# 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:** 93
**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:** [September 15, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1843 "2015-09-15T03:31:59Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > He took it on the run. Time for him to die? Can’t fight this dying any more? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1844 "2015-09-15T09:47:32Z")
Thanks, y’all, for reminding me why I loathed REO back in the day. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1845 "2015-09-15T20:52:25Z")
Subway co-founder Fred DeLuca, who turned a sandwich shop he started as a teenager into the world’s largest fast-food chain, died Monday. He was 67. His death was announced Tuesday by the company, which gave no other details. DeLuca’s death came two years after Subway said he had been diagnosed with leukemia and was scaling back on his leadership role at the company. It also came just weeks after the 50th anniversary of Subway, which is known for its “Footlong” sandwiches and says it has more than 44,000 locations around the world. > **[Fred DeLuca dies at 67; co-founder of Subway sandwich chain](https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-fred-deluca-20150916-story.html)** > > Subway co-founder Fred DeLuca, who turned a sandwich shop he started as a teenager into the world's largest fast-food chain, died Monday. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1846 "2015-09-17T18:30:24Z")
Baseball announcer [Milo Hamilton](http://abc13.com/sports/legendary-former-astros-broadcaster-milo-hamilton-passes-away/989232/) has called his last game. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1847 "2015-09-19T12:02:52Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Baseball announcer [Milo Hamilton](http://abc13.com/sports/legendary-former-astros-broadcaster-milo-hamilton-passes-away/989232/) has called his last game. Wow, I remember when he broadcast for the Pirates. Sorry to hear this, but I also had NO IDEA he was so old. Man, I must be getting old too. ☹ ---
**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 20, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1848 "2015-09-20T01:53:32Z")
Looks like Joan Collins’ [sister, the novelist Jackie has left](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241634/Best-selling-author-Jackie-Collins-died-77-secretly-battling-breast-cancer.html) 23 points on the table. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1849 "2015-09-20T03:01:30Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Looks like Joan Collins’ [sister, the novelist Jackie has left](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241634/Best-selling-author-Jackie-Collins-died-77-secretly-battling-breast-cancer.html) 23 points on the table. I had a feeling about her this year. Not the strong kind of lifesaving feeling that would get her on to my list. More the vague kind of feeling that means certain death. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1850 "2015-09-21T04:59:35Z")
Todd Ewen, the former NHL enforcer called “The Animal” for his rugged play and fighting ability, died Saturday. He was 49. The St. Louis Blues confirmed Ewen’s death on their Twitter account without providing details. [http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2015/09/20/former-nhl-enforcer-todd-ewen-dies-at-49/](http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2015/09/20/former-nhl-enforcer-todd-ewen-dies-at-49/) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1851 "2015-09-21T17:04:51Z")
Mourning for Jack Larson over in Cafe Society. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1852 "2015-09-21T19:48:21Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Mourning for Jack Larson over in Cafe Society. I’m in mourning because he wasn’t on my list, not even as an alternate. [NPR link for Jimmy Olsen.](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/09/21/442189376/jack-larson-jimmy-olsen-from-superman-tv-shows-dies) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1853 "2015-09-21T20:22:06Z")
Not even Superman can get points for someone who didn’t have anybody pick him! ---
**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:** [September 21, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1854 "2015-09-21T22:59:03Z")
Govorner Scott Walker [kicks](http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/campaign-woes-prompt-scott-walker-to-focus-on-fundraising-b99580982z1-328523361.html) … Oooops, wrong forum. Never mind. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1855 "2015-09-22T02:34:16Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Govorner Scott Walker [kicks](http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/campaign-woes-prompt-scott-walker-to-focus-on-fundraising-b99580982z1-328523361.html) … Oooops, wrong forum. Never mind. Is he dead? Did anyone 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:** [September 22, 2015, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1856 "2015-09-22T04:48:16Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Is he dead? Did anyone have him? > 🙂 It has not been satisfactorily established that he was ever living. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1857 "2015-09-22T08:58:13Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Mourning for Jack Larson over in Cafe Society. [Spin Doctors - “Jimmy Olsen’s Blues”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SvGj6KkiGg): _Lois Lane you don’t need no Superman Come on downtown and stay with me tonight I got a pocket full of kryptonite_ > [@eschereal](#): > > It has not been satisfactorily established that he was ever living. Walker reminds me of Richard Nixon in that way. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1858 "2015-09-23T02:21:18Z")
I just found out that Candice Vadala, aka Candida Royalle, died on September 7th. She died of cancer at age 64. Royalle was a major figure within a certain genre of filmmaking; namely porn. She started as a performer but decided that nobody was making porn marketed to women, so she started her own production company. Nowadays, “female friendly” and “couples” porn is a major segment of the genre and Royalle essentially invented it. [obituary](http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2015/09/20/candida-royalle-a-porn-star-turned-pioneer-of-erotica-for-women.html) ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1859 "2015-09-23T04:04:49Z")
[Norman Farberow](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/health/norman-l-farberow-is-dead-at-97-took-study-of-suicide-to-academic-fore.html), founder of the United States’s first comprehensive suicide prevention center, lived to a very ripe age. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2015, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1860 "2015-09-23T07:24:41Z")
[Yogi dies.](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/sports/baseball/yogi-berra-dies-at-90-yankees-baseball-catcher.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0) ---
**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:** [September 23, 2015, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1861 "2015-09-23T10:26:52Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > [Yogi dies.](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/sports/baseball/yogi-berra-dies-at-90-yankees-baseball-catcher.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0) Take another one off the “I thought he died years ago” list. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1862 "2015-09-23T11:34:02Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Yes, the race for the top spot is getting interesting. Never mind that; look at the bottom: > [@](#): > > 92 Andrew21 0 7 7 Anyway, I think that even if all the rest of my nominees were to die, I’d still not make first place. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=92) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=94)