# 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:** 28
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/541 "2018-03-14T05:01:41Z")
Rest in peace, Professor Hawking. Thank you for the 24 points! ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/542 "2018-03-14T05:05:01Z")
I think I didn’t get credit for Dan Gurney. Him, Le Guin, and now Hawking ☹ ☹ ☹ were all on my list. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/543 "2018-03-14T05:47:46Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Who has Stephen Hawking? He was only with us for a brief history of time. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/544 "2018-03-14T05:51:52Z")
> [@ataraxy22](#): > > I think I didn’t get credit for Dan Gurney. Him, Le Guin, and now Hawking ☹ ☹ ☹ were all on my list. You have 14 pts for 1(1). That would have to be Dan Gurney (a unique pick). Ursula K. LeGuin was only worth 12. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2018, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/545 "2018-03-14T06:34:28Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Who has Stephen Hawking? I did last year, I think. Dunno about this year. But, since time travel is, according to Hawking, theoretically possible, I’ll go back and add him real quick so I can claim points. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/546 "2018-03-14T09:34:27Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Rapper [Craig Mack](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/craig-mack-new-york-rapper-diddy-bad-boy-label-dead-46-article-1.3871459) dies at 46. Yeah - another rapper \ dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/547 "2018-03-14T13:05:21Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Who has Stephen Hawking? My first thought was “Woo-hoo, I finally got points for Hawking!” I’ve had him on my list for the last few years. Then I remembered that didn’t get a list submitted for this year, just a themed list in the other thread. ☹ ---
**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:** [March 14, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/548 "2018-03-14T13:58:56Z")
My bad… Ursula Le Guin is a unique pick and 12 points for **ataraxy22**. Stephen Hawking is 14 points for: **kay T, Dr. Girlfriend, 1b3bz18c9ed…, critter42, Labtrash, Maus Magill, ataraxy22, Grits and Hard Toast, tangent, krondys, computergeek, Oakminster** … first points of the year for **kay T, Dr. Girlfriend, Labtrash, Maus Magill, Grits and Hard Toast, tangent, krondys, Oakminster** **bassed hound** leads in points, and **ataraxy22** leads with total picks and unique picks. ```auto Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) 1 basset hound 135 2 2 jeezums 104 2(1) 3 CAMJAY77 89 2 4 GIGObuster 71 1 4 Team Dirt 71 1 6 candide 64 1 6 carnivorousp 64 1 6 Martonio 64 1 6 phungi 64 1 10 ataraxy22 50 3(2) 11 1b3bz18c9ed… 25 2 11 computergeek 25 2 11 critter42 25 2 11 Registered@Last 25 1 11 RTFirefly 25 1 16 Dr. Girlfriend 24 1 16 Grits&HardToast 24 1 16 kay T 24 1 16 krondys 24 1 16 Labtrash 24 1 16 Maus Magill 24 1 16 Oakminster 24 1 16 tangent 24 1 24 Biotop 23 1(1) 25 Loach 20 1(1) 26 The Vorlon 13 1(1) 27 Rico 10 1(1) 28 amarinth 1 1 28 Catamount 1 1 28 Jeep's Phoenix 1 1 28 Spiff 1 1 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/549 "2018-03-14T15:42:13Z")
People should pay to be on my list. It’s like buying immortality. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/550 "2018-03-14T16:18:02Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Yeah - another rapper \ dammit! That would have been a hell of a guess. He found gawd and has been out of the biz for a long time. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/551 "2018-03-14T17:15:59Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Stephen Hawking is 14 points … Nitpick: 24 points – but it looks like you scored it correctly. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2018, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/552 "2018-03-16T07:19:27Z")
One month after being hospitalized with the flu, Saints and Pelicans owner **Tom Benson** died this afternoon. He was 90 years old. > **[Saints And Pelicans Owner Tom Benson Dead At 90](https://deadspin.com/saints-and-pelicans-owner-tom-benson-dead-at-90-1823813460)** > > One month after being hospitalized with the flu, Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson died this afternoon. He was 90 years old. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/553 "2018-03-16T15:55:30Z")
[Representative Louise Slaughter,](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/16/rep-louise-slaughter-dies-467200) dead at age 88. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/554 "2018-03-16T16:19:38Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Representative Louise Slaughter,](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/16/rep-louise-slaughter-dies-467200) dead at age 88. My Congresswoman. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/555 "2018-03-17T02:46:44Z")
Though worth [a story on Ars](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/adrian-lamo-former-hacker-who-turned-in-chelsea-manning-dead-at-37/), Adrian Lamo (the hacker who ratted out [Del]Bradley[/Del] Chelsea Manning) was, sadly, not actually a celebrity. 63 points not really gone to waste. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/556 "2018-03-19T15:00:05Z")
Former Australian Attorney-General [Vanessa Goodwin](http://www.news.com.au/national/tasmania/former-attorneygeneral-vanessa-goodwin-dies-after-a-battle-with-brain-cancer/news-story/a7942de264c6a4858523c101f2a35dfe) dies after a battle with brain cancer at 48. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/557 "2018-03-19T15:40:18Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > Former Australian Attorney-General [Vanessa Goodwin](http://www.news.com.au/national/tasmania/former-attorneygeneral-vanessa-goodwin-dies-after-a-battle-with-brain-cancer/news-story/a7942de264c6a4858523c101f2a35dfe) dies after a battle with brain cancer at 48. 52 Points and a Unique Pick for **Registered at Last** , good for 4th place: ```auto Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) 1 basset hound 135 2 2 jeezums 104 2(1) 3 CAMJAY77 89 2 4 Registered@Last 77 2(1) 5 GIGObuster 71 1 5 Team Dirt 71 1 7 candide 64 1 7 carnivorousp 64 1 7 Martonio 64 1 7 phungi 64 1 11 ataraxy22 50 3(2) 12 1b3bz18c9ed… 25 2 12 computergeek 25 2 12 critter42 25 2 12 RTFirefly 25 1 16 Dr. Girlfriend 24 1 16 Grits&HardToast 24 1 16 kay T 24 1 16 krondys 24 1 16 Labtrash 24 1 16 Maus Magill 24 1 16 Oakminster 24 1 16 tangent 24 1 24 Biotop 23 1(1) 25 Loach 20 1(1) 26 The Vorlon 13 1(1) 27 Rico 10 1(1) 28 amarinth 1 1 28 Catamount 1 1 28 Jeep's Phoenix 1 1 28 Spiff 1 1 ``` ---
**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:** [March 22, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/558 "2018-03-22T04:10:33Z")
[Dr. T. Berry Brazelton](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/obituaries/dr-t-berry-brazelton-dies.html), pediatrician and author. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/559 "2018-03-22T17:16:06Z")
Cancel your nightmares - [Bozo the Clown has died](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/03/22/bozo-clown-performer-frank-avruch-dead-at-89.html). Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [March 22, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/560 "2018-03-22T17:27:18Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Cancel your nightmares - [Bozo the Clown has died](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/03/22/bozo-clown-performer-frank-avruch-dead-at-89.html). What, [_again?_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Harmon) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=29)