# 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:** 29
**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:** [January 5, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/561 "2015-01-05T20:38:24Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Article says she died last year: Yep. As per the NY Times, “Her death, which had not been publicly announced, was confirmed on Monday by public records.” ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/562 "2015-01-05T21:11:31Z")
Obviously the first number in the standings is the point total, what are the next 2? ---
**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, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/563 "2015-01-05T21:17:13Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > Obviously the first number in the standings is the point total, what are the next 2? Total corpses, and total unique corpses. ETA: > [@anyrose](#): > > **INRS** is already almost to 3 digits? Wow! His 92 points in just the first few days of 2015 would have been good for 7th place in 2014. Quite a different year already, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/564 "2015-01-05T22:37:27Z")
I expect that I won’t still be tied for #2 by the end of the month. Maybe even by the end of the week. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/565 "2015-01-05T22:53:54Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I expect that I won’t still be tied for #2 by the end of the month. Maybe even by the end of the week. Same here. There are a lot of us there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/566 "2015-01-05T23:01:22Z")
Bryce Astle (19) and Ronnie Berlack (20), members of the US Ski Team, were killed by an avalanche while training in Austria. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/567 "2015-01-05T23:24:39Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Bryce Astle (19) and Ronnie Berlack (20), members of the US Ski Team, were killed by an avalanche while training in Austria. I bet we all got schussed with no one having them. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/568 "2015-01-05T23:24:58Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Article says she died last year: Surely Baker will want to re-do the 2014 numbers? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/569 "2015-01-05T23:28:34Z")
Nobody had Bess Myerson ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/570 "2015-01-06T11:11:04Z")
Former football coach [Allie Sherman](http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/12126480/former-new-york-giants-coach-allie-sherman-dies-91) has died. ---
**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 6, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/571 "2015-01-06T15:42:55Z")
[Bernard Jordan](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11327751/Bernard-Jordan-who-absconded-from-care-home-for-D-Day-commemorations-dies-at-90.html) has died. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/572 "2015-01-06T16:14:19Z")
Okay, this is getting ridiculous. All of these people dead and not \*one \*of them is on my list? ---
**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:** [January 6, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/573 "2015-01-06T18:30:52Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Okay, this is getting ridiculous. > > All of these people dead and not \*one \*of them is on my list? Tell me about it! All my picks are in the midst of miraculous healings. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/574 "2015-01-06T18:42:37Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Tell me about it! All my picks are in the midst of miraculous healings. We have a gift. With a Great Gift comes No Points. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/575 "2015-01-06T19:52:26Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Okay, this is getting ridiculous. > All of these people dead and not \*one \*of them is on my list? > [@swampbear](#): > > Tell me about it! All my picks are in the midst of miraculous healings. > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > We have a gift. > With a Great Gift comes No Points. But how can we use our gift for good? Surely not getting any points from all these passings is evil? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/576 "2015-01-06T20:04:55Z")
Francesca Hilton, Zsa Zsa Gabor’s 67 year old daughter, has died. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/577 "2015-01-06T20:40:15Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > total unique corpses. Band name!! ---
**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:** [January 6, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/578 "2015-01-06T21:20:12Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > But how can we use our gift for good? Surely not getting any points from all these passings is evil? Do you have a question to ask, or do you want to make a speech? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/579 "2015-01-06T22:24:48Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Surely Baker will want to re-do the 2014 numbers? That is up to Baker and stop calling her Shirley. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/580 "2015-01-07T00:46:24Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Francesca Hilton, Zsa Zsa Gabor’s 67 year old daughter, has died. Is that ridiculous or what? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=30)