# 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:** 30
**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 29, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/581 "2018-03-29T16:06:02Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Former MLB player Rusty Staub has died, 3 days short of his 74th birthday. > > [Longtime New York Mets hitter Rusty Staub dies at 73 - ESPN](http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22953337/long-new-york-mets-hitter-rusty-staub-dies-73) Back in the day our Little League banquets would have current or former major league players as guests. With current salaries I don’t know if that happens any more. I remember meeting Paul Blair, Ed Kranepool and Jeff Turborg. My brother was lucky to have Rusty Staub at one of his. My father was very impressed by how nice he was. Usually the guest would give a little speech and tell some funny stories then kids would line up for autographs. Rusty Staub went to every table and sat down with every single player on every team. He spent a few minutes one on one with each kid. It’s not something he had to do but that’s the kind of guy he was. ---
**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 29, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/582 "2018-03-29T19:40:31Z")
Lotsa celebs expiring, but no takers… ---
**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:** [March 31, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/583 "2018-03-31T11:04:14Z")
British comedy actor [Bill Maynard has died](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/mar/30/actor-bill-maynard-greengrass-heartbeat-dies-aged-89), age 89. He was in a sitcom in the 70s called _Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggit_, which was quite something to behold. He’s one of those people who I thought was already dead long ago. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/584 "2018-03-31T11:27:27Z")
Legendary conservationist and shark fishing guide [Billy Sandifer](https://www.caller.com/story/sports/outdoors/2018/03/30/founder-billy-sandifer-big-shell-beach-cleanup-dead-70/474479002/) is dead at 70. Probably not a big celebrity, he was known nationally to surf fishermen and the Coastal Conservation Association, and by a couple of generations of beach-goers at the Padre Island National Seashore. I met him a few times, and would frequently see him stop his truck on the beach to give help and advice to novices/tourists. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/585 "2018-04-01T11:45:22Z")
Very unlikely anybody had her, but former Wisconsin Attorney General\* Pat Lautenschlager passed away at 62 ['Trailblazer' Peg Lautenschlager, state's first female attorney general, dies at 62](http://lacrossetribune.com/news/state-and-regional/trailblazer-peg-lautenschlager-state-s-first-female-attorney-general-dies/article_841c807c-1b16-55fe-8b55-54d8b3a06dcf.html) Brian \*First female Wisconsin AG ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/586 "2018-04-01T14:55:23Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Former MLB player Rusty Staub has died, 3 days short of his 74th birthday. > > [Longtime New York Mets hitter Rusty Staub dies at 73 - ESPN](http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22953337/long-new-york-mets-hitter-rusty-staub-dies-73) I remember going to an Astros game shortly after he started playing with them. What would have been a routine ground-out to first, he beat - that man could run! ---
**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:** [April 1, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/587 "2018-04-01T15:40:26Z")
Generalissimo Francisco Franco, still dead at age 83. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/588 "2018-04-01T15:43:40Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Generalissimo Francisco Franco, still dead at age 83. 82 ---
**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:** [April 1, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/589 "2018-04-01T15:45:32Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > 82 _ **April Fools!!** _ ---
**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:** [April 1, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/590 "2018-04-01T16:23:59Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > _ **April Fools!!** _ I thought April Fool posts went in the pit. :dubious: ---
**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:** [April 1, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/591 "2018-04-01T16:25:51Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > _ **April Fools!!** _ What do you mean? Is he not still dead? ---
**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:** [April 1, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/592 "2018-04-01T19:49:09Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I thought April Fool posts went in the pit. :dubious: I have referred your suggestion that this thread be moved to The BBQ Pit to the mods. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/593 "2018-04-01T20:00:16Z")
That is silly. No way is there enough room in the handbasket for such a move. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/594 "2018-04-02T02:00:57Z")
[Steven Bochco](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-st-steven-bochco-obit-20180401-story.html) has gone the way of _Cop Rock_. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/595 "2018-04-02T17:04:07Z")
[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie_Madikizela-Mandela), anti-apartheid activist and ex-wile of Nelson Mandela, dead at age 81. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/596 "2018-04-03T20:14:48Z")
[James Holland](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/james-holland/), pioneer in cancer research. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2018, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/597 "2018-04-05T04:21:29Z")
Wrestler [Johnny Valient](http://people.com/sports/wrestler-johnny-valiant-dies/) dies at 71 after being hit by a truck. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/598 "2018-04-05T23:42:17Z")
The expert on giving one an emotional punch in the gut has passed away. > [@](#): > > Isao Takahata, co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of such animated films as Grave of the Fireflies, passed away today in a Tokyo hospital at the age of 82, according to various Japanese news sources. > **[Studio Ghibli Co-Founder Isao Takahata Dies At 82](https://kotaku.com/grave-of-the-fireflies-director-isao-takahata-dies-at-8-1825028531)** > > Isao Takahata, co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of such animated films as Grave of the Fireflies, passed away today in a Tokyo hospital at the age of 82, according to various Japanese news sources. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/599 "2018-04-06T14:55:57Z")
[Actor Susan Anspach](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/05/obituaries/susan-anspach-75-dies-daring-actress-in-maverick-films.html?hpw&rref=obituaries&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well)-age 75. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/600 "2018-04-09T13:16:16Z")
[Actor Chuck McCann](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/04/09/chuck-mccann-prolific-voice-actor-and-comedian-dead-at-83.html) best known for his voice over work, including Sunny "Coocoo for Cocoa Puffs, dead at 83 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=31)