# 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:** 28
**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:** [January 4, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/541 "2015-01-04T18:16:42Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > As mentioned in a separate thread and eulogized on ESPN this morning, Stuart Scott who battled cancer 3 times lost the fight this morning. So close to repeating my Opening Kickoff award! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/542 "2015-01-04T19:08:57Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > That’s 51 points for me and 28(?) other people. I’m one of the 28. My first points since Gary Carter in 2012. Sucks because I liked him, but hey, points! ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/543 "2015-01-04T19:17:33Z")
[Long time baseball Executive Hank Peters has died](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Peters)- age 90 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/544 "2015-01-04T19:17:57Z")
Good grief, they are dropping like flies this year. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/545 "2015-01-04T20:06:18Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Well, that’s a first, as far as I know. Nope. It was kept much quieter, but it happened to me four years ago. All for the better though. The person in question is still alive and kicking, and I found him to be a really good person. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/546 "2015-01-04T21:02:01Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Good grief, they are dropping like flies this year. not the ones on my list, though ---
**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:** [January 4, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/547 "2015-01-04T21:15:51Z")
Two on my list - Clark Carlisle and Jules Bianchi - are moving towards recovery. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/548 "2015-01-04T21:16:49Z")
1 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 92 2 1 2 bassett hound 51 1 0 2 bowler girl 51 1 0 2 candide 51 1 0 2 Captain Klutz 51 1 0 2 carnivorousplant 51 1 0 2 critter42 51 1 0 2 Dr. Girlfriend 51 1 0 2 Fear Itself 51 1 0 2 Fleetwood 51 1 0 2 Happy Lendervedder 51 1 0 2 Hockey Monkey 51 1 0 2 Hoopy Frood 51 1 0 2 irritant 51 1 0 2 Kitten Mitten 51 1 0 2 Little Nemo 51 1 0 2 Loach 51 1 0 2 MadTheSwine 51 1 0 2 minionkat 51 1 0 2 notfrommensa 51 1 0 2 phungi 51 1 0 2 Quartz 51 1 0 2 Registered at Last 51 1 0 2 RobotDevilDog 51 1 0 2 RTFirefly 51 1 0 2 Sami41 51 1 0 2 Squonk 51 1 0 2 Tim R. Mortiss 51 1 0 2 Yllaria 51 1 0 2 zoog 51 1 0 31 CAMJAY77 38 1 1 32 Little Pig 18 1 1 33 Dusty Rose 6 1 0 33 Lok 6 1 0 33 missred 6 1 0 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/549 "2015-01-04T21:27:22Z")
**INRS** is already almost to 3 digits? Wow! ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/550 "2015-01-04T21:45:19Z")
so if I change my nick to acritter42, that’ll bump me to the top of the 2nd place list! 🙂 LOL ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/551 "2015-01-04T21:49:02Z")
Last Year…I was Roger Maris…so far this year…AVIS…I got to try harder! woo hoo #2 ---
**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:** [January 5, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/552 "2015-01-05T01:04:28Z")
Scott was one of my few carries-over from last year. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/553 "2015-01-05T04:20:18Z")
Ripped myself off 5 points. The article I linked said he was age 62, wiki has his bdate / age 57 [Ahuti Prasad - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahuti_Prasad) Oh well ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/554 "2015-01-05T11:12:29Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Ripped myself off 5 points. The article I linked said he was age 62, wiki has his bdate / age 57 [Ahuti Prasad - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahuti_Prasad) > > Oh well :(That’s too bad. I’ve looked around at the article reporting his passing and have got at least three different birthdates. As the OP states, we go with the oldest one. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/555 "2015-01-05T12:05:07Z")
Your wimpy Salems won’t do, and vaping is right out. [Mustafa Kamal](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Kamal_(judge))! (Former Chief Justice of Bangladesh, age 81.) ---
**Author:** ![1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/58956e/32.png) [@1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1b3bz18c9ed269201)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/556 "2015-01-05T15:38:37Z")
Donna Douglas - Ellie Mae Clampett from the Beverly Hillbillies has passed at age 81. She was always on my “stranded on a deserted island” list. Not only beautiful but she could catch. clean and cook my dinner. > **[Donna Douglas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Douglas)** > > Donna Douglas (born Doris Ione Smith; September 26, 1932 – January 1, 2015) was an American actress and singer, known for her role as Elly May Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971). Following her acting career, Douglas became a real estate agent, gospel singer, inspirational speaker, and author of books for children and adults. > Douglas was born Doris Ione Smith in the community of Pride, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, on September 26, 1932. The younger of two children, she was ... ---
**Author:** ![1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/58956e/32.png) [@1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1b3bz18c9ed269201)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/557 "2015-01-05T15:45:06Z")
> [@1b3bz18c9ed269201](#): > > Donna Douglas - Ellie Mae Clampett from the Beverly Hillbillies has passed at age 81. > > She was always on my “stranded on a deserted island” list. Not only beautiful but she could catch. clean and cook my dinner. > > [Donna Douglas - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Douglas) Wikipedia says January 1 but it was announced on Sunday Morning news Jan. 4 so I thought this was new info… ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/558 "2015-01-05T18:06:39Z")
It was posted earlier in this thread. > [@jeezums](#): > > Donna Douglas, TV’s Elly May Clampett, has died > > [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/donna-douglas-dead-81-actress-beverly-hillbillies-article-1.2063988](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/donna-douglas-dead-81-actress-beverly-hillbillies-article-1.2063988) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/559 "2015-01-05T19:11:26Z")
Bess Myerson, [dead at 10 points.](http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/01/05/report-bess-myerson-miss-america-1945-dies-at-age-90/) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/560 "2015-01-05T20:33:03Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Bess Myerson, [dead at 10 points.](http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/01/05/report-bess-myerson-miss-america-1945-dies-at-age-90/) Article says she died last year: > [@](#): > > Myerson died at her Santa Monica, Calif., home on Dec. 14. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=29)