# 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:** 42
**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 8, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/821 "2018-06-08T18:25:19Z")
“_has_ cancer” – I know a few people who might dispute that phrasing ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/822 "2018-06-08T18:43:27Z")
I always thought Bourdain was an asshole ever since he said, “I can’t find a decent restaurant in all of Los Angeles.” ---
**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 8, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/823 "2018-06-08T19:19:47Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > so pointless… Or possibly a huge band wagon if the doctors are wrong. ---
**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 8, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/824 "2018-06-08T19:24:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I always thought Bourdain was an asshole ever since he said, “I can’t find a decent restaurant in all of Los Angeles.” I think he probably would agree with you. He was a hipster. He couldn’t admit to liking anything popular. He did admit to his prejudices from time to time. On one of his shows he was in Las Vegas and ate at a celebrity chef’s restaurant (Bobby Flay I think). He didn’t like to do it but he had to admit the food was good. ---
**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 8, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/825 "2018-06-08T20:54:46Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > They very quickly deemed it a suicide so it must have been obvious from the onset that it wasn’t an accident. Does anyone else wonder if he might have - umm - done a[David Carradine](https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=7763422&page=1)? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/826 "2018-06-08T21:17:59Z")
I’m sorry the Bourdain has died, but I was never a fan, just didn’t get around to it. Now, if you said Andrew Zimmern had offed himself I’d be crying. And he did once try to do it, but lived through the experience. In his case is was booze, attempted alcohol poisining. That’s why he never drinks now, and occaisionally mentions “getting sober” Zimmern looks like he’s having fun with his shows, Bourdain seemed to me to be glum a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/827 "2018-06-08T22:39:24Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Bourdain seemed to me to be glum a lot. Kind of glum, but also very sociable and fun. I didn’t think he would kill himself because he enjoyed food and dining so much. ---
**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 8, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/828 "2018-06-08T23:14:59Z")
Yeah, well, I recall a lively, intelligent, decent and funny guy named Robin Williams. No way to tell whose demons are the nastiest. ---
**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 8, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/829 "2018-06-08T23:26:17Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Yeah, well, I recall a lively, intelligent, decent and funny guy named Robin Williams. No way to tell whose demons are the nastiest. One would think that a lot of money would help. Money won’t buy you happiness, but it is nice to have it around if you _need_ anything. ---
**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 8, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/830 "2018-06-08T23:40:55Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > One would think that a lot of money would help. > Money won’t buy you happiness, but it is nice to have it around if you _need_ anything. Ask that airplane guy with the long fingernails. I would venture his wealth may not have been the best thing for his condition. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/831 "2018-06-09T00:26:23Z")
Who’s the airplane guy with the long fingernails? I was thinking of Robin Williams too. I’m sure many were. Sad, so sad. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/832 "2018-06-09T00:33:44Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Who’s the airplane guy with the long fingernails? Howard Hughes. ---
**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 9, 2018, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/833 "2018-06-09T07:28:47Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > [Charles Krauthammer is circling the drain.](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/krauthammer-tells-colleagues-weeks-to-live) Someone should check the brakes his wheelchair. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/834 "2018-06-09T13:41:19Z")
NO BUENO Maria Bueno: Brazilian star of 1960s women’s tennis dies. Age 78 She won 7 Grand Slams Single (4 French, 3 Wimbledon), 11 Grand Slam Doubles, including the Grand Slam in Doubles in 1960, and 1 Grand Slam Mixed Doubles. A very impressive resume > **[Maria Bueno: Brazilian star of 1960s women's tennis dies](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44422258)** > > Self-taught prodigy Maria Bueno, who took three Wimbledon singles titles, dies aged 78. edited to add link. for some reason, I can’t highlight text to make a url insertion. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/835 "2018-06-09T14:01:44Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Howard Hughes. Oh, thanks. From a 1979 article in People magazine, > [@](#): > > His toenails and fingernails were pretty long, but he had a case of onchyomycosis—a fungus disease of the nails which makes them thick and very sensitive. It hurt like hell to trim them. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/836 "2018-06-09T22:16:40Z")
Former Fleetwood Mac Guitarist Danny Kirwan Dead at 68 > **[Fleetwood Mac Guitarist Danny Kirwan Dies at 68](https://variety.com/2018/music/news/fleetwood-mac-guitarist-danny-kirwan-dead-at-68-1202838640/)** > > Danny Kirwan, a key force in Fleetwood Mac’s bluesy three-guitar attack of the late ‘60s and as a singer and songwriter on the group’s transitional albums of the early ‘70s, died Friday. He was 68.… ---
**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 10, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/837 "2018-06-10T00:47:16Z")
I am sitting here reading about 10cc, and I think, how did I end up here? Traced my steps back to Danny Kirwan dying. Who had nothing at all to do with 10cc, but curse you, internet, for linking everything to everything else, that we end up taking these long strange — crap … ---
**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:** [June 10, 2018, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/838 "2018-06-10T04:58:07Z")
[Eunice Gayson, the first Bond Girl, dies at 10 points](https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/09/entertainment/eunice-gayson-bond-girl-death/index.html). [And she was a perfect 10 (she’s at the far left)](https://www.reddit.com/r/JamesBond/comments/2jvro6/sean_connery_with_the_bond_girls_from_dr_no/). Rest in Peace, Eunice. ---
**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 11, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/839 "2018-06-11T05:39:39Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Yeah, well, I recall a lively, intelligent, decent and funny guy named Robin Williams. No way to tell whose demons are the nastiest. Robin Williams wasn’t depressed or sad or battling demons. He had Lewy body dementia. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2018, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/840 "2018-06-11T06:27:43Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Robin Williams wasn’t depressed or sad or battling demons. He had Lewy body dementia. Correct. It’s like a form of rapidly progressing Parkinson’s Disease and it caused him tremendous suffering, which he ended voluntarily. While Williams may indeed have struggled with depression and drug/alcohol addiction in his life, it wasn’t the cause of his death. The “airplane guy” Howard Hughes, who actually accomplished many other things besides his advances in aircraft engineering, had the extreme misfortune of living at a period in history where there was no adequate treatment for helping moderate the obsessive-compulsive mentality that he had. That same mentality, when it was focused on something productive, led him to achieve great things that others would have lacked the necessary dedication and attention to detail. When it _wasn’t_ focused on something productive, his mind was just spinning in circles and that way lies disaster. Today there are effective treatments for OCD, but there was no amount of money that could have helped Howard Hughes. There will eventually be cures for Parkinson’s, cancer, and other things that we don’t currently have cures for. The catch is, it might take someone with the Howard Hughes mentality to come up with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=43)