# 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:** 64
**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:** [May 3, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1261 "2015-05-03T02:54:32Z")
[SurveyMonkey CEO David Goldberg,](http://www.businessinsider.com/survey-monkey-ceo-dave-goldberg-dead-2015-5) and husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, died suddenly Friday at 53 points. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1262 "2015-05-04T02:58:53Z")
Yeoman Rand has fetched her [last cup of coffee.](http://nbcnews.to/1bTFZFe) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1263 "2015-05-04T03:22:49Z")
Linky no worky. Try [here](http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/grace-lee-whitney-yeoman-rand-original-star-trek-dies-n353001) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1264 "2015-05-04T09:59:33Z")
King Arthur is dead. Nigel Terry dies at the age of 69. [MSN](http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/nigel-terry-king-arthur-in-%E2%80%98excalibur%E2%80%99-dead-at-69/ar-BBj80wY) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1265 "2015-05-04T12:30:20Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > King Arthur is dead. > > Nigel Terry dies at the age of 69. Oh, _that_ King Arthur. 😉 [Graham Chapman](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1499956224/nm0001037?ref_=nmmd_md_pv), alas, has been dead for over a quarter-century now. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1266 "2015-05-04T12:33:33Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Yeoman Rand has fetched her [last cup of coffee.](http://nbcnews.to/1bTFZFe) Dammit, now I have to beehive my hair and get it myself. â˜č ---
**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:** [May 5, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1267 "2015-05-05T22:02:30Z")
Actress [Ellen Albertini Dow](http://time.com/3846977/ellen-albertini-dow-dies/) has died; she was 101. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1268 "2015-05-05T22:09:42Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > Actress [Ellen Albertini Dow](http://time.com/3846977/ellen-albertini-dow-dies/) has died; she was 101. It’s only a matter of weeks since I looked her up and realised she was still alive. I feel personally responsible for this one, jinxing that poor old lady. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1269 "2015-05-05T22:24:36Z")
I had her back when I did my celebrity list of film people 95-100 years of age. _ **Now** _ she dies! ---
**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:** [May 5, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1270 "2015-05-05T22:31:52Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I had her back when I did my celebrity list of film people 95-100 years of age. _ **Now** _ she dies! Do you have a penchant for _death-takes-a-holiday_ type lists? (Not that I am doing any better, **swampbear** is still pissed off at the crowd.) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1271 "2015-05-05T22:34:53Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Do you have a penchant for _death-takes-a-holiday_ type lists? (Not that I am doing any better, **swampbear** is still pissed off at the crowd.) No, not really. I’ve been doing themed lists the last few years, that was the first. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1272 "2015-05-05T23:07:58Z")
This was my list for 2013. Douglas Slocombe, photojournalist, cinematographer, he worked the first three Indy Jones movies. [Douglas Slocombe - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005878/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) now 102 Rise Stevens, one of the great voices of the Metropolitan Opera, plus movie roles > **[RisĂ« Stevens - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828715/)** > > RisĂ« Stevens. Actress: Going My Way. One of the great voices of the Metropolitan Opera, New York-born mezzo-soprano Rise (pronounced REE-za) Stevens made her debut with the company in 1939 as Octavian in Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier" in a... Ellen Albertini Dow, actress > **[Ellen Albertini Dow - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0016687/)** > > Ellen Albertini Dow. Actress: The Wedding Singer. The multifaceted Ellen Albertini was a student of dance and piano at the age of five, and obtained a B.A. and M.A. in theater from Cornell University. She moved to New York, and studied and worked... Anna Wing, British actress, awarded the MBE, appeared in many, many TV shows and movies > **[Anna Wing - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934923/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)** > > Anna Wing. Actress: Son of Rambow. Anna Wing was a highly experienced film and stage actress who had appeared on television since the late 1930s. She appeared in numerous television series throughout her career, including The Wednesday Play (1964),... Norman Lloyd, actor, seen on St. Elsewhere as Dr. Auschlander, and in many other TV and movie roles [Norman Lloyd - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0516093/) now 100 Alicia Rhett, actress(one film) and accomplished artist, remembered for her role as India Wilkes, in Gone With the Wind > **[Alicia Rhett - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0722265/)** > > Alicia Rhett. Actress: Gone with the Wind. Alicia Rhett was born on 1 February 1915 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Gone with the Wind (1939). She died on 3 January 2014 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Renee Asherson, British actress, she is retired but acted into her eighties. > **[RenĂ©e Asherson - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038914/)** > > RenĂ©e Asherson. Actress: The Others. A beautiful and durable actress of screen, stage and television, Asherson was born RenĂ©e Ascherson in London (dropping the "c" early in her acting career), the younger daughter of Charles Ascherson, a businessman... Don Keefer, he ran afoul of Billy Mumy and got sent to the cornfield, lots of other TV and movies > **[Don Keefer - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444411/)** > > Don Keefer. Actor: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Don Keefer was born on 18 August 1916 in Highspire, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Death of a Salesman... George Gaynes, his doctor character in Tootsie had the hots for Dustin Hoffman [George Gaynes - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0310960/) will be 98 in eleven days Marsha Hunt, actress, movies and TV [Marsha Hunt - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402554/) now 97 Earl Cameron, British actor, awarded the CBE(Commander of the Order of the British Empire) [Earl Cameron - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131565/) now 97 Efrem Zimbalist Jr., actor, I remember him on “The FBI” when I was a kid > **[Efrem Zimbalist Jr. - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956544/)** > > Efrem Zimbalist Jr.. Actor: Wait Until Dark. It's hardly surprising that the son of renowned Russian-born concert violinist Efrem Zimbalist Sr. (1889-1985) and Romanian-born opera singer Alma Gluck (1884-1938) would desire a performing career of some... Nehemiah Persoff, the ultimate TV guest star [Nehemiah Persoff - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675490/) now 96 Slocombe, Gaynes, Lloyd, Hunt, Cameron, and Persoff are all still with us. Slocombe is the oldest, at 102. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1273 "2015-05-05T23:48:25Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > This was my list for 2013. > > \ > > Slocombe, Gaynes, Lloyd, Hunt, Cameron, and Persoff are all still with us. Slocombe is the oldest, at 102. Persoff’s on my list. That buys him another year. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1274 "2015-05-06T01:10:40Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > No, not really. I’ve been doing themed lists the last few years, that was the first. Themes my Aunt Sally, points is points! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1275 "2015-05-06T01:15:31Z")
Last year I did people born on December 31st, which happens to be my own birthday. Two of my selections were even born on the very same day as I, Alexander Salmond, who was at the time First Minister of Scotland, and Herman Tilke, a German engineer and race driver. This year I need a bunch of elderly astronauts to go on a very dangerous mission. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1276 "2015-05-06T01:48:19Z")
Man, you missed Alicia Rhett by 3 days. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1277 "2015-05-06T02:24:24Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Last year I did people born on December 31st, which happens to be my own birthday. Two of my selections were even born on the very same day as I, . Wait, wait. I thought they were all born on the same day as you were. 😕 ---
**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:** [May 6, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1278 "2015-05-06T02:34:33Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Wait, wait. > I thought they were all born on the same day as you were. 😕 Salmond and Tilke were born on December 31, 1954. The other people were born on December 31 but in other years. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1279 "2015-05-06T04:07:13Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Last year I did people born on December 31st, which happens to be my own birthday. Two of my selections were even born on the very same day as I, Alexander Salmond, who was at the time First Minister of Scotland, and Herman Tilke, a German engineer and race driver. > > This year I need a bunch of elderly astronauts to go on a very dangerous mission. [Hijack] My brother was born on January 1. Shortly after midnight. The doctor kicked my dad out of the delivery room, because he kept trying to get my mother to push Erick out before the ball dropped, just so he could claim him on dad’s taxes. [/hijack] ---
**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:** [May 6, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1280 "2015-05-06T04:22:49Z")
[Michael Blake](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/movies/michael-blake-69-oscar-winning-screenwriter-dies.html) now _Dances With Worms_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=65)