in a mess_ ---
**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:** [February 8, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/875 "2014-02-08T22:54:41Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Former baseball player and broadcaster Ralph Kiner is dead. All the athletes turned broadcasters on my list and I didn’t pick Kiner. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/876 "2014-02-08T23:44:12Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > All the athletes turned broadcasters on my list and I didn’t pick Kiner. :mad: Nobody else did either, think of it that way. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/877 "2014-02-09T16:34:28Z")
[NurseCarmen](http://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/14010786/?fullname=mary-d-orfield) has died. She obviously had an impact on me while growing up. She was 88. And she will be sorely missed, but with fond memories for thousands in the Twin Cities. ---
**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 9, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/878 "2014-02-09T16:55:36Z")
Whoa. Sorry to hear that. She will be missed here as well. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/879 "2014-02-09T20:49:26Z")
Just so it’s clear, I’m alive and well. ---
**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 9, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/880 "2014-02-09T21:03:54Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Just so it’s clear, I’m alive and well. Meh, we can’t have you, anway. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=45)