# 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:** 94
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1863 "2015-09-23T11:43:08Z")
> [@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) R.I.P., Yogi. Some Yogi-isms: “It ain’t over till it’s over.” _(Well Yogi, I think it is over.)_ “It’s deja vu all over again.” “I usually take a two hour nap from one to four.” “Never answer an anonymous letter.” “We made too many wrong mistakes.” “You can observe a lot by watching.” “The future ain’t what it used to be.” “If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.” “It gets late early out here.” “If the people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s going to stop them.” “Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical.” “Pair up in threes.” “Why buy good luggage, you only use it when you travel.” “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1864 "2015-09-23T12:08:55Z")
It never occurred to me until now how similar these are in tone to “Ringo-isms,” like “it’s been a hard day’s night,” or “tomorrow never knows.” ---
**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:** [September 23, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1865 "2015-09-23T13:30:25Z")
> [@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) Did you see the Boo Boo the AP made? ---
**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, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1866 "2015-09-23T14:59:01Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > R.I.P., Yogi. Some Yogi-isms: > > “It ain’t over till it’s over.” _(Well Yogi, I think it is over.)_ > “It’s deja vu all over again.” > “I usually take a two hour nap from one to four.” > “Never answer an anonymous letter.” > “We made too many wrong mistakes.” > “You can observe a lot by watching.” > “The future ain’t what it used to be.” > “If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.” > “It gets late early out here.” > “If the people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s going to stop them.” > “Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical.” > “Pair up in threes.” > “Why buy good luggage, you only use it when you travel.” > “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” His wife once asked Berra where he wanted to be buried, in St. Louis, New York or Montclair. “I don’t know,” he said. “Why don’t you surprise me?” ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1867 "2015-09-23T15:20:21Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > His wife once asked Berra where he wanted to be buried, in St. Louis, New York or Montclair. “I don’t know,” he said. “Why don’t you surprise me?” And another Yogi-ism, appropriate for today: “Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t go to yours.” ---
**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, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1868 "2015-09-23T15:29:44Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Take another one off the “I thought he died years ago” list. It’s like deja vu all over again. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1869 "2015-09-23T16:52:06Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 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) [Kind of an unfortunate first name, considering](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candida_(fungus)). Regards, Shodan ---
**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, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1870 "2015-09-23T19:37:23Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > His wife once asked Berra where he wanted to be buried, in St. Louis, New York or Montclair. “I don’t know,” he said. “Why don’t you surprise me?” On his approach to at-bats: “You can’t think and hit at the same time.” On economics: “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.” On the 1973 Mets: “We were overwhelming underdogs.” On a slipping batting average: “Slump? I ain’t in no slump. … I just ain’t hitting.” On pregame rest: “I usually take a two-hour nap from 1 to 4.” On battling the shadows in left field at Yankee Stadium: “It gets late early out there.” On fan mail: “Never answer an anonymous letter.” On being told he looked cool: “You don’t look so hot yourself.” On being asked what time it was: “You mean now?” On being given a day in his honor: “Thank you for making this day necessary.” On a spring training drill: “Pair off in threes.” On death: “Always go to other people’s funerals. Otherwise they won’t go to yours.” On the fractured syntax attributed to him: “I really didn’t say everything I said.” ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1871 "2015-09-23T20:24:15Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > 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) “In 1951, Mr. Larson was offered the role of Olsen, an eager young reporter and photographer at the Daily Planet who idolizes his more mature colleague Clark Kent (not even knowing that Kent is secretly Superman) and constantly gets himself and his fellow reporter Lois Lane into perilous situations that require rescue by a superhero.” Any other reporters out there who required the same? ---
**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, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1872 "2015-09-23T21:08:57Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s like deja vu all over again. He came to the fork in the road and he took it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1873 "2015-09-23T22:33:04Z")
1 Registered at Last 300 7 2 2 RTFirefly 296 6 0 3 Fear Itself 288 6 1 4 CAMJAY77 252 6 1 5 carnivorousplant 213 5 0 6 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 208 4 1 7 Quartz 177 4 0 8 phungi 159 3 0 9 Sami41 143 4 0 10 VunderBob 139 3 1 11 bowler girl 126 3 0 11 Dr. Girlfriend 126 2 0 11 Hoopy Frood 126 3 0 11 Squonk 126 2 0 11 zoog 126 3 0 16 candide 124 3 0 16 GIGObuster 124 4 1 18 Randy Seltzer 119 3 1 19 MadTheSwine 102 3 0 20 Captain Klutz 92 2 0 20 critter42 92 2 0 20 Happy Lendervedder 92 2 0 20 Hockey Monkey 92 2 0 20 irritant 92 2 0 20 Kitten Mitten 92 2 0 20 Little Nemo 92 2 0 20 minionkat 92 2 0 20 RobotDevilDog 92 2 0 20 Tim R. Mortiss 92 2 0 30 Jeep’s Phoenix 86 3 0 31 Duckster 85 2 0 31 Hal Briston 85 2 0 33 The Vorlon 78 1 1 34 Dung Beetle 75 2 0 34 Eliahna 75 1 0 34 jeezums 75 2 0 34 Mahaloth 75 2 0 34 Rich Kitchen 75 2 0 39 notfrommensa 68 2 0 40 Fleetwood 67 3 0 41 Nurse Carmen 58 2 1 42 BACI 52 2 0 43 bassett hound 51 1 0 43 Icarus 51 2 0 43 Loach 51 1 0 43 RivkahChaya 51 2 0 43 Yllaria 51 1 0 43 zadscmc 51 2 0 49 Dusty Rose 47 2 0 49 Invisible Chimp 47 2 1 51 J-P L 44 1 0 52 Oakminster 42 2 1 53 5 time champ 41 1 0 53 a35362 41 1 0 53 Borborygmi 41 1 0 53 DinoR 41 1 0 53 Maus Magill 41 1 0 53 Sario 41 1 0 53 sir viks 41 1 0 53 Spiff 41 1 0 53 Tit Whistle 41 1 0 62 kopek 38 1 1 63 Cold Dish 37 2 1 64 Charley 34 1 0 64 Lsura 34 1 0 64 Mr. Goob 34 1 0 64 PaulParkhead 34 1 0 68 Little Pig 33 3 2 69 Biotop 31 1 0 70 Lok 25 2 1 70 Vashbul 25 1 1 72 El Famous Burrito 22 1 0 73 Clothilde 18 2 0 73 rucciface 18 1 1 75 Clothahump 17 1 0 75 Honey 17 1 0 75 Shoeless 17 1 0 78 Bullitt 16 1 1 79 racer72 14 1 1 80 Allecher 12 1 1 81 Dolores Reborn 11 1 0 81 littlespeedysuperbike 11 1 1 81 moldmonkey 11 1 0 81 Octarine 11 1 0 85 Grits and Hard Toast 10 1 0 86 vivalostwages 9 1 1 87 BlossomDrearie 7 2 2 88 missred 6 1 0 89 Catamount 5 1 0 89 wolf meister 5 1 0 91 lel 2 1 1 92 Andrew21 0 7 7 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1874 "2015-09-24T00:01:59Z")
> [@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) Damn it! I had Yogi on my list at least once in the past but not this year. He was on my short list for 2016. Probably my fault he died then. RIP, Yogi. ☹ ---
**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 24, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1875 "2015-09-24T01:37:34Z")
FIVE? Oh, the shame! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1876 "2015-09-24T17:36:48Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 43 zadscmc 51 2 0 > \ > 63 Cold Dish 37 2 1 Found 'em! 🆒 ---
**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 29, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1877 "2015-09-29T12:22:53Z")
[The Log Lady has died.](http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/catherine-coulson-log-lady-twin-peaks-dies-dead-1201604367/) I offer this [dirge](https://youtu.be/RTrAVpK9blw)in her memory. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1878 "2015-09-29T12:36:41Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > [The Log Lady has died.](http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/catherine-coulson-log-lady-twin-peaks-dies-dead-1201604367/) > > I offer this [dirge](https://youtu.be/RTrAVpK9blw)in her memory. and [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjzBpJ1XYwc) as an encore. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1879 "2015-09-30T00:22:02Z")
[Frankie Ford](http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/3855104-frankie-ford-who-sang-sea-cruise-dies-age-76.html#.7518-stage-ss1-2), who sang “Sea Cruise,” has died at 76. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1880 "2015-09-30T00:34:51Z")
[Phil Woods](http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2015/09/29/Phil-Woods-legendary-alto-saxophonist-dead-at-83/stories/201509290217), saxophonist, has died at 17 pts. ---
**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 30, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1881 "2015-09-30T02:04:18Z")
[Everett Parker](http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-everett-parker-20150923-story.html), who took on the FCC and established the public’s right to influence broadcast licensing decisions. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1882 "2015-09-30T15:53:55Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Everett Parker](http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-everett-parker-20150923-story.html), who took on the FCC and established the public’s right to influence broadcast licensing decisions. Well, temporarily established, anyway. Ronald Reagan and his FCC chair, Mark Fowler, pretty much undid that in the 1980s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=93) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=95)