# 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:** 57
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1121 "2014-03-26T13:48:07Z")
3rd golf death in the last week. [Ron Balicki](http://golfweek.com/news/2014/mar/26/ron-balicki-obituary-college-golf-quotes-pga-tour/), writer for Golfweek Magazine, dead at age 65. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1122 "2014-03-26T21:38:50Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > 3rd golf death in the last week. > > [Ron Balicki](http://golfweek.com/news/2014/mar/26/ron-balicki-obituary-college-golf-quotes-pga-tour/), writer for Golfweek Magazine, dead at age 65. And thus the trifecta is fulfilled. ---
**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 28, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1123 "2014-03-28T05:12:54Z")
Politics|James R. Schlesinger, Willful Aide to Three Presidents, Is Dead at 85 > **[James R. Schlesinger, Willful Aide to Three Presidents, Is Dead at 85...](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/28/us/politics/james-r-schlesinger-cold-war-hard-liner-dies-at-85.html?_r=0)** > > Mr. Schlesinger, a tough strategist, served in posts that included the secretary of defense and energy, as well as head of the C.I.A. ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1124 "2014-03-28T15:50:43Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Politics|James R. Schlesinger, Willful Aide to Three Presidents, Is Dead at 85 > … Back in the 70s Schlesinger was the first American “Czar,” as in “Energy Czar” or “Money Czar.” Back then, I always thought he looked a little like Steve Martin. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1125 "2014-03-28T23:01:57Z")
Jeremiah Denton, who blinked TORTURE in Morse code while being used as propaganda for N. Vietnam, has died > **[Jeremiah A. Denton Jr., Vietnam POW and former U.S. senator, dies at 89](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/jeremiah-a-denton-jr-vietnam-pow-and-us-senator-dies/2014/03/28/1a15343e-b500-11e3-b899-20667de76985_story.html)** > > Adm. Denton’s public acts of patriotism came to embody the sacrifices of U.S. POWs in Vietnam. Brian ---
**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:** [March 28, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1126 "2014-03-28T23:59:59Z")
As posted in Café Society, Davis A Trampier (DAT), D&D illustrator and recluse, has died: > **[David A. Trampier, the Illustrator Who Defined the Look of Advanced Dungeons...](https://www.tor.com/2014/03/28/david-a-trampier-obituary/)** > > The Southern Illinoisian, the regional paper for Carbondale, Illinois, has listed an obituary for David A. Trampier, the artist responsible for defining the look of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons,… Brian ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1127 "2014-03-30T13:34:34Z")
[Kate O’Mara](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26809417)’s Dynasty has ended. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1128 "2014-03-30T14:58:09Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > [Kate O’Mara](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26809417)’s Dynasty has ended. OMG, at first I thought this was [Kate Mara](https://www.google.com/search?q=kate+mara&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari)! Glad that’s not the case. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1129 "2014-04-01T01:04:46Z")
How did we all miss [this](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hobie-alter-who-shaped-california-surf-culture-dead-at-80-20140330,0,1115179.story#axzz2xamJJqK8) one? Don’t we have any surfers in the group? ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1130 "2014-04-01T01:06:09Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > How did we all miss [this](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hobie-alter-who-shaped-california-surf-culture-dead-at-80-20140330,0,1115179.story#axzz2xamJJqK8) one? Don’t we have any surfers in the group? Surfing… Isn’t that done outdoors? ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1131 "2014-04-01T20:35:18Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > How did we all miss [this](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hobie-alter-who-shaped-california-surf-culture-dead-at-80-20140330,0,1115179.story#axzz2xamJJqK8) one? Don’t we have any surfers in the group? I think of him more as a boat designer than a surfer. I would think that’s how most people think of him. Doesn’t excuse the fact that his death went unnoticed in this crowd. Everyone must have been distracted by something else. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1132 "2014-04-01T20:51:05Z")
[Dance Music Legend Frankie Knuckles Dies At 59](http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_1_12_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNE-emiRsch3lorKI5XjSXm7dzMJdQ&cid=43982364109079&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2014%2F04%2F01%2F297866839%2Fdance-music-legend-frankie-knuckles-dies-at-59&ei=VCY7U5jgB8y4mQL44wE&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&did=-7368609323173980013&sid=en_us%3Ae&ssid=e) The international dance music community is mourning the loss of one of its founders and most beloved figures today. Grammy Award-winning producer and DJ Frankie Knuckles unexpectedly died last night due to complications from diabetes ---
**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:** [April 1, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1133 "2014-04-01T21:53:16Z")
> [@Sean\_Factotum](#): > > I think of him more as a boat designer than a surfer. I would think that’s how most people think of him. > > Doesn’t excuse the fact that his death went unnoticed in this crowd. Everyone must have been distracted by something else. Yes - “Hobie” immediately brings catamarans to my mind Brian ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1134 "2014-04-02T03:57:25Z")
[Charles H. Keating, Jr.](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/savings-loan-figure-charles-keating-dies-90-23152923), overseer of the costliest S&L failure of the 1980’s, cashed out at 90. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1135 "2014-04-04T05:16:13Z")
Sandy Grossman, Maestro of NFL on TV, Dies at 78. > **[Sandy Grossman, Maestro of N.F.L. on TV, Dies at 78 (Published 2014)](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/04/sports/sandy-grossman-maestro-of-nfl-on-tv-dies-at-78.html?_r=0)** > > Mr. Grossman was an Emmy-winning director of football broadcasts who worked with John Madden and Pat Summerall and orchestrated live shows from a production truck. Mr. Grossman, who won eight Emmys, directed broadcasts of 10 Super Bowls, 18 N.B.A. finals, 5 Stanley Cup finals and Olympic hockey. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1136 "2014-04-04T06:39:22Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Charles H. Keating, Jr.](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/savings-loan-figure-charles-keating-dies-90-23152923), overseer of the costliest S&L failure of the 1980’s, cashed out at 90. Funeralgoers will toss flour on the coffin. (Not a typo.) ---
**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:** [April 4, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1137 "2014-04-04T12:42:10Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Funeralgoers will toss flour on the coffin. (Not a typo.) What does that mean? I searched but got no obvious asnswers. Is it an insult? ---
**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:** [April 4, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1138 "2014-04-04T14:06:00Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > What does that mean? I searched but got no obvious asnswers. Is it an insult? You mean like, may he bake in hell? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1139 "2014-04-04T14:32:20Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Charles H. Keating, Jr.](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/savings-loan-figure-charles-keating-dies-90-23152923), overseer of the costliest S&L failure of the 1980’s, cashed out at 90. > [@Rilchiam](#): > > Funeralgoers will toss flour on the coffin. (Not a typo.) > [@Bullitt](#): > > What does that mean? I searched but got no obvious asnswers. Is it an insult? > [@swampbear](#): > > You mean like, may he bake in hell? It’s a quote from the article, no? **Rilchiam** was just poking fun at the lack of proofreading ---
**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:** [April 4, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1140 "2014-04-04T23:41:24Z")
The article I read has nothing about coffins or flour or flowers. So, what does that mean? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=58)