# 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:** 55
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1081 "2015-03-26T10:30:23Z")
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 RivkahChaya 51 2 0 33 Squonk 51 1 0 33 Yllaria 51 1 0 41 Dusty Rose 47 2 0 42 5 time champ 41 1 0 42 a35362 41 1 0 42 BACI 41 1 0 42 Borborygmi 41 1 0 42 DinoR 41 1 0 42 Duckster 41 1 0 42 Hal Briston 41 1 0 42 Maus Magill 41 1 0 42 Sario 41 1 0 42 sir viks 41 1 0 42 Spiff 41 1 0 42 Tit Whistle 41 1 0 42 VunderBob 41 1 0 42 zadscmc 41 1 0 56 kopek 38 1 1 57 Nurse Carmen 36 1 1 58 Charley 34 1 0 58 Invisible Chimp 34 1 0 58 Lsura 34 1 0 58 Mr. Goob 34 1 0 58 PaulParkhead 34 1 0 63 Vashbul 25 1 1 64 Little Pig 18 1 1 64 rucciface 18 1 1 66 Clothahump 17 1 0 66 Honey 17 1 0 66 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 3 3 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1082 "2015-03-26T13:09:52Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > Composer [Roy Douglas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Douglas) has died at 107. I like your list. Talk about a list of people who really _shouldn’t_ buy green bananas! > [@](#): > > He was on my list. Do I get -7 points? Sorry, score=max(0, 100-(age at death)). But you keep piling up those unique picks! ---
**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 26, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1083 "2015-03-26T18:15:25Z")
Looks like filmmaker [Albert Maysles (_Grey Gardens_, _Gimme Shelter_) died early this month](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/07/movies/albert-maysles-pioneering-documentarian-dies-at-88.html), leaving 12 points on the cutting room floor. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1084 "2015-03-27T10:55:45Z")
Since we’ve been on a religious kick lately, we can’t let the death of [Mar Dinkha IV](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinkha_IV), the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, slip by. He was 79 years old. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1085 "2015-03-28T00:53:39Z")
Former NBA player and Utah Jazz announcer [Hot Rod Hundley](http://www.sltrib.com/sports/2340719-155/legendary-utah-jazz-announcer-hot-rod) has died. Age 80 ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1086 "2015-03-28T11:58:07Z")
I took a summer school geometry class from Hot Rod Hundley’s brother. This was in Charleston, WV, the Hundleys’ (and my!) home town. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1087 "2015-03-28T13:02:52Z")
How could Hot Rod be 80? Jeez. How old am I anyway? (Please don’t answer that.) ---
**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 29, 2015, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1088 "2015-03-29T08:45:03Z")
> **[Influential Guitarist John Renbourn, Co-Founder Of Pentagle, Dies](https://www.npr.org/2015/03/28/395966276/influential-guitarist-john-renbourn-dies-at-70)** > > Renbourn co-founded the popular folk/jazz group Pentangle and was one of the most respected and influential acoustic guitarists in the world. He died this week at his home in Scotland; he was 70. Guitarist and composer John Renbourn co-founded the group Pentangle and went on to become revered by guitarists around the world. Renbourn was found dead of an apparent heart attack at his home in Scotland on Thursday, after failing to show up for a concert. He was 70 years old. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1089 "2015-03-30T00:50:37Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > How could Hot Rod be 80? Jeez. How old am I anyway? (Please don’t answer that.) OK, I won’t ------- but could you _still_ check to see if we got the colors on those dinosaur statues right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1090 "2015-03-30T03:21:26Z")
In MY day, dinosaurs were in black and white, whippersnapper. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1091 "2015-03-30T13:49:41Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > In MY day, dinosaurs were in black and white, whippersnapper. In your day, [the _world_ was in black and white](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CWM1zDcmWXs/TroD0VsX4WI/AAAAAAAAAVA/Jc5bN5xSTkc/s1600/ch930919.gif). 😉 ---
**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 30, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1092 "2015-03-30T14:08:09Z")
That strip is why I consider Calvin’s dad to be a role model. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1093 "2015-03-30T15:48:45Z")
I’ll just be over here with Hobbes, napping. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1094 "2015-03-30T18:47:01Z")
One hit wonder Norman Greenbaum (Spirit in the Sky) [in critical condition](http://us.cnn.com/2015/03/30/entertainment/feat-norman-greenbaum-spirit-sky-crash/index.html) after a car accident. He’s 72. The motorcyclist ([Ihab Usama Halaweh](http://www.pressdemocrat.com/home/3728480-181/crash-west-of-santa-rosa)) that hit the vehicle Greenbaum was riding has already gone to his Spirit in the Sky (80 missed points). ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1095 "2015-03-31T06:19:49Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I’ll just be over here with Hobbes, napping. I have known a couple guys named Calvin and Hobbes for many years and have no clue what their real names are. Have know Hobbes longest. Also know a guy that goes by Buffalo and always has. His ‘name’ is Bob Smith. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1096 "2015-03-31T15:55:43Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I’ll just be over here with Hobbes, napping. Just don’t wake him up! After all, five of his six ends are [pointy](http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1987/11/21). ---
**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:** [March 31, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1097 "2015-03-31T23:53:48Z")
The grandson of J. Paul Getty was found dead Tuesday [at the age of 53 points.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/03/31/andrew-getty-dead-j-paul-getty-grandson-death-girlfriend/#ixzz3W0iErCLk) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1098 "2015-04-01T01:14:24Z")
Joni Mitchell hospitalized after 911 call [summons EMTs to her home.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/03/31/joni-mitchell-hospitalized-ambulance-911/) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1099 "2015-04-01T01:41:30Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Joni Mitchell hospitalized after 911 call [summons EMTs to her home.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/03/31/joni-mitchell-hospitalized-ambulance-911/) Oh, hell. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1100 "2015-04-01T15:46:19Z")
The conspiracy to kill the oldest person in the world [continues](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misao_Okawa). Heart failure. Yeah right. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=56)