# 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:** 40
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/781 "2018-05-31T22:17:05Z")
Reporting that as of the end of May all my picks are doing quite well. Some appear to be getting younger even. ---
**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 31, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/782 "2018-05-31T23:26:06Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Reporting that as of the end of May all my picks are doing quite well. Some appear to be getting younger even. You should go into the insurance business. ---
**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 31, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/783 "2018-05-31T23:52:46Z")
Hey, you know, if they get younger and then abruptly snuff it, you would get more points! ---
**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:** [June 1, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/784 "2018-06-01T00:06:02Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > [Bruce J Mitchell](http://www.mhfh.com/mitchell-bruce-jawn-michael/) aka Zap Rowsdower died this past April 28. > > The MST3K fan site has a nice memorial page [here](http://www.mst3kinfo.com/?p=26157). > > I wonder if there’s beer on the sun? I’m going to put on a denim jacket and [roll down a pile of dirt](https://youtu.be/abNGJLSzWGI?t=5m33s) in his honor. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/785 "2018-06-01T00:12:58Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Hey, you know, if they get younger and then abruptly snuff it, you would get more points! The eternal optimist. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/786 "2018-06-01T01:35:21Z")
I’ve already had a couple of beers and punched out some evil cultists. > [@Catamount](#): > > I’m going to put on a denim jacket and [roll down a pile of dirt](https://youtu.be/abNGJLSzWGI?t=5m33s) in his honor. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/787 "2018-06-01T03:39:10Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Sad news. I loved Ghosts I Have Been and The Ghost Belonged to Me when I read them as a kid. This is sad news. I have all the Blossom Culp books. Still reread them from time to 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:** [June 1, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/788 "2018-06-01T04:26:53Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The eternal optimist. This is the death pool: we hope for the worst. I think that makes us possumists. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/789 "2018-06-01T23:21:27Z")
[Ted Dabney](https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1002316805518618627), a founder of Atari who helped create the console game Pong, has died at 81. No Chance for a bounce back or a reset? ---
**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:** [June 4, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/790 "2018-06-04T22:36:55Z")
Robert Mandan, best known as Chester Tate on the sitcom “Soap,” has died at 86. > **[Robert Mandan, the Womanizing Chester Tate on ‘Soap,’ Dies at 86](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/robert-mandan-dead-actor-who-played-chester-tate-soap-was-86-1116697/)** > > Robert Mandan, the veteran television actor who starred as Chester Tate, the philandering husband of Katherine Helmond’s character, on the ABC sitcom ‘Soap,’ has died. He was 86. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/791 "2018-06-04T23:13:23Z")
Dwight Clark, half of maybe the most famous catch in football history, 39 points. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/671400002](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/671400002) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/792 "2018-06-05T13:19:32Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Dwight Clark, half of maybe the most famous catch in football history, 39 points. 40 if they make the point after. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [June 5, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/793 "2018-06-05T15:05:10Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > 40 if they make the point after. > > Regards, > Shodan I see what you did there. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/794 "2018-06-05T15:46:17Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > 40 if they make the point after. > > Regards, > Shodan For the kicker’s sake, I hope he’s cremated. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/795 "2018-06-05T15:54:27Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Dwight Clark, half of maybe the most famous catch in football history, 39 points. > > [Dwight Clark, 49ers great famous for 'The Catch,' dies at 61 from ALS](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/671400002) 39 Points (missed PAT) to **bowler girl** and (first points of the year for) **FavreCo** ```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 bowler girl 39 1 13 FavreCo 39 1 15 Oakminster 32 2 16 Jacquernagy 28 2(2) 17 1b3bz18c9ed… 25 2 17 computergeek 25 2 17 critter42 25 2 20 Dr. Girlfriend 24 1 20 Grits&HardToast 24 1 20 kay T 24 1 20 krondys 24 1 20 Labtrash 24 1 20 Maus Magill 24 1 20 tangent 24 1 27 Biotop 23 1(1) 28 Loach 20 1(1) 29 The Vorlon 13 1(1) 30 Rico 10 1(1) 31 Clothahump 8 1 31 J-P-L 8 1 31 PaulParkhead 8 1 31 peedin 8 1 31 picker 8 1 36 amarinth 1 1 36 Catamount 1 1 36 Jeep's Phoenix 1 1 36 Spiff 1 1 ``` ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/796 "2018-06-05T16:29:35Z")
Fashion Designer[Kate Spade](http://www.tmz.com/2018/06/05/kate-spade-dead-dies/), Age 55. Suicide ---
**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:** [June 5, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/797 "2018-06-05T17:02:10Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Fashion Designer[Kate Spade](http://www.tmz.com/2018/06/05/kate-spade-dead-dies/), Age 55. Suicide > [@](#): > > We’re told she hanged herself using a scarf tied to her bedroom door knob. Serious question here, how the hell can you hang yourself from a _doorknob_? I would think that even if the doorknob didn’t break, the survival instinct would make you keep curling your legs up under you. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/798 "2018-06-05T17:16:16Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Serious question here, how the hell can you hang yourself from a _doorknob_? I would think that even if the doorknob didn’t break, the survival instinct would make you keep curling your legs up under you. Was she really, really short? Did her bedroom open onto a balcony? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/799 "2018-06-05T17:20:22Z")
One could tie the scarf to the doorknob, through it over the door and hang from the other side. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/800 "2018-06-05T17:29:06Z")
It could have been like one of those long, crocheted winter scarves, thrown over the top of the door. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=41)