# 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:** 44
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/861 "2015-02-22T20:52:08Z")
Don’t worry about us, **Baker**. Take care of your mom, and take care of yourself. ---
**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 23, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/862 "2015-02-23T02:49:06Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > It’s another Death Pool Miracle! > > **Darren Daulton passes along good news in [battle against brain cance](http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25074436/darren-daulton-passes-along-good-news-in-battle-against-brain-cancer)r** > > I think we should all pat ourselves on the back for another life saved. [Bones McCoy] By golly, Jim, I’m beginning to think I can cure a rainy day. [/Bones McCoy] ---
**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 23, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/863 "2015-02-23T02:51:24Z")
Yes, Baker, devote your time to your Mother. I’m tied for sixth instead of second, will send more money after payday. 🙂 ---
**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 23, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/864 "2015-02-23T22:44:24Z")
Leonard Nimoy hospitalized with [severe chest pains.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/02/23/leonard-nimoy-hospitalized-chest-pains-rushed-hospital/) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/865 "2015-02-23T23:18:29Z")
No no no no! ☹ ---
**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 24, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/866 "2015-02-24T00:55:41Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > No no no no! ☹ +1 I was going to do a Star Trek theme list \*next \*year! ---
**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:** [February 24, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/867 "2015-02-24T01:44:43Z")
Now those are points I would not like to have but… Points is points. Still: ☹ if it turns to be bad news soon. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/868 "2015-02-24T03:40:18Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Leonard Nimoy hospitalized with [severe chest pains.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/02/23/leonard-nimoy-hospitalized-chest-pains-rushed-hospital/) Come on, Leonard. By Vulcan standards, you’re barely middle-aged! ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/869 "2015-02-24T05:49:03Z")
[Ben Woolf, Meep on “American Horror Story: Freak Show,” dies at 34 after suffering a head injury.](http://www.eonline.com/news/628861/american-horror-story-s-ben-woolf-dead-at-34-after-suffering-head-injury?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=imdb_topstories) Woolf, who stood 4’ 4", was hit in the head with a car mirror as he was crossing a street in Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/870 "2015-02-24T16:59:48Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Fitness instructor Greg Plitt – who appeared on the Bravo show “Work Out” – died Saturday after [he was struck by a train.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/01/18/greg-plitt-dead-dies-train-bravo-work-out/#ixzz3PBhzILNB) Tragic loss of 63 points. Apparently he died without a spouse, children or a will but had $800 large in bank. [http://www.tmz.com/2015/02/24/greg-plitt-family-money-will-petition-estate-death/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl11%7Csec3\_lnk3%26pLid%3D618103](http://www.tmz.com/2015/02/24/greg-plitt-family-money-will-petition-estate-death/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl11%7Csec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D618103) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/871 "2015-02-24T23:45:14Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > [Ben Woolf, Meep on “American Horror Story: Freak Show,” dies at 34 after suffering a head injury.](http://www.eonline.com/news/628861/american-horror-story-s-ben-woolf-dead-at-34-after-suffering-head-injury?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=imdb_topstories) > > Woolf, who stood 4’ 4", was hit in the head with a car mirror as he was crossing a street in Hollywood. Obviously, he was not bending over to tie his shoes. (too soon? Not in this thread) ---
**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 25, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/872 "2015-02-25T12:54:19Z")
Damn we missed it. Yesterday was [Abe Vigoda’s](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/the-list/os-abe-vigoda-is-alive-and-hes-94-20150224-post.html)birthday. Happy 6 point birthday Abe! Can you get me off the hook, Tom? For old times’ sake? ---
**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 25, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/873 "2015-02-25T17:19:07Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Damn we missed it. Yesterday was [Abe Vigoda’s](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/the-list/os-abe-vigoda-is-alive-and-hes-94-20150224-post.html)birthday. Happy 6 point birthday Abe! did he ever not look old? ---
**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:** [February 25, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/874 "2015-02-25T17:37:49Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > did he ever not look old? I don’t think so. [Even at 54 he looked much older - this is from 1975, apparently](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Abe_Vigoda_1975.jpg). ---
**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 25, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/875 "2015-02-25T20:47:57Z")
_America’s Next Top Model_ contestant Mirjana Puhar was killed Tuesday in a triple homicide at her boyfriend’s home in Charlotte, NC, [at the tragic age of 81 points.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/02/25/mirjana-puhar-dead-americas-next-top-model-murder-triple-homicide/#ixzz3Sn9SXPqc) ---
**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 26, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/876 "2015-02-26T12:39:48Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > did he ever not look old? Can’t really find any young pictures of him. He didn’t start acting until his 40s and didn’t get on screen till after he was 50. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/877 "2015-02-26T17:26:11Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > _America’s Next Top Model_ contestant Mirjana Puhar was killed Tuesday in a triple homicide at her boyfriend’s home in Charlotte, NC, [at the tragic age of 81 points.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/02/25/mirjana-puhar-dead-americas-next-top-model-murder-triple-homicide/#ixzz3Sn9SXPqc) Damn, she had an enormous pair of…lips. Do people really find lips that large attractive? ---
**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 26, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/878 "2015-02-26T18:24:06Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Damn, she had an enormous pair of…lips. > > Do people really find lips that large attractive? I think they are made out of wax. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/879 "2015-02-26T18:34:50Z")
Alan Howard, voice of Sauron / The One Ring, has been cast into the fires of Mt Doom: > **[Alan Howard, the Voice of The Lord of the Rings’ Sauron, has passed away](http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2015/02/26/97194-alan-howard-the-voice-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-sauron-has-passed-away/)** > > The Lord of the Rings voice of Sauron and the One Ring, Alan Howard, passed away on Saturday, February 14, after being hospitalized for pneumonia. Mr. Howard was 77 years old. His chilling performance as the voice of Sauron gave power to the specter... Brian ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/880 "2015-02-27T07:24:45Z")
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