# 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:** 50
**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 12, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/981 "2015-03-12T18:23:00Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Whatever (as in, your schtick is getting old), the rest of us _earn_ our points. I haven’t bribed anyone since Junior High, and that didn’t work out very well, either. ---
**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 12, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/982 "2015-03-12T19:38:59Z")
And Terry is now my second death in 3 days. ---
**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 12, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/983 "2015-03-12T19:49:26Z")
Damn. RIP, pTerry. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/984 "2015-03-12T20:30:40Z")
RIP Terry Pratchett. You should have been a zero pointer, and even that wouldn’t have been long enough. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/985 "2015-03-12T21:16:43Z")
1 Registered at Last 193 4 1 2 Fear Itself 188 4 1 3 phungi 159 3 0 3 RTFirefly 159 3 0 5 Sami41 143 4 0 6 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 133 3 1 7 bowler girl 126 3 0 7 Hoopy Frood 126 3 0 7 zoog 126 3 0 10 candide 124 3 0 10 carnivorousplant 124 3 0 12 MadTheSwine 102 3 0 12 Quartz 102 3 0 14 Captain Klutz 92 2 0 14 critter42 92 2 0 14 GIGObuster 92 3 0 14 Happy Lendervedder 92 2 0 14 Hockey Monkey 92 2 0 14 irritant 92 2 0 14 Kitten Mitten 92 2 0 14 Little Nemo 92 2 0 14 minionkat 92 2 0 14 RobotDevilDog 92 2 0 14 Tim R. Mortiss 92 2 0 25 CAMJAY77 79 2 1 26 Dung Beetle 75 2 0 26 Jeep’s Phoenix 75 2 0 26 jeezums 75 2 0 26 Mahaloth 75 2 0 26 Rich Kitchen 75 2 0 31 Randy Seltzer 71 2 1 32 notfrommensa 68 2 0 33 bassett hound 51 1 0 33 Dr. Girlfriend 51 1 0 33 Fleetwood 51 1 0 33 Icarus 51 2 0 33 Loach 51 1 0 33 Squonk 51 1 0 33 Yllaria 51 1 0 40 Dusty Rose 47 2 0 41 5 time champ 41 1 0 41 a35362 41 1 0 41 BACI 41 1 0 41 Borborygmi 41 1 0 41 DinoR 41 1 0 41 Duckster 41 1 0 41 Hal Briston 41 1 0 41 Maus Magill 41 1 0 41 Sario 41 1 0 41 sir viks 41 1 0 41 Spiff 41 1 0 41 Tit Whistle 41 1 0 41 VunderBob 41 1 0 41 zadscmc 41 1 0 55 Nurse Carmen 36 1 1 56 Charley 34 1 0 56 Invisible Chimp 34 1 0 56 Lsura 34 1 0 56 Mr. Goob 34 1 0 56 PaulParkhead 34 1 0 56 RivkahChaya 34 1 0 62 Vashbul 25 1 1 63 Little Pig 18 1 1 64 Clothahump 17 1 0 64 Honey 17 1 0 64 Rivkah Chaya 17 1 0 64 Shoeless 17 1 0 68 Grits and Hard Toast 10 1 0 69 Lok 6 1 0 69 missred 6 1 0 71 Andrew21 0 2 2 ---
**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 12, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/986 "2015-03-12T21:41:23Z")
Tied for tenth! Oh, the shame! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/987 "2015-03-12T21:41:31Z")
My favorite click bait site, Business Insider, has reprinted an article from Radio Free Europe claiming that there are rumors that [Vladimir Putin](http://www.businessinsider.com/the-russian-internet-thinks-putin-is-dead-2015-3) is dead or dying. Take it as you will… 😃 The original article: [http://www.rferl.org/content/internet-thinks-putin-is-dead/26897066.html](http://www.rferl.org/content/internet-thinks-putin-is-dead/26897066.html) ---
**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:** [March 12, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/988 "2015-03-12T22:23:13Z")
[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-windell-middlebrooks-dead-20150310-story.html](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-windell-middlebrooks-dead-20150310-story.html) I liked when he would take beer out of stores because of transgressions by same. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/989 "2015-03-12T23:24:29Z")
32nd? Dang, I was in the top 5 after Dean Smith died. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/990 "2015-03-12T23:26:55Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > My favorite click bait site, Business Insider, has reprinted an article from Radio Free Europe claiming that there are rumors that [Vladimir Putin](http://www.businessinsider.com/the-russian-internet-thinks-putin-is-dead-2015-3) is dead or dying. > > Take it as you will… 😃 > > The original article: [The Internet Thinks Putin Is Dead](http://www.rferl.org/content/internet-thinks-putin-is-dead/26897066.html) I’d be delighted if it turned out to be true, so it’s probably not. As best as I can tell from a thread search, only 5 players have Putin, only one of whom has points already (DinoR). So a big fancy funeral in the Kremlin wouldn’t change the standings much. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/991 "2015-03-12T23:55:50Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Fuck Alzheimer’s. Yep. The husband of a close cousin was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s a couple of years ago…it’s hard enough watching him deteriorate, but this cousin is in serious denial about her husband’s condition. ☹ ---
**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 13, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/992 "2015-03-13T00:02:25Z")
This is the second time I’ve scored deaths with only a few days between. I had Christopher Hitchens and Kim Jong Il, who both died within two days. A month later, I had Joe Paterno and Etta James, only a few days apart as well. No points until Pratchett and Sam Simon. ---
**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 13, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/993 "2015-03-13T00:58:20Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > This is the second time I’ve scored deaths with only a few days between. > > I had Christopher Hitchens and Kim Jong Il, who both died within two days. > > A month later, I had Joe Paterno and Etta James, only a few days apart as well. > > No points until Pratchett and Sam Simon. I couldn’t go with Etta James, much to my point loss that year. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/994 "2015-03-13T01:21:16Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > I was reading, that in a 2012 Interview, he had transferred Discworld assets to his family. Granted, not the same voice, but I don’t think the pessimism is needed here. If you’re talking about more books, no. His daughter will continue to oversee the peripherals and spinoffs - games and such - but will not be writing any Discworld books. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/995 "2015-03-13T03:27:24Z")
[Architect Michael Graves](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/13/arts/design/michael-graves-prolific-architect-dies-at-80.html?_r=0) dead at 80. Terry Pratchett finally put me on the board this year; first time I’ve been sad to get points. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/996 "2015-03-13T04:59:11Z")
So Simon and Pratchett vault me into my best standings yet in my 3rd year of playing. (I did better in year one than last year.) I’m sad, though, particularly with Pratchett because he was doing well. So well in fact that I almost took him off my list this year. In fact, when I found out earlier today that he died, my first thought was that I might have taken him off my list after having him on in 2014 because he was doing well. Meaning that not only would I miss the points, but moreso my having him on my list meant he lived and my taking him off meant he died. Of course, rationality tells me that it’s all coincidence, but the whole thing still gave me pause, and I feel, oddly, irrationally better knowing that my list had nothing to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/997 "2015-03-13T10:05:42Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > [Architect Michael Graves](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/13/arts/design/michael-graves-prolific-architect-dies-at-80.html?_r=0) dead at 80. Oh man, this one actually means something to me. The library building I work in was designed by him, or his firm. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/998 "2015-03-13T13:24:20Z")
Architects may come and architects may go, and never change their point of view. [Wrecking Crew](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrecking_Crew_%28music%29) and Three Dog Night keyboard player [Jimmy Greenspoon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Greenspoon) died Wednesday at the age of 67. ---
**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 13, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/999 "2015-03-13T14:20:31Z")
Did we catch the death of [Dana Rinehart](http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/02/18/Buck_Rinehart_Obituary.html) in February? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1000 "2015-03-13T16:13:36Z")
Couldn’t resist comparing our year so far to last year, when only 13 players scored 60 or more points _in the whole freakin’ year._ But here in mid-March, 32 players have 60+ points, and 13 have over 100. And that’s with 9 months and 18+ days remaining for celebs on our lists to get both feet into their respective graves. On Rhoda, on Ali! On Lindsay! On Ratzi! On Fidel, on Cheney! On Carter and Bush! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=51)