# 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:** 31
**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:** [January 8, 2015, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/601 "2015-01-08T05:01:09Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > DAMN. On my all-NFL list I didn’t have him although I had teammate Ditka, and teammates Lilly, Wright and White as alternates. > > Er, I mean, R.I.P. Jethro Pugh. Super Bowl VI is the earliest Super Bowl I remember watching: Cowboys 24 - Dolphins 3. I’m pretty sure Pugh was on that team. Missed the edit window to add this: to date that is the only Super Bowl where a team failed to score a touchdown. Even the vaunted 1985 Bears and their arguably greatest-ever defense gave up 10 points to New England in Super Bowl XX. Super Bowl VI’s Cowboys had a strong defense, their “Doomsday Defense,” and Pugh was a key part of that. Pugh played in Dallas’ first four Super Bowls, winning two of them. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/602 "2015-01-08T15:44:34Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Missed the edit window to add this: to date that is the only Super Bowl where a team failed to score a touchdown. Even the vaunted 1985 Bears and their arguably greatest-ever **defense** gave up 10 points to New England in Super Bowl XX. [Bolding mine.] I should note that the Dolphins’ _defense_ gave up **zero** points in Super Bowl 7, ditto the Steelers’ _defense_ in Super Bowl 9, and the Ravens’ _defense_ in Super Bowl 35. In all three cases, the points scored by the losing teams were on special teams plays. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/603 "2015-01-08T18:05:16Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > And she turns 98 in less than a month. Not much point(s) to keeping her in mind for one’s 2016 Death Pool list! I don’t know about you, but I’m keeping her on my list until she does go, even if I get no points, just to spite her and the Grim Reaper! Anyone else? I get the feeling that if she is still around in 2 years, she’ll by far set the record for the most number of picks of someone who generates no points… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/604 "2015-01-08T23:11:42Z")
[Ray McFall](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11333602/Ray-McFall-obituary.html), 88, owner from 1959 to 1966 of some dinky Liverpool hole-in-the-wall (hole in the basement, really) called the Cavern Club. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/605 "2015-01-09T00:01:55Z")
Arkansas poet [Miller Williams](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Williams), who spoke at President Clinton’s second inauguration, died on January 1 at age 84. He was the father of Grammy winning singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams. (Sorry if this was already posted earlier. I looked and didn’t see it.) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/606 "2015-01-09T02:38:18Z")
[Actor Rod Taylor dies at 84](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/08/rod-taylor-dead-dies_n_6440040.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000024). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/607 "2015-01-09T03:14:44Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Actor Rod Taylor dies at 84](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/08/rod-taylor-dead-dies_n_6440040.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000024). Damn!!! I was just watching _The Time Machine_ a few days ago. ---
**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 9, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/608 "2015-01-09T03:37:10Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Damn!!! I was just watching _The Time Machine_ a few days ago. The Moorlocks (sp) scared the hell out of me when I was a pup and watched it with my Father. ---
**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 9, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/609 "2015-01-09T05:22:26Z")
Andrae Crouch, legendary gospel figure, dies at 72 [http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Andrae-Crouch-legendary-gospel-figure-dies-at-72-6003293.php](http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Andrae-Crouch-legendary-gospel-figure-dies-at-72-6003293.php) ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/610 "2015-01-09T16:00:31Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Damn!!! I was just watching _The Time Machine_ a few days ago. I watched some of it while you were. Have seen it many times. He was good ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/611 "2015-01-10T02:51:08Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > I watched some of it while you were. Have seen it many times. > He was good Watching a movie now with the ageless Abe Vigoda in it ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/612 "2015-01-10T03:29:04Z")
[Former NBA player Roy Tarpley dies](http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story/_/id/12144055/former-dallas-mavericks-big-man-roy-tarpley-dies-50) ---
**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:** [January 10, 2015, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/613 "2015-01-10T05:08:17Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > [Former NBA player Roy Tarpley dies](http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story/_/id/12144055/former-dallas-mavericks-big-man-roy-tarpley-dies-50) 50 points! Not for me. I didn’t have him. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/614 "2015-01-10T12:20:30Z")
Neither did any of our players. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/615 "2015-01-10T15:29:18Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Neither did any of our players. a damned shame… er, um, loss of a young man… ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/616 "2015-01-10T20:52:03Z")
Movie Producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (MGM) [Report: Prolific Movie Producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Dies At 88 - CBS Los Angeles](http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/01/09/report-prolific-movie-producer-samuel-goldwyn-jr-dies-at-88/) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/617 "2015-01-11T01:02:38Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Movie Producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (MGM) [Report: Prolific Movie Producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Dies At 88 - CBS Los Angeles](http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/01/09/report-prolific-movie-producer-samuel-goldwyn-jr-dies-at-88/) The father of Tony Goldwyn, the President in “Scandal”. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/618 "2015-01-11T02:07:08Z")
After doing a lot of scanning of my spreadsheets, and checking them against the different style sheets **phungi** so generously has provided, I think we have all the kinks worked out of who picked what celebrities, and their totals. The following list is all celebs with at least ten choices. George H.W. Bush 55 Valerie Harper 53 Sam Simon 47 Fidel Castro 41 Muhammad Ali 31 Stuart Scott 30 Dick Cheney 23 Billy Graham-e 22 Lindsay Lohan 22 Jimmy Carter 21 Rob Ford 20 Gordie Howe 16 Nancy Reagan 16 Pope Benedict XVI 16 Terry Pratchett 16 Zsa Zsa Gabor 16 Mary Tyler Moore 15 Amanda Bynes 14 Glen Campbell 14 Joost van der Westhuizen 14 Kim Jong-un 14 Charlie Sheen 13 Clive James 13 Jerry Lewis 13 Randy Travis 13 Stephen Hawking 12 Keith Richards 11 Kirk Douglas 11 Prince Philip 11 Bill Cosby 10 Justin Bieber 10 ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/619 "2015-01-11T05:34:30Z")
[Taylor Negron, actor and comedian, dies at 57.](http://deadline.com/2015/01/taylor-negron-dead-57-after-long-battle-with-cancer-1201346798/) ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/620 "2015-01-11T05:36:08Z")
Comedian Taylor Negron, dead at 57 > **[Taylor Negron, Comedian & Actor, Dead At 57 After Long Battle With Cancer](https://deadline.com/2015/01/taylor-negron-dead-57-after-long-battle-with-cancer-1201346798/)** > > Sources are confirming that comedian Taylor Negron has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 57.  Chuck Negron, Taylor’s cousin, of the ’70s band Three Dog Night, released an onl… EDIT: …and **Rick Kitchen** beat me to it 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=32)