# 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:** 47
**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:** [March 2, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/921 "2015-03-02T22:43:23Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > [Irving Kahn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Kahn) passed away on Tuesday at the age of 109. He was on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/922 "2015-03-02T22:45:53Z")
And we have a new leader! 1 Registered at Last 152 3 1 2 Fear Itself 147 3 1 3 phungi 118 2 0 3 RTFirefly 118 2 0 5 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 92 2 1 6 candide 83 2 0 6 carnivorousplant 83 2 0 8 notfrommensa 68 2 0 8 Sami41 68 2 0 10 MadTheSwine 61 2 0 10 Quartz 61 2 0 12 bassett hound 51 1 0 12 bowler girl 51 1 0 12 Captain Klutz 51 1 0 12 critter42 51 1 0 12 Dr. Girlfriend 51 1 0 12 Fleetwood 51 1 0 12 Happy Lendervedder 51 1 0 12 Hockey Monkey 51 1 0 12 Hoopy Frood 51 1 0 12 irritant 51 1 0 12 Kitten Mitten 51 1 0 12 Little Nemo 51 1 0 12 Loach 51 1 0 12 minionkat 51 1 0 12 RobotDevilDog 51 1 0 12 Squonk 51 1 0 12 Tim R. Mortiss 51 1 0 12 Yllaria 51 1 0 12 zoog 51 1 0 31 CAMJAY77 38 1 1 32 Randy Seltzer 30 1 1 33 Vashbul 25 1 1 34 Little Pig 18 1 1 35 Clothahump 17 1 0 35 GIGObuster 17 1 0 35 Honey 17 1 0 35 Rivkah Chaya 17 1 0 35 Shoeless 17 1 0 40 Grits and Hard Toast 10 1 0 40 Icarus 10 1 0 42 Dusty Rose 6 1 0 42 Lok 6 1 0 42 missred 6 1 0 45 Andrew21 0 1 1 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/923 "2015-03-02T22:48:40Z")
1 Registered at Last 152 3 1 2 Fear Itself 147 3 1 3 phungi 118 2 0 3 RTFirefly 118 2 0 5 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 92 2 1 6 candide 83 2 0 6 carnivorousplant 83 2 0 8 notfrommensa 68 2 0 8 Sami41 68 2 0 10 MadTheSwine 61 2 0 10 Quartz 61 2 0 12 bassett hound 51 1 0 12 bowler girl 51 1 0 12 Captain Klutz 51 1 0 12 critter42 51 1 0 12 Dr. Girlfriend 51 1 0 12 Fleetwood 51 1 0 12 Happy Lendervedder 51 1 0 12 Hockey Monkey 51 1 0 12 Hoopy Frood 51 1 0 12 irritant 51 1 0 12 Kitten Mitten 51 1 0 12 Little Nemo 51 1 0 12 Loach 51 1 0 12 minionkat 51 1 0 12 RobotDevilDog 51 1 0 12 Squonk 51 1 0 12 Tim R. Mortiss 51 1 0 12 Yllaria 51 1 0 12 zoog 51 1 0 31 CAMJAY77 38 1 1 32 Randy Seltzer 30 1 1 33 Vashbul 25 1 1 34 Little Pig 18 1 1 35 Clothahump 17 1 0 35 GIGObuster 17 1 0 35 Honey 17 1 0 35 Rivkah Chaya 17 1 0 35 Shoeless 17 1 0 40 Grits and Hard Toast 10 1 0 40 Icarus 10 1 0 42 Dusty Rose 6 1 0 42 Lok 6 1 0 42 missred 6 1 0 45 Andrew21 0 2 2 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/924 "2015-03-03T01:31:17Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > [Irving Kahn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Kahn) passed away on Tuesday at the age of 109. He was, until his death, the oldest active investment professional, in addition to being one of the oldest men in the world. According to the Wiki bio > [@](#): > > No specific cause of death was listed. Umm, he was 109!! ---
**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:** [March 3, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/925 "2015-03-03T04:42:24Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > According to the Wiki bio > > Umm, he was 109!! So, skateboarding accident? ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/926 "2015-03-03T13:12:52Z")
Woohoo I’m in 46th! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/927 "2015-03-04T17:36:55Z")
[Daniel von Bargen, who attempted suicide in 2012, has died. Not sure, but it appears from a long illness.](http://www.wlwt.com/news/cincinnati-native-seinfeld-malcolm-actor-passes-away/31587198) He was mainly famous from Seinfeld and Malcolm in the Middle, I think. 36 points. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/928 "2015-03-04T17:44:51Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Daniel von Bargen, who attempted suicide in 2012, has died. Not sure, but it appears from a long illness.](http://www.wlwt.com/news/cincinnati-native-seinfeld-malcolm-actor-passes-away/31587198) > He was mainly famous from Seinfeld and Malcolm in the Middle, I think. > > 36 points. It will be a sad Festivus this year. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/929 "2015-03-04T17:49:04Z")
Omar Treviño Morales, the Los Zetas boss, captured. CAPTURED! Does he not know that he is leaving 59 points on the table by NOT going out in a blaze of glory? C’mon! Butch and Sundance weren’t afraid of a hundred Federales! _sigh_. Wimp. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/930 "2015-03-04T17:50:13Z")
On a completely unrelated topic, does anyone know how to mail a shiv to a non-Zetas cartel member in a Mexican prison? ---
**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:** [March 4, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/931 "2015-03-04T19:03:13Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > On a completely unrelated topic, does anyone know how to mail a shiv to a non-Zetas cartel member in a Mexican prison? Perhaps Baker can put it in a cake for you. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/932 "2015-03-04T19:07:35Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Daniel von Bargen, who attempted suicide in 2012, has died. Not sure, but it appears from a long illness.](http://www.wlwt.com/news/cincinnati-native-seinfeld-malcolm-actor-passes-away/31587198) > He was mainly famous from Seinfeld and Malcolm in the Middle, I think. > > 36 points. If I remember right, he had diabetes or something and had lost a leg, which drove him to attempt suicide. Although obviously I DON’T remember right, because I thought he was already dead! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/933 "2015-03-04T20:00:54Z")
1 Registered at Last 152 3 1 2 Fear Itself 147 3 1 3 phungi 118 2 0 3 RTFirefly 118 2 0 5 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 92 2 1 6 candide 83 2 0 6 carnivorousplant 83 2 0 8 notfrommensa 68 2 0 8 Sami41 68 2 0 10 MadTheSwine 61 2 0 10 Quartz 61 2 0 12 bassett hound 51 1 0 12 bowler girl 51 1 0 12 Captain Klutz 51 1 0 12 critter42 51 1 0 12 Dr. Girlfriend 51 1 0 12 Fleetwood 51 1 0 12 Happy Lendervedder 51 1 0 12 Hockey Monkey 51 1 0 12 Hoopy Frood 51 1 0 12 irritant 51 1 0 12 Kitten Mitten 51 1 0 12 Little Nemo 51 1 0 12 Loach 51 1 0 12 minionkat 51 1 0 12 RobotDevilDog 51 1 0 12 Squonk 51 1 0 12 Tim R. Mortiss 51 1 0 12 Yllaria 51 1 0 12 zoog 51 1 0 31 CAMJAY77 38 1 1 32 Nurse Carmen 36 1 1 33 Randy Seltzer 30 1 1 34 Vashbul 25 1 1 35 Little Pig 18 1 1 36 Clothahump 17 1 0 36 GIGObuster 17 1 0 36 Honey 17 1 0 36 Rivkah Chaya 17 1 0 36 Shoeless 17 1 0 41 Grits and Hard Toast 10 1 0 41 Icarus 10 1 0 43 Dusty Rose 6 1 0 43 Lok 6 1 0 43 missred 6 1 0 46 Andrew21 0 2 2 ---
**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:** [March 4, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/934 "2015-03-04T20:50:46Z")
Sigh. Is there a prize for zero points? ---
**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:** [March 4, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/935 "2015-03-04T21:25:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Sigh. Is there a prize for zero points? Yes. It’s the “You Suck At This As Bad A swampbear” award. 😃 ---
**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:** [March 4, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/936 "2015-03-04T22:28:22Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Yes. It’s the “You Suck At This As Bad A swampbear” award. 😃 Yay I won a major award! ---
**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:** [March 4, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/937 "2015-03-04T23:01:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Sigh. Is there a prize for zero points? At present, **Andrew21** is in the lead for the “Inside Track with the Reaper” award: note the second “2” after his name, more unique picks than anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/938 "2015-03-04T23:51:01Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Daniel von Bargen, who attempted suicide in 2012, has died. Not sure, but it appears from a long illness.](http://www.wlwt.com/news/cincinnati-native-seinfeld-malcolm-actor-passes-away/31587198) > He was mainly famous from Seinfeld and Malcolm in the Middle, I think. > > 36 points. I had him on my list a couple of years ago, and I almost put him back on it this year. I feel this is my fault. Sorry Daniel! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/939 "2015-03-04T23:55:40Z")
Well, one player did have Bargen, so he was supposed to have been covered. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/940 "2015-03-05T00:43:28Z")
The day I complain about the Zetas boss leaving points on the table, Daniel VB slides in to give me a comforting 36. Thanks Dan! Loved you in Malcolm in the Middle! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=48)