# 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:** 29
**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, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/561 "2018-03-22T18:24:07Z")
Anyone with a list of magicians? [Fergus Anckorn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergus_Anckorn), longest-serving member of The Magic Circle, dead at 99. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/562 "2018-03-22T19:21:32Z")
> [@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). > > Regards, > Shodan > [@Czarcasm](#): > > What, [_again?_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Harmon) Ah … Dueling Bozo’s. ---
**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 22, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/563 "2018-03-22T19:24:46Z")
Toys R Us founder outlives his company by a week. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/money/2018/03/22/news/companies/toys-r-us-founder-obituary/index.html](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/money/2018/03/22/news/companies/toys-r-us-founder-obituary/index.html) ---
**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 22, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/564 "2018-03-22T19:35:58Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Ah … Dueling Bozo’s. Not sure if Sirius – someone, please, think of the [Dogon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozo_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:** [March 22, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/565 "2018-03-22T19:41:22Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Not sure if Sirius – someone, please, think of the [Dogon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozo_people). There are 130,000 Bozos. The mind boggles. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/566 "2018-03-23T08:16:48Z")
I think we’re all Bozos on this bus. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/567 "2018-03-23T08:33:00Z")
> [@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). > > Regards, > Shodan > [@Czarcasm](#): > > What, [_again?_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Harmon) don’t forget the best. [Bob Bell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Bell_(actor)) mc ---
**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 23, 2018, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/568 "2018-03-23T12:15:01Z")
not a good week for clowns, toys, or wizards… or for Death Pool contestants (no takers)… ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/569 "2018-03-23T16:05:53Z")
Former Georgia governor and senator [Zell Miller](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-sen-zell-miller-dies-86-term-governor-53963530) has died. ---
**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 24, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/570 "2018-03-24T12:02:20Z")
Actress Dushon Monique Brown, from _Chicago Fire_, has died at 49. No cause of death has been released. > **[DuShon Monique Brown Dies: ‘Chicago Fire’ Actress Was 49](https://deadline.com/2018/03/dushon-monique-brown-dies-chicago-fire-actress-was-49-1202352668/)** > > DuShon Monique Brown, known for her role as Connie, Assistant to Chief Boden, on NBC’s Chicago Fire, died Friday. The Cook County medical examiner’s office tells The Chicago Tribune tha… ---
**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 24, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/571 "2018-03-24T18:12:56Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Actress Dushon Monique Brown, from _Chicago Fire_, has died at 49. No cause of death has been released. > > [DuShon Monique Brown Dead: 'Chicago Fire' & 'Prison Break' Actress Was 49](http://deadline.com/2018/03/dushon-monique-brown-dies-chicago-fire-actress-was-49-1202352668/) Other articles are saying heart attack. She went to the hospital with chest pains, was released, then took a turn for the worse. ETA: found where I read that, TMZ. > **['Chicago Fire' Actress DuShon Monique Brown Is Dead](https://amp.tmz.com/2018/03/23/chicago-fire-actress-dushon-monique-brown-dead/)** > > "Chicago Fire" star DuShon Monique Brown has died. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/572 "2018-03-25T16:55:02Z")
H. Wayne Huizenga, owner of several Florida sports teams and therefore would’ve fit my themed list if I had thought of him, dies at 80. > **[H. Wayne Huizenga, Owner of Teams and a Business Empire, Dies at 80...](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/obituaries/h-wayne-huizenga-entrepreneur-and-team-owner-is-dead-at-80.html)** > > Mr. Huizenga built a business empire with the Blockbuster and AutoNation chains and owned three South Florida teams, the Marlins, Dolphins and Panthers. ---
**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 26, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/573 "2018-03-26T01:06:10Z")
[Debie Lee Carrington](https://screenrant.com/debbie-lee-carrington-obituary/), actor and stuntman. [Trevor Baylis](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/trevor-baylis/), inventor of “freeplay” radio. [Anthony Acevedo](https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/08/health/world-war-ii-medic-anthony-acevedo-obit/index.html), medic who documented life in a Nazi labor camp. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/574 "2018-03-26T22:31:58Z")
[Linda Brown](http://www.ky3.com/content/news/Linda-Brown-woman-at-center-of-Brown-v-Board-case-dies-477978323.html), the little girl at the center of the Brown v. Board of Education case. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/575 "2018-03-27T17:19:27Z")
French actress [Stephane Audran](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stephane-audran-dead-star-babettes-feast-was-85-1097714) now feasts with the gods. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/576 "2018-03-27T22:34:22Z")
> [@Allecher](#): > > [Linda Brown](http://www.ky3.com/content/news/Linda-Brown-woman-at-center-of-Brown-v-Board-case-dies-477978323.html), the little girl at the center of the Brown v. Board of Education case. The school she went to is a National Historic site and museum. The school her father wanted her to attend is now a boarded up wreck. I drive by the latter often, going to visit my mom. ---
**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 28, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/577 "2018-03-28T03:58:54Z")
Not elgible for the contest, but a celbrity in his own way: [Sudan](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43468066) ---
**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 28, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/578 "2018-03-28T13:31:17Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Not elgible for the contest, but a celbrity in his own way: [Sudan](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43468066) Thanks for sharing, but, sad. I hope IVF can save the species. I’m glad we saved the American bison. ---
**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 28, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/579 "2018-03-28T20:02:32Z")
Musher [Dick Wilmarth](http://www.wvnstv.com/news/first-winner-of-iditarod-trail-sled-dog-race-dies-at-75/1080959021) is now mush. ---
**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 29, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/580 "2018-03-29T13:54:14Z")
Former MLB player Rusty Staub has died, 3 days short of his 74th birthday. > **[Mets' Staub, known for his philanthropy, dies](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22953337/long-new-york-mets-hitter-rusty-staub-dies-73)** > > Longtime New York Mets hitter Rusty Staub, who tallied 2,716 hits during a 23-year baseball career, died Thursday at the age of 73. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=30)