# 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:** 52
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1021 "2014-03-14T15:08:39Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Another crooked politician. I never heard anyone call Reubin Askew “crooked,” in fact, it was to the contrary. Do you know something I haven’t heard? ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1022 "2014-03-14T15:44:25Z")
I think it was a play on his name (askew as in crooked). ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1023 "2014-03-14T17:38:28Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I think it was a play on his name (askew as in crooked). And I think you’re right. I must still be on standard time… but still, I find that crack to be a little out of line. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1024 "2014-03-14T18:04:28Z")
[Glenn Edward McDuffie](http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9464086) died last weekend at age 86. Who is McDuffie? He is the man in the iconic photo “The Kiss”. Times Square on VJ Day ---
**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, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1025 "2014-03-14T18:39:11Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Another crooked politician. > [@Bellhorn](#): > > I never heard anyone call Reubin Askew “crooked,” in fact, it was to the contrary. Do you know something I haven’t heard? > [@kayT](#): > > I think it was a play on his name (askew as in crooked). Perhaps confused with that paragon of virtue - **Spiro T. Agnew**. ---
**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, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1026 "2014-03-14T18:50:17Z")
> [@Bellhorn](#): > > And I think you’re right. I must still be on standard time… but still, I find that crack to be a little out of line. OK I’m confused. How can a little pun on someone’s name be out of line? :dubious: \<---- that’s me looking askew at you. ETA: dammit you got me. :smack: You are now on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1027 "2014-03-14T18:55:35Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [Glenn Edward McDuffie](http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9464086) died last weekend at age 86. > > Who is McDuffie? He is the man in the iconic photo “The Kiss”. Times Square on VJ Day Are you sure about that? Last I heard, identifying either the sailor or the nurse had been given up as a lost cause, because too many different people were claiming to be them. (Sorry he died, at any rate.) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1028 "2014-03-14T19:03:24Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > :dubious: \<---- that’s me looking askew at you. _I’m looking askew at you, where did you go?_ ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1029 "2014-03-14T19:06:57Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Are you sure about that? Last I heard, identifying either the sailor or the nurse had been given up as a lost cause, because too many different people were claiming to be them. > > (Sorry he died, at any rate.) I saw it on CNN and then found the online article. That is the extent of my trust. ---
**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 14, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1030 "2014-03-14T19:16:18Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > _I’m looking askew at you, > where did you go?_ MOM! He’s looking askew at me! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1031 "2014-03-14T21:55:19Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > MOM! > He’s looking askew at me! Just as long as he’s not [Luke Askew (I) (1932–2012)](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0039435/?ref_=nv_sr_1) 😉 ---
**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, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1032 "2014-03-14T23:44:11Z")
[Wesley Warren, man with 130-pound scrotum, dies at 49](http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_14_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNFMHtx9ZflXHPhUVW_uCUcD39p4SQ&cid=43982347695155&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nydailynews.com%2Flife-style%2Fhealth%2Fwesley-warren-man-130-pound-scrotum-dies-49-article-1.1722072&ei=mpMjU_C8Jcy4mQK12QE&sig2=V1_W1163JOYDmS2cbKpPRA&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&did=-923036543714093958&sid=en_us%3Am&ssid=m) Stretching the definition of celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1033 "2014-03-15T01:03:30Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [Wesley Warren, man with 130-pound scrotum, dies at 49](http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_14_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNFMHtx9ZflXHPhUVW_uCUcD39p4SQ&cid=43982347695155&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nydailynews.com%2Flife-style%2Fhealth%2Fwesley-warren-man-130-pound-scrotum-dies-49-article-1.1722072&ei=mpMjU_C8Jcy4mQK12QE&sig2=V1_W1163JOYDmS2cbKpPRA&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&did=-923036543714093958&sid=en_us%3Am&ssid=m) > > Stretching the definition of celebrity. “Stretching”? Are you fishing for a Beavis chortle? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1034 "2014-03-15T03:02:49Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [Wesley Warren, man with 130-pound scrotum, dies at 49](http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_14_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNFMHtx9ZflXHPhUVW_uCUcD39p4SQ&cid=43982347695155&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nydailynews.com%2Flife-style%2Fhealth%2Fwesley-warren-man-130-pound-scrotum-dies-49-article-1.1722072&ei=mpMjU_C8Jcy4mQK12QE&sig2=V1_W1163JOYDmS2cbKpPRA&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&did=-923036543714093958&sid=en_us%3Am&ssid=m) > > Stretching the definition of celebrity. He wouldn’t have been accepted, as he’s only “famous” for a medical condition. ---
**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 15, 2014, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1035 "2014-03-15T06:11:17Z")
I know, couldn’t pass up the headline. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1036 "2014-03-15T20:06:29Z")
[Mark Rodgers](http://www.locusmag.com/News/2014/02/mark-e-rogers-1952-2014/#sthash.Ssbz9xUd.gbpl), author of [Samurai Cat](http://www.amazon.com/Mark-E.-Rogers/e/B001HMKTJW/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1394913964&sr=8-1), died last month at the age of 61. I met him, briefly, once. He was a nice guy. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1037 "2014-03-15T22:42:25Z")
David Brenner died at age 22 points(78). ---
**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 16, 2014, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1038 "2014-03-16T05:30:57Z")
COLUMBUS, Ga. Howard “Bo” Callaway Sr., a former Georgia congressman, Army secretary and one of the founders of Callaway Gardens, died Saturday. He was 86. Read more here: [http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/03/16/4770166/former-georgia-congressman-bo.html#.UyU2EUtX\_Ww#storylink=cpy](http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/03/16/4770166/former-georgia-congressman-bo.html#.UyU2EUtX_Ww#storylink=cpy) BOSTON (AP) — Former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has been diagnosed with an advanced form of an unknown cancer, the Boston Globe reported. The newspaper says in a story on its website Saturday that doctors found ‘‘an advanced cancer of unknown origin’’ that had metastasized, and that they were unable to find its source. The cancer was discovered in February by Menino’s primary physician, Dr. Charles A. Morris, the newspaper reported. Thomas Menino, the longest-serving Boston mayor who retired from the office a year ago, is 71 and has had many health problems in recent years. He said Morris, after making the discovery, was more shaken that Menino. Bonus Bandwagon pick if he makes it through the year! My sympathies - on my way to hell. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2014, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1039 "2014-03-16T05:37:57Z")
I just read an interesting article: [10 Celebs You Thought Were Dead](http://www.therichest.com/expensive-lifestyle/10-celebs-you-thought-were-dead/) 1. Eli Wallach, born December 7, 1915 (age 98) 2. Olivia de Havilland, born July 1, 1916 (age 97) 3. Maureen O’Hara, born August 17, 1920 (age 93) 4. Mickey Rooney, born September 23, 1920 (age 93) 5. Carol Channing born January 31, 1921 (age 93) 6. Doris Day, born April 3, 1922 (age 91) 7. Lauren Bacall, born September 16, 1924 (age 89) 8. Eva Marie Saint, July 4, 1924 (age 89) 9. Dick Van Dyke, born December 13, 1925 (age 88) 10. Jim Nabors, born June 12, 1930 (age 83) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1040 "2014-03-16T06:22:05Z")
According to long time poster \*\*Lucretia \*\*God is close to tell Fred Phelps in person that he made the Lord very, very nervous. > **[Fred Phelps is dying.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=718448)** > > I’m posting this here, because I know that many comments will be…less than kind. Many of you know who Fred Phelps Sr. is. This post is from his son, Nathan Phelps, a Facebook friend of mine, and someone I greatly respect. I saw Nathan speak a couple... As I said on that pit thread, I’m terribly sorry… Terribly sorry that I did not have him in my list! I hope that he will get an appropriate judgement. [http://www.weirdcrap.com/chick/judge/judge.html](http://www.weirdcrap.com/chick/judge/judge.html) “PULL MY FINGER!” Said the lord. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=53)