# 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:** 77
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1521 "2014-08-04T21:50:54Z")
I could have sworn somebody picked Brady but I’m not finding it. That rather surprises me. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1522 "2014-08-04T23:25:26Z")
That’s because head injury victims are notoriously fickle. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1523 "2014-08-05T17:03:26Z")
Searching the thread prior to 1/1/14 for ‘Brady’ turns up a few people who picked _Ian_ Brady, but nobody seems to have _James_ Brady. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1524 "2014-08-05T18:29:47Z")
Guy gets shot in the head and lives for another 30+ years. RIP, Mr. Brady. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1525 "2014-08-05T18:43:54Z")
And John Hinckley is still alive and allowed home visits.☹ ---
**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:** [August 5, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1526 "2014-08-05T19:02:18Z")
The only makeup [Dick Smith](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/01/movies/dick-smith-dies-at-92-makeup-artist-of-vast-reach.html?_r=0) will be involved with anymore is what the mortician puts on him for his wake. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1527 "2014-08-05T23:31:16Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > And John Hinckley is still alive and allowed home visits.☹ I thought they let him out. I remember because I wondered if they told Jodie Foster ahead of time. Imagine living your life looking over your shoulder for that guy. ☹ [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1528 "2014-08-06T00:49:51Z")
According to [this,](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/04/james-brady-john-hinckley/13598699/) Hinckley is still incarcerated but gets some time out of custody to visit his mother. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1529 "2014-08-06T00:55:05Z")
Ooh. Thank you for sharing that. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2014, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1530 "2014-08-06T07:30:36Z")
Marilyn Burns: ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Actress Found Dead At 65 [http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/08/06/marilyn-burns-dies-texas-chainsaw-massacre-actress-dead/](http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/08/06/marilyn-burns-dies-texas-chainsaw-massacre-actress-dead/) ---
**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:** [August 6, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1531 "2014-08-06T12:14:25Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Marilyn Burns: ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Actress Found Dead At 65 > [http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/08/06/marilyn-burns-dies-texas-chainsaw-massacre-actress-dead/](http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/08/06/marilyn-burns-dies-texas-chainsaw-massacre-actress-dead/) Leatherface unable to supply an alibi… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1532 "2014-08-06T17:13:05Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Guy gets shot in the head and lives for another 30+ years. > > RIP, Mr. Brady. And according to news reports that day, he was dead. Apparently took awhile for it to take effect. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1533 "2014-08-06T21:48:03Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > And according to news reports that day, he was dead. Apparently took awhile for it to take effect. He wasn’t dead, he was just a newt. Then he got better. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1534 "2014-08-07T09:49:41Z")
Well, it would seem that if you want your terminal cancer to stop being terminal, get on my Death List! 😃 ---
**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:** [August 10, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1535 "2014-08-10T00:53:30Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Well, it would seem that if you want your terminal cancer to stop being terminal, get on my Death List! 😃 Could you please pick Terry Pratchett next year? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1536 "2014-08-10T03:28:44Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Could you please pick Terry Pratchett next year? Seven people have him this year, but one can never have too many “supporters”. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1537 "2014-08-10T13:11:05Z")
> **[CHARLES KEATING DEAD AT 72 - Soap Opera Digest](https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/charles-keating-dead-72/)** > > Soap Opera Digest can confirm that Daytime Emmy winner Charles Keating, best known to daytime fans as Carl Hutchins on ANOTHER WORLD, has passed away at the age of 72. The beloved star also appeared on soaps as AMC's Damon Lazarre, ATWT's Niles Mason... Soap opera veteran Charles Keating has died at 72 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1538 "2014-08-10T17:59:40Z")
> [@computergeek](#): > > [CHARLES KEATING DEAD AT 72 - Soap Opera Digest](http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/charles-keating-dead-72) > > Soap opera veteran Charles Keating has died at 72 Oh, that makes me sad. I used to watch “Another World” religiously and I really liked him. ☹ That and I didn’t have him on my list… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1539 "2014-08-10T18:34:23Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > That and I didn’t have him on my list… Don’t feel bad, nobody else did either. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1540 "2014-08-11T23:08:41Z")
Just now reported on CNN TV: Robin Williams has died at age 63. RIP, Robin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=76) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=78)