# 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:** 47
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/921 "2014-02-17T22:07:20Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Aw, Sid. ☹ > > Still, I’ve got some points now… Ditto, here. Saddened by the news, and it wasn’t until this very minute that I remembered that he was on my list. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/922 "2014-02-18T01:35:31Z")
Mae Young, professional wrestler whose first pro match was in 1939 and last match was in 2010, [died](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/sports/mae-young-an-unladylike-lady-wrestler-dies-at-90.html?_r=0) last month, aged 90. ---
**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 18, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/923 "2014-02-18T12:54:26Z")
Mary Grace Canfield, who played Ralph Monroe on Green Acres, dies at 89: [http://www.npr.org/2014/02/18/278906543/mary-grace-canfield-ralph-monroe-on-green-acres-dies-at-89](http://www.npr.org/2014/02/18/278906543/mary-grace-canfield-ralph-monroe-on-green-acres-dies-at-89) Brian ---
**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:** [February 18, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/924 "2014-02-18T13:00:15Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Mary Grace Canfield, who played Ralph Monroe on Green Acres, dies at 89: > [http://www.npr.org/2014/02/18/278906543/mary-grace-canfield-ralph-monroe-on-green-acres-dies-at-89](http://www.npr.org/2014/02/18/278906543/mary-grace-canfield-ralph-monroe-on-green-acres-dies-at-89) > > Brian I didn’t realize anyone from Green Acres (other than maybe the guy who played Eb?) was still around! ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/925 "2014-02-18T14:33:30Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I didn’t realize anyone from Green Acres (other than maybe the guy who played Eb?) was still around! Arnold Ziffel is dead!?!? Oh, no! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/926 "2014-02-18T14:36:32Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Arnold Ziffel is dead!?!? Oh, no! and he was delicious. 😉 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/927 "2014-02-18T16:01:24Z")
Finally on the board (and he’s a unique pick): [Barry Rubin](http://www.timesofisrael.com/barry-rubin-columnist-and-mideast-expert-dies-at-64/), Middle Eastern commentator dead at 64. ---
**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 18, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/928 "2014-02-18T16:08:10Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > and he was delicious. 😉 😃 And treyf. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/929 "2014-02-18T17:08:43Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Arnold Ziffel is dead!?!? Oh, no! Damn! Of all the years to leave Arnold off my list! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/930 "2014-02-18T17:19:38Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > and he was delicious. 😉 😃 **Bacon!!!** ---
**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 18, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/931 "2014-02-18T18:36:15Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > **Bacon!!!** I do detect a certain [resemblance.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CErapf79rqM) People can be so cruel…some pig. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/932 "2014-02-18T18:37:13Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > Finally on the board (and he’s a unique pick): > > [Barry Rubin](http://www.timesofisrael.com/barry-rubin-columnist-and-mideast-expert-dies-at-64/), Middle Eastern commentator dead at 64. And that puts you in fifth place. ---
**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 18, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/933 "2014-02-18T19:13:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Los Angeles (CNN) – Devo guitarist Bob Casale died Monday, his brother and band mate announced Tuesday. Casale was 61. [http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/18/showbiz/devo-bob-casale-dead/index.html?hpt=hp\_t2](http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/18/showbiz/devo-bob-casale-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_t2) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/934 "2014-02-18T19:36:20Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/18/showbiz/devo-bob-casale-dead/index.html?hpt=hp\_t2](http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/18/showbiz/devo-bob-casale-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_t2) I find it amazing that Devo actually formed in 1970! They are only 2 years younger than Led Zeppelin! ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/935 "2014-02-18T23:48:29Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Mary Grace Canfield, who played Ralph Monroe on Green Acres, dies at 89: > [http://www.npr.org/2014/02/18/278906543/mary-grace-canfield-ralph-monroe-on-green-acres-dies-at-89](http://www.npr.org/2014/02/18/278906543/mary-grace-canfield-ralph-monroe-on-green-acres-dies-at-89) > > Brian Yeah, and she was nice… real nice ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/936 "2014-02-19T14:08:53Z")
Pro wrestling: not the highest life expectancy sport, is it? [Nelson Frazier, Jr.: Former WWE superstar Mabel, Viscera, Big Daddy V dies](http://www.examiner.com/article/nelson-frazier-jr-former-wwe-superstar-mabel-viscera-big-daddy-v-dies) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/937 "2014-02-19T14:17:08Z")
Who would have thought that ingesting steroids like they were milkshakes would turn out to be bad for you? ---
**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 19, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/938 "2014-02-19T15:12:11Z")
And at only 42yrs old, too. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/939 "2014-02-19T22:54:19Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Who would have thought that ingesting steroids like they were milkshakes would turn out to be bad for you? Steroids? Have you seen him? More like tons of cheeseburgers. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/940 "2014-02-20T00:47:48Z")
> [@Tread](#): > > Yeah, and she was nice… real nice A Gomer Pyle reference? On TAGS? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=48)