# 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:** 60
**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 16, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1181 "2014-04-16T04:03:09Z")
[Ken Forsse](http://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/teddy-ruxpins-creator-ken-forsse-passes-away-n62996)’s gears have stopped turning. ---
**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 16, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1182 "2014-04-16T18:22:13Z")
[Valerie Harper says she’s no longer dying of cancer](http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_10_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNHI3Qlgn8RhfBvWg07Pz6rZHrzTGw&cid=43982379657819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Flife%2Fpeople%2F2014%2F04%2F16%2Fvalerie-harper-says-shes-no-longer-dying-of-cancer%2F7775887%2F&ei=bshOU_CwKcy4mQKmTQ&sig2=hfs7dl4_si1gCrwhzE4NCg&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&did=-5213089363055392981&sid=en_us%3Am&ssid=m) Beloved TV actress Valerie Harper, who last year announced she had only months to live, now says she is “cancer-free.” WTF - Why won’t they stay dying? I didn’t have her but still, she was a popular pick. Next thing you know, people will start coming back to life and Baker will have recalculate previous totals and award winners.😉 _congratulations and best wishes Valerie_ ---
**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 16, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1183 "2014-04-16T18:35:57Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Next thing you know, people will start coming back to life and Baker will have recalculate previous totals and award winners.😉 I move that for next year the rules include something about “once dead, always dead.” That should prevent a Zombie Apocalypse from messing with this contest. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1184 "2014-04-16T18:59:34Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [Valerie Harper says she’s no longer dying of cancer](http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_10_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNHI3Qlgn8RhfBvWg07Pz6rZHrzTGw&cid=43982379657819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Flife%2Fpeople%2F2014%2F04%2F16%2Fvalerie-harper-says-shes-no-longer-dying-of-cancer%2F7775887%2F&ei=bshOU_CwKcy4mQKmTQ&sig2=hfs7dl4_si1gCrwhzE4NCg&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&did=-5213089363055392981&sid=en_us%3Am&ssid=m) > Beloved TV actress Valerie Harper, who last year announced she had only months to live, now says she is “cancer-free.” Arrrgh! _So_ annoying. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1185 "2014-04-16T19:12:30Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Arrrgh! _So_ annoying. Where does she go to church? ---
**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:** [April 16, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1186 "2014-04-16T20:21:06Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [Valerie Harper says she’s no longer dying of cancer](http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_10_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNHI3Qlgn8RhfBvWg07Pz6rZHrzTGw&cid=43982379657819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Flife%2Fpeople%2F2014%2F04%2F16%2Fvalerie-harper-says-shes-no-longer-dying-of-cancer%2F7775887%2F&ei=bshOU_CwKcy4mQKmTQ&sig2=hfs7dl4_si1gCrwhzE4NCg&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&did=-5213089363055392981&sid=en_us%3Am&ssid=m) > Beloved TV actress Valerie Harper, who last year announced she had only months to live, now says she is “cancer-free.” Wait, was she on my list? _checks_ Goddammit, she was supposed to be low-hanging fruit! That’s it. Next year I’m doing a completely different theme list. I need to start looking up pro wrestlers of yore. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1187 "2014-04-16T23:27:49Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [Valerie Harper says she’s no longer dying of cancer](http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_10_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNHI3Qlgn8RhfBvWg07Pz6rZHrzTGw&cid=43982379657819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Flife%2Fpeople%2F2014%2F04%2F16%2Fvalerie-harper-says-shes-no-longer-dying-of-cancer%2F7775887%2F&ei=bshOU_CwKcy4mQKmTQ&sig2=hfs7dl4_si1gCrwhzE4NCg&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&did=-5213089363055392981&sid=en_us%3Am&ssid=m) > Beloved TV actress Valerie Harper, who last year announced she had only months to live, now says she is “cancer-free.” > > WTF - Why won’t they stay dying? I didn’t have her but still, she was a popular pick. > > Next thing you know, people will start coming back to life and Baker will have recalculate previous totals and award winners.😉 Might be a bit erroneous Tweeted by a TV critic: > [@](#): > > Kate Aurthur ‏@KateAurthur 2h > > From Valerie Harper via Hallmark: “In response to a recent erroneous quote concerning my health, I am not ‘absolutely cancer-free.’” 1/2 > [@](#): > > Kate Aurthur ‏@KateAurthur 2h > > Valerie Harper: “I wish I were. Right now what I am is cautiously optimistic about my present condition and I have hope for the future.” ---
**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 17, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1188 "2014-04-17T00:03:36Z")
"Quote: From Valerie Harper via Hallmark: “In response to a recent erroneous quote concerning my health, I am not ‘absolutely cancer-free.’” 1/2 " Valerie Harper follows herself on the SDMB ! That’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1189 "2014-04-17T11:30:07Z")
> [@Sean\_Factotum](#): > > I move that for next year the rules include something about “once dead, always dead.” That should prevent a Zombie Apocalypse from messing with this contest. In honor of the season, how about a three day rule? If not back among us by the third day - dead. Year end totals may need adjusting, though. ---
**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 17, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1190 "2014-04-17T18:25:56Z")
> **[Reuters | Breaking International News & Views](https://www.reuters.com?edition-redirect=in)** > > Find latest news from every corner of the globe at Reuters.com, your online source for breaking international news coverage. Puerto Rican singer José Luis “Cheo” Feliciano, who performed with some of salsa’s top stars, was killed in a car crash in San Juan early Thursday morning, police said. He was 78. Not to be confused with the blind José Feliciano, the famed Puerto Rican guitarist and vocalist with hits including a rendition of The Doors’ “Light My Fire,” ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1191 "2014-04-17T20:50:22Z")
Famed author Gabriel Garcia Marquez is dead. [Cite. > [@](#): > > Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel laureate whose novels and short stories exposed tens of millions of readers to Latin America’s passion, superstition, violence and inequality, died at home in Mexico City around midday, according to people close to his family. He was 87. ]([http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT\_OBIT\_GARCIA\_MARQUEZ?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-04-17-16-25-13](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_OBIT_GARCIA_MARQUEZ?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-04-17-16-25-13)) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1192 "2014-04-17T21:22:06Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Famed author Gabriel Garcia Marquez is dead. [Cite.](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_OBIT_GARCIA_MARQUEZ?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-04-17-16-25-13) A unique pick for **Invisible Chimp**. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1193 "2014-04-18T03:45:48Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > A unique pick for **Invisible Chimp**. One of my favorite authors ever. This will help with the grief. ---
**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 20, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1194 "2014-04-20T15:11:49Z")
[Rubin “Hurricane” Carter has died.](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/rubin-hurricane-carter-dead-at-76/article18071079/) ---
**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:** [April 20, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1195 "2014-04-20T16:39:29Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > [Rubin “Hurricane” Carter has died.](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/rubin-hurricane-carter-dead-at-76/article18071079/) 24 points. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1196 "2014-04-20T18:52:15Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > 24 points. 24 points wasted you mean, nobody had him. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1197 "2014-04-21T04:07:45Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 24 points wasted you mean, nobody had him. No KO or TKO. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1198 "2014-04-21T04:21:39Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 24 points wasted you mean, nobody had him. Well I may not have had him but I went to a benefit concert for him put on by Bob Dylan and the Rolling Thunder Revue in either January or February 1976 in the Houston Astrodome. What an amazing concert! The big name performers that Dylan brought in were spectacular. ---
**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 21, 2014, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1199 "2014-04-21T06:27:50Z")
Country music singer Kevin Sharp dies at 43. Cancer - only link was Faux News - not going there. ---
**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 21, 2014, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1200 "2014-04-21T09:25:41Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Country music singer Kevin Sharp dies at 43. > > Cancer - only link was Faux News - not going there. Click quickly, lest lightning strikes you! [Country music singer Kevin Sharp dies at 43 _**(FOX NEWS)**_](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/04/21/country-music-singer-kevin-sharp-dies-at-43/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=61)