# 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:** 103
**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 22, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2044 "2015-11-22T02:47:11Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I don’t know why my previous post is showing empty spaces, but I was talking about the movie Space Cowboys, and I said a lot more could get eliminated in the movie. If more of my contestants could be eliminated, I would have more points. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2045 "2015-11-22T09:26:21Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I have been catching Hell in another thread for mentioning the death, and calling it, “Badly drawn, badly lettered soap opera comic strip”. > > It is all the Comic Curmudgeon’s fault; he reviews several comics, and I could not believe that Apartment 3-G could be as bad as he suggested. > > It was. It used to be better drawn and lettered. I followed it faithfully from the 60s through the 80s. I don’t remember why I stopped. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2046 "2015-11-22T13:50:43Z")
Former South Korean President Kim Young Sam Dies at 87 [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-21/former-south-korean-president-kim-young-sam-dies-at-87](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-21/former-south-korean-president-kim-young-sam-dies-at-87) ---
**Author:** ![Premislaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Premislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Premislaus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2047 "2015-11-22T15:30:12Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Folks, we are almost 90% of the way through this contest. Time to go over your lists and be sure no one died without you knowing about it. > > In just nine days the OP for the 2016 Death Pool will be posted. So it’s also time to decide if you will recycle your current lists, or change things up. > > Be prepared for a surprise announcement during the OP for the 2016 thread. I can’t believe I forgot to post a list last year. 2015 would have been my best Celebrity Death Pool Year ever (I think half a dozen people who I would have listed died, at the very least) ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2048 "2015-11-22T16:02:46Z")
Well, we’d love to have you back!😃 Just don’t forget this time. I could send a PM to remind you, if you want. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2049 "2015-11-22T19:39:48Z")
I got this off another website where I intend to play a seperate Deathpool list in 2016. > **[Keith Michell, Henry VIII actor, dies aged 89](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34886580)** > > Keith Michell, the Australian-born actor who portrayed Henry VIII in a celebrated 1970 television series, dies at his London home. Actor Keith Michell has died. He was probably best known to us Americans as Henry VIII in the BBC series from the 1970’s _The Six Wives of Henry VIII_. I think that was the first Masterpiece Theater presentation I ever saw. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2050 "2015-11-25T00:04:53Z")
Actor David Canary dead at 23 points. Back in the day he was in “Hombre” with Paul Newman and was Candy Canaday, ranch foreman of The Ponderosa on Bonanza. He later became a soap opera star on All My Children, which I know nothing about. [AMC Vet David Canary Dead at 77](https://www.yahoo.com/tv/amc-vet-david-canary-dead-213912462.html) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2051 "2015-11-27T00:55:09Z")
Today we give thanks for all the celebrities who have miraculously survived nearly all of 2015 who we can recycle into our 2016 lists. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2052 "2015-11-27T02:38:20Z")
Last ear I posted the OP several hours before midnight because I had to go to work the next day. This year I give thanks that I don’t go to work the next morning, so all you ghouls will have to wait until 12:01 AM on Dec. 1 to start your posting. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2053 "2015-11-27T14:35:13Z")
Phi Slama Jamma Coach [Guy Lewis](http://espn.go.com/ncb/story/_/id/14230875/hall-fame-coach-guy-lewis-houston-cougars-dies-age-93) got dunked yesterday, worth a 3 point layup 2 foul shots and a layup He was 93 Candidates for a themed 2016 of College B-Ball coaches is getting thin after Dean Smith, Jerry Tarkanian, and Guy Lewis all died this year ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2054 "2015-11-27T14:43:54Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Actor David Canary dead at 23 points. Back in the day he was in “Hombre” with Paul Newman and was Candy Canaday, ranch foreman of The Ponderosa on Bonanza. He later became a soap opera star on All My Children, which I know nothing about. [AMC Vet David Canary Dead at 77](https://www.yahoo.com/tv/amc-vet-david-canary-dead-213912462.html) One of my most favorite actors on my most favorite soap. ☹ ---
**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 27, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2055 "2015-11-27T15:07:07Z")
> [@computergeek](#): > > One of my most favorite actors on my most favorite soap. ☹ And two of my most favorite characters. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2056 "2015-11-27T23:08:13Z")
Oops … pocket post. Although I could mention the passing of Ron Hynds. Newfoundland troubadour last week. (He was on my last two years ago … should have kept the faith) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2057 "2015-11-28T01:50:41Z")
Hard to know when to keep 'em, and when to give up on 'em. But remember this exchange, from right after you regained the lead back in mid-June? > [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > With only 4 points between us and the rest of my folks seemingly doing well it looks like a horse race between us (and a few others not too far behind). > [@RTFirefly](#): > > Yeah, four points isn’t much - it’s what happens with the rest of our lists, rather than that four-point margin, that will determine which of us finishes ahead of the other. Given that you’re still leading by that same four points, with just over a month to go, it’s looking like I was way off on that prediction. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2058 "2015-11-28T12:22:17Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > That’s a lot of work for **Baker** , who is already doing so much for this game besides whatever she has going on in her real life. > Rather, I’d suggest each player keep a copy of his/her list in an easily accessible place, and check it themselves every time a death is reported. I have mine bookmarked, but I think you’ve misunderstood me. All I’m suggesting is that instead of > [@](#): > > 7 Quartz 177 4 0 we have > [@](#): > > 7 [Quartz](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18017808&postcount=425) 177 4 0 ---
**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 28, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2059 "2015-11-28T13:04:21Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I have mine bookmarked, but I think you’ve misunderstood me. > > All I’m suggesting is that instead of > > we have It’s a great suggestion, **Quartz** , I like it too. I’m sure if you compiled all the links and sent them to **Baker** , it would be helpful in making it possibly happen. ---
**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 28, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2060 "2015-11-28T13:13:30Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > It’s a great suggestion, **Quartz** , I like it too. > > I’m sure if you compiled all the links and sent them to **Baker** , it would be helpful in making it possibly happen. Missed the edit window to include this: Cheers, 79 [**Bullitt**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17945724#post17945724) 16 1 1 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2061 "2015-11-29T14:09:19Z")
Sounds like a great idea, if it doesn’t require much effort of the Death Mistress. I could be wrong, but ISTM that manipulating a list of names and links would be much more of a PITA than just manipulating the list of names. Besides, (a) presumably everyone’s making sure the Death Mistress is giving them proper credit for the corpses on their list, and (b) it really isn’t that hard to verify other people’s scores if one is in the mood to do such things. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2062 "2015-11-30T13:38:54Z")
Less than twenty four hours until the 2016 Death Pool thread opens! _ **ARE YOU READY???** _ ---
**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 30, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2063 "2015-11-30T14:10:27Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Less than twenty four hours until the 2016 Death Pool thread opens! > > _ **ARE YOU READY???** _ Nope. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=102) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=104)