# 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:** 70
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1381 "2015-06-03T18:11:30Z")
Though it’s outside the scope of this game (per Rule 3c), I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that the world’s oldest living cat [died today at the age of 27](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_Two). ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1382 "2015-06-03T22:31:14Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Yep. That’s how it starts. I got into reading the threads, and then I decided to post a list, and then I got points! In January! > > That was two years ago and I have not had any points since. But now I am hooked. Yeah, that’s how it went for me. Last year, my first year, I got several points. This year, nothing so far ---
**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:** [June 3, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1383 "2015-06-03T23:16:07Z")
> [@computergeek](#): > > Yeah, that’s how it went for me. Last year, my first year, I got several points. This year, nothing so far I believe that the top two guys have a time machine. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1384 "2015-06-04T02:18:46Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I believe that the top two guys have a time machine. > Just sayin’. They rented it from Skald, he’s a silent partner. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1385 "2015-06-04T02:38:28Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Though it’s outside the scope of this game (per Rule 3c), I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that the world’s oldest living cat [died today at the age of 27](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_Two). You know the rule about cats. Pictures. or it didn’t happen! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1386 "2015-06-04T13:30:46Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I believe that the top two guys have a time machine. > Just sayin’. I wish! No, I’ve been very, _very_ lucky. After being a kibitzer in 2013, and coming up with a goose egg in 2014, I’m surprised as hell to be at the top of the list, and I fully expect one of you guys will supplant me sooner or later. But I’m still enjoying my time at the top. 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 4, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1387 "2015-06-04T13:42:37Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > But I’m still enjoying my time at the top. 🙂 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 4, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1388 "2015-06-04T19:46:04Z")
Nichelle “Uhura” Nichols [hospitalized with a stroke.](http://m.tmz.com/#Article/2015/06/04/nichelle-nichols-hospitalized-stroke-star-trek) ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1389 "2015-06-05T16:47:53Z")
[Tariq Aziz, ex-Saddam Hussein aide, dies at 21 points](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33021771) ---
**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:** [June 5, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1390 "2015-06-05T21:44:58Z")
> [@zadscmc](#): > > [Tariq Aziz, ex-Saddam Hussein aide, dies at 21 points](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33021771) zadscmc, wasn’t he sentenced to death? I can’t remember the rules but wouldn’t that have made him an ineligible pick? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1391 "2015-06-05T21:47:49Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > zadscmc, wasn’t he sentenced to death? I can’t remember the rules but wouldn’t that have made him an ineligible pick? Nope. > [@](#): > > Rule 6. Prisoners held on death row will be valid for scoring points only if they die by means other than official execution. I call this the “McVeigh/Hussein rule“. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1392 "2015-06-06T00:42:03Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > Nope. AH! Thanks SpoilerVirgin. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1393 "2015-06-07T21:01:20Z")
Long time Golf Journalist, [John Derr](http://news.yahoo.com/john-derr-longtime-golf-journalist-dies-97-190150260--spt.html), who reported from the Masters a record 62 times and broadcast from the 15th green when it first was on television, died of an apparent heart attack, his daughter said Sunday. He was 97. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1394 "2015-06-08T14:41:53Z")
According to Wikipedia, [Eugenia “Juna” Yuvashevna Davitashvili](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenia_Davitashvili) (22 July 1949, Urmia, Krasnodar Krai – 8 June 2015, Moscow) was a Russian faith healer of Assyrian descent who claimed the power to cure cancer, knit broken bodies, and prolong life beyond 100 years. Looks like she came up over 34 years short. In “still living” news, over the weekend, Jimmy Carter (b. Oct. 1, 1924) became the latest President to exceed John Adams in the longevity department. As you may recall, Adams had a longer lifespan (90 years, 247 days) than any other President from George Washington through Richard Nixon. But now four consecutive Presidents - Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush Sr. - have all lived longer than Adams. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1395 "2015-06-08T18:38:49Z")
[Herman Zapf](http://qz.com/421855/hermann-zapf-the-font-designer-behind-palatino-and-zapf-dingbats-has-died-at-96/) has dinged his last bat. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1396 "2015-06-08T19:35:18Z")
Victoria Siegel, who has appeared on reality shows, has died at age 18. Cause is presently not reported. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1397 "2015-06-08T22:07:57Z")
[Mary Ellen Trainor](https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/actress-mary-ellen-trainor-zemeckis-ex-wife-robert-194436196.html) gone at 38 points. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1398 "2015-06-08T22:29:09Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Victoria Siegel, who has appeared on reality shows, has died at age 18. Cause is presently not reported. Drugs are rumored, toxicology report pending. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2015, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1399 "2015-06-09T09:35:52Z")
Vincent Bugliosi, prosecutor in the Charles Manson murder trial, [dead at 20 points.](http://huff.to/1KSxyG6) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1400 "2015-06-09T10:02:01Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Vincent Bugliosi, prosecutor in the Charles Manson murder trial, [dead at 20 points.](http://huff.to/1KSxyG6) I checked for his name, as I thought someone had him, but nope, his points go unclaimed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=71)