# 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:** 63
**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:** [May 8, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1241 "2014-05-08T22:35:34Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Tony the Tiger loses his voice (again)](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/07/lee-marshal-tony-the-tiger-dies_n_5282963.html) He’s now in a _ **grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrave!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1242 "2014-05-08T23:19:19Z")
Sorry it took until now to get this out, I’ve been having computer problems. The death of Crowe gave five players points, juicv ones at that. There’s a new leader, and of the top four place holders all but one are new. 1 Randy Seltzer 112 2 0 2 Registered at Last 97 2 1 3 Gleena 70 2 0 4 CAMJAY77 61 1 0 4 Captain Klutz 61 1 0 4 Kitten Mitten 61 1 0 7 Cumbrian 55 1 0 8 bowler girl 54 1 1 9 Shaggy Z 51 1 0 10 Quartz 40 1 1 11 Fleetwood 39 3 1 12 Fear Itself 38 1 1 13 Premislaus 32 1 1 14 Schnitte 30 2 0 15 The Vorlon 26 1 1 16 SCAdian 25 2 1 17 guylevesque 24 2 0 18 12543 16 1 0 18 Allecher 16 1 0 18 Bewildebeest 16 1 0 18 Face Intentionally Left Blank 16 1 0 18 Jeep’s Phoenix 16 1 0 18 Mona Lott 16 1 0 18 Oakminster 16 1 0 18 panache45 16 1 0 18 santorum 16 1 0 18 Shirley Ujest 16 1 0 18 smithsb 16 1 0 29 amarinth 15 1 0 29 anyrose 15 1 0 29 arara123 15 1 0 29 Archeonomist 15 1 0 29 ataraxy22 15 1 0 29 critter42 15 1 0 29 imthjckaz 15 1 0 29 jtgain 15 1 0 29 Labtrash 15 1 0 29 MadTheSwine 15 1 0 29 Maus Magill 15 1 0 29 notfrommensa 15 1 0 29 racer72 15 1 0 29 Sami41 15 1 0 29 Sarabellum1976 15 1 0 29 SpazCat 15 1 0 29 Squonk 15 1 0 29 Tazmanian Devil 15 1 0 29 TexCat 15 1 0 29 tim-n-va 15 1 0 49 Invisible Chimp 13 1 1 50 Borborygmi 11 1 1 51 Dung Beetle 9 1 0 51 Kolak of Twilo 9 1 0 51 rucciface 9 1 0 51 Tread 9 1 0 52 Clothilde 7 1 0 52 Dusty Rose 7 1 0 52 Idle Thoughts 7 1 0 52 Spoons 7 1 0 52 vivalostwages 7 1 0 52 WalterMitty 7 1 0 61 Paul Parkhead 6 1 1 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1243 "2014-05-09T21:51:07Z")
Former Missouri Governor “Walkin’ Joe” Teasdale dead at 78. [http://www.kansascity.com/2014/05/08/5011699/former-missouri-gov-joe-teasdale.html](http://www.kansascity.com/2014/05/08/5011699/former-missouri-gov-joe-teasdale.html) ---
**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:** [May 11, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1244 "2014-05-11T03:52:31Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Sorry it took until now to get this out, I’ve been having computer problems. The death of Crowe gave five players points, juicv ones at that. There’s a new leader, and of the top four place holders all but one are new. Thanks Baker! I’ve been having computer problems as well. It’s a pain. But it was amazing to find out that I went from last to tied for 4th. Yay me. But sincerest condolences to the family and loved ones of Katherine Crowe. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1245 "2014-05-13T02:19:34Z")
Casey Kasem [is missing](http://www.aol.com/article/2014/05/12/judge-expresses-concerns-over-casey-kasems-safety/20884439/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D475479). I have made a long distance dedication while keeping my feet on the ground and reaching for the Stars. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1246 "2014-05-13T10:25:03Z")
Wow, that’s a strange, sad story about Casey Kasem. I hope he’s found and gets the care he needs. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2014, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1247 "2014-05-13T10:45:50Z")
Former Wisconsin Governor, ambassador to Mexico, and VP candidate Patrick Lucey dies at 96 > **[Patrick Lucey dies at 96](https://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/patrick-lucey-obituary-106558)** > > The former Wisconsin governor ran for vice president with John Anderson as an independent in 1980. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1248 "2014-05-13T10:50:43Z")
Someone who’s actually famous - HR Giger (Alien designer / vagina fetishist) [dead at 74](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27390345) ---
**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:** [May 13, 2014, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1249 "2014-05-13T11:21:00Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Casey Kasem [is missing](http://www.aol.com/article/2014/05/12/judge-expresses-concerns-over-casey-kasems-safety/20884439/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D475479). > > I have made a long distance dedication while keeping my feet on the ground and reaching for the Stars. How do you expect me to follow that post? I want a God damn concerted effort to come out of a post that isn’t uptempo when I got to talk about death. I want somebody to use their fucking brain. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2014, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1250 "2014-05-13T11:24:15Z")
Another victim of Clay Aiken’s grab for power. [Keith Crisco](http://time.com/96791/clay-aiken-keith-crisco/) is dead. No one is same while Clay battles his way to the White House. Do not get in his way. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1251 "2014-05-13T14:58:53Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Another victim of Clay Aiken’s grab for power. [Keith Crisco](http://time.com/96791/clay-aiken-keith-crisco/) is dead. No one is same while Clay battles his way to the White House. Do not get in his way. What an unfortunate family name. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1252 "2014-05-13T16:38:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Food industry inventor and entrepreneur Herb Lotman, who developed the mass-production system for making McDonald’s frozen hamburgers, has died. He was 80. He “developed the first total distribution concept for McDonald’s in the late-1960s with the use of cryogenics and helped conceive the Chicken McNugget in the 1980s.” [Father of the Chicken McNugget dies - Boing Boing](http://boingboing.net/2014/05/12/father-of-the-chicken-mcnugget.html) He just wanted fries with that. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1253 "2014-05-14T00:21:05Z")
[Searching for Sugar Man director has died. 36 years old.](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/police-oscar-winning-searching-sugarman-director-malik-bendjelloul-23703733) ---
**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:** [May 14, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1254 "2014-05-14T04:19:39Z")
[Bill Dana goes into that wild blue yonder.](http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bill-dana-20140508-story.html) [Jacinto Convit](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/12/us-venezuela-people-convit-idUSKBN0DS1A720140512), leprosy expert, Noble nominee, and cancer researcher. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1255 "2014-05-15T14:07:12Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [Father of the Chicken McNugget dies - Boing Boing](http://boingboing.net/2014/05/12/father-of-the-chicken-mcnugget.html) > > He just wanted fries with that. In remembrance, Lotman’s nuggets will be flash-frozen and put on display at McDonald’s headquarters. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1256 "2014-05-16T21:26:54Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Someone who’s actually famous - HR Giger (Alien designer / vagina fetishist) [dead at 74](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27390345) Huh? Famous? I never heard of him. Maybe this is why: > [@](#): > > Giger shunned the limelight ---
**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:** [May 16, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1257 "2014-05-16T23:30:12Z")
[Jeb MaGruder](http://news.yahoo.com/watergate-conspirator-jeb-stuart-magruder-died-175001437.html) dead at 21 points. Of course, they’re not _my_ points. My picks are all much better now. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1258 "2014-05-19T15:07:06Z")
> [@](#): > > LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Vale, the beloved crooner known for his high-tenor voice and romantic songs in the 1950s and early 1960s, has died. He was 83. [HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/19/jerry-vale-dead-crooner-obituary_n_5349588.html) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1259 "2014-05-19T15:39:29Z")
[‘Godfather’ Cinematographer Gordon Willis Dead At 82](http://www.businessinsider.com/godfather-cinematographer-gordon-willis-dead-2014-5) > [@](#): > > Gordon Willis — one of the most influential cinematographers of the '70s and '80s — died Monday at age 82. > > Willis is responsible for all of the cinematography on “The Godfather” series and Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall” and “Manhattan." ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1260 "2014-05-19T15:55:15Z")
> [@](#): > > (CNN) – Australian motor racing legend Jack Brabham – a three-time Formula One world champion and the only driver to win the title in a car bearing his name – has died aged 88. [http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/19/sport/motorsport/formula-one-jack-brabham-dead/index.html?hpt=hp\_t2](http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/19/sport/motorsport/formula-one-jack-brabham-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_t2) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=64)