# 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:** 70
**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 24, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1381 "2014-06-24T00:57:48Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [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. He is a legendary author. Damn. ---
**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 24, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1382 "2014-06-24T17:34:24Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [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. Well, nuts. He died a year ago yesterday. Sorry folks, false (ish) alarm. :smack: ---
**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 24, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1383 "2014-06-24T18:09:38Z")
Still dead though, right? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1384 "2014-06-24T19:40:59Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Well, nuts. He died a year ago yesterday. Sorry folks, false (ish) alarm. :smack: I could distinctly remember hearing about this last year. I was afraid I was losing it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1385 "2014-06-24T22:09:55Z")
What a waste. Nobody had him last year!😃 ---
**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 25, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1386 "2014-06-25T04:12:16Z")
[Stephanie Kwolek](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/business/stephanie-l-kwolek-inventor-of-kevlar-is-dead-at-90.html?_r=0), inventor of Kevlar, dead at 90. ---
**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 25, 2014, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1387 "2014-06-25T05:33:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Eli Wallach, who was one of his generation’s most prominent and prolific character actors in film, onstage and on television for more than 60 years, died on Tuesday. He was 98. [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/25/movies/eli-wallach-multifaceted-actor-dies-at-98.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/25/movies/eli-wallach-multifaceted-actor-dies-at-98.html) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1388 "2014-06-25T09:32:37Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > What a waste. Nobody had him last year!😃 Yeah, but did anybody have him _this_ year? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1389 "2014-06-25T10:08:25Z")
The death of Wallach doesn’t shake things up all that much, but three posters did have him, **shadken** , **Walter Mitty** , and **SpazCat**. **shadken** is now on the list of players with points, and displaces \*\*Paul Parkhead \*\*as the player having the lowest total. 1 CAMJAY77 112 2 0 1 Randy Seltzer 112 2 0 3 Registered at Last 97 2 1 4 Kitten Mitten 79 2 0 5 GIGObuster 72 2 0 6 Gleena 70 2 0 7 critter42 66 2 0 8 Captain Klutz 61 1 0 9 Cumbrian 55 1 0 10 bowler girl 54 1 1 10 NurseCarmen 54 1 0 12 bassett hound 51 1 0 12 Little Nemo 51 1 0 12 Shaggy Z 51 1 0 15 Premislaus 42 2 1 16 Quartz 40 1 1 17 Fleetwood 39 3 1 18 Fear Itself 38 1 1 19 guylevesque 34 3 0 20 Sami41 33 2 0 21 BACI 30 2 1 21 Schnitte 30 2 0 23 Invisible Chimp 27 2 2 23 Tread 27 2 0 25 The Vorlon 26 1 1 26 Clothilde 25 2 0 26 SCAdian 25 2 1 28 BlossomDrearie 18 1 0 28 candide 18 1 0 28 CowPatty 18 1 0 28 Duckster 18 1 0 28 NotherYinzer 18 1 0 28 sir viks 18 1 0 28 Tit whistle 18 1 0 35 SpazCat 17 2 0 36 12543 16 1 0 36 Allecher 16 1 0 36 Bewildebeest 16 1 0 36 Face Intentionally Left Blank 16 1 0 36 Jeep’s Phoenix 16 1 0 36 Mona Lott 16 1 0 36 Oakminster 16 1 0 36 panache45 16 1 0 36 santorum 16 1 0 36 Shirley Ujest 16 1 0 36 smithsb 16 1 0 47 amarinth 15 1 0 47 anyrose 15 1 0 47 arara123 15 1 0 47 Archeonomist 15 1 0 47 ataraxy22 15 1 0 47 imthjckaz 15 1 0 47 jtgain 15 1 0 47 Labtrash 15 1 0 47 MadTheSwine 15 1 0 47 Maus Magill 15 1 0 47 notfrommensa 15 1 0 47 racer72 15 1 0 47 Sarabellum1976 15 1 0 47 Squonk 15 1 0 47 Tazmanian Devil 15 1 0 47 TexCat 15 1 0 47 tim-n-va 15 1 0 64 wolf meister 12 1 1 65 Borborygmi 11 1 1 66 Dung Beetle 9 1 0 66 Kolak of Twilo 9 1 0 66 rucciface 9 1 0 66 WalterMitty 9 2 0 70 Dusty Rose 7 1 0 70 Idle Thoughts 7 1 0 70 Spoons 7 1 0 70 vivalostwages 7 1 0 74 Paul Parkhead 6 1 1 75 shadken 2 1 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 25, 2014, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1390 "2014-06-25T10:16:52Z")
Still tied for 76th place I see. ---
**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 25, 2014, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1391 "2014-06-25T10:21:15Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/25/movies/eli-wallach-multifaceted-actor-dies-at-98.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/25/movies/eli-wallach-multifaceted-actor-dies-at-98.html) Thank you, Mr. Wallach, for moving me up to the middle of the list! ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1392 "2014-06-25T13:31:46Z")
[Lynn DeJac](http://wivb.com/2014/06/18/lynn-dejac-dies-from-cancer/) has died at age 50. That should jump Randy & I above CAMJAY. But I’m still in second darn it! Condolences to the family, a very, very sad life. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1393 "2014-06-25T18:00:26Z")
The list just posted this morning is the same, from fourth place on down. As it now stands, the top three are: 1 Randy Seltzer 162 3 0 2 Registered at Last 147 3 1 3 CAMJAY77 112 2 0 ---
**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 25, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1394 "2014-06-25T18:40:27Z")
[http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/25/us-usa-people-hodges-idUSKBN0F022520140625](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/25/us-usa-people-hodges-idUSKBN0F022520140625) Mabon “Teenie” Hodges, a rhythm and blues guitarist who co-wrote hits with singer Al Green, including “Take Me to the River,” has died at the age 68 from complications related to emphysema. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1395 "2014-06-25T20:57:28Z")
One of my choices from last year has died, in March. So no points, but he was in one of my favorite movies. Marc Platt, actor and dancer > **[Marc Platt - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686885/?ref_=nv_sr_2)** > > Marc Platt. Actor: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. One of Hollywood's more high-flying dancers on film, dimpled, robust, fair-haired Marc Platt provided fancy footwork to a handful of "Golden Era" musicals but truly impressed in one vigorous 1950s... He was one of the brothers, Daniel Pontibee, in _Seven Brides for Seven Brothers_. A fine dancer. Now there are only two brothers left.☹ ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1396 "2014-06-26T19:43:48Z")
Sen. Howard Baker, majority leader and Reagan’s chief of staff, dies at 88 > **[Sen. Howard Baker dies at 88; majority leader and Reagan’s chief of staff](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/sen-howard-baker-majority-leader-and-reagans-chief-of-staff-dies-at-88/2014/06/26/2e84ff30-c5da-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59_story.html)** > > Former Sen. Howard Baker of Tennessee, who framed the central question of the Watergate scandal before serving as majority leader and Ronald Reagan’s White House Chief of Staff, . ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1397 "2014-06-27T00:21:25Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Sen. Howard Baker, majority leader and Reagan’s chief of staff, dies at 88 > [http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/sen-howard-baker-majority-leader-and-reagans-chief-of-staff-dies-at-88/2014/06/26/2e84ff30-c5da-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59\_story.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/sen-howard-baker-majority-leader-and-reagans-chief-of-staff-dies-at-88/2014/06/26/2e84ff30-c5da-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59_story.html) I’m kinda surprised that nobody had Howard Baker. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1398 "2014-06-27T00:48:05Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1399 "2014-06-27T00:49:36Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > But I’m still in second darn it! > [@Baker](#): > > 1 Randy Seltzer 162 3 0 I don’t do this very often, but… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1400 "2014-06-27T17:39:36Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Sen. Howard Baker, majority leader and Reagan’s chief of staff, dies at 88 > [http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/sen-howard-baker-majority-leader-and-reagans-chief-of-staff-dies-at-88/2014/06/26/2e84ff30-c5da-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59\_story.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/sen-howard-baker-majority-leader-and-reagans-chief-of-staff-dies-at-88/2014/06/26/2e84ff30-c5da-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59_story.html) What did Howard Baker die of, and when did he die of it? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=71)