# Celebrity Death Pool 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 2, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331 "2017-12-02T13:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/261 "2018-01-11T12:31:50Z")
Edward “Fast Eddie” Clarke, last member of the classic Motörhead formation, dead at 67. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/262 "2018-01-11T18:28:01Z")
I forgot to put in my list but I’ll still play vicariously. The [BBC are reporting](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42650081) that Home and Away actress Jessica Falkholt has had her life support switched off. So that’ll be 71 points for 3 people. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/263 "2018-01-11T18:46:13Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I forgot to put in my list but I’ll still play vicariously. Who is he? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/264 "2018-01-11T19:23:32Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > The [BBC are reporting](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42650081) that Home and Away actress Jessica Falkholt has had her life support switched off. So that’ll be 71 points for 3 people. Our third lead change, and it’s only January 11! (A quick thread search shows that the 3 people are Team Dirt, basset hound, and GIGObuster. I for one welcome our new triumvirate overlords! ;)) ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/265 "2018-01-11T19:33:26Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Our third lead change, and it’s only January 11! > > (A quick thread search shows that the 3 people are Team Dirt, basset hound, and GIGObuster. I for one welcome our new triumvirate overlords! ;)) Right now she’s apparently still alive according to The Age > **[Jessica Falkholt's life support switched off, remains critical in hospital...](https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/jessica-falkholt-remains-critical-in-hospital-after-horror-crash-20180111-h0h2zs.html)** > > A woman who lost her entire family in a head-on crash on Boxing Day was still fighting for life in hospital on Friday morning. > [@](#): > > It’s understood the life support for actor Jessica Falkholt was due to be switched off on Thursday night, but early on Friday morning, the hospital said she remained in a critical condition. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/266 "2018-01-11T20:25:27Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Right now she’s apparently still alive according to The Age > > [Jessica Falkholt's life support switched off, remains critical in hospital after Princes Highway crash](http://www.theage.com.au/nsw/jessica-falkholt-remains-critical-in-hospital-after-horror-crash-20180111-h0h2zs.html) Ha you can’t dethrone me that easy. What a horrific story. I would like to note that I love the phrase “was known to police.” So much content packed into four little words. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/267 "2018-01-11T20:32:01Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Ha you can’t dethrone me that easy. > > What a horrific story. I would like to note that I love the phrase “was known to police.” So much content packed into four little words. In the (insulated and twisted) world of the Death Pool, the real tragedy is experienced by those of us who failed to list her… ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/268 "2018-01-11T23:07:41Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Who is he? :dubious: Vicarious Lee, Jazz guitarist. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/269 "2018-01-13T05:05:13Z")
[Doreen Tracey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doreen_Tracey), original Mouseketeer-age 74. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/270 "2018-01-13T15:31:25Z")
Lexi Forte (aka Olivia Nova), age 20, has been found dead in her home. She’s the fourth adult film actress to die in the last three months, following Amanda Friedland (aka Shyla Stylez), Yurizan Lebanue (aka Yurizan Beltran), and Mercedes Grabowski (aka August Ames). ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/271 "2018-01-13T16:58:40Z")
Keith Jackson, legendary College Football TV announcer has passed away at age 89 > **[Legendary broadcaster Keith Jackson, 89, dies](https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22076254/legendary-broadcaster-keith-jackson-dies-age-89)** > > Legendary broadcaster Keith Jackson, who spent some 50 years calling the action in a folksy, down-to-earth manner, has died at the age of 89. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/272 "2018-01-13T17:39:16Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Keith Jackson, legendary College Football TV announcer has passed away at age 89 > > [Legendary broadcaster Keith Jackson dies at age 89 - ESPN](http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22076254/legendary-broadcaster-keith-jackson-dies-age-89) Dammit… not only did I enjoy his college football broadcasts, but he would have fit my themed list too. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/273 "2018-01-14T01:03:43Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Keith Jackson, legendary College Football TV announcer has passed away at age 89 I trust he is now up in Heaven with Bobby Murcer and the little dying boy in the hospital. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/274 "2018-01-14T01:39:12Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > Dammit… not only did I enjoy his college football broadcasts, but he would have fit my themed list too. I just have to: Whoa, Nelly! ---
**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:** [January 15, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/275 "2018-01-15T03:15:13Z")
> **[American Racing Legend Dan Gurney Dies At 86](https://jalopnik.com/american-racing-legend-dan-gurney-dies-at-86-1822074538#_ga=2.9019829.108137428.1515908277-715702200.1512665019)** > > Dan Gurney, the first racer to achieve wins in Formula One, NASCAR and IndyCar and one of the most revered and accomplished figures in motorsports history, died Sunday, family members have confirmed. He was 86. Dan Gurney, the first racer to achieve wins in Formula One, NASCAR and IndyCar and one of the most revered and accomplished figures in motorsports history, died Sunday, family members have confirmed. He was 86. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2018, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/276 "2018-01-15T04:40:39Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > I trust he is now up in Heaven with Bobby Murcer and the little dying boy in the hospital. Isn’t the little dying boy still in the hospital? ---
**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:** [January 15, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/277 "2018-01-15T15:16:36Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [American Racing Legend Dan Gurney Dies At 86](https://jalopnik.com/american-racing-legend-dan-gurney-dies-at-86-1822074538#_ga=2.9019829.108137428.1515908277-715702200.1512665019) > > Dan Gurney, the first racer to achieve wins in Formula One, NASCAR and IndyCar and one of the most revered and accomplished figures in motorsports history, died Sunday, family members have confirmed. He was 86. Dan Gurley, 14 points and Unique Pick for **ataraxy22** : ```auto Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) 1 Loach 20 1(1) 2 ataraxy22 14 1(1) 3 The Vorlon 13 1(1) 4 Rico 10 1(1) ``` ---
**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:** [January 15, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/278 "2018-01-15T17:25:28Z")
No takers, but sadly, [Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5271823/Cranberries-singer-Dolores-ORiordan-dies-London-hotel.html) has died at age 46 ---
**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:** [January 15, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/279 "2018-01-15T17:38:01Z")
She apparently chose not to Linger. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/280 "2018-01-15T20:33:38Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > She apparently chose not to Linger. Let’s hope she doesn’t come back as a Zombie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=15)