# 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:** 91
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1801 "2014-11-02T16:29:22Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > possibly too soon. In this thread? > [@kayT](#): > > 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. SOP for me. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1802 "2014-11-02T16:57:32Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > SOP for me. There are a few of us. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1803 "2014-11-02T22:18:06Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > 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. I had 3 choices on the list that I was readying for next year that died this year. Now that’s inconsiderate ---
**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, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1804 "2014-11-02T22:23:07Z")
I’m not going to recycle my list. It was a themed list, just for fun, and nobody on it has got me points. My theme was people with my birthday. Two of them were actually born on the same day I was. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1805 "2014-11-02T23:08:05Z")
Finally. I score some points. Clarinetist Acker Bilk, who had a huge 1961 hit with _Stranger On The Shore_ has died at age 85. > **[Acker Bilk, jazz clarinettist, dies aged 85](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/02/acker-bilk-dies-jazz-traditional-clarinet)** > > Bilk was one of the most important figures in the revival of traditional jazz during the middle of the last century ETA: And my first UNIQUE pick ever! ---
**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:** [November 3, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1806 "2014-11-03T00:02:21Z")
I will most likely use the same list again. Since so far I have a big goose egg (two years in a row!) I might as well. I mean, sooner or later, at least one of them will have the courtesy to step out in front of a bus or fall down an elevator shaft. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1807 "2014-11-03T20:10:56Z")
Tom Magilozzi from Cartalk. > **[Tom Magliozzi, Popular Co-Host Of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies At 77](https://www.npr.org/2014/11/03/357428287/tom-magliozzi-popular-co-host-of-nprs-car-talk-dies-at-77)** > > Tom Magliozzi bantered weekly with his brother, Ray, on the public radio show. They joked, laughed and sometimes even gave good advice to listeners with car troubles. Tom Magliozzi was 77 years old. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1808 "2014-11-03T20:11:31Z")
> [@Tom Magliozzi of Car Talk has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-magliozzi-of-car-talk-has-died/703547/1): > > Tom Magliozzi of Car Talk has died. > [Link](http://www.cpr.org/news/npr-story/tom-magliozzi-popular-co-host-nprs-car-talk-dies-77) > This really sucks. Tom and Ray were appointment radio for me every Saturday. Thoughts go out to his family and friends. > Sigh. I really enjoyed Click and Clack. RIP, Tom. ETA link to the Cafe Society thread: > **[Tom Magliozzi of Car Talk has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=739644)** > > Link This really sucks. Tom and Ray were appointment radio for me every Saturday. Thoughts go out to his family and friends. Sigh. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1809 "2014-11-03T22:48:02Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Tom Magilozzi from Cartalk. > [Tom Magliozzi, Popular Co-Host Of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies At 77 : NPR](http://www.npr.org/2014/11/03/357428287/tom-magliozzi-popular-co-host-of-nprs-car-talk-dies-at-77) ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1810 "2014-11-04T02:59:25Z")
Will his estate be handled by the legal firm of Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe? Will the Russian chauffer Picup Andropov drive the hearse? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1811 "2014-11-04T03:42:20Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > ☹ Yes, sad indeed. They were a good team. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1812 "2014-11-04T11:07:09Z")
> [@Lucretia](#): > > I’m not currently playing, but following along with great interest. That’s what happens. First you just barely notice the annual Death Pool thread, then you click it a few times because what the hell, then you start following the action, then the next thing you know, you’ve made a list. I finally broke down last December and made a list. You’ll get sucked in too. And hi to **Bluesman** and the kids, who aren’t kids anymore, but you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1813 "2014-11-04T11:56:21Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > “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. Yeah, you got my hopes up for just a second, since I cribbed Bill Gallagher (formerly of the Montana PSC) off your list. But way before I got to “but not my pick,” I was thinking, “Gulf Breeze? Um, that doesn’t sound like Montana.” Also, IIRC, our Bill Gallagher is a good bit younger than 89. Guess we can both recycle him next year. He’s gotta die _sometime_, right? 😉 ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1814 "2014-11-04T12:44:31Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I really enjoyed Click and Clack. RIP, Tom. > ETA link to the Cafe Society thread: > [Tom Magliozzi of Car Talk has died. - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=739644) I am by no means a fan but I don’t remember any mention of Alzheimer’s when they ended the show. It should be illegal to keep such information secret. Does no one think of the Death Poolers? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1815 "2014-11-04T13:21:41Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I am by no means a fan but I don’t remember any mention of Alzheimer’s when they ended the show. It should be illegal to keep such information secret. Does no one think of the Death Poolers? Seriously. I wonder if they’ll have their Russian chauffeur Pikupundropov driving the hearse? ---
**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 4, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1816 "2014-11-04T13:44:21Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > He’s gotta die _sometime_, right? 😉 I am beginning to doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1817 "2014-11-04T23:57:32Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Seriously. > > I wonder if they’ll have their Russian chauffeur Pikupundropov driving the hearse? Psst! See post #1810! Nyah, got there first!😃 ---
**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 5, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1818 "2014-11-05T00:29:02Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > That’s what happens. First you just barely notice the annual Death Pool thread, then you click it a few times because what the hell, then you start following the action, then the next thing you know, you’ve made a list. > > I finally broke down last December and made a list. You’ll get sucked in too. > > And hi to **Bluesman** and the kids, who aren’t kids anymore, but you know what I mean. Oh yes. Last year I finally made a list. And in January, one of my picks died. Woohoo, sez I; this is easy. Ha. Since then, nothing. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1819 "2014-11-05T02:47:01Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Psst! See post #1810! Nyah, got there first!😃 Oh yeah? Well, even though Carl Kassel runs screaming into the night whenever he heard them say it, this is NPR. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/1820 "2014-11-05T04:29:53Z")
Well, I heard they chose the funeral home run by Will Diggum & Barry M. Deep. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=90) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=92)