# 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:** 71
**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, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1401 "2015-06-09T23:38:52Z")
Vincent Musetto, retired editor at The New York Post, [dead at 26 points.](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/business/media/vincent-musetto-74-author-of-headless-headline-of-ageless-fame.html?_r=0) His claim to fame? The “greatest fucking headline” ever written: **HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR** ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1402 "2015-06-10T17:41:32Z")
[Big Band leader James Last dies at 14 points](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33075466) ---
**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:** [June 11, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1403 "2015-06-11T11:32:45Z")
A sad one, this. Christopher Lee has passed into the afterlife, aged 93. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1404 "2015-06-11T11:54:49Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > A sad one, this. Christopher Lee has passed into the afterlife, aged 93. British actor. Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > Lee initially portrayed villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a string of popular Hammer Horror films. His other notable roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), and Count Dooku in the final two films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy (2002 and 2005). ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1405 "2015-06-11T12:31:15Z")
Link for Lee > **[Christopher Lee dies at the age of 93](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/11/christopher-lee-dies-at-the-age-of-93-dracula)** > > The veteran actor was best known for roles including Dracula and Saruman in the Lord of the Rings franchise Brian ---
**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 11, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1406 "2015-06-11T13:11:10Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > A sad one, this. Christopher Lee has passed into the afterlife, aged 93. A very sad KA-CHING for me… ---
**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 11, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1407 "2015-06-11T14:15:18Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > A sad one, this. Christopher Lee has passed into the afterlife, aged 93. But…but Dracula can’t _die_! ---
**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 11, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1408 "2015-06-11T14:50:09Z")
[Ornette Coleman, who changed the course of jazz, dead at 85.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ornette-coleman-dead-20150611-column.html) ---
**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:** [June 11, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1409 "2015-06-11T19:25:26Z")
Wrestling legend [Dusty Rhodes](http://www.wwe.com/inside/dusty-rhodes-passes-away) has died at 31 points. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1410 "2015-06-11T20:52:18Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Wrestling legend [Dusty Rhodes](http://www.wwe.com/inside/dusty-rhodes-passes-away) has died at 31 points. This one is bittersweet for me. Dusty was a childhood hero. _BONG_ ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1411 "2015-06-11T20:52:58Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Wrestling legend [Dusty Rhodes](http://www.wwe.com/inside/dusty-rhodes-passes-away) has died at 31 points. Damn. Someone on my list finally died. This is my first year playing. Don’t know how feel about it. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1412 "2015-06-11T21:28:09Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > A sad one, this. Christopher Lee has passed into the afterlife, aged 93. I hope someone drives a stake through his heart…just in case. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1413 "2015-06-11T21:35:00Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I hope someone drives a stake through his heart…just in case. He died on Sunday past, was just announced on Thursday morning. It was either the stake and crossroads thing or the trying to reach all his family and family that caused the delay. ---
**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 11, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1414 "2015-06-11T21:56:46Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Damn. Someone on my list finally died. This is my first year playing. Don’t know how feel about it. I offer mt congratulations, and my condolences. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1415 "2015-06-11T22:42:55Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Damn. Someone on my list finally died. This is my first year playing. **Don’t know how feel about it**. Conflicted works ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1416 "2015-06-11T23:20:15Z")
1 RTFirefly 296 6 0 2 Registered at Last 270 6 1 3 Fear Itself 236 5 1 4 carnivorousplant 213 5 0 5 CAMJAY77 200 5 1 6 phungi 159 3 0 7 Sami41 143 4 0 8 VunderBob 139 3 1 9 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 133 3 1 10 bowler girl 126 3 0 10 Hoopy Frood 126 3 0 10 zoog 126 3 0 13 candide 124 3 0 14 Randy Seltzer 119 3 1 15 MadTheSwine 102 3 0 15 Quartz 102 3 0 17 Captain Klutz 92 2 0 17 critter42 92 2 0 17 GIGObuster 92 3 0 17 Happy Lendervedder 92 2 0 17 Hockey Monkey 92 2 0 17 irritant 92 2 0 17 Kitten Mitten 92 2 0 17 Little Nemo 92 2 0 17 minionkat 92 2 0 17 RobotDevilDog 92 2 0 17 Tim R. Mortiss 92 2 0 28 Jeep’s Phoenix 86 3 0 29 Duckster 85 2 0 29 Hal Briston 85 2 0 31 Dung Beetle 75 2 0 31 jeezums 75 2 0 31 Mahaloth 75 2 0 31 Rich Kitchen 75 2 0 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 Oakminster 42 2 1 50 5 time champ 41 1 0 50 a35362 41 1 0 50 Borborygmi 41 1 0 50 DinoR 41 1 0 50 Maus Magill 41 1 0 50 Sario 41 1 0 50 sir viks 41 1 0 50 Spiff 41 1 0 50 Tit Whistle 41 1 0 50 zadscmc 41 1 0 60 kopek 38 1 1 61 Charley 34 1 0 61 Lsura 34 1 0 61 Mr. Goob 34 1 0 61 PaulParkhead 34 1 0 65 Little Pig 33 3 2 66 Biotop 31 1 0 67 Cold Dish 27 1 1 68 Vashbul 25 1 1 69 El Famous Burrito 22 1 0 70 Clothilde 18 2 0 70 rucciface 18 1 1 72 Clothahump 17 1 0 72 Honey 17 1 0 72 Shoeless 17 1 0 75 Allecher 12 1 1 76 Dolores Reborn 11 1 0 76 littlespeedysuperbike 11 1 1 76 moldmonkey 11 1 0 76 Octarine 11 1 0 80 Grits and Hard Toast 10 1 0 81 Lok 6 1 0 81 missred 6 1 0 83 Catamount 5 1 0 83 wolf meister 5 1 0 85 BlossomDrearie 3 1 1 86 lel 2 1 1 87 Andrew21 0 5 5 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1417 "2015-06-11T23:38:22Z")
me & **swampy** are gonna proudly wear our zero points while the rest of you get those numbers ---
**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 12, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1418 "2015-06-12T00:11:09Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > me & **swampy** are gonna proudly wear our zero points while the rest of you get those numbers Swampy and I, Cute One. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [June 12, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1419 "2015-06-12T03:40:27Z")
Lots of participants today. [Jim Ed Brown has died at the age of 81](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/11/jim-ed-brown-grand-ole-opry-country-star-dies-81) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1420 "2015-06-12T03:47:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Lots of participants today. [Jim Ed Brown has died at the age of 81](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/11/jim-ed-brown-grand-ole-opry-country-star-dies-81) From a Chinese Fortune Cookie: > [@](#): > > Is a bad day to be superstitious [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=72)