# 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:** 46
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/901 "2014-02-12T21:07:13Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Sid Caesar dies at 91 > > [Sid Caesar Dead, Iconic Comedian Dies At 91](http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/sid-caesar-master-of-tv-comedy-dies-at-91-1201100019/) I’m not sure how many of the younger generation realize what an absolutely STAGGERING influence Sid had on comedy and entertainment. Just look at some of the the writers on _Your Show of Shows_: Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Danny Simon, Mel Tolkin, Larry Gelbart and Carl Reiner - I mean, really? Stage, Screen and TV giants who would shape our comedic tastes for 5+ decades… RIP Coach Calhoun ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/902 "2014-02-12T21:14:33Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > I’m not sure how many of the younger generation realize what an absolutely STAGGERING influence Sid had on comedy and entertainment. Just look at some of the the writers on _Your Show of Shows_: Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Danny Simon, Mel Tolkin, Larry Gelbart and Carl Reiner - I mean, really? Stage, Screen and TV giants who would shape our comedic tastes for 5+ decades… > > RIP Coach Calhoun Hear, hear, **critter42**. ---
**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 12, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/903 "2014-02-12T21:26:03Z")
Wow, Sid Caesar. Sad to hear of that one. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/904 "2014-02-12T22:07:32Z")
Sid was a funny guy and definitely a legend. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/905 "2014-02-12T22:50:07Z")
Current standings, after the death of Sid and Shirley are: 1 bowler girl 54 1 1 2 Quartz 40 1 1 3 Fear Itself 38 1 1 4 Schnitte 30 2 0 5 The Vorlon 26 1 1 6 Fleetwood 24 2 0 6 guylevesque 24 2 0 8 amarinth 15 1 0 8 anyrose 15 1 0 8 arara123 15 1 0 8 Archeonomist 15 1 0 8 ataraxy22 15 1 0 8 critter42 15 1 0 8 Gleena 15 1 0 8 imthjckaz 15 1 0 8 jtgain 15 1 0 8 Labtrash 15 1 0 8 MadTheSwine 15 1 0 8 Maus Magill 15 1 0 8 notfrommensa 15 1 0 8 racer72 15 1 0 8 Sami41 15 1 0 8 Sarabellum1976 15 1 0 8 SCAdian 15 1 0 8 SpazCat 15 1 0 8 Squonk 15 1 0 8 Tazmanian Devil 15 1 0 8 TexCat 15 1 0 8 tim-n-va 15 1 0 30 Borborygmi 11 1 1 31 Dung Beetle 9 1 0 31 Kolak of Twilo 9 1 0 31 rucciface 9 1 0 31 Tread 9 1 0 35 Paul Parkhead 6 1 1 ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/906 "2014-02-13T02:34:52Z")
Still in the Top 40. Can I pick 'em or what? ---
**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 13, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/907 "2014-02-13T02:42:45Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > Still in the Top 40. Can I pick 'em or what? It is early yet. “You kill anyone today, Curly?” “The day ain’t over yet.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/908 "2014-02-14T02:44:08Z")
[Ralph Waite](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/waltons-actor-ralph-waite-dies-680278) better known as John Walton has said his last Good Night. Dead at age 85 Good Night Daddy. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/909 "2014-02-14T02:52:48Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [Ralph Waite](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/waltons-actor-ralph-waite-dies-680278) better known as John Walton has said his last Good Night. Dead at age 85 > > Good Night Daddy. This means that we’ll see an NCIS episode where Gibbs loses his father. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/910 "2014-02-14T03:09:20Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > This means that we’ll see an NCIS episode where Gibbs loses his father. And Agent Booth loses his beloved Grandpa on Bones RIP Papa Walton ---
**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 14, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/911 "2014-02-14T05:59:35Z")
Ralph Waite – wow. I liked watching _The Waltons_ as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/912 "2014-02-14T12:07:20Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > This means that we’ll see an NCIS episode where Gibbs loses his father. > [@computergeek](#): > > And Agent Booth loses his beloved Grandpa on Bones > > RIP Papa Walton …and neither COD will be “natural causes”… ---
**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 14, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/913 "2014-02-14T12:43:07Z")
Ralph Waite had a part in the miniseries, _Roots_ – I’d forgotten that. He was also a USMC veteran, having served in 1946-1948. Semper Fi, Ralph, and say hello to Chesty for me. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/914 "2014-02-14T13:13:09Z")
Jim Fregosi, longtime shortstop of the California Angels, and later manager of the Phillies, dead at age 71. ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/915 "2014-02-14T13:59:28Z")
Well, thanks to Sid, I am now out of the gate. There are 12 folks in serious trouble now. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/916 "2014-02-14T14:35:10Z")
Ralph makes three for me! ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/917 "2014-02-14T15:26:47Z")
> [@Fleetwood](#): > > Ralph makes three for me! And I have 13 specimens of perfect health. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/918 "2014-02-14T19:09:31Z")
> [@Sario](#): > > And I have 13 specimens of perfect health. Tell me about! Mine just keep on getting better and better. I’m guessing Lindsay Lohan, Miley Cyrus, Courtney Love, and Lady Gaga have suddenly become fitness nuts and are not telling anybody. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/919 "2014-02-14T20:51:13Z")
**Fleetwood** is now in third place, and is in the lead for number of picks so far, having three. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/920 "2014-02-16T02:06:03Z")
[John Henson](http://tvline.com/2014/02/15/john-henson-dead-muppets/#more-493532), Muppet puppeteer and son of Jim Henson, dead at 48. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=47)