# 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:** 67
**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:** [May 19, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1321 "2015-05-19T18:04:53Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Former Miami Dolphins place kicker Garo Yepremian has died at the age of 70.](http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000492987/article/former-dolphins-kicker-garo-yepremian-dies-at-70?campaign=Facebook_news) Yepremian was one of the first “soccer style” kickers in the NFL. He was also one-off in a number of good hearted ways. " In his first game his coach told him that their team had lost the coin toss, at which point Yepremian ran to midfield and dropped to his knees looking for the coin." More [here.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garo_Yepremian) ---
**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 20, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1322 "2015-05-20T04:16:56Z")
[Elisabeth Bing](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/health/elisabeth-bing-mother-of-lamaze-dies-at-100.html) has stopped breathing. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1323 "2015-05-20T04:21:08Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Elisabeth Bing](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/health/elisabeth-bing-mother-of-lamaze-dies-at-100.html) has stopped breathing. The “Mother of Lamaze” - oh, I get it. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 20, 2015, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1324 "2015-05-20T07:11:45Z")
Something tells me that [Happy Rockefeller](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/nyregion/happy-rockefeller-whose-marriage-to-governor-scandalized-voters-dies-at-88.html?hpw&rref=obituaries&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well) may not be all that happy anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1325 "2015-05-23T04:18:09Z")
Marques Haynes [has died at 89](http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/chi-basketball-globetrotters-marcus-haynes-obit-spt-20150522-story.html). ☹ ---
**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:** [May 23, 2015, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1326 "2015-05-23T07:15:32Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Marques Haynes [has died at 89](http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/chi-basketball-globetrotters-marcus-haynes-obit-spt-20150522-story.html). ☹ He was the first Globetrotter in the NBA Hall of Fame. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1327 "2015-05-24T13:48:24Z")
Mathematician John Nash, as portrayed in A Beautiful Mind, has been killed in a car crash [http://news.sky.com/story/1489972/beautiful-mind-mathematician-john-nash-killed](http://news.sky.com/story/1489972/beautiful-mind-mathematician-john-nash-killed) ---
**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 24, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1328 "2015-05-24T20:55:52Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Mathematician John Nash, as portrayed in A Beautiful Mind, has been killed in a car crash He’s achieved equilibrium. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1329 "2015-05-24T21:05:35Z")
[Comedienne Anne Meara has died at the age of 85.](http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/24/entertainment/feat-anne-meara-dies/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1330 "2015-05-24T21:05:41Z")
**Rick Kitchen** beat me to it… I’m sad and not just because she wasn’t on my list. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1331 "2015-05-24T21:19:32Z")
☹ ---
**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 24, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1332 "2015-05-24T21:46:21Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > ☹ I recognize then after a web search. I liked them when they were on the Tonight Show. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1333 "2015-05-24T23:45:34Z")
Nobody had Nash or Meara. ---
**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 26, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1334 "2015-05-26T12:17:28Z")
[Bill Gallagher](http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/05/25/former-mpsc-chairman-bill-gallagher-dies/27939741/), former Montana Public Service Commission Chairman, 55, has died. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1335 "2015-05-26T15:58:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Comedienne Anne Meara has died at the age of 85.](http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/24/entertainment/feat-anne-meara-dies/index.html) [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MER6QWWhWKo) is a sweet clip of them talking about one of their old sketches. Married 61 years and still holding hands. It’s always weird seeing the real Jerry Stiller. He is extremely intelligent and soft spoken. I keep expecting Frank Costanza. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1336 "2015-05-26T16:22:44Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Bill Gallagher](http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/05/25/former-mpsc-chairman-bill-gallagher-dies/27939741/), former Montana Public Service Commission Chairman, 55, has died. That’s too bad - over the past 17 months since I vultured him off your 2014 list, I’ve gotten to know more about him, and gotta say I think I would have really liked the guy if I’d known him. But points is points. 🙂 ---
**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 26, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1337 "2015-05-26T16:58:56Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > That’s too bad - over the past 17 months since I vultured him off your 2014 list, I’ve gotten to know more about him, and gotta say I think I would have really liked the guy if I’d known him. The Stockholm Syndrome. Yeah, I’m in trouble for that… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1338 "2015-05-26T20:32:40Z")
And…we have a new player in first place! 1 RTFirefly 248 5 0 2 Registered at Last 222 5 1 3 carnivorousplant 213 5 0 4 Fear Itself 188 4 1 5 phungi 159 3 0 6 CAMJAY77 152 4 1 7 Sami41 143 4 0 8 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 133 3 1 9 bowler girl 126 3 0 9 Hoopy Frood 126 3 0 9 zoog 126 3 0 12 candide 124 3 0 13 MadTheSwine 102 3 0 13 Quartz 102 3 0 15 Captain Klutz 92 2 0 15 critter42 92 2 0 15 GIGObuster 92 3 0 15 Happy Lendervedder 92 2 0 15 Hockey Monkey 92 2 0 15 irritant 92 2 0 15 Kitten Mitten 92 2 0 15 Little Nemo 92 2 0 15 minionkat 92 2 0 15 RobotDevilDog 92 2 0 15 Tim R. Mortiss 92 2 0 26 Jeep’s Phoenix 86 3 0 27 Duckster 85 2 0 27 Hal Briston 85 2 0 27 VunderBob 85 2 0 30 Dung Beetle 75 2 0 30 jeezums 75 2 0 30 Mahaloth 75 2 0 30 Rich Kitchen 75 2 0 34 Randy Seltzer 71 2 1 35 notfrommensa 68 2 0 36 Fleetwood 67 3 0 37 Nurse Carmen 58 2 1 38 BACI 52 2 0 39 bassett hound 51 1 0 39 Dr. Girlfriend 51 1 0 39 Icarus 51 2 0 39 Loach 51 1 0 39 RivkahChaya 51 2 0 39 Squonk 51 1 0 39 Yllaria 51 1 0 46 Dusty Rose 47 2 0 46 Invisible Chimp 47 2 1 48 J-P L 44 1 0 49 5 time champ 41 1 0 49 a35362 41 1 0 49 Borborygmi 41 1 0 49 DinoR 41 1 0 49 Maus Magill 41 1 0 49 Sario 41 1 0 49 sir viks 41 1 0 49 Spiff 41 1 0 49 Tit Whistle 41 1 0 49 zadscmc 41 1 0 59 kopek 38 1 1 60 Charley 34 1 0 60 Lsura 34 1 0 60 Mr. Goob 34 1 0 60 PaulParkhead 34 1 0 64 Cold Dish 27 1 1 65 Little Pig 26 2 2 66 Vashbul 25 1 1 67 El Famous Burrito 22 1 0 68 rucciface 18 1 1 69 Clothahump 17 1 0 69 Honey 17 1 0 69 Shoeless 17 1 0 72 Allecher 12 1 1 73 Clothilde 11 1 0 73 Dolores Reborn 11 1 0 73 littlespeedysuperbike 11 1 1 73 moldmonkey 11 1 0 73 Oakminster 11 1 1 73 Octarine 11 1 0 79 Grits and Hard Toast 10 1 0 80 Lok 6 1 0 89 missred 6 1 0 82 Catamount 5 1 0 82 wolf meister 5 1 0 84 BlossomDrearie 3 1 1 85 lel 2 1 1 86 Andrew21 0 5 5 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1339 "2015-05-26T20:34:36Z")
Ooooo… congratulations, **RTF**! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1340 "2015-05-27T00:57:07Z")
Why thanks, **a**! This is impossible, of course. My total score last year was **0** , after all. So it seems totally surreal to be in the lead, and I’m sure someone will overtake me soon enough. But I’m enjoying this worst-to-first moment quite thoroughly while it lasts. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=68)