# 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:** 78
**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:** [July 6, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1541 "2015-07-06T04:04:03Z")
[Burt Shavitz](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/06/us-usa-people-burtsbees-idUSKCN0PG05D20150706), founder of Burt’s Bees, has died at 80. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1543 "2015-07-06T07:34:27Z")
> **[Model And Actress Diana Douglas Passes Away At 92](https://www.techtimes.com/articles/66212/20150706/model-and-actress-diana-douglas-passes-away-at-92.htm)** > > Model and actress Diana Douglas, who was also the first wife of actor Kirk Douglas and the mother of actor Michael Douglas, passed away on Friday after battling cancer. Born Diana Love Dill, model and actress Diana Douglas passed away on Friday in Woodland Hills, Calif. after battling cancer. She was 92. Diana belonged to a family of actors. She was the first wife of actor Kirk Douglas. She was the mother of actor Michael Douglas, who is married to Catherine Zeta-Jones. Diana appeared with both Kirk and Michael in the 2003 movie It Runs in the Family. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1544 "2015-07-06T14:26:26Z")
Burt of Burt’s Bees, [dead at 20 points.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/06/burts-bees-dead-founder/) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1545 "2015-07-06T14:44:57Z")
At least, that’s the buzz around town. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1546 "2015-07-06T16:22:47Z")
Is Burt from Burt’s Bees dead? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1547 "2015-07-06T17:06:04Z")
I don’t know about that, but I heard the guy who started the Burt’s Bees company - I think his name was Burt - died. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1548 "2015-07-06T18:20:44Z")
Death, where is Thy sting? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1549 "2015-07-06T18:36:59Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Burt of Burt’s Bees, [dead at 20 points.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/06/burts-bees-dead-founder/) I thought he was a time traveller. 🙂 Burt bees product with classic image of Burt: > **[Amazon.com : Burt's Bees, Hand Salve With Botanical Oils and Beeswax,...](https://www.amazon.com/Burts-Bees-100-Natural-Salve/dp/B00014D5O8)** > > Product Description Moisturize your rough, dry hands with 100% natural Burt's Bees Hand Salve. Brimming with botanical oils, herbs and beeswax, this classic hand salve offers skin the hydration it craves with serious nourishment. The light... Poster of a British politician from early in the 20th century: https://www.youtube.com/embed/fXhiagFG8KE?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&start=1428 That link goes directly to the time the poster is shown, the documentary is The Great War and it is one of the most fascinating documentaries of WWI as when it was made a lot of the people that lived through it were still alive and were interviewed. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1550 "2015-07-06T19:49:00Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Death, where is Thy sting? :golf clap: ---
**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:** [July 6, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1551 "2015-07-06T21:10:49Z")
Jerry Weintraub, Hollywood Mega Producer [Dead at 23 Points.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/06/jerry-weintraub-dead-dies-producer-oceans-movies/#ixzz3f9E6kzD1) And Burt of Burt Bee’s is still dead. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1552 "2015-07-06T21:14:25Z")
What about Rue McClanahan? ---
**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:** [July 6, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1553 "2015-07-06T21:16:42Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > And Burt of Burt Bee’s is still dead. Are you sure? ---
**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:** [July 6, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1554 "2015-07-06T21:19:33Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Are you sure? I’ll check. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1555 "2015-07-06T22:44:43Z")
Amanda Peterson, star of the flick “Can’t Buy Me Love” [dies at 57 points.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/06/amanda-peterson-dies-cant-buy-me-love-star-dies-at-43/#ixzz3f9cEDZPK) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1556 "2015-07-06T22:48:26Z")
> **[Jerry Weintraub, producer of 'Ocean's Eleven' and 'Karate Kid,' dead at 77](https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/producer-jerry-weintraub-dead-77-article-1.2283260)** > > High-powered producer Jerry Weintraub, whose fingerprints were all over five decades worth of popular movies, died Monday. Jerry Weintraub, the high-powered producer whose name may not have graced any theater marquee but whose fingerprints were all over five decades worth of popular movies, died Monday. He was 77. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1557 "2015-07-06T23:02:16Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [Jerry Weintraub, producer of ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ and ‘Karate Kid,’ dead at 77 – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/producer-jerry-weintraub-dead-77-article-1.2283260) > > Jerry Weintraub, the high-powered producer whose name may not have graced any theater marquee but whose fingerprints were all over five decades worth of popular movies, died Monday. He was 77. I heard Burt’s Bees got him. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1558 "2015-07-06T23:03:36Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [Jerry Weintraub, producer of ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ and ‘Karate Kid,’ dead at 77 – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/producer-jerry-weintraub-dead-77-article-1.2283260) > > Jerry Weintraub, the high-powered producer whose name may not have graced any theater marquee but whose fingerprints were all over five decades worth of popular movies, died Monday. He was 77. that could explain all the smudges. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1559 "2015-07-07T00:39:52Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [Jerry Weintraub, producer of ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ and ‘Karate Kid,’ dead at 77 – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/producer-jerry-weintraub-dead-77-article-1.2283260) > > Jerry Weintraub, the high-powered producer whose name may not have graced any theater marquee but whose fingerprints were all over five decades worth of popular movies, died Monday. He was 77. Man, there sure is an echo in here today. Did somebody pull up the carpeting or something? ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1560 "2015-07-07T04:07:24Z")
:smack::smack::smack: I swear I looked. And it sure wasn’t a simulpost either. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1561 "2015-07-07T13:18:18Z")
Sorry, shouldn’t have singled you out. Same thing happened with Burt of Burt’s Bees earlier yesterday, so it wasn’t just you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=77) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=79)