# 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:** 52
**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 18, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1021 "2015-03-18T03:59:18Z")
I advise you to skip Ian Anderson, he will probably be _too old to rock and roll, too young to die_, right up till he runs outta 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 18, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1022 "2015-03-18T15:42:24Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Hmmm…maybe a themed list of aging rockers next year? 🙂 Bass player for the band Free [Andy Fraser](http://www.aol.com/article/2015/03/18/free-bassist-andy-fraser-all-right-now-co-writer-dies/21154830/) is not all right now. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1023 "2015-03-18T16:59:36Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Hmmm…maybe a themed list of aging rockers next year? 🙂 At this rate, they’re won’t be any left by next year. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1024 "2015-03-18T17:16:58Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I advise you to skip Ian Anderson, he will probably be _too old to rock and roll, too young to die_, right up till he runs outta points Nice ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1025 "2015-03-20T04:51:16Z")
[Malcolm Fraser](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-20/malcolm-fraser-dies-after-short-illness/6334620), former PM of Australia, died today at age 84. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1026 "2015-03-20T18:04:29Z")
[A.J. Pero](http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=111761) is no longer going to take it. 45 points go unclaimed. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2015, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1027 "2015-03-21T09:57:49Z")
[Michael Brown](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/21/arts/music/michael-brown-keyboardist-for-the-left-banke-dies-at-65.html?hpw&rref=obituaries&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well), Keyboardist for The Left Bank, gone at 65. [Walk Away Renee, just walk away…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uqBTzfcIk4) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1028 "2015-03-21T10:35:21Z")
Wow, he was awfully young for someone involved in a mid-1960s hit song. The obit says he co-wrote “Walk Away Renee” - at the age of 16. Guess he saw the sign that points one way…and went there. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2015, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1029 "2015-03-21T10:50:40Z")
Its been a brutal week for rockers. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1030 "2015-03-21T13:46:46Z")
ABC news anchor Lisa Colaggrossi died yesterday at 49 of a brain aneurysm. > **[Lisa Colagrossi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Colagrossi)** > > Lisa Colagrossi (May 9, 1965 – March 20, 2015) was an American journalist and television news anchor and reporter. She was a reporter for WABC-TV In New York City from September 2001 until her death on March 20, 2015. > Prior to joining the WABC-TV Eyewitness News team, she was an anchor at WKMG-TV in Orlando. > She came to New York from Orlando, Florida. Her career in journalism began in West Virginia, where she attended West Virginia University. She also worked in her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio... ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1031 "2015-03-21T15:38:09Z")
I had to check one entry, because **Thing Fish** had a Mike Brown listed. But in the entry post it was specified that the Mike Brown listed was the owner of the Cincinnati Bengals, not the rocker. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1032 "2015-03-21T19:43:05Z")
Chuck Bednarik, a Pro Football Hall of Famer and one of the last great two-way NFL players, died early Saturday, the Philadelphia Eagles said. He was 89. > **[Eagles legend Bednarik dies at age of 89](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/12529781/chuck-bednarik-philadelphia-eagles-hall-famer-dies-age-89)** > > Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Famer Chuck Bednarik died Saturday at the age of 89. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1033 "2015-03-21T20:04:38Z")
**littlespeedysuperbike** loses their virginity to Chuck Bednarik. 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 63 rucciface 18 1 1 65 Clothahump 17 1 0 65 Honey 17 1 0 65 Rivkah Chaya 17 1 0 65 Shoeless 17 1 0 69 littlespeedysuperbike 11 1 1 70 Grits and Hard Toast 10 1 0 71 Lok 6 1 0 71 missred 6 1 0 73 Andrew21 0 2 2 ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1034 "2015-03-22T01:18:55Z")
YES! Tied from 74th! Now if some of you other losers would pick up some points, it’d be mine, all mine, just mine! ---
**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 22, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1035 "2015-03-22T02:34:25Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > YES! Tied from 74th! Now if some of you other losers would pick up some points, it’d be mine, all mine, just mine! Run that by again, please. ---
**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 22, 2015, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1036 "2015-03-22T03:36:06Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Run that by again, please. Last place, **swampbear** appears to want to own last place. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1037 "2015-03-22T03:58:08Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Run that by again, please. > [@eschereal](#): > > Last place, **swampbear** appears to want to own last place. It’s a big zero. There’s room for all of us. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1038 "2015-03-22T05:04:17Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > It’s a big zero. There’s room for all of us. Yeah, zero’s my hero. I’m secretly hoping Raul H. Castro (ex-Arizona governor) dies sometime after he turns 99. One point would be interesting. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1039 "2015-03-22T05:15:48Z")
Why am I on twice? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1040 "2015-03-22T10:56:10Z")
Because you’re such a great competitor, that **Baker** decided there should be two of you. 😃 It apparently first happened with the updated scores at post #985, and it’s carried forward since then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=53)