# 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:** 37
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/721 "2015-01-30T16:11:01Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [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. ☹ He wrote that? St. Peter had better not let him through the Pearly Gates until he repents. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/722 "2015-01-30T16:22:24Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > He wrote that? > > St. Peter had better not let him through the Pearly Gates until he repents. 😛 Not exactly. He reworked [_le Moribond_ by Jacques Brel](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h02pNUKInBo), a somewhat edgier song. Really, it was Terry Jacks that turned it into total goop. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/723 "2015-01-30T16:41:39Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Not exactly. He reworked [_le Moribond_ by Jacques Brel](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h02pNUKInBo), a somewhat edgier song. Really, it was Terry Jacks that turned it into total goop. I wasn’t aware that Brel did anything edgy, but you learn something new every day. At any rate, McKuen seems to have been solely responsible for the lyrics to “Seasons in the Sun.” Terry Jacks certainly didn’t help, but send 'em both to a good stretch in purgatory, I say. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/724 "2015-01-30T23:45:36Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [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. ☹ At least he died in January. After all, “it’s hard to die when birds are singing in the sky.” ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/725 "2015-01-31T18:28:32Z")
This is a family that should stay far away from bathtubs. > **[Houston’s Daughter Found Unresponsive, Is Breathing: Officials](https://www.newser.com/story/202066/whitney-houstons-daughter-found-unresponsive-in-tub.html)** > > Bobbi Kristina Brown was discovered in her bathtub For those that have Bobbi in the DP this year - she survived. ---
**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 31, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/726 "2015-01-31T19:00:15Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Really, it was Terry Jacks that turned it into total goop. > [@RTFirefly](#): > > At any rate, McKuen seems to have been solely responsible for the lyrics to “Seasons in the Sun.” Terry Jacks certainly didn’t help, but send 'em both to a good stretch in purgatory, I say. 😃 Well, when it was released in December 1973 that “total goop” went to the top of the charts in the US, UK & Canada. Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > The (Terry) Jacks version is one of the fewer than forty all-time singles to have sold 10 million copies worldwide. I was 12 years old when it was released and I had a brand-new transistor radio, a Ross radio, [the same model as in this picture](https://img0.etsystatic.com/046/1/9917708/il_340x270.710357506_30eo.jpg). It one of my very first purchases with my paper route money. For being a kid and my first ever “real” purchase with my own earned money, and hearing music come out of that box, it was a slice of heaven. I remember that song with fondness. _We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun, But the wine and the song, like the seasons, have all gone._ ---
**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 31, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/727 "2015-01-31T23:21:01Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Well, when it was released in December 1973 that “total goop” went to the top of the charts in the US, UK & Canada. Treacly crap was the main musical genre of the 1970s. Just look at **Smapti** ’s “Best of 197x” polls in Cafe Society. (Cool radio, btw.) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/728 "2015-02-01T02:26:00Z")
Suge Knight, accused in a fatal hit and run, may be dead himself. It could be a rumor, but here’s an article. We shall see if it appears elsewhere soon. > **[InfosSip.com is for sale | HugeDomains](https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=infossip.com)** > > Find your domain name at HugeDomains. Start using this domain right away. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/729 "2015-02-01T02:53:59Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Suge Knight, accused in a fatal hit and run, may be dead himself. It could be a rumor, but here’s an article. We shall see if it appears elsewhere soon. > > [http://infossip.com/breaking-rap-mogul-suge-knight-found-dead/](http://infossip.com/breaking-rap-mogul-suge-knight-found-dead/) If true that would be the first time that site posted something real. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/730 "2015-02-01T02:58:00Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > If true that would be the first time that site posted something real. Oops. sorry, I saw this news on another board. That would be a lots of points though. ---
**Author:** ![pachabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@pachabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pachabel)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/731 "2015-02-01T03:58:25Z")
I have Suge Knight on my list. The site listed has a graphic from KTLA Los Angeles but their website doesn’t have the story. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/732 "2015-02-01T04:30:50Z")
It must be a fake, or a false rumor, and I was too gullible to check around more before posting. If it was true six folks would get points for Knight, and we’d have a new leader in the game. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/733 "2015-02-01T19:37:20Z")
Co-owner of the New York Giants [Anna Mara, widow of Wellington Mara, kicks it for 15 points on Sunday](http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/12262269/ann-mara-new-york-giants-co-owner-widow-wellington-mara-dies-age-85). ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/734 "2015-02-01T20:01:34Z")
Looks like Whitney Houston’s daughter might be circling the drain. Anyone have Bobbi Kristina Brown on their list? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/735 "2015-02-01T20:16:15Z")
No more mysteries, Geraldine McEwan dies at 82. [http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31077192](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31077192) I scrolled on some of the pictures from her early parts, and goodness, she was a beautiful woman! As well as Miss Marple she played the witch in _Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves._ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/736 "2015-02-01T20:18:09Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > Looks like Whitney Houston’s daughter might be circling the drain. Anyone have Bobbi Kristina Brown on their list? **The Vorlon** does. It would be a unique pick. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/737 "2015-02-01T23:31:28Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > No more mysteries, Geraldine McEwan dies at 82. > > [http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31077192](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31077192) > > I scrolled on some of the pictures from her early parts, and goodness, she was a beautiful woman! > > As well as Miss Marple she played the witch in _Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves._ [Link from The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/feb/01/geraldine-mcewan-from-mrs-malaprop-to-miss-marple) since the BBC 404’d. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/738 "2015-02-02T00:49:29Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > [Link from The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/feb/01/geraldine-mcewan-from-mrs-malaprop-to-miss-marple) since the BBC 404’d. Sorry! ---
**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:** [February 2, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/739 "2015-02-02T02:02:12Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > Looks like Whitney Houston’s daughter might be circling the drain. Anyone have Bobbi Kristina Brown on their list? [Link](http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/whitney-houstons-daughter-bobbi-kristina-brown-in-a-medically-induced-coma/story-fnk826rj-1227204578990). ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/740 "2015-02-03T01:49:21Z")
Former Detroit Tiger [Dave Bergman](http://www.foxsports.com/detroit/story/former-tiger-dave-bergman-dies-at-61-020215?adbid=562388567146512384&adbpl=tw&adbpr=16877611&adbsc=mlb_e39826417), Age 61, has circled the bases one last time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=38)