# 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:** 31
**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:** [April 9, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/601 "2018-04-09T13:34:55Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [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 I would have sworn he was already dead. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/602 "2018-04-09T14:37:15Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I would have sworn he was already dead. That was Tony the Tiger. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/603 "2018-04-09T16:43:16Z")
McCann was probably most recognized as [the obnoxious neighbor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dTEHm8q1eo) in a years-long series of deodorant commercials. ---
**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 9, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/604 "2018-04-09T16:53:16Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > That was Tony the Tiger. IIRC he has gone through 2 of his nine lives… (Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft was his first voice, then Lee Marshall, both passed away) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/605 "2018-04-09T22:28:57Z")
When Thurl Ravenscroft died I got points for him! He was 9 points old when he passed. That same year I got nine points for Adm. James Stockdale, Perot’s running mate in 1992. I greatly admired that man. ---
**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 11, 2018, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/606 "2018-04-11T03:48:55Z")
[Connie Lawn](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/connie-lawn/), longest-credentialed member of the White House Press Corps. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/607 "2018-04-11T07:46:37Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Connie Lawn](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/connie-lawn/), longest-credentialed member of the White House Press Corps. > [@](#): > > One of Lawn’s longest-subscribing clients was Radio New Zealand Yeah it was! I heard her reports in the news for 15 or 20 years. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/608 "2018-04-11T13:17:09Z")
lotsa deaths, no picks… ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/609 "2018-04-11T13:25:09Z")
I know! I’ve never gone this late in the year with no points. _eyes George Zimmerman, taps foot impatiently_ ---
**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:** [April 11, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/610 "2018-04-11T15:21:51Z")
Not worth any points, but cinematographer Ralph Woosley (The Great Santini, Adam West-era Batman), has died at 104. > **[Ralph Woolsey, ‘Batman’ and ‘The Great Santini’ Cinematographer, Dies at 104](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/ralph-woolsey-dead-batman-great-santini-cinematographer-dies-at-104-1101315/)** > > He did pioneering work on ‘The New Centurions’ and won an Emmy for shooting the pilot of ‘It Takes a Thief.’ ---
**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:** [April 11, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/611 "2018-04-11T15:54:34Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Not worth any points, but cinematographer Ralph Woosley (The Great Santini, Adam West-era Batman), has died at 104. > > [Ralph Woolsey Dead: 'Batman' and 'The Great Santini' Cinematographer Dies at 104](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ralph-woolsey-dead-batman-great-santini-cinematographer-dies-at-104-1101315) _The Great Santini_ — good movie. ---
**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 12, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/612 "2018-04-12T12:43:04Z")
[Mitzi Shore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitzi_Shore), founder of The Comedy Store and mother of Pauly Shore, dead at 87. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/613 "2018-04-13T10:05:03Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > That same year I got nine points for Adm. James Stockdale, Perot’s running mate in 1992. I greatly admired that man. “Who was I? Why was I here?” - Stockdale’s ghost 😃 ---
**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 13, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/614 "2018-04-13T12:28:41Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > “Who was I? Why was I here?” - Stockdale’s ghost 😃 Rhetorical questions to the audience as he explained that he was a stand in candidate. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/615 "2018-04-14T06:56:21Z")
Art Bell dead at 72. He died in Nevada, west of the Rockies ---
**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 14, 2018, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/616 "2018-04-14T10:17:45Z")
Noted character actor Tim O’Connor, dead at age 90. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/617 "2018-04-14T14:23:47Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Art Bell dead at 72. He died in Nevada, west of the Rockies I suspect the Shadow People. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/618 "2018-04-14T15:19:47Z")
Director Milos Forman wraps shooting at 86. > **[Milos Forman, Oscar-Winning Director of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’...](https://variety.com/2018/film/news/milos-forman-dead-dies-director-one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-1202753397/)** > > Czech-born director Milos Forman, who won best directing Oscars for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Amadeus,” has died. He was 86. Forman died Friday in the U.S. after a brief illness, his w… ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/619 "2018-04-15T18:24:17Z")
Reports right now that former First Lady Barbara Bush, in failing health, has given up hospital treatment and is receiving hospice care at home. She is 92. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/620 "2018-04-15T23:28:27Z")
> **[R. Lee Ermey, ‘Full Metal Jacket’ Golden Globe Nominee, Dies at 74](https://variety.com/2018/film/news/r-lee-ermey-dead-dies-full-metal-jacket-golden-globe-nominee-1202753747/)** > > R. Lee Ermey, best known for his Golden Globe-nominated portrayal of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in “Full Metal Jacket,” has died. He was 74. Ermey’s longtime manager announced the n… R. Lee Ermey dead at 74. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=32)