# 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:** 72
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1421 "2015-06-12T09:20:10Z")
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 Lok 25 2 1 68 Vashbul 25 1 1 70 El Famous Burrito 22 1 0 71 Clothilde 18 2 0 71 rucciface 18 1 1 73 Clothahump 17 1 0 73 Honey 17 1 0 73 Shoeless 17 1 0 76 Allecher 12 1 1 77 Dolores Reborn 11 1 0 77 littlespeedysuperbike 11 1 1 77 moldmonkey 11 1 0 77 Octarine 11 1 0 81 Grits and Hard Toast 10 1 0 82 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:** ![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 12, 2015, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1422 "2015-06-12T10:19:51Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > me & **swampy** are gonna proudly wear our zero points while the rest of you get those numbers I’ve already claimed last place as mine, all mine. Get out there and get some points slacker! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1423 "2015-06-12T12:06:58Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Swampy and I, Cute One. > :rolleyes: I think it’s a little late for you to share 2015 goose-egg honors with **swampy**. Better (worse?) luck next year! 😉 Gaudere’s Law strikes again! ---
**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, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1424 "2015-06-12T12:35:01Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Gaudere’s Law strikes again! How so? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1425 "2015-06-12T12:54:36Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > How so? > :rolleyes: You corrected **anyrose** ’s grammar. But by omitting any quotes, you did so in a way that indicated that you were speaking for yourself, rather than supplying corrected wording for her. ---
**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 12, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1426 "2015-06-12T12:56:08Z")
Country singer Randy Howard is [killed in gunfight with bounty hunter](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3120445/Authorities-Singer-killed-gunfight-bounty-hunter.html#ixzz3cqtHjZLr), 35 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:** [June 12, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1427 "2015-06-12T13:04:20Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > You corrected **anyrose** ’s grammar. But by omitting any quotes, you did so in a way that indicated that you were speaking for yourself, rather than supplying corrected wording for her. I was leaving either of them the ability to further the joke. But thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1428 "2015-06-12T14:02:25Z")
No problem. 🙂 Now that we’ve beat that to death, gotta say that the Randy Howard story is…_interesting_, but I’ll comment on it [elsewhere](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18433183&postcount=3662). ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1429 "2015-06-12T14:32:03Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Damn. Someone on my list finally died. This is my first year playing. Don’t know how feel about it. Losing one’s virginity is a complex process, one for which ramifications often take years to understand. I, for example, lost my Death Pool Virginity to Shelly Winters in 2006 and am still somewhat scarred. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1430 "2015-06-12T15:42:27Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Losing one’s virginity is a complex process, one for which ramifications often take years to understand. > > I, for example, lost my Death Pool Virginity to Shelly Winters in 2006 and am still somewhat scarred. I hope you’ve sought therapy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1431 "2015-06-12T21:08:56Z")
[Vincent Bugliosi](http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/09/us/feat-vincent-bugliosi-dead/), who prosecuted Charles Manson, has died for 20 points. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1432 "2015-06-12T21:21:57Z")
Dropping like flies. [Rue McClanahan](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rue-mcclanahan-one-of-the-golden-girls-stars-dies-at-76/) kicks the bucket for 24 points. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1433 "2015-06-12T21:43:40Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Dropping like flies. [Rue McClanahan](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rue-mcclanahan-one-of-the-golden-girls-stars-dies-at-76/) kicks the bucket for 24 points. yeah, five years ago. Check the date on the article. Betty White is the last Golden Girl standing ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1434 "2015-06-12T22:20:02Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Damn. Someone on my list finally died. This is my first year playing. Don’t know how feel about it. I know exactly what you mean. Case in point: > [@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) More Points! yay? > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Country singer Randy Howard is [killed in gunfight with bounty hunter](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3120445/Authorities-Singer-killed-gunfight-bounty-hunter.html#ixzz3cqtHjZLr), 35 points. This one wouldn’t have bothered me in the least, if I had ever heard of him. 😛 ---
**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:** [June 12, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1435 "2015-06-12T23:06:42Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > [Vincent Bugliosi](http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/09/us/feat-vincent-bugliosi-dead/), who prosecuted Charles Manson, has died for 20 points. [over 30 posts ago he did](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18424650&postcount=1399) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1436 "2015-06-13T02:09:04Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > yeah, five years ago. Check the date on the article. > > Betty White is the last Golden Girl standing :smack::smack::smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1437 "2015-06-13T02:19:07Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Betty White is the last Golden Girl standing I can see Betty White standing over Bea Arthur’s headless body saying, “There can be only one.” ---
**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 13, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1438 "2015-06-13T02:25:02Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I can see Betty White standing over Bea Arthur’s headless body saying, “There can be only one.” Moses and Aaron on a stick. Get hold of yourself, man! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1439 "2015-06-13T09:27:09Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Moses and Aaron on a stick. Pharoah: “Why don’t I just shishkebab these guys?” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1440 "2015-06-13T09:35:52Z")
What’s even better about **Clothy** ’s link is the smaller banner between the headline and the story which says: > [@](#): > > “Golden Girls” star Rue McClanahan goes viral five years after her death [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=71) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=73)