# 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:** 38
**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:** [May 26, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/741 "2018-05-26T21:21:33Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [James Irwin](http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-06-01/features/8602100244_1_genesis-rock-noah-james-irwin) who also walked on the moon searched for Noah’s Ark. It should be noted that Irwin gave up his points about 27 years ago, the first of the 12 to walk on the moon to do so. He started the High Flight Foundation, the name of which I suspect was taken from [this thing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoL-KCFbIpA), which I recall one local TV station running as a prelude to their late-night sign-off. Never heard whether he actually ever found the ark, though. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/742 "2018-05-26T21:56:34Z")
There are now 4 living moon walkers. Musk and Bezos need to step it up ad bring their ‘A’ game. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/743 "2018-05-27T00:31:59Z")
In the top spot now. Catch me if you can ---
**Author:** ![jeezums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jeezums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeezums)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/744 "2018-05-27T04:36:32Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > In the top spot now. Catch me if you can Unless I’m missing something, I think I’m 15 points up on you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/745 "2018-05-27T10:22:06Z")
> [@1b3bz18c9ed269201](#): > > I know it is unofficial but I want to add Harvey Weinstein. I think he will be swinging from the bars of his cell rather than face prison. > > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Maybe I’m just extremely cynical but I think on the small chance that he actually ends up in prison, it will be a comfortable prison with a chickenshit sentence, like he’ll be out after maybe a year, and probably will spend it stuffing his face and beating his meat. Someone like that would never get put in “gen-pop” because he’s too high-profile and would create a distraction. Also, guys like that never seem to kill themselves, unfortunately. Their egos are too big. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/746 "2018-05-27T10:24:35Z")
OK. I’m not really invested in points or anything and I fully realize that picking low-hanging fruit isn’t exactly sporting either, but YouTube celebrities? Really? The only time I even know who a YouTube celebrity is if they do something so stupid that they make to real news (Diamond and Silk, that other idiot with the blond hair whose name I can’t even remember … I’m looking at you). How exactly does followers on YouTube make one an according-to-Hoyle celebrity? ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/747 "2018-05-27T11:08:36Z")
> [@jeezums](#): > > Unless I’m missing something, I think I’m 15 points up on you 🙂 Sorry, it was I that missed something \> you having Francis ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/748 "2018-05-27T13:00:07Z")
> [@Jacquernagy](#): > > Maybe I’m just extremely cynical but I think on the small chance that he actually ends up in prison, it will be a comfortable prison with a chickenshit sentence, like he’ll be out after maybe a year, and probably will spend it stuffing his face and beating his meat. Someone like that would never get put in “gen-pop” because he’s too high-profile and would create a distraction. Also, guys like that never seem to kill themselves, unfortunately. Their egos are too big. My money’s on him pulling a Roman Polanski. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/749 "2018-05-27T13:19:16Z")
[Gregg Allman, Soulful Trailblazer of Southern Rock, Dies at 69](https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7759662/gregg-allman-dead) ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/750 "2018-05-27T13:46:58Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > [Gregg Allman, Soulful Trailblazer of Southern Rock, Dies at 69](https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7759662/gregg-allman-dead) Been dead a whole year too. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/751 "2018-05-27T14:13:46Z")
> [@jeezums](#): > > [Brit ex-champ boxer Dean Francis dies aged 44](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/705198/dean-francis-dead-boxing-news-britain-tributes) > [@jeezums](#): > > [JOHN “TOTALBISCUIT” BAIN DIES AGE 33](http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/25/john-totalbiscuit-bain-dies-age-33) Dean Francis: 56 Points for **CAMJAY777, Registered at Last, jeezums.** John Bain: 67 Points for **CAMJAY777, RTFirefly, jeezums** ```auto Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) 1 jeezums 227 4(1) 2 CAMJAY77 212 4 3 basset hound 135 2 4 Registered@Last 133 3(1) 5 RTFirefly 92 2 6 GIGObuster 71 1 6 Team Dirt 71 1 8 candide 64 1 8 carnivorousp 64 1 8 Martonio 64 1 8 phungi 64 1 12 ataraxy22 50 3(2) 13 Oakminster 32 2 14 Jacquernagy 28 2(2) 15 1b3bz18c9ed… 25 2 15 computergeek 25 2 15 critter42 25 2 18 Dr. Girlfriend 24 1 18 Grits&HardToast 24 1 18 kay T 24 1 18 krondys 24 1 18 Labtrash 24 1 18 Maus Magill 24 1 18 tangent 24 1 25 Biotop 23 1(1) 26 Loach 20 1(1) 27 The Vorlon 13 1(1) 28 Rico 10 1(1) 29 Clothahump 8 1 29 J-P-L 8 1 29 PaulParkhead 8 1 29 peedin 8 1 29 picker 8 1 34 amarinth 1 1 34 Catamount 1 1 34 Jeep's Phoenix 1 1 34 Spiff 1 1 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/752 "2018-05-27T14:31:43Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > My money’s on him pulling a Roman Polanski. I saw on the news he’d had to surrender his passport. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/753 "2018-05-27T14:33:08Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Been dead a whole year too. Hmmm, that explains why no one else seemed to be reporting it… Can I plead insanity? ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/754 "2018-05-27T16:11:50Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > Hmmm, that explains why no one else seemed to be reporting it… Can I plead insanity? Just say you were stuck in a major mountain jam. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/755 "2018-05-27T22:15:46Z")
Well at least for a moment, I’m in the top 5. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 28, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/756 "2018-05-28T01:24:30Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > OK. I’m not really invested in points or anything and I fully realize that picking low-hanging fruit isn’t exactly sporting either, but YouTube celebrities? Really? The only time I even know who a YouTube celebrity is if they do something so stupid that they make to real news (Diamond and Silk, that other idiot with the blond hair whose name I can’t even remember … I’m looking at you). > > How exactly does followers on YouTube make one an according-to-Hoyle celebrity? What makes anybody a celebrity? An obscure member of a professional sports team from 1974 could be considered a celebrity enough for this particular game. My measurement right now is if they have a Wikipedia article, they’re a contender. Like it or not, but internet fame is a thing, and Twitch and YouTube are shaping up to be as significant as any TV network, projected to be even more so in the future when the millennials run the world. Progress is change. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/757 "2018-05-28T02:32:50Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Progress is change. Points is points. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/758 "2018-05-28T04:02:59Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > OK. I’m not really invested in points or anything and I fully realize that picking low-hanging fruit isn’t exactly sporting either, but YouTube celebrities? Really? The only time I even know who a YouTube celebrity is if they do something so stupid that they make to real news (Diamond and Silk, that other idiot with the blond hair whose name I can’t even remember … I’m looking at you). > > How exactly does followers on YouTube make one an according-to-Hoyle celebrity? Is Philip Roth a genuine celebrity? I’m sure Jenna Marbles has more fans than Roth does. It’s 2018. Time to accept that the internet is a legitimate medium. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/759 "2018-05-28T04:09:04Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Progress is change. > [@The Princess Bride](#): > > Miracle Max: It just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. […] Now, mostly dead is slightly alive. Now, all dead, well, with all dead, there’s usually only one thing that you can do. > > Inigo Montoya: What’s that? > > Miracle Max: Go through his clothes and look for loose change. Or points… ---
**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:** [May 28, 2018, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/760 "2018-05-28T10:03:34Z")
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