# 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:** 58
**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:** [April 7, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1141 "2015-04-07T21:21:09Z")
> [@Fleetwood](#): > > Sheriff Roscoe P Coltrane will not be chasing the Duke Boys around Hazzard County anymore. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James\_Best](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Best) Dagnabbit! I thought I heard ol’ Flash howling… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1142 "2015-04-07T21:40:48Z")
This is truly sad. [Stan Freberg](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stan-freberg-dead-acclaimed-satirist-787007) can no longer be accused of being too loud, man, too loud. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1143 "2015-04-07T22:49:57Z")
I don’t see myself in the standings. AFAIK I am still a perfect 0 0 0. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1144 "2015-04-07T23:54:06Z")
English Professional Poker Player [David “Devilfish” Ulliot](http://www.pokernews.com/news/2015/04/dave-devilfish-ulliott-passes-away-at-age-61-21170.htm) has mucked. 39 points of Dead Money in the pot. I learned of his cancer a few weeks ago and was on my 2016 short list. [crumples up post it note and throws it garbage.] ---
**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:** [April 8, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1145 "2015-04-08T00:40:18Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > I don’t see myself in the standings. AFAIK I am still a perfect 0 0 0. **Swampbear** is even more perfect; all but one of his picks are healthier than they have ever been in their lives and the odd man out is still “just peachy”. 😃 ---
**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:** [April 8, 2015, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1146 "2015-04-08T10:31:08Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > **Swampbear** is even more perfect; all but one of his picks are healthier than they have ever been in their lives and the odd man out is still “just peachy”. 😃 I hear he may be upgraded to “fine and dandy” any day now. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1147 "2015-04-08T17:39:07Z")
[Ion Trewin](http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/08/booker-prize-chief-ion-trewin-dies-aged-71), Administrator of the Booker Prize Foundation has died at 71 of cancer. 29 points for CAMJAY77 and me Condolences to the family, friends and to all those who love great literature. To quote a friend from facebook today (unrelated to this death) “Fuck Cancer” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1148 "2015-04-08T19:47:44Z")
Actor Geoffrey Lewis has died. I remember him for frequently co-starring with Clint Eastwood, but he had many other roles. One was as an American diplomat. Samuel Gummere, in _The Wind and the Lion._ > **[Geoffrey Lewis - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507212/)** > > Geoffrey Lewis. Actor: The Way of the Gun. Talented and highly capable character actor Geoffrey Lewis, with rustic (sometimes sour-faced) looks, grew up in Rhode Island but was moved out to California at the age of ten. Lewis was very keen on the... ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1149 "2015-04-08T20:30:50Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > [Ion Trewin](http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/08/booker-prize-chief-ion-trewin-dies-aged-71), Administrator of the Booker Prize Foundation has died at 71 of cancer. > > 29 points for CAMJAY77 and me > > Condolences to the family, friends and to all those who love great literature. To quote a friend from facebook today (unrelated to this death) “Fuck Cancer” Saying it with XKCD feeling: [Fuck Cancer.](https://xkcd.com/931/) ---
**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 8, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1150 "2015-04-08T20:48:02Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Actor Geoffrey Lewis has died. I remember him for frequently co-starring with Clint Eastwood, but he had many other roles. One was as an American diplomat. Samuel Gummere, in _The Wind and the Lion._ > > [Geoffrey Lewis - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507212/) He was a very good character actor. Until I saw Jim Beaver post about his death I had no idea he was the father of Juliette Lewis. I don’t know how I missed that. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1151 "2015-04-08T22:18:47Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Saying it with XKCD feeling: [Fuck Cancer.](https://xkcd.com/931/) You know those “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters (and shirts, and coffee cups, etc.), and all their many variations? I saw someone wearing a shirt that said, “Keep Calm and Fuck Cancer.” 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1152 "2015-04-08T23:14:16Z")
I wish I could have that shirt, except I couldn’t wear it in from of my mother. She has lung cancer. ---
**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 9, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1153 "2015-04-09T20:11:32Z")
[Richard Dysart](http://www.tmz.com/2015/04/09/richard-dysart-dead-la-law/) finally follows Rosalind down the elevator shaft. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1154 "2015-04-09T22:02:25Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > [Richard Dysart](http://www.tmz.com/2015/04/09/richard-dysart-dead-la-law/) finally follows Rosalind down the elevator shaft. Another actor I only knew about through MST3K bites the dust (Robert Z’Dar was the other). I have much hope for Peggy Webber to fill out the trifecta. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1155 "2015-04-10T03:13:08Z")
Former major league pitcher Jose Capellan has struck out at 34. > **[MLB Major League Baseball News, Expert Analysis, Rumors, Live Updates, &...](https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news/)** > > Sports News, Scores, Fantasy Games ---
**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:** [April 10, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1156 "2015-04-10T04:26:37Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > [Richard Dysart](http://www.tmz.com/2015/04/09/richard-dysart-dead-la-law/) finally follows Rosalind down the elevator shaft. I’ll remember him from _L.A. Law_, but he was also in _The Falcon and the Snowman_ (1985). ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Klutz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captain_klutz/32/4993_2.png) [@Captain\_Klutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Klutz)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1157 "2015-04-10T06:27:43Z")
[Richie Benaud](http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/richie-benaud-dead-why-he-was-always-a-players-man-20150410-1mi5j8.html), cricketer and commentator, dies at 84 ---
**Author:** ![McReaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@McReaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McReaper)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1158 "2015-04-10T14:19:07Z")
Lauren Hill has left the court one last time, at 81 points. She was truly insiprational. > **[Lauren Hill dies at 19 after battle with brain cancer](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2015/04/10/lauren-hill-obit-cancer-brain-tumor/21393079/)** > > Women's basketball player touched national and raised money during fight with brain tumor. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1159 "2015-04-10T15:12:11Z")
> [@McReaper](#): > > Lauren Hill has left the court one last time, at 81 points. She was truly insiprational. > > [Lauren Hill dies at 19 after battle with brain cancer](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2015/04/10/lauren-hill-obit-cancer-brain-tumor/21393079/) Unfortunately for me (and a couple other people), this pick was disallowed. It was 81 points. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1160 "2015-04-10T15:34:57Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Unfortunately for me (and a couple other people), this pick was disallowed. It was 81 points. Why would this be disallowed? The rule says [QUOTE=rule 3d] _ **under age 18** _ at death, 'cause we’re macabre but not THAT macabre. [/QUOTE] Those 81 points are good, if anyone had her. eta: unless you’re referring to rule 3g? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=59)