# 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:** 83
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1642 "2015-07-28T14:06:28Z")
[Clive Rice](http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/33688075), South African Cricket Player, has stopped chirping at 34 points. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1643 "2015-07-29T00:53:09Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [Clive Rice](http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/33688075), South African Cricket Player, has stopped chirping at 34 points. Which makes it what, 26 degrees Celsius? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1644 "2015-07-29T01:07:34Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > Which makes it what, 26 degrees Celsius? That’s 79 degrees in _real_ temperature, isn’t it?:D:p ---
**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 29, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1645 "2015-07-29T05:10:53Z")
> **[Vic Firth, Who Gave Drummers Their Sticks, Dies at 85 (Published 2015)](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/29/arts/music/vic-firth-who-gave-drummers-their-sticks-dies-at-85.html?_r=0)** > > Mr. Firth spent more than 40 years as the principal tympanist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and a company with his name now turns out some 12 million drumsticks and mallets annually. Vic Firth, If you build a better drumstick, the world will beat a path to your door. That, more than 50 years ago, is precisely what Vic Firth did, in the process becoming, almost inadvertently, the world’s most prolific drumstick manufacturer. Mr. Firth, who died on Sunday at 85, spent more than 40 years as the principal tympanist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, playing under a roster of distinguished conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Serge Koussevitzky, Erich Leinsdorf and Seiji Ozawa. During his tenure as the orchestra’s music director, Mr. Ozawa called Mr. Firth “the single greatest percussionist anywhere in the world.” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1646 "2015-07-30T13:55:25Z")
Kansas City Chiefs safety Eric Berry is declared cancer-free and returns to training camp this week, eight months after being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. There’s 74 points I will gladly scratch off of my list. Way to go Eric! ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1647 "2015-07-30T17:17:23Z")
You may want to hold off updating the August list a few days **Baker** as there may be a bunch of us whose scores’ll need adjusting… “it doesn’t look good” > **[EXCLUSIVE: Valerie Harper Rushed to Hospital, 'It Doesn't Look Good,' Source...](https://www.etonline.com/news/168997_valerie_harper_rushed_to_hospital)** > > Valerie Harper suffers a medical emergency. ---
**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 30, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1648 "2015-07-30T17:22:38Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > You may want to hold off updating the August list a few days **Baker** as there may be a bunch of us whose scores’ll need adjusting… “it doesn’t look good” > > [EXCLUSIVE: Valerie Harper Rushed to Hospital, 'It Doesn't Look Good,' Source Says | Entertainment Tonight](http://www.etonline.com/news/168997_valerie_harper_rushed_to_hospital/) From your link: > [@](#): > > The Ogunquit Playhouse said in a statement on Thursday that Valerie is now “resting comfortably” and will remain in the hospital for observation. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1649 "2015-07-30T17:32:24Z")
And, upon further review, that bastion of journalism TMZ is reporting she’s already been discharged 🙂 … thanks for getting my hopes up, guys! 😉 > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > From your link: ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1650 "2015-07-30T18:25:22Z")
Harper is only one selection behind Bush Senior. She has 54, GHWB has 55. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1651 "2015-07-30T23:22:21Z")
Can’t she die before Martin Crowe does? I’d like to get back in the lead, however briefly. 😃 ---
**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:** [July 30, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1652 "2015-07-30T23:36:29Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Can’t she die before Martin Crowe does? I’d like to get back in the lead, however briefly. 😃 I’d like to be there, just once, for a day. :rolleyes: ---
**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 30, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1653 "2015-07-30T23:44:32Z")
“With word of Mullah Muhammad Omar’s death now getting out, most likely two years after the event, the world is catching up with a Taliban leadership crisis already in progress.” Probably, maybe two years ago so no points. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1655 "2015-07-31T09:51:35Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > “With word of Mullah Muhammad Omar’s death now getting out, most likely two years after the event, the world is catching up with a Taliban leadership crisis already in progress.” > > Probably, maybe two years ago so no points. I think we can let our Death Mistress mullah that one omar. 😉 > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I’d like to be there, just once, for a day. > :rolleyes: Someone need a group hug? 😛 ---
**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:** [July 31, 2015, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1656 "2015-07-31T10:42:33Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I think we can let our Death Mistress mullah that one omar. 😉 > > Someone need a group hug? 😛 No, just a time machine. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 31, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1657 "2015-07-31T18:08:49Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > No, just a time machine. 🙂 You have to be really careful with those things. If you go too far into the future, past your points, you end up transforming into Peter Capaldi. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1658 "2015-07-31T18:12:42Z")
Perhaps a Time Browser would be better. Hit CNN in January, 2016, “People of Note we lost in 2015”. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1659 "2015-07-31T19:31:23Z")
[Country singer Lynn Anderson has died at 67.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/31/country-singer-lynn-anderson-dead-at-67/) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1660 "2015-07-31T21:03:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Country singer Lynn Anderson has died at 67.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/31/country-singer-lynn-anderson-dead-at-67/) Well, nobody promised her a Death Pool placement!☹ ---
**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 31, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1661 "2015-07-31T21:03:21Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > You have to be really careful with those things. If you go too far into the future, past your points, you end up transforming into Peter Capaldi. There are worse fates. You could turn into Colin Baker. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1662 "2015-07-31T22:08:00Z")
[TMZ is reporting that wrestling legend Roddy Piper has died at 61.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/31/roddy-piper-dead-dies-wwe-wrestler-cancer/) Nobody else is reporting it yet, but they have been accurate in the past. Roddy was just quoted a couple of days ago on the Hulk Hogan news. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=82) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=84)