# 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:** 36
**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 28, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/701 "2015-01-28T17:50:17Z")
We also need the classic “Points is points” tshirt. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/702 "2015-01-28T18:20:48Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Isn’t that the name of the Indian in the James Fenimore Cooper novels? > > Hell, one in 1,000 Democrats die. > > :rolleyes: 1,000 in 1,000 die. Except for those on **swampbear’s** list, who are, apparently, immortal. ---
**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 28, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/703 "2015-01-28T18:24:12Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > We also need the classic “Points is points” tshirt. Thank you, Sir. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/704 "2015-01-28T19:24:49Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > right below where it says “how many points are _you_ worth?” It really is awkward sometimes in polite company when idle chatter turns to a recent death in the news - and without thinking one utters, “Ah, only 6 points.” Only to be met with puzzled looks… ---
**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 28, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/705 "2015-01-28T19:26:18Z")
**HERE’S ONE BIG POINT FOR SOMEONE!!!** > [@](#): > > Charles H. Townes, a visionary physicist whose research led to the development of the laser, making it possible to play CDs, scan prices at the supermarket, measure time precisely, survey planets and galaxies and even witness the birth of stars, died on Tuesday in Oakland, Calif. He was 99. [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/us/charles-h-townes-physicist-who-helped-develop-lasers-dies-at-99.html?\_r=0](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/us/charles-h-townes-physicist-who-helped-develop-lasers-dies-at-99.html?_r=0) ---
**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 28, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/706 "2015-01-28T19:27:16Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > It really is awkward sometimes in polite company when idle chatter turns to a recent death in the news - and without thinking one utters, “Ah, only 6 points.” Only to be met with puzzled looks… This is why I insist all my company be impolite. ---
**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 28, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/707 "2015-01-28T21:09:36Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > It really is awkward sometimes in polite company when idle chatter turns to a recent death in the news - and without thinking one utters, “Ah, only 6 points.” Only to be met with puzzled looks… When a well know person croaks, my Beloved Wife looks at me and asks, “Did you have him?” ---
**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 28, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/708 "2015-01-28T22:56:19Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > When a well know person croaks, my Beloved Wife looks at me and asks, “Did you have him?” If that ain’t love, I don’t know what is!😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/709 "2015-01-29T00:10:06Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > When a well know person croaks, my Beloved Wife looks at me and asks, “Did you have him?” “. . . in the Death Pool” being implicit, I hope? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/710 "2015-01-29T00:52:32Z")
Australian Kel Nagle and World Golf Hall of Famer putters no more. [Dead at age 94](http://www.golfnsw.org/newsdisplay/australian-golf-loses-wonderful-champion-and-man/84285?utm_source=&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=). He won the British Open in 1960, beating Arnold Palmer among others. According to his wiki bio, he won over 60 tournaments. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/711 "2015-01-29T07:32:38Z")
Colleen McCullough, 23 points for those that have her > **[Colleen McCullough, author of The Thorn Birds, dies](https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/colleen-mccullough-author-of-the-thorn-birds-dies-20150129-131dka.html)** > > Renowned Australian writer Colleen McCullough has died. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/712 "2015-01-29T08:06:09Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Colleen McCullough, 23 points for those that have her > > [Colleen McCullough, author of The Thorn Birds, dies](http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/colleen-mccullough-author-of-the-thorn-birds-dies-20150129-131dka.html) …and my Aussie themed list from last year continues to mock me. > [@Celebrity Death Pool 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/295): > > 2014 is the year of my first ever themed list. Woo! > > My theme is: > > **Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi!** > > Famous Australians, or Kiwis/Poms/Yanks we claim as our own when they’re at the top of their game and immediately disown when they get the least bit embarrassing (let’s call it The Mel Gibson Effect). > > [Ben Cousins, footballer](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Cousins) > [Lou Richards, footballer](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Richards) > [Gough Whitlam, politician](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gough_Whitlam) > [Joan Kirner, politician](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Kirner) > [Anna Bligh, politician](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Bligh) > [Jeanne Little, entertainer](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Little) > [Kylie Minogue, entertainer](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_Minogue) > [Colleen McCullough, author](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough) > [Bert Newton, entertainer](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Newton) > [Lorrae Desmond, actor](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorrae_Desmond) > [Matthew Newton, actor](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Newton) > [Judy Moran, convicted murderer/crime family matriarch](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Moran) > [Dawn Fraser, Olympic swimmer](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Fraser) ---
**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 29, 2015, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/713 "2015-01-29T11:20:36Z")
Colleen McCullogh is responsible for[my most popular review on Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21536845). I would salute her, but that book sucked and convinced me never to read anything else with her name on the cover. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/714 "2015-01-29T13:19:12Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Colleen McCullogh is responsible for[my most popular review on Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21536845). I would salute her, but that book sucked and convinced me never to read anything else with her name on the cover. > [@](#): > > “What,” says the reader in a low, dangerous voice. OMG. I’m dyyyyyyyyyyyyin’! 😃 ---
**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 29, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/715 "2015-01-29T16:23:10Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > OMG. I’m dyyyyyyyyyyyyin’! 😃 Actual quote. I really said that. And I did run over the book with my car for about a month before my roommates got upset and threw it away. :mad: (The book, not my car.) ---
**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 29, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/716 "2015-01-29T19:32:03Z")
WKBN meteorologist Don Guthrie [dies at 29 points](http://wkbn.com/2015/01/26/beloved-meteorologist-don-guthrie-passes-away/). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/717 "2015-01-29T19:39:30Z")
I could have sworn someone had McCullough but no. On another board, where I play and moderate the game, I do have her myself! ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/718 "2015-01-30T00:05:44Z")
Just heard on the evening news that poet and songwriter Rod McKuen died at 19 points. ---
**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 30, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/719 "2015-01-30T00:12:52Z")
> [@justmeetee](#): > > Just heard on the evening news that poet and songwriter Rod McKuen died at 19 points. > **[Rod McKuen, prolific songwriter and poet, dies at 81](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-rod-mckuen-dies-at-81-20150129-story.html)** > > Rod McKuen, a prolific songwriter and poet whose compositions include the Academy Award-nominated song “Jean” for the 1969 film “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” has died. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/720 "2015-01-30T00:13:12Z")
> [@justmeetee](#): > > Just heard on the evening news that poet and songwriter Rod McKuen died at 19 points. [Link](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-rod-mckuen-dies-at-81-20150129-story.html) We had joy, We had fun, we had Seasons of the Sun. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=37)