# 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:** 40
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/781 "2015-02-09T21:59:55Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > It was known at the time as the “four-corner _offense_” because the UNC team would be in possession of the ball. As I recall, it consisted of a very skilled game of keep-away. There was one U.Va.-UNC ACC championship game (1982?) where Dean Smith had his team go to the four corners with something like 7 or 8 minutes to go, and a one-point lead. It worked, too - but IIRC, that game may have been what finally got enough people to say it was time for a shot clock. But since the ACC was so deep in Carolina’s pocket, they had a shot/pass clock for a couple of years. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/782 "2015-02-09T22:19:58Z")
Alright! I maintain a firm grip on 41st place! All you others get out there and get some points. Y’all know last place belongs to me and only me! ---
**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:** [February 9, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/783 "2015-02-09T22:23:51Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Somebody wants to revel in being in second place! Um, that would be me? > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > 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:** [February 9, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/784 "2015-02-09T23:14:50Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Um, that would be me? Geez, how did I miss that? Too involved with McCullough at the time I guess. Okay, you are in second place! Sorry **notfrommensa**. 1 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 92 2 1 2 Fear Itself 80 2 1 3 notfrommensa 68 2 0 4 MadTheSwine 61 2 0 4 Quartz 61 2 0 6 bassett hound 51 1 0 6 bowler girl 51 1 0 6 candide 51 1 0 6 Captain Klutz 51 1 0 6 carnivorousplant 51 1 0 6 critter42 51 1 0 6 Dr. Girlfriend 51 1 0 6 Fleetwood 51 1 0 6 Happy Lendervedder 51 1 0 6 Hockey Monkey 51 1 0 6 Hoopy Frood 51 1 0 6 irritant 51 1 0 6 Kitten Mitten 51 1 0 6 Little Nemo 51 1 0 6 Loach 51 1 0 6 minionkat 51 1 0 6 phungi 51 1 0 6 Registered at Last 51 1 0 6 RobotDevilDog 51 1 0 6 RTFirefly 51 1 0 6 Sami41 51 1 0 6 Squonk 51 1 0 6 Tim R. Mortiss 51 1 0 6 Yllaria 51 1 0 6 zoog 51 1 0 31 CAMJAY77 38 1 1 32 Vashbul 25 1 1 33 Little Pig 18 1 1 34 Shoeless 17 1 0 35 Grits and Hard Toast 10 1 0 35 Icarus 10 1 0 37 Dusty Rose 6 1 0 37 Lok 6 1 0 37 missred 6 1 0 40 Andrew21 0 1 1 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/785 "2015-02-09T23:20:14Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Too involved with McCullough at the time I guess. Okay, you are in second place! Sorry **notfrommensa**. SNIFF ☹ SNIFF I had a couple of hours of grandeur! Didn’t Shakespeare say it’s better to have 2nd and lost it, to never had 2nd at all? :dubious: ---
**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:** [February 9, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/786 "2015-02-09T23:38:40Z")
Wait, wait, one of my candidates died? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/787 "2015-02-09T23:40:46Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Wait, wait, one of my candidates died? > :eek: You didn’t hear about Stuart Scott? ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/788 "2015-02-09T23:44:10Z")
derp…did not check the date of this post…disregard ---
**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:** [February 9, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/789 "2015-02-09T23:45:51Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > You didn’t hear about Stuart Scott? Yes, I am being a Smart Ass. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 10, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/790 "2015-02-10T00:03:17Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Yes, I am being a Smart Ass. > 🙂 And you’re doing it right! 😛 ---
**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:** [February 10, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/791 "2015-02-10T00:12:13Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Alright! I maintain a firm grip on 41st place! All you others get out there and get some points. Y’all know last place belongs to me and only me! Psh, poser. I have zero points. Though I’m hoping Giuliana Rancic survives the year, because after having seen her at the Grammys last night, she’s a lock for 2016. ---
**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 10, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/792 "2015-02-10T01:02:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Psh, poser. I have zero points. > > Though I’m hoping Giuliana Rancic survives the year, because after having seen her at the Grammys last night, she’s a lock for 2016. Well now I know what it looks like when someone’s so thin they disappear when they turn sideways. :eek: ---
**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:** [February 10, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/793 "2015-02-10T02:58:45Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > And you’re doing it right! 😛 My Sainted Mother told me, “If you _do_ something, _do_ it well!” ---
**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 10, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/794 "2015-02-10T15:06:55Z")
Bobbi Kristina update: Now [sources](http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/02/bobbi_kristina_brown_die_same_day_whitney_houston.html#incart_m-rpt-1) are saying they are waiting till tomorrow to pull the plug. Tomorrow is the anniversary of her mother’s death. The agreement to take her off live support was brokered by Tyler Perry which only adds to the weirdness of the story. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/795 "2015-02-10T20:29:58Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Bobbi Kristina update: Now [sources](http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/02/bobbi_kristina_brown_die_same_day_whitney_houston.html#incart_m-rpt-1) are saying they are waiting till tomorrow to pull the plug. Tomorrow is the anniversary of her mother’s death. The agreement to take her off live support was brokered by Tyler Perry which only adds to the weirdness of the story. [And in this corner](http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/bobbi-kristina-wont-be-taken-off-life-support-on-whitneys-death-date-2015102) … ---
**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 10, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/796 "2015-02-10T20:46:30Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [And in this corner](http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/bobbi-kristina-wont-be-taken-off-life-support-on-whitneys-death-date-2015102) … But what does Tyler Perry have to say about it? ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/797 "2015-02-11T04:16:14Z")
[Kenji Ekuan](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/11/world/asia/kenji-ekuan-japanese-designer-who-gave-soy-sauce-its-curves-dies-at-85.html), industrial designer best known for the Kikkoman teardrop bottle, dead at 85. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/798 "2015-02-11T17:56:08Z")
[Jerry Tarkanian](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/basketball-coaching-legend-jerry-tarkanian-dies-at-84-171240684.html), famed NCAA Basketball coach and National Champion with UNLV, dead at 84. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/799 "2015-02-11T21:05:38Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > [Jerry Tarkanian](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/basketball-coaching-legend-jerry-tarkanian-dies-at-84-171240684.html), famed NCAA Basketball coach and National Champion with UNLV, dead at 84. Coach of the Runnin’ Rebels. And we lost Dean Smith too. Tough week. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/800 "2015-02-11T21:08:00Z")
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