# 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:** 69
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1361 "2014-06-16T00:36:27Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Another scratch from my 2015 short list – [Casey Kasem](http://gawker.com/casey-kasem-dead-at-82-1588038261) has stopped circling and drained out. Zoinks! ---
**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 16, 2014, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1362 "2014-06-16T10:09:50Z")
It’s another Straight Dope miracle! [Michael Schumacher out of coma and hospital](http://www.cnn.com//2014/06/16/sport/motorsport/michael-schumacher-condition/index.html) ---
**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 16, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1363 "2014-06-16T14:02:01Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > It’s another Straight Dope miracle! > > [Michael Schumacher out of coma and hospital](http://www.cnn.com//2014/06/16/sport/motorsport/michael-schumacher-condition/index.html) Celebrities need to start paying us to put them on our lists if they get hurt. It’s the kiss of life! ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1364 "2014-06-16T16:03:54Z")
[Tony Gwynn](http://www.businessinsider.com/tony-gwynn-dead-2014-6), legendary San Diego Padre baseball player\*, was thrown out at home at the age of 56. \*I think he’s the only human being who can fit this description. 😉 ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1365 "2014-06-16T19:48:33Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > It’s another Straight Dope miracle! > > [Michael Schumacher out of coma and hospital](http://www.cnn.com//2014/06/16/sport/motorsport/michael-schumacher-condition/index.html) Well, I’ve enjoyed y’all’s company on this lovely bandwagon. See ya next time! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1366 "2014-06-17T01:22:11Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > It’s another Straight Dope miracle! > > [Michael Schumacher out of coma and hospital](http://www.cnn.com//2014/06/16/sport/motorsport/michael-schumacher-condition/index.html) Well, cool! > [@SpazCat](#): > > Celebrities need to start paying us to put them on our lists if they get hurt. It’s the kiss of life! We have to swear to use our superpowers only for good. 😉 ---
**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 17, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1367 "2014-06-17T14:16:07Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > We have to swear to use our superpowers only for good. 😉 Too late. I’ve sworn to use mine only to annoy. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1368 "2014-06-17T21:29:19Z")
New Yorker cartoonist [Charles Barsotti](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cartoonists/2014/06/the-great-cartoons-of-charles-barsotti.html?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=generalsocial&utm_medium=facebook&mbid=social_facebook#slide_ss_0=1) has drawn his last squiggle. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1369 "2014-06-18T12:42:36Z")
Author Daniel Keyes, whose 1966 novel “Flowers for Algernon” sold more than five million copies and was made into the Oscar-winning film “Charly,” June 15 at age 86. > **[Daniel Keyes, Author of ‘Flowers for Algernon,’ Dies at 86 (Published 2014)](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/18/books/daniel-keyes-a-novelist-of-the-mind-dies-at-86.html?_r=0)** > > Mr. Keyes’s best-known novel tells of a man who gains and then loses his intelligence. It became the film “Charly,” with Cliff Robertson. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1370 "2014-06-19T04:32:23Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Another scratch from my 2015 short list – [Casey Kasem](http://gawker.com/casey-kasem-dead-at-82-1588038261) has stopped circling and drained out. My husband and I were visiting our daughter and son-in-law for Father’s Day weekend. When it was announced that Casey had died, I raised my arms like a ref signaling touchdown. They gave me crap for participating in such a horrendous activity. :smack: I just thought to myself: “another 18 pts added to 61 for Katherine Crowe = 79; yay!” ---
**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:** [June 19, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1371 "2014-06-19T05:59:47Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > My husband and I were visiting our daughter and son-in-law for Father’s Day weekend. When it was announced that Casey had died, I raised my arms like a ref signaling touchdown. That’s within acceptable limits. However performing a touchdown dance would be going too far. ---
**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 19, 2014, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1372 "2014-06-19T10:19:55Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > That’s within acceptable limits. > > However performing a touchdown dance would be going too far. I have not had a score in almost two years. A touchdown dance will be positively mild compared to what I might do when/if any of my picks decides to shuffle off this mortal coil. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1373 "2014-06-19T17:52:09Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > k:I just thought to myself: “another 18 pts added to 61 for Katherine Crowe = 79; yay!” That’s okay. It put you in the top five, and that deserves a happy dance too. When folks think I’m morbid or macabre for participating in this game I tell them I wouldn’t mind if someone was going “Woo-hoo!!!” because I kicked off. I know where I’m going when I die and it’s going to be great, so why not make somebody happy? As it is, as a member I’m not eligible, but if I was an eligible celebrity I’d be flattered that people remembered me well enough to choose me!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1374 "2014-06-20T01:50:03Z")
Gerry Goffin, Carole King’s songwriting partner and ex-husband, at 75. > **[Gerry Goffin, Carole King's ex-husband, dies at 75](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/06/19/gerry-goffin-carole-kings-ex-husband-dies-at-75/10961077/)** > > Lyricist Gerry Goffin died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1375 "2014-06-21T22:50:54Z")
[Stephanie Kwolek](http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20140619/NEWS/306190058/Kevlar-inventor-Stephanie-Kwolek-dies-90?sf27553302=1), inventor of Kevlar, has died at age 90. ---
**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 21, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1376 "2014-06-21T23:04:45Z")
Nursie, too. Blackadder loses another cast member. > **[Patsy Byrne dead: Actress who played ‘Nursie’ in Blackadder dies aged 80](https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/patsy-byrne-dead-actress-who-3740004)** > > The Blackadder actress' death comes less than a fortnight after Rik Mayall – who played Lord Flashheart in the series – also passed away. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1377 "2014-06-22T03:04:42Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [Stephanie Kwolek](http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20140619/NEWS/306190058/Kevlar-inventor-Stephanie-Kwolek-dies-90?sf27553302=1), inventor of Kevlar, has died at age 90. Presumably, not shot to death. I guess we can thank her for making this game harder for everyone to score. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1378 "2014-06-22T21:57:45Z")
[Jimmy C. Newman,](http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/06/22/jimmy-c-newman-obituary/11232265/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=) dead from cancer at 14 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 23, 2014, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1379 "2014-06-23T08:50:25Z")
Steve Rossi, one half of the prolific comedy duo Allen & Rossi, which became a favorite of “The Ed Sullivan Show” and other TV variety shows, died Sunday at age 82. [http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/sports/ci\_26015699/steve-rossi-82-comedy-duo-allen-amp-rossi](http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/sports/ci_26015699/steve-rossi-82-comedy-duo-allen-amp-rossi) ---
**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:** [June 23, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1380 "2014-06-23T23:58:36Z")
[Richard Matheson died today](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/books/richard-matheson-writer-of-haunted-science-fiction-and-horror-dies-at-87.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0). I found myself saying, “who?” Then I read the article and realized I knew a LOT of the stories he’d written, I’d just never known they were him. I hope his wings are gremlin-free. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=70)