# 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:** 78
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1541 "2014-08-11T23:10:26Z")
Nobody had him. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1542 "2014-08-11T23:23:57Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Just now reported on CNN TV: Robin Williams has died at age 63. > > RIP, Robin. [NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/08/11/robin-williams-dies-at-63/) So very sad. I hope they find that it was accidental or natural causes as opposed to suicide ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1543 "2014-08-11T23:30:12Z")
Oh my God. Unbelievable. ---
**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 11, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1544 "2014-08-11T23:31:18Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Just now reported on CNN TV: Robin Williams has died at age 63. > > RIP, Robin. Well that’s not funny. ☹ ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1545 "2014-08-12T00:07:52Z")
Biggest celebrity death surprise for me in quite some time. Very sad that Robin Williams has died. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1546 "2014-08-12T00:53:12Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Biggest celebrity death surprise for me in quite some time. Very sad that Robin Williams has died. Huh. I even said on FB, biggest shocker to me since I heard about Michael Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1547 "2014-08-12T01:04:14Z")
If it was suicide, it’s going to be the first thing we remember about him. Like Michael Hutchence or Spaulding Gray. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1548 "2014-08-12T02:40:42Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Just now reported on CNN TV: Robin Williams has died at age 63. > > RIP, Robin. This is a tough one. So sad. I liked him a lot. ---
**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 12, 2014, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1549 "2014-08-12T06:02:30Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > If it was suicide, it’s going to be the first thing we remember about him. Like Michael Hutchence or Spaulding Gray. Some might, but, I beg to ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1550 "2014-08-12T13:47:42Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > If it was suicide, it’s going to be the first thing we remember about him. Like Michael Hutchence or Spaulding Gray. > [@Bullitt](#): > > Some might, but, I beg to [differ] As for me, the first thing I’ll always remember about him is Mork. Then his talent for free-style improv comedy. ---
**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 12, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1551 "2014-08-12T16:49:36Z")
[Jesse Stienfeld](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/07/us/jesse-l-steinfeld-surgeon-general-and-tobacco-foe-dies-at-87.html?_r=0), surgeon general and thorn in the side of Big Tobacco dead at 87. ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1552 "2014-08-12T23:30:34Z")
Reports Lauren Bacall has died aged 89. ---
**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 13, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1553 "2014-08-13T00:20:56Z")
Here’s a URL for Lauren Bacall: > **[Lauren Bacall, smoky-voiced Hollywood legend, dies at 89](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/13/lauren-bacall-dies-at-89)** > > The actor, best known for The Big Sleep and How to Marry a Millionaire, dies at family home after suffering stroke ---
**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 13, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1554 "2014-08-13T00:52:13Z")
Wow, another legend departs. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1555 "2014-08-13T01:11:39Z")
For some reason, I don’t feel like whistling tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1556 "2014-08-13T02:01:09Z")
Three players had Bacall, Archeonomist, Idle Thoughts, and Spoons. 1 Randy Seltzer 202 4 0 2 Registered at Last 187 4 1 3 CAMJAY77 152 3 0 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 Tit whistle 48 2 1 16 Premislaus 42 2 1 17 Quartz 40 1 1 18 Fleetwood 39 3 1 19 Fear Itself 38 1 1 20 Hal Briston 35 1 1 21 guylevesque 34 3 0 22 Sami41 33 2 0 23 BACI 30 2 1 23 Mona Lott 30 2 1 23 Schnitte 30 2 0 26 BlossomDrearie 29 2 1 27 Invisible Chimp 27 2 2 27 Tread 27 2 0 29 Archeonomist 26 2 0 30 The Vorlon 26 1 1 31 Clothilde 25 2 0 31 SCAdian 25 2 1 33 candide 18 1 0 33 CowPatty 18 1 0 33 Duckster 18 1 0 33 Idle Thoughts 18 2 0 33 NotherYinzer 18 1 0 33 sir viks 18 1 0 33 Spoons 18 2 0 40 SpazCat 17 2 0 41 12543 16 1 0 41 Allecher 16 1 0 41 Bewildebeest 16 1 0 41 Face Intentionally Left Blank 16 1 0 41 Jeep’s Phoenix 16 1 0 41 Oakminster 16 1 0 41 panache45 16 1 0 41 santorum 16 1 0 41 Shirley Ujest 16 1 0 41 smithsb 16 1 0 51 amarinth 15 1 0 51 anyrose 15 1 0 51 arara123 15 1 0 51 ataraxy22 15 1 0 51 imthjckaz 15 1 0 51 jtgain 15 1 0 51 Labtrash 15 1 0 51 MadTheSwine 15 1 0 51 Maus Magill 15 1 0 51 notfrommensa 15 1 0 51 racer72 15 1 0 51 Sarabellum1976 15 1 0 51 Squonk 15 1 0 51 Tazmanian Devil 15 1 0 51 TexCat 15 1 0 51 tim-n-va 15 1 0 67 wolf meister 12 1 1 68 Borborygmi 11 1 1 69 Dung Beetle 9 1 0 69 Kolak of Twilo 9 1 0 69 rucciface 9 1 0 69 WalterMitty 9 2 0 73 Dusty Rose 7 1 0 73 vivalostwages 7 1 0 75 Paul Parkhead 6 1 1 76 shadken 2 1 0 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1557 "2014-08-13T02:51:49Z")
Spock’s bride T’Pring has died. > **['TOS' Actress Arlene Martel Dies at 78 - TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of...](https://treknews.net/2014/08/12/arlene-martel-dead-dies/)** > > Arlene Martel, who Star Trek fans will remember for playing Spock’s Vulcan bride, T’Pring in “Amok Time,” died on Tuesday, August 12, 2014. She was 78. Martel’s friend Marc Cushman, author of These Are The Voyages, confirmed the news via the book’s... ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1558 "2014-08-13T21:43:35Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Spock’s bride T’Pring has died. > > ['TOS' Actress Arlene Martel Dies at 78 - TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion](http://www.treknews.net/2014/08/12/arlene-martel-dead-dies/) Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1559 "2014-08-14T02:49:55Z")
Ed Nelson, one of the stars of _Peyton Place_, and many more forgotten titles. > **[Ed Nelson, a Star of ‘Peyton Place,’ Dies at 85 (Published 2014)](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/arts/television/ed-nelson-a-star-of-peyton-place-dies-at-85.html?ref=obituaries&_r=2)** > > Mr. Nelson appeared in scores of television shows as well some films. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1560 "2014-08-14T06:43:12Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Three players had Bacall, Archeonomist, Idle Thoughts, and Spoons. While I am pleased for the points, I am sad to hear of Ms. Bacall’s passing. I enjoyed her work in a number of films; most especially in “Murder on the Orient Express.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=77) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=79)