# 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:** 66
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1301 "2014-06-02T13:59:23Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Could be worse. I’ve had Katherine Crowe on my list the last two years and took her off this year’s list. You should have known that would happen. You were the only reason she was living on. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1302 "2014-06-02T14:20:13Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Great, so now I’m tied for 65th place. Along with 100 of your fellow players, including yours truly. So you’ve got plenty of company! Mean score of all players: 10.36 Median score of all players: 0 😃 ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1303 "2014-06-02T16:23:15Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Along with 100 of your fellow players, including yours truly. So you’ve got plenty of company! > > Mean score of all players: 10.36 > Median score of all players: 0 > > 😃 I take it this means that overall the Straight Dope Celebrity Death Pool is probably not the top ranking death pool on teh intartoobz. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1304 "2014-06-04T20:24:41Z")
Wilko Johnson making ‘excellent progress’ [following cancer operation](http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/wilko-johnson-making-excellent-progress-following-cancer-operation/#sthash.c7RmoDyz.dpuf). He owes us, big time. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1305 "2014-06-04T21:42:00Z")
As soon as I saw the name I groaned because I thought he was about to give me a lot of work. But then I read the rest of the sentence. Twenty-five people have him. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1306 "2014-06-05T01:23:27Z")
[Don Zimmer](http://myfox8.com/2014/06/04/don-zimmer-dead-at-83/), Former Yankee and Red Sox Manager, Dead at Age 83. I think he and pro wrestler George “The Animal” Steele were separated at birth. BTW, George Steele is still alive!! ---
**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:** [June 5, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1307 "2014-06-05T13:17:49Z")
[Chester Nez](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/06/04/318873830/last-of-the-navajo-code-talkers-dies-at-93), the last surviving Navajo codetalker, has died at 7 points. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1308 "2014-06-05T17:48:44Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [Don Zimmer](http://myfox8.com/2014/06/04/don-zimmer-dead-at-83/), Former Yankee and Red Sox Manager, Dead at Age 83. > > I think he and pro wrestler George “The Animal” Steele were separated at birth. > > BTW, George Steele is still alive!! //adds George Steele to watch list for 2015//😉 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1309 "2014-06-05T21:32:34Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > [Chester Nez](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/06/04/318873830/last-of-the-navajo-code-talkers-dies-at-93), the last surviving Navajo codetalker, has died at 7 points. Now there’s a guy I’d mourn. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1310 "2014-06-05T23:59:20Z")
Doc Neeson, lead singer of Australian band, The Angels,[has died at 33 points.](http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/the-angels-doc-neeson-67-dies-20140604-zrx5i.html) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1311 "2014-06-06T18:00:16Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Wilko Johnson making ‘excellent progress’ [following cancer operation](http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/wilko-johnson-making-excellent-progress-following-cancer-operation/#sthash.c7RmoDyz.dpuf). Of course he is - he’s on my list! And a side note: less than 4 weeks until Lindsay Lohan turns 28. She may just avoid the 27 jinx. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1312 "2014-06-06T18:33:19Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Of course he is - he’s on my list! > > And a side note: less than 4 weeks until Lindsay Lohan turns 28. She may just avoid the 27 jinx. Don’t lose hope. It’s the start of Summer and she could go on a pre-birthday binge any day now. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1313 "2014-06-07T02:16:59Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Don’t lose hope. It’s the start of Summer and she could go on a pre-birthday binge any day now. Are you kidding? I’m keeping Michael Schumacher, Wilko Johnson, and a slate of nasty Third World characters alive. Compared to them, Lindsay Lohan is an easy lift. She won’t just make it to July, she’ll make it to January. 😉 ---
**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:** [June 7, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1314 "2014-06-07T02:23:58Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Are you kidding? I’m keeping Michael Schumacher, Wilko Johnson, and a slate of nasty Third World characters alive. Compared to them, Lindsay Lohan is an easy lift. She won’t just make it to July, she’ll make it to January. 😉 You are new at this, aren’t you? Remember Kaiser Wilhelm’s motto: I Bide My Time. Things didn’t turn out well for him either, did they? Dammit. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2014, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1315 "2014-06-07T10:48:26Z")
Tracy Morgan “in a critical condition after six car pile up”. [http://mobile.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/rock-actor-tracy-morgan-in-sixvehicle-crash-in-new-jersey/story-e6frfmyi-1226946970976](http://mobile.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/rock-actor-tracy-morgan-in-sixvehicle-crash-in-new-jersey/story-e6frfmyi-1226946970976) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1316 "2014-06-07T10:50:22Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You are new at this, aren’t you? I figure if I have her on my list for a few years in a row, then leave her off one year, _that_’s when she’ll kick the bucket. I may be a first-time player, but I’ve been paying attention. 😃 ---
**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:** [June 7, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1317 "2014-06-07T19:44:52Z")
Karen DeCrow, Former President of the National Organization for Women, Dies at 76. > **[Karen DeCrow Dies at 76; Feminist Lawyer and Author Led NOW (Published 2014)](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/07/nyregion/karen-decrow-former-president-of-now-dies-at-76.html?_r=0)** > > Ms. DeCrow led the National Organization for Women during the 1970s, fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment and Title IX. Reported to be melanoma. Sunscreen people. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1318 "2014-06-07T19:59:46Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Reported to be melanoma. Sunscreen people. Mine had nothing to do with sunshine, it was a mole that I had for years. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1319 "2014-06-07T20:26:49Z")
Meanwhile, all my celebrities are now making plans for New Year’s Eve 2114. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1320 "2014-06-09T03:29:40Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Are you kidding? I’m keeping Michael Schumacher, Wilko Johnson, and a slate of nasty Third World characters alive. Compared to them, Lindsay Lohan is an easy lift. She won’t just make it to July, she’ll make it to January. 😉 > [@](#): > > News about Michael Schumacher, the seven-time F1 champion, may never be positive, a doctor has said, telling fans of the driver to prepare for the worst. > > Schumacher, 45, hit his head while he was skiing in the French Alps in late December. He’s been in a comatose state since then–with few updates in the past several weeks about his condition. [The Epoch Times | Breaking News, Latest News, World News and Videos](http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/721417-michael-schumacher-coma-condition-update-fans-said-they-should-prepare-for-worst/) In other words, Schumacher may exist for a while. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=67)