# 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:** 90
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1781 "2014-10-28T21:13:56Z")
Dan Peters, age 60 Akron Director of basketball Operations, former Head Coach at Youngstown State and Walsh > **[Dan Peters (basketball)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Peters_(basketball))** > > Dan Peters (July 15, 1954 – October 27, 2014) was an American basketball coach, most recently the Director of Basketball Operations for the men's basketball team at the University of Akron. Previously, he served as head coach at Youngstown State University, and Walsh University. Dan Peters was an assistant under Bob Huggins before becoming interim head coach at the University of Cincinnati taking over after Bob Huggins was terminated. He then took the job as an assistant coach for Thad Matta Pe... Dan Peters (July 15, 1954 – October 27, 2014) was an American basketball coach, most recently the Director of Basketball Operations for the men’s basketball team at the University of Akron. Previously, he served as head coach at Youngstown State University,[1] and Walsh University. Dan Peters was an assistant under Bob Huggins before becoming interim head coach at the University of Cincinnati taking over after Bob Huggins was terminated. He then took the job as an assistant coach for Thad Matta at Ohio State University before moving to his final coaching position as the Director of Basketball Operations under Keith Dambrot at the University of Akron. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1782 "2014-10-28T22:39:02Z")
Whoa, CAMJAY77 is now just two points off the lead. Here’s how the top three look now. 1 Randy Seltzer 241 5 0 2 CAMJAY77 239 5 1 3 Registered at Last 226 5 1 ---
**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:** [October 29, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1783 "2014-10-29T03:54:39Z")
[Bernard Mayes](http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bernard-Mayes-S-F-founder-of-1st-U-S-suicide-5853746.php), founder of first suicide hotlinein the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1784 "2014-10-30T18:04:39Z")
[Thomas “Mumbles” Menino](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/10/30/menino-boston-longest-serving-mayor-dies/?intcmp=latestnews), former Boston Mayor. This also kicks him off my '15 list, dang it. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1785 "2014-10-30T18:24:05Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > [Thomas “Mumbles” Menino](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/10/30/menino-boston-longest-serving-mayor-dies/?intcmp=latestnews), former Boston Mayor. This also kicks him off my '15 list, dang it. A sad day for Bofiston. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1786 "2014-10-30T21:31:04Z")
Menino is a unique pick for **The Vorlon**. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1787 "2014-10-30T21:40:34Z")
It’s hard to believe that there’s just a month until the DP for 2015 begins accepting entries!!!😛 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1788 "2014-10-30T22:29:03Z")
and what a fine job you will do with it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1789 "2014-10-31T02:56:40Z")
There was much Prairie Dogging in the cube farm today to my loud "YES’ this morning. “Thank Woo” Mr. Mayor for the points. His kind may never be seen again–he lived for Boston, even if he disparaged the knuckleheads launching the phatapaties in celebration. He said that really toasted his nose. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1790 "2014-10-31T13:35:21Z")
“William “Bill” Gallagher, 89, of Gulf Breeze died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. Visitation: 5 to 7 tonight at Faith Chapel Funeral Home South. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.” W Bill Gallagher died, but not my pick. Dammit. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1791 "2014-10-31T16:26:55Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > "William “Bill” Gallagher, 89, of Gulf Breeze died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. I give; who is he? ---
**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:** [October 31, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1792 "2014-10-31T16:51:20Z")
I’m guessing someone who showed up on **carnivorousplant’s** Google News feed. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1793 "2014-10-31T18:16:13Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I’m guessing someone who showed up on **carnivorousplant’s** Google News feed. Yes, someone with the same name as one of my picks. 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 31, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1794 "2014-10-31T23:29:36Z")
Warren Anderson is dead at 92 > **[Warren Anderson, 92, Dies; Faced India Plant Disaster (Published 2014)](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/business/w-m-anderson-92-dies-led-union-carbide-in-80s-.html)** > > Mr. Anderson led the company through one of history’s most lethal industrial accidents, when thousands were killed in a gas leak at its plant in India. He was the CEO of Union Carbide when 15,000 people died at a chemical plant disaster in India in the 1980s. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1795 "2014-10-31T23:35:25Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Warren Anderson is dead at 92 > [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/business/w-m-anderson-92-dies-led-union-carbide-in-80s-.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/business/w-m-anderson-92-dies-led-union-carbide-in-80s-.html) > > He was the CEO of Union Carbide when 15,000 people died at a chemical plant disaster in India in the 1980s. Bhopal, and isocyanates in an exothermic reaction, IIRC. PAPI-580, I used to work with that nasty stuff. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1796 "2014-11-01T01:26:59Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Yes, someone with the same name as one of my picks. 🙂 That inconsiderate jerk. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1797 "2014-11-01T14:36:48Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > That inconsiderate jerk. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1798 "2014-11-02T04:07:37Z")
I’m not currently playing, but following along with great interest. And in case anyone happened to have him, Static-X front man Wayne Static died today, at 48. [STATIC-X Frontman WAYNE STATIC Dead At 48 - BLABBERMOUTH.NET](http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/static-x-frontman-wayne-static-dead-at-48/) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1799 "2014-11-02T05:08:36Z")
> [@Lucretia](#): > > I’m not currently playing, but following along with great interest. And in case anyone happened to have him, Static-X front man Wayne Static died today, at 48. [STATIC-X Frontman WAYNE STATIC Dead At 48 - BLABBERMOUTH.NET](http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/static-x-frontman-wayne-static-dead-at-48/) Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated! Join us for 2015, entries may be made starting the first of December. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1800 "2014-11-02T14:51:03Z")
Guess I better start working on my list. Since NONE OF MY CHOICES have been considerate enough to die this year I guess I could just recycle it, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=91)