# 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:** 21
**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 26, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/401 "2018-01-26T21:51:10Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > ^It’s been a while since I’ve seen it, but IIRC she is seen near the beginning having a fight with and leaving her husband (or boyfriend?) and then mailing that package with the wings painted on it. Thanks for the reminder. I don’t recall that. Not saying it’s not there. Next time, I’ll look for that. It certainly makes sense that way. The scene may be cut for TV or other showings. ---
**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 26, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/402 "2018-01-26T23:56:20Z")
The title sequence is following a package from sending to arrival at FedEx (where Tom Hanks is giving a speech). It’s her package we follow, so it may not have registered with you because it’s blended in with the credits sequence. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/403 "2018-01-27T00:06:34Z")
[Walter Skold](https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/01/26/walter-skold-dead-poets-founder-dies-after-commissioning-tombstone/), founder of the Dead Poets Society, has died. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/404 "2018-01-27T22:25:11Z")
[Mort Walker,](https://www.newsfromme.com/2018/01/27/mort-walker-r-i-p/) _Beetle Bailey_ cartoonist, dies at 94. ---
**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 28, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/405 "2018-01-28T01:03:33Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > [Mort Walker,](https://www.newsfromme.com/2018/01/27/mort-walker-r-i-p/) _Beetle Bailey_ cartoonist, dies at 94. He was also the author of Hi and Lois, and several other comics. I believe that Lois is Bettle’s sister. ---
**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 28, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/406 "2018-01-28T02:17:40Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > He was also the author of Hi and Lois, and several other comics. I believe that Lois is Bettle’s sister. He did Hi and Lois with Dik Browne the creator of Hagar the Horrible. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/407 "2018-01-28T02:23:31Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > [Mort Walker,](https://www.newsfromme.com/2018/01/27/mort-walker-r-i-p/) _Beetle Bailey_ cartoonist, dies at 94. I’ll take “people I didn’t know were still alive at the beginning of the year” for $200, Alex. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/408 "2018-01-28T02:29:20Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I’ll take “people I didn’t know were still alive at the beginning of the year” for $200, Alex. I’ll take “people I didn’t know were still alive at the beginning of the century” for $1000 ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/409 "2018-01-28T14:35:31Z")
IKEA founder [Ingvar Kamprad](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-ikea-ab-kamprad/swedish-ikea-founder-kamprad-dies-at-91-idUSKBN1FH0DI) has been permanently disassembled. 9 points. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/410 "2018-01-28T15:16:30Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > IKEA founder [Ingvar Kamprad](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-ikea-ab-kamprad/swedish-ikea-founder-kamprad-dies-at-91-idUSKBN1FH0DI) has been permanently disassembled. 9 points. Wonder if the casket will be pressboard constructed by the family. Brian ---
**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 28, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/411 "2018-01-28T19:22:29Z")
Not even February and I have a few names for next year. ---
**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 30, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/412 "2018-01-30T03:51:50Z")
[Robert Parry](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/robert-parry-associated-press-reporter-who-covered-iran-contra-affair-dies-at-68/2018/01/29/c0eb3d80-0506-11e8-8777-2a059f168dd2_story.html?utm_term=.990f7d336a17), Pullitzer winning journalist who covered Iran-Contra affair dead at 32 points. ---
**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 30, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/413 "2018-01-30T19:33:34Z")
Mark Salling one of the stars of Glee commits suicide before being sent to prison on child porn charges. [https://www.google.com/amp/amp.tmz.com/2018/01/30/mark-salling-dead-suicide-dies](https://www.google.com/amp/amp.tmz.com/2018/01/30/mark-salling-dead-suicide-dies) ---
**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:** [January 31, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/414 "2018-01-31T16:16:31Z")
Former Major League Baseball player Oscar Gamble has died at 68. > **[Former big-league outfielder Oscar Gamble dies at age 68](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/former-big-league-outfielder-oscar-gamble-dies-at-age-68/)** > > Gamble spent part of 17 seasons in the majors ---
**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 31, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/415 "2018-01-31T20:17:22Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Former Major League Baseball player Oscar Gamble has died at 68. > > [Former big-league outfielder Oscar Gamble dies at age 68 - CBSSports.com](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/former-big-league-outfielder-oscar-gamble-dies-at-age-68/) Best afro in baseball. It was epic. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/416 "2018-01-31T22:19:41Z")
It DID allow him to get paid to endorse Afro-sheen ---
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/417 "2018-02-01T01:21:39Z")
Former longtime NBA player Rasual Butler managed to take out both himself and his American Idol contestant wife by speeding around Hollywood at more than twice the speed limit (another source said 3 times). > **[Ex-NBA Player Rasual Butler & ‘American Idol’ Wife Dead: First Look At...](https://hollywoodlife.com/2018/01/31/rasual-butler-car-accident-pics-leah-labelle/)** > > Photos of Rasual Butler and wife Leah Labelle’s fatal car accident have been revealed, and they are nothing short of devastating. Take a look, here. ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/418 "2018-02-02T16:38:59Z")
Louis Zorich for 7. Fiddler on the Roof, Mad about You… Mr. Olympia Dukakis ---
**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:** [February 2, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/419 "2018-02-02T18:09:27Z")
> [@Tread](#): > > Louis Zorich for 7. > > Mad about You… I thought Peter Boyle played Paul’s father. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/420 "2018-02-02T20:32:12Z")
> [@Tread](#): > > Louis Zorich for 7. > > Fiddler on the Roof, Mad about You… > Mr. Olympia Dukakis No takers, so technically speaking, Zorich for “0” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=22)