# 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:** 48
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/941 "2014-02-20T08:25:24Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > A Gomer Pyle reference? On TAGS? Give than man a cigar ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Klutz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captain_klutz/32/4993_2.png) [@Captain\_Klutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Klutz)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/942 "2014-02-20T12:02:44Z")
[Aldo Colombini](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Colombini), Italian magician, died on 12 Feb at age 62. ---
**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 20, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/943 "2014-02-20T14:25:07Z")
What is TAGS? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/944 "2014-02-20T16:18:47Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > What is TAGS? **T** he **A** ndy **G** riffith **S** how. Where Gomer got his start. ---
**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/945 "2014-02-20T17:29:24Z")
British actor [Malcom Tierney dead](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26277193#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa)at 25 points. I knew him best from Lovejoy, but he had been in scores of other roles including Doctor Who, Star Wars, House of Cards, and Braveheart. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/946 "2014-02-21T20:28:28Z")
Maria Franziska Von Trapp is 99 going on dead. > **[Maria Franziska von Trapp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Franziska_von_Trapp)** > > Maria Agatha Franziska Gobertina von Trapp (28 September 1914 – 18 February 2014) was the second-oldest daughter of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von Trapp. She was a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives inspired the musical and film The Sound of Music. She was portrayed by Heather Menzies as the character "Louisa". She died at age 99, and was the last surviving sibling portrayed in the film. > She was born on 28 September 1914 in Zell am See, Salzburg, then par... ---
**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 21, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/947 "2014-02-21T20:40:54Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Maria Franziska Von Trapp is 99 going on dead. > > [Maria Franziska von Trapp - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Franziska_von_Trapp) Bravo. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/948 "2014-02-21T21:17:19Z")
It’s likely that no one had this gentleman since he died a week ago but he sounded like a class individual so I thought I’d mention it and post a few links. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-basketball/news/20140217/boston-college-dick-kelley-als/](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-basketball/news/20140217/boston-college-dick-kelley-als/) And he was an inspiration in death to the taking down of the hated Orange. (Don’t know if BC hates the Orange but Jim Boeheim is NOT on my list of favorite people) [http://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-touching-motivation-behind-boston-college-s-win-over-undefeated-no–1-syracuse-043859078-ncaab.html](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-touching-motivation-behind-boston-college-s-win-over-undefeated-no--1-syracuse-043859078-ncaab.html) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/949 "2014-02-22T17:00:58Z")
For those of you who chose Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, it sounds like the guy is doing OK, and has something to live for. [http://news.msn.com/world/benedict-joins-francis-in-historic-1st-ceremony](http://news.msn.com/world/benedict-joins-francis-in-historic-1st-ceremony) ---
**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 22, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/950 "2014-02-22T17:39:30Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > **T** he **A** ndy **G** riffith **S** how. Where Gomer got his start. Thanks. > [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Maria Franziska Von Trapp is 99 going on dead. > > [Maria Franziska von Trapp - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Franziska_von_Trapp) Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > She was the last survivor of the seven original von Trapp children. Three half-siblings, Rosmarie von Trapp (born 1929), Eleonore von Trapp (born 1931), and Johannes von Trapp (born 1939), are also alive, but they were not featured in The Sound of Music. > > > > Maria Agatha Franziska Gobertina von Trapp died on February 18, 2014 in Stowe, Vermont at age 99. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/951 "2014-02-24T17:48:29Z")
HAROLD RAMIS? Oh, no. > **[Chicago actor, writer and director Harold Ramis dies at 69](https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-actor-harold-ramis-dies-at-69/)** > > Mark Caro, Tribune reporter Harold Ramis was one of Hollywood’s most successful comedy filmmakers when he moved his family from Los Angeles back to the Chicago area in 1996. His career was still th… ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/952 "2014-02-24T17:49:34Z")
Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) gone at 31 pts. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/953 "2014-02-24T17:49:56Z")
Oh, no, that’s awful. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/954 "2014-02-24T17:57:59Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > HAROLD RAMIS? Oh, no. > > [http://wgntv.com/2014/02/24/chicago-actor-harold-ramis-dies-at-69/](http://wgntv.com/2014/02/24/chicago-actor-harold-ramis-dies-at-69/) > [@etv78](#): > > Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) gone at 31 pts. In tribute, I repeated this ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/955 "2014-02-24T18:01:02Z")
I didn’t know he’d been sick. ☹ Thanks for everything, Mr. Ramis. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/956 "2014-02-24T18:29:04Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) gone at 31 pts. Isn’t that like sending the convicted hardass warden to general population? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/957 "2014-02-24T19:03:38Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > Isn’t that like sending the convicted hardass warden to general population? ? What does that mean ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/958 "2014-02-24T20:11:25Z")
I suspect it’s a _Ghostbusters_ reference…? Like, he’s a ghost now? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/959 "2014-02-24T20:48:34Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > I suspect it’s a _Ghostbusters_ reference…? Like, he’s a ghost now? > > :dubious: yeah…I stretched on that one - would “The Twinkie just got bigger” been more comprehensible? ---
**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:** [February 24, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/960 "2014-02-24T20:56:02Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > HAROLD RAMIS? Oh, no. > > [http://wgntv.com/2014/02/24/chicago-actor-harold-ramis-dies-at-69/](http://wgntv.com/2014/02/24/chicago-actor-harold-ramis-dies-at-69/) Oh no indeed. Vaya con Dios, Mr. Spengler. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=49)