# 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:** 82
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1621 "2014-09-04T19:27:04Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > They’re coming up now, here’s one: [Joan Rivers, Comedy Pioneer and TV Host, Dies at 81](http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/joan-rivers-comedy-legend-tv-host-dies-81-n191416) Plastic surgery futures have taken a nosedive. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1622 "2014-09-04T19:43:44Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > And maybe, just maybe, she’s getting diss’d by Johnny now? > > No… Carson had (and he still has) too much class for that. Maybe this is more Urban Legend than fact, but The Version I Heard Was, Carson made it known that anybody who went on Rivers’s talk show (the short-lived one on Fox) need not bother ever asking to go on The Tonight Show ever again. IIRC, the whole thing started when Rivers discovered a “leaked” short list of candidates to replace Carson - and her name wasn’t on it. How much input Carson had on that list, I don’t know. (Rivers didn’t do herself any favors when she signed with Fox behind Carson’s back.) ---
**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:** [September 4, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1623 "2014-09-04T20:44:31Z")
One of Latin America’s most popular rock stars, Gustavo Cerati, has died in Buenos Aires, after four years in coma. Cerati, 55, suffered a stroke at the end of a concert in May 2010 in Venezuela and never recovered. > **[Gustavo Cerati: Argentine rock legend dies after long coma](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29070408)** > > One of Latin America's most popular rock stars, Gustavo Cerati, dies in Buenos Aires four years after falling into a coma. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1624 "2014-09-04T20:47:31Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Maybe this is more Urban Legend than fact, but The Version I Heard Was, Carson made it known that anybody who went on Rivers’s talk show (the short-lived one on Fox) need not bother ever asking to go on The Tonight Show ever again. > > IIRC, the whole thing started when Rivers discovered a “leaked” short list of candidates to replace Carson - and her name wasn’t on it. How much input Carson had on that list, I don’t know. (Rivers didn’t do herself any favors when she signed with Fox behind Carson’s back.) Someone ought to be able to cross check Rivers’ guests with Carson’s guests to see if it could be true. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1625 "2014-09-04T21:00:10Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > **Library1900** loses their virginity this year to Joan Rivers. > > _Shudder_ **Library1900** is my husband and I don’t know if he’ll be happy, honored, or horrified to hear the news. I beat him to the punch this year with Casey Kasem. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1626 "2014-09-04T21:07:27Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > **Library1900** is my husband and I don’t know if he’ll be happy, honored, or horrified to hear the news. I think he knows that he is your husband! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1627 "2014-09-04T21:48:20Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Rivers didn’t do herself any favors when she signed with Fox behind Carson’s back. And I look at it as there was no reason why Joan had to go to Carson hat in hand to get permission to take a job. Carson was a raging egomaniac. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1628 "2014-09-04T21:53:23Z")
Her own words from a few years ago. > **[Joan Rivers: Why Johnny Carson “Never Ever Spoke to Me Again”](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/joan-rivers-why-johnny-carson-398088/)** > > Writing for THR, the legendary comedian opens up about her bitter breakup with Carson, for whom she had guest hosted for years on ‘Tonight Show’ She claims she did call Johnny when offered the job but he refused to talk to her. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1629 "2014-09-04T23:31:35Z")
Thanks for that Hollywood Reporter link, **Loach**. I always admired her attitude even when I didn’t necessarily enjoy her material. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1630 "2014-09-05T00:19:46Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Thanks for that Hollywood Reporter link, **Loach**. I always admired her attitude even when I didn’t necessarily enjoy her material. When I have heard more candid interviews with her she seemed to be a strange combination. She didn’t give a fuck if she offended the public at large. But she was greatly effected and easily hurt by the opinions and actions of those close to her. She was both tough as nails and very sensitive. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1631 "2014-09-05T21:42:38Z")
Haven’t been here since March and had not been paying much attention to death. Reading through the thread, many have died that I didn’t here about including 3 of 4 on my list that did. Down year for everyone compared to 2013. Nearly 4 months to go though. Plenty of time for bucket kicking. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1632 "2014-09-06T04:35:04Z")
**Loach** ```auto Carson was a raging egomaniac. ``` Agreed. (I never was a fan of Johnny Carson.) ---
**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:** [September 6, 2014, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1633 "2014-09-06T07:15:56Z")
I just read that Irish actress Clare Cathcart (of _Call the Midwife_) has died at age 48. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1634 "2014-09-06T21:30:13Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I just read that Irish actress Clare Cathcart (of _Call the Midwife_) has died at age 48. [Independent-ly confirmed.](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/clare-cathcart-dead-call-the-midwife-and-doctors-actress-dies-aged-48-9714528.html) ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1635 "2014-09-07T02:59:58Z")
Simon Battle of G.R.L and US X factor finalist dead at 25 > **[Simone Battle dead: US X Factor finalist passes away aged 25 after scoring...](https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/celebrity-news/simone-battle-dead-x-factor-4174883)** > > The 25-year-old was a member of the girl group G.R.L and became a star when she was in Simon Cowell's category on X Factor USA Apparent suicide: > **['X Factor' Star Simone Battle -- Father Confused by Apparent Suicide](https://www.tmz.com/2014/09/06/simone-battle-x-factor-grl-dead-family-confused-suicide/)** > > Former "X Factor" contestant Simone Battle's suicide has stunned her father ... who says the "G.R.L." singer never once let on that she was suffering as she got a taste of success in Hollywood. Brian ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1636 "2014-09-07T09:27:52Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I think he knows that he is your husband! 😃 Maybe it’s like [this](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0579532/). 😉 ---
**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:** [September 8, 2014, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1637 "2014-09-08T08:26:16Z")
Veteran stage actress and Chicago Fire star Molly Glynn has died after she was struck by a falling tree during a bike ride with her husband Joe Foust on Friday, Sept. 5. Read more: [Molly Glynn, Chicago Fire Actress Killed By FallingTree in Storm](http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/molly-glynn-chicago-fire-actress-killed-by-fallingtree-in-storm-201489#ixzz3Ci7rPFT2) Follow us: @usweekly on Twitter | usweekly on Facebook Glynn 46, was riding with her husband in Chicago’s Erickson Woods when they were caught in a fast moving storm around 3pm in the afternoon. Read more: [Molly Glynn, Chicago Fire Actress Killed By FallingTree in Storm](http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/molly-glynn-chicago-fire-actress-killed-by-fallingtree-in-storm-201489#ixzz3Ci7xC2kL) Follow us: @usweekly on Twitter | usweekly on Facebook ---
**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:** [September 8, 2014, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1638 "2014-09-08T08:27:25Z")
[http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Chick-fil-A-founder-S-Truett-Cathy-has-died-5740676.php](http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Chick-fil-A-founder-S-Truett-Cathy-has-died-5740676.php) S. Truett Cathy, the billionaire founder of the privately held Chick-fil-A restaurant chain that famously closes on Sundays but also drew unwanted attention on gay marriage in recent years because of his family’s conservative views, died early Monday, a company spokesman said. He was 93. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1639 "2014-09-08T14:28:35Z")
Since CAMJAY hasn’t been checking the thread, does he forfeit the points they’ve earned? If not, why not? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1640 "2014-09-08T16:54:08Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Chick-fil-A-founder-S-Truett-Cathy-has-died-5740676.php](http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Chick-fil-A-founder-S-Truett-Cathy-has-died-5740676.php) > > S. Truett Cathy, the billionaire founder of the privately held Chick-fil-A restaurant chain that famously closes on Sundays but also drew unwanted attention on gay marriage in recent years because of his family’s conservative views, died early Monday, a company spokesman said. He was 93. The story has it wrong. Cathy did not “dr[a]w unwanted attention on gay marriage in recent years because of his family’s conservative views,” he drew that attention because _he wanted everyone else to abide by_ his family’s conservative views, and gave lots of money to outfits that were pushing those views down everyone else’s throats. And if that got him some unwanted attention, then boo hoo hoo. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=83)