# 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:** 51
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1001 "2014-03-09T20:06:30Z")
It’s been almost four weeks since somebody died that garnered points, and Ford hasn’t helped. Maybe we need to sacrifice a goat or something. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1002 "2014-03-09T20:41:36Z")
Bill Guarnere [died](http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Band-of-Brothers-WWII-Vet-Bill-Guarnere-Dies-at-90-249198891.html) yesterday - ten points that I’d really rather not have gotten. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1003 "2014-03-10T00:11:49Z")
Sorry for my joke, that’s a bad one to lose. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1004 "2014-03-10T02:47:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Bill Guarnere [died](http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Band-of-Brothers-WWII-Vet-Bill-Guarnere-Dies-at-90-249198891.html) yesterday - ten points that I’d really rather not have gotten. ☹ I’m trying to think if there were any others but I believe he is the only Death Pool notable I have met. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1005 "2014-03-10T12:45:16Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > William Clay Ford Sr., the primary shareholder of Ford Motor Company and majority owner of the Detroit Lions 50 years running, died Sunday, a little less than a week before his 89th birthday. > > [Lions Owner William Clay Ford Sr. Passes Away at Age 88 | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1986451-lions-owner-william-clay-ford-sr-passes-away-at-age-88?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial&hpt=hp_t2) Way to slip in that extra point. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1006 "2014-03-10T13:01:22Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > It’s been almost four weeks since somebody died that garnered points, and Ford hasn’t helped. Maybe we need to sacrifice a goat or something. Is it too late to add the goat to my list? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1007 "2014-03-10T18:56:37Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Is it too late to add the goat to my list? Yep, Rule 3c. 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1008 "2014-03-10T19:17:31Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Yep, Rule 3c. 🙂 Oh yes, the infamous “goat rule.” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1009 "2014-03-10T19:20:12Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Oh yes, the infamous “goat rule.” :dubious: Looks like they got your’s… 😛 ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1010 "2014-03-10T19:40:31Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Looks like they got your’s… 😛 Beware my 1920’s style emasculation ray, Vunderboob! bob. Vunderbob. Sorry. :smack: ---
**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:** [March 11, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1011 "2014-03-11T01:53:59Z")
[‘Fatal Vision’ Author Joe McGinniss Dies at Age 71](http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_2_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNE-tNK_C07HA0KzACwE3AfOcNKS7A&cid=52778438125055&url=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FEntertainment%2FwireStory%2Ffatal-vision-author-joe-mcginniss-dies-age-71-22854902&ei=XGweU6CqJsKmmAL92gE&sig2=8i3lSDnuWOmaHlUL3oNZ4g&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&did=8246929720840032924&sid=en_us%3An&ssid=n) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1012 "2014-03-11T10:29:19Z")
RMT union leader [Bob Crow](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/breaking-rmt-leader-bob-crow-dies-age-52-9183607.html) has reached his final destination, where his life has terminated. Bob was an old-school UK unionist and not someone I was a particular fan of, to put it mildly, but since we’re not in the Pit I’ll refrain from giving a fuller opinion of his life and works. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1013 "2014-03-11T12:20:26Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [‘Fatal Vision’ Author Joe McGinniss Dies at Age 71](http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_2_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNE-tNK_C07HA0KzACwE3AfOcNKS7A&cid=52778438125055&url=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FEntertainment%2FwireStory%2Ffatal-vision-author-joe-mcginniss-dies-age-71-22854902&ei=XGweU6CqJsKmmAL92gE&sig2=8i3lSDnuWOmaHlUL3oNZ4g&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&did=8246929720840032924&sid=en_us%3An&ssid=n) Will he be buried next to Sarah Palin? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1014 "2014-03-11T20:22:26Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > RMT union leader [Bob Crow](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/breaking-rmt-leader-bob-crow-dies-age-52-9183607.html) has reached his final destination, where his life has terminated. > > Bob was an old-school UK unionist and not someone I was a particular fan of, to put it mildly, but since we’re not in the Pit I’ll refrain from giving a fuller opinion of his life and works. Nobody chose this person, but when checking the spreadsheets I found that there’s a singer I thought four players had selected, but it was really five. I searched for Crow, and that lead me to Katherine Crowe, a singer, and a separate listing for “Ketherine” Crowe, obviously a mis-spelling of the first name. What did I tell you?🙂 Spelling is important. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1015 "2014-03-12T02:43:21Z")
Fraulein Helga died Monday at age 77. She was hot back in the day > **[Cynthia Lynn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Lynn)** > > Cynthia Lynn (born Zinta Valda Ziemelis; April 2, 1937 – March 10, 2014) was a Latvian-American actress. > Lynn was born in Riga, Latvia, as Zinta Valda Ziemelis. At age eight, she and her mother, Alisa, fled the country prior to the Soviet re-occupation of Latvia in 1944 during World War II, eventually arriving in the United States in 1950. > Lynn portrayed "Fräulein Helga", Colonel Klink's original secretary in Hogan's Heroes during the first season (1965–1966). The role was played by Sigrid V... ---
**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:** [March 13, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1016 "2014-03-13T20:10:25Z")
[Voice-over superstar Hal Douglas dies at 89](http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_6_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNF8CiWwgzE66iZouybtJL5l7mLAPw&cid=52778439264329&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.today.com%2Fentertainment%2Fvoice-over-superstar-hal-douglas-dies-89-2D79371789&ei=GBAiU-j1Bcy4mQKgZg&sig2=25bZ7QhNFJwdBRdFJIDD3A&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&did=8000673657702057075&sid=en_us%3Ae&ssid=e) ---
**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:** [March 13, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1017 "2014-03-13T21:00:41Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [Voice-over superstar Hal Douglas dies at 89](http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_6_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNF8CiWwgzE66iZouybtJL5l7mLAPw&cid=52778439264329&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.today.com%2Fentertainment%2Fvoice-over-superstar-hal-douglas-dies-89-2D79371789&ei=GBAiU-j1Bcy4mQKgZg&sig2=25bZ7QhNFJwdBRdFJIDD3A&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&did=8000673657702057075&sid=en_us%3Ae&ssid=e) In a world without voice-over artists… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1018 "2014-03-13T23:17:20Z")
[Reubin Askew](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reubin_Askew), former FL Gov, age 85. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2014, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1019 "2014-03-14T08:10:28Z")
> **[Tony Benn, Who Preferred Politics to an Aristocrat’s Title, Dies at 88...](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/15/world/europe/tony-benn-leftist-icon-in-britain-dies-at-88.html?_r=0)** > > Mr. Benn, a passionate figure in the Labour Party, renounced a hereditary peerage to remain in the House of Commons. “LONDON — Tony Benn, a passionate orator, prolific diarist and provocative icon of the British left who became the first peer to surrender an aristocratic title to remain in the House of Commons, died early on Friday at his home in west London, his family said. He was 88…” ---
**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:** [March 14, 2014, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1020 "2014-03-14T11:01:14Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > [Reubin Askew](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reubin_Askew), former FL Gov, age 85. Another crooked politician. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=52)