# Celebrity Death Pool 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993 "2014-12-01T02:10:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 100
**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 8, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1983 "2015-11-08T22:57:32Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Hunt him down to make their life insurance payment. The fact that they are on my list **is** their life insurance. 😃 ---
**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 9, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1984 "2015-11-09T00:34:43Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > The fact that they are on my list **is** their life insurance. 😃 Indeed, but you should make an honest dollar or two from that. ---
**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 9, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1985 "2015-11-09T00:48:39Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Indeed, but you should make an honest dollar or two from that. Dear Celebrity On My Celebrity Death Pool List, As you know by now, I have kept you alive by including you on my list for the past several years at no charge to you. However, circumstances change over time and I now find myself in need of funds. Therefore, should you wish to remain on my list for 2016, I request a paltry sum of $10,000 USD, payable in cash, preferably unmaked tens and twenties in order to remain on my list. Please arrange to meet with my [del]henchman[/del] assistant in a convenient dark alley before midnight December 31, 2015. Yours Truly, swampbear ~ the apparent angel of life for any celebrity on my death pool list. Does that sound sincere? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1986 "2015-11-09T03:15:16Z")
Only $10K? They’re celebrities. Ask for more. ---
**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 9, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1987 "2015-11-09T03:24:06Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Only $10K? They’re celebrities. Ask for more. Oh Cute One, one must begin these things gently. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1988 "2015-11-10T07:17:30Z")
Someone I’m sure was on no one’s list, [former major league pitcher Tommy Hanson](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/11/10/former-major-league-pitcher-tommy-hanson-dies/75499486/) has died at the age of 29. ---
**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 10, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1989 "2015-11-10T13:50:11Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Dear Celebrity On My Celebrity Death Pool List, > > As you know by now, I have kept you alive by including you on my list for the past several years at no charge to you. However, circumstances change over time and I now find myself in need of funds. Therefore, should you wish to remain on my list for 2016, I request a paltry sum of $10,000 USD, payable in cash, preferably unmaked tens and twenties in order to remain on my list. Please arrange to meet with my [del]henchman[/del] assistant in a convenient dark alley before midnight December 31, 2015. > > Yours Truly, > > swampbear ~ the apparent angel of life for any celebrity on my death pool list. > > Does that sound sincere? I can tell you’re honestly trying to sound sincere. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1990 "2015-11-10T15:50:39Z")
[Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt leaves 4 points on the table.](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/10/us-germany-schmidt-idUSKCN0SZ1T020151110#baEYJHL5hAAgWhfq.97) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1991 "2015-11-10T16:43:40Z")
Songwriter and musician [Allen Toussaint](http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/10/entertainment/allen-toussaint-obit-feat/index.html), dead at 77. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1992 "2015-11-10T16:55:23Z")
Not a celeb, but since we’re all in the same handbasket here, I thought I’d share the news of the [shortest marriage ever](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jana-miles-burnett-motorcycle-crash-bride).\* > [@](#): > > The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports that Jana Miles-Burnett of Whittington died Saturday night following her marriage ceremony in a Buckner city park. > > Illinois State Police report that husband William Burnett was driving the couple the three miles to their reception at a bar in Christopher when he struck a deer that darted in front of them on a rural highway. Miles-Burnett was thrown from the motorcycle. Her husband was not seriously injured. \*OK, there’s probably been a marriage of shorter duration _sometime_, but not by much! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1993 "2015-11-10T16:57:33Z")
Oh my ghod! Was the deer hurt? ---
**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 10, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1994 "2015-11-10T17:05:51Z")
Ex-Chancellor [Helmut Schmidt, 4 points](http://www.dw.com/en/ex-german-chancellor-helmut-schmidt-dies-aged-96/a-18626429). Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1995 "2015-11-10T17:41:49Z")
As best as I can tell, a coupla posters picked up that four points, but I’ll let the Death Mistress give the official word. (I did a thread search on ‘Helmut’, and Helmut Schmidt apparently wasn’t the most popular former German chancellor named Helmut this year - I think three posters have Helmut _Kohl_ on their lists.) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1996 "2015-11-10T21:56:02Z")
**anyrose** and **Schnitte** both lose their virginity to Schmidt. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1997 "2015-11-10T22:07:08Z")
Really? I had Schmidt? Gee. 4 whole points! But now, I can’t keep **swampbear** company at the bottom anymore. ---
**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 10, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1998 "2015-11-10T23:45:37Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Really? I had Schmidt? Gee. 4 whole points! But now, I can’t keep **swampbear** company at the bottom anymore. YES! One more gone! Last place shall be mine! **ALL MINE!** Now all you slacker celebrities on other lists, get busy and die off! ---
**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 11, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1999 "2015-11-11T01:45:38Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Really? I had Schmidt? Gee. 4 whole points! But now, I can’t keep **swampbear** company at the bottom anymore. Congratulations, Rosie! Swampy will be crushed. ☹ Or not. :dubious: ---
**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:** [November 11, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2000 "2015-11-11T03:22:45Z")
[Dr. Howard Green](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/science/howard-green-pioneer-in-skin-regeneration-dies-at-90.html?_r=0), the doctor whose research became the basis for stem cells. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2001 "2015-11-12T03:38:07Z")
[Paul Bachmann](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-paul-bachman-obituary-met-20151110-story.html), who literally wrote the book on juggling. ---
**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 12, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2002 "2015-11-12T05:00:39Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Paul Bachmann](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-paul-bachman-obituary-met-20151110-story.html), who literally wrote the book on juggling. I was debating putting him on my list. It was a toss up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=99) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=101)