# 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:** 89
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1763 "2015-08-30T00:57:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Kyle Jean-Baptiste, an actor who recently made his Broadway debut in the current revival of Les Miserables, died Friday evening after falling from a fire escape at his mother’s home in New York. He was 21. > **[Kyle Jean-Baptiste, History-Making ‘Les Miserables’ Actor, Dies at 21](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/kyle-jean-baptiste-history-making-818682/)** > > The Broadway newcomer died after falling from his mother's fire escape. 79 points–and I bet no one had him. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1764 "2015-08-30T02:32:45Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > [Kyle Jean-Baptiste, History-Making 'Les Miserables' Actor, Dies at 21](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kyle-jean-baptiste-history-making-818682) > > 79 points–and I bet no one had him. I was just coming here after seeing that news. Nobody did have 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:** [August 30, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1765 "2015-08-30T04:13:36Z")
Sad. We all mourn the [del]wasted points bonanza[/del] loss of a talented young man. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1766 "2015-08-30T09:14:42Z")
It’s been a quiet month [del]in lake Wobegon[/del] on the Death Pool. We’ve had only one death for points in August, Frank Gifford for a whopping 16 points back on August 9, and only one player had him. I know the second half of the year tends to have a bit less action than the first half, but \*sheesh. \* C’mon, you celebs, stop being big babies about it and give it up! 😃 Yeah, I’m lookin’ at you, Valerie. You too, Joost! ---
**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:** [August 30, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1767 "2015-08-30T13:22:09Z")
Oliver Sachs, sadly [dead at age 82](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/31/science/oliver-sacks-dies-at-82-neurologist-and-author-explored-the-brains-quirks.html) > [@](#): > > “If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self—himself—he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.” - Oliver Sachs ---
**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:** [August 30, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1768 "2015-08-30T13:22:46Z")
Oliver Sacks’ brain is no longer functioning at 82: > **[Oliver Sacks, Neurologist Who Wrote About the Brain’s Quirks, Dies at 82...](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/31/science/oliver-sacks-dies-at-82-neurologist-and-author-explored-the-brains-quirks.html?_r=0)** > > Dr. Sacks explored some of the brain’s strangest pathways in best-selling case histories like “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,” achieving a level of renown rare among scientists. Brian Arrg, ninja’d ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1769 "2015-08-30T18:52:39Z")
Don’t mind me. The sound you hear is me angrily crossing off my top name of the 2016 list. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1770 "2015-08-31T01:54:11Z")
Wes Craven, the director of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Scream,” has died of brain cancer at 24 points. > **[Legendary Horror Director Wes Craven Dead At 76](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wes-craven-dead_n_55e3ac71e4b0aec9f353a177?utm_hp_ref=tw)** > > The "Scream" and "Nightmare on Elm Street" auteur redefined the slasher genre. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1771 "2015-08-31T02:13:43Z")
Wayne Dyer, the self-help guy, has died. > **[Self-Help Pioneer Dr. Wayne Dyer Dies at 75, Family and Publisher Say](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/self-help-pioneer-dr-wayne-dyer-dies-75-n418556)** > > Dyer wrote "Your Erroneous Zones," a best-seller for 64 weeks, and claimed to have treated his own leukemia through remote "psychic surgery." ---
**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:** [August 31, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1772 "2015-08-31T02:19:35Z")
> [@From link](#): > > Dyer was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in 2009 but claimed to have treated it with positive thinking, daily exercise and “psychic surgery” performed remotely by the Brazilian medium João Teixeira de Faria, better known as “John of God.” He detailed the controversial treatment in a two-hour interview with Oprah Winfrey — for whom he was a friend and frequent guest for more than 30 years — in 2012 Jesus Christ. Give me a hospital. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 31, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1773 "2015-08-31T02:49:33Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Wes Craven, the director of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Scream,” has died of brain cancer at 24 points. > > [http://huff.to/1EussSd](http://huff.to/1EussSd) Guy scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. Cheap Thrills. Thanks Wes! ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1774 "2015-08-31T03:54:55Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Jesus Christ. > Give me a hospital. 🙂 I guess he was a fan of Emile Coué. “Every day in every way, I’m getting better and better!” ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1775 "2015-08-31T04:29:41Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > It’s been a quiet month [del]in lake Wobegon[/del] on the Death Pool. We’ve had only one death for points in August, Frank Gifford for a whopping 16 points back on August 9, and only one player had him. > > I know the second half of the year tends to have a bit less action than the first half, but \*sheesh. \* C’mon, you celebs, stop being big babies about it and give it up! 😃 > Yeah, I’m lookin’ at you, Valerie. You too, Joost! And just like that, 3 more drop dead … **RTFirefly** please use this power for good in the future… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1776 "2015-08-31T04:38:50Z")
The problem is, all three were pointless, for us at least. I’ve been thinking lately of polishing up my list for 2016. I can’t decide whether to keep it, try something completely different, or think up a new theme. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1777 "2015-08-31T05:13:40Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > And just like that, 3 more drop dead … > > **RTFirefly** please use this power for good in the future… I \*swear \* the name I muttered in that secret incantation was ‘Cheney,’ not ‘Craven’! Already missed midnight tonight, I’ll have to try again tomorrow. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1778 "2015-08-31T18:15:26Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I \*swear \* the name I muttered in that secret incantation was ‘Cheney,’ not ‘Craven’! > > Already missed midnight tonight, I’ll have to try again tomorrow. 😉 I liked Wes Craven. You, I’m not sure of.:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1779 "2015-08-31T20:28:10Z")
That’s OK, certainly there have been other people who have failed to like me, yet life goes merrily on. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 31, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1780 "2015-08-31T21:15:31Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > The problem is, all three were pointless, for us at least. > > I’ve been thinking lately of polishing up my list for 2016. I can’t decide whether to keep it, try something completely different, or think up a new theme. My new theme will be people that actually die on schedule. hbth ---
**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:** [August 31, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1781 "2015-08-31T23:51:24Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > That’s OK, certainly there have been other people who have failed to like me, yet life goes merrily on. 🙂 I do not see how. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1782 "2015-09-01T01:36:37Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I \*swear \* the name I muttered in that secret incantation was ‘Cheney,’ not ‘Craven’! > > Already missed midnight tonight, I’ll have to try again tomorrow. 😉 I think you may have been dreaming that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=88) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=90)