# 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:** 32
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/621 "2015-01-11T12:59:01Z")
Anita Ekberg’s [Dolce Vida is over](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/la-dolce-vita-actress-anita-ekberg-dies-83-28146625) ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/622 "2015-01-11T15:23:55Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Anita Ekberg’s [Dolce Vida is over](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/la-dolce-vita-actress-anita-ekberg-dies-83-28146625) She was so sexy back in the day. ---
**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 11, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/623 "2015-01-11T15:56:29Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 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 Death Pool Scorekeeper is a labor of love, and the product of 2-3 years of bothering a friend who performs magic with Excel. Amazingly, it only took us a dozen e-mails, 6 versions, and 9 days this year to work out the kinks, with a special shout-out to **Registered at Last** for her editorial assistance. If anyone wants a copy to play along at home, PM me your e-mail address and I will be happy to share. ---
**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 11, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/624 "2015-01-11T21:44:41Z")
[ > [@](#): > > ]([https://deadline.com/tag/elizabeth-kaltman/](https://deadline.com/tag/elizabeth-kaltman/))[Elizabeth Kaltman](https://deadline.com/tag/elizabeth-kaltman/), former vice president of communications at the Motion Picture Association of America and a PR executive at The Walt [Disney](https://deadline.com/tag/disney/) Studios, passed away Sunday after a two-year-long battle with cancer. She was 41. [Elizabeth Kaltman, Disney Studios PR Executive, Dead At 41](https://tv.yahoo.com/news/elizabeth-kaltman-disney-studios-pr-053207799.html) Who? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/625 "2015-01-11T22:30:08Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [https://tv.yahoo.com/news/elizabeth-kaltman-disney-studios-pr-053207799.html](https://deadline.com/tag/elizabeth-kaltman/) > > Who? 🙂 That is definitely too young to die. Cancer SUCKS !! ---
**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:** [January 11, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/626 "2015-01-11T23:07:11Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > Comedian Taylor Negron, dead at 57 > > [Taylor Negron, Comedian & Actor, Dead At 57 After Long Battle With Cancer](http://deadline.com/2015/01/taylor-negron-dead-57-after-long-battle-with-cancer-1201346798/) > EDIT: …and **Rick Kitchen** beat me to it 🙂 Negron played the pizza delivery man in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. ---
**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 12, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/627 "2015-01-12T04:02:32Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Negron played the pizza delivery man in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. [Picture](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/tuENFR-9phU/hqdefault.jpg). I think that’s the teacher character named Mr. Hand in the background, and he’s delivering the pizza in class to Sean Penn’s character named Spiccoli. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/628 "2015-01-12T12:36:04Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Negron played the pizza delivery man in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. > [@Bullitt](#): > > [Picture](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/tuENFR-9phU/hqdefault.jpg). I think that’s the teacher character named Mr. Hand in the background, and he’s delivering the pizza in class to Sean Penn’s character named Spiccoli. oh, HIM! oh, crap. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/629 "2015-01-12T23:32:52Z")
He was also the convenience-store clerk in **River’s Edge**. First scene with dialogue. Daniel Roebuck, another That Guy, tries to buy beer without ID, and Negron won’t sell him. Short scene, perfectly performed. It could be used as an acting exercise. ---
**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 12, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/630 "2015-01-12T23:48:36Z")
Mario Cantone (whom I can’t stand) said on “The View” today that he and Taylor Negron were good friends, and Negron told him that he hoped that nobody would write “RIP Taylor”, because he wouldn’t want people to think they were talking about Rip Taylor. ---
**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 13, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/631 "2015-01-13T04:07:29Z")
Clifford Adams, Kool and the Gang trombonist, dies at 38 points. > **[Kool and the Gang Trombonist Clifford Adams Dies at 62 - E! Online](https://www.eonline.com/news/613933/kool-and-the-gang-trombonist-clifford-adams-dies-at-62)** > > He battled liver cancer but didn't have insurance to cover the costs ---
**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 13, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/632 "2015-01-13T22:34:03Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > Comedian Taylor Negron, dead at 57 > > [Taylor Negron, Comedian & Actor, Dead At 57 After Long Battle With Cancer](http://deadline.com/2015/01/taylor-negron-dead-57-after-long-battle-with-cancer-1201346798/) > EDIT: …and **Rick Kitchen** beat me to it 🙂 I heard him on Jay Mohr’s podcast not that long ago. His voice sounded a bit weak but he didn’t mention anything about cancer. These celebrities should be required to divulge this information. To me anyway. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/633 "2015-01-16T06:14:36Z")
Robert E. White, who criticized policy on El Salvador as U.S. ambassador, dies at 88 > **[Robert E. White, who criticized policy on El Salvador as U.S. ambassador,...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/robert-e-white-who-criticized-policy-on-el-salvador-as-us-ambassador-dies-at-88/2015/01/15/0c504738-9c29-11e4-96cc-e858eba91ced_story.html)** > > Mr. White spoke out against U.S.-backed Salvadoran death squads and was fired by President Reagan. After all those years of talking for peace and justice, RIP sir. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/634 "2015-01-16T18:20:33Z")
Muhammed Ali is re-admitted to the hospital. I had him on my list, so his prognosis is favorable. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/635 "2015-01-17T03:30:35Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Muhammed Ali is re-admitted to the hospital. I had him on my list, so his prognosis is favorable. > > Regards, > Shodan He has been released from the hospital ---
**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 17, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/636 "2015-01-17T04:17:55Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > He has been released from the hospital Thank goodness! I don’t have him. 🙂 ---
**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 17, 2015, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/637 "2015-01-17T07:48:49Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > He has been released from the hospital Ha ha. Just messing with you. Regards, Muhammed Ali ---
**Author:** ![BlossomDrearie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BlossomDrearie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlossomDrearie)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/638 "2015-01-17T22:40:15Z")
[Entertainment icon dead at 90](http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/don-harron-canadian-entertainment-icon-dead-at-90-1.2916802) ---
**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 17, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/639 "2015-01-17T23:12:26Z")
“Puerto Rican pro-independence and Nationalist leader Isabel [Rosado](http://repeatingislands.com/2015/01/14/nationalist-leader-isabel-rosado-dies-at-107-in-puerto-rico/) Morales, who was arrested three times for her ideals, died yesterday (January 13, 2015) at 107 years old.” ---
**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:** [January 18, 2015, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/640 "2015-01-18T07:55:54Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > “Puerto Rican pro-independence and Nationalist leader Isabel [Rosado](http://repeatingislands.com/2015/01/14/nationalist-leader-isabel-rosado-dies-at-107-in-puerto-rico/) Morales, who was arrested three times for her ideals, died yesterday (January 13, 2015) at 107 years old.” Imagine what she saw through her lifetime. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=33)