# 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:** 43
**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 11, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/841 "2018-06-11T12:45:05Z")
Christopher Stasheff died yesterday of Parkinson’s Disease at the age of 74. Crud. I was always hoping he’d go back to his Starship Troupers series. ---
**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 12, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/842 "2018-06-12T01:12:49Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Christopher Stasheff died yesterday of Parkinson’s Disease at the age of 74. > > Crud. I was always hoping he’d go back to his Starship Troupers series. I was just coming here to post that. I read his Warlock series a long time ago and I don’t remember much about it but I remembered liking it. > **[Christopher Stasheff (1944-2018)](http://locusmag.com/2018/06/christopher-stasheff-1944-2018/)** > > Writer Christopher Stasheff, 74, died June 10, 2018. Stasheff is best known for his long-running Warlock universe, blending SF and fantasy elements, launched with his debut The Warlock in Spite of … ---
**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:** [June 12, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/843 "2018-06-12T13:59:36Z")
My theory on Robin Williams is that the disease progressed to the point when he could not control his brain. Just think of all the time Robin spent controlling his thought processes. I’m amazed he did it so well for so long. When he lost control, he could not cope without it. That’s my theory. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/844 "2018-06-13T22:05:45Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > [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. Read many years ago that she originally was going to be a regular in the Bond films but the producers later decided they wanted a new “Bond Girl” for each film. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/845 "2018-06-15T20:45:28Z")
Joe DeNardo, long-time chief meteorologist at KDKA in Pittsburgh, has just given me 13 points – which is 13 more points than **kopek** has. 😃 Is this a unique pick? > **[Legendary WTAE chief meteorologist Joe DeNardo dies at 87](https://www.wtae.com/article/legendary-wtae-chief-meteorologist-joe-denardo-dies-at-87/21550800)** > > Joe gave a lifetime of service to his community, his country and his family. He will always be remembered for keeping Pittsburgh protected, every step of the way. ---
**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 16, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/846 "2018-06-16T01:46:18Z")
[Matt “Guitar” Murphy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Murphy_(blues_guitarist))-gone at age 88. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/847 "2018-06-16T03:19:26Z")
Dominic Joseph “D.J.” Fontana, the longtime drummer for Elvis Presley who helped pioneer the backbeat swing of rock and roll, died Wednesday, The Tennessean reports. He was 87. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/848 "2018-06-16T07:50:57Z")
If there are any famous bass players circling the drain, we’ll have a pretty killer power trio. ---
**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 16, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/849 "2018-06-16T17:06:37Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > If there are any famous bass players circling the drain, we’ll have a pretty killer power trio. Duck Dunn went a few years ago. Whenever I’m feeling down I crank Shotgun Blues to 11 and let all the dark stuff drain out of me. “And featuring, on guitar, Matt “Guitar” Murphy. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/850 "2018-06-16T17:10:40Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Dominic Joseph “D.J.” Fontana, the longtime drummer for Elvis Presley who helped pioneer the backbeat swing of rock and roll, died Wednesday, The Tennessean reports. He was 87. And I loved his later work on _Star Trek_. Yes, I know it was D.C. Fontana, not D.J. Fontana, who worked on _Star Trek_. ---
**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 16, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/851 "2018-06-16T17:30:50Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > And I loved his later work on _Star Trek_. > > Yes, I know it was D.C. Fontana, not D.J. Fontana, who worked on _Star Trek_. She is alive and well, her work was highly regarded by Leonard Nimoy, who isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/852 "2018-06-17T00:23:07Z")
> [@Old\_Wench](#): > > Joe DeNardo, long-time chief meteorologist at KDKA in Pittsburgh, has just given me 13 points – which is 13 more points than **kopek** has. 😃 > > Is this a unique pick? > > [Legendary WTAE chief meteorologist Joe DeNardo dies at 87](http://www.wtae.com/article/legendary-wtae-chief-meteorologist-joe-denardo-dies-at-87/21550800) Since we’re on vacation and she is leading me yet another year and we are so close to New Jersey right now … darn her and her Yinzer-list. 😉 ---
**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 18, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/853 "2018-06-18T17:35:17Z")
> [@Old\_Wench](#): > > Joe DeNardo, long-time chief meteorologist at KDKA in Pittsburgh, has just given me 13 points – which is 13 more points than **kopek** has. 😃 > > Is this a unique pick? > > [Legendary WTAE chief meteorologist Joe DeNardo dies at 87](http://www.wtae.com/article/legendary-wtae-chief-meteorologist-joe-denardo-dies-at-87/21550800) 13 points _AND_ a Unique Pick for **Old\_Wench** : ```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 kayT 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 Old Wench 13 1(1) 29 The Vorlon 13 1(1) 31 Rico 10 1(1) 32 Clothahump 8 1 32 J-P-L 8 1 32 PaulParkhead 8 1 32 peedin 8 1 32 picker 8 1 37 amarinth 1 1 37 Catamount 1 1 37 Jeep's Phoenix 1 1 37 Spiff 1 1 ``` ---
**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:** [June 19, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/854 "2018-06-19T03:47:23Z")
[Clarence Fountain](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/obituaries/clarence-fountain-88-dies-led-the-blind-boys-of-alabama.html), leadeer of the Blind Boys of Alabama [Georg von Tiesenhausen](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/georg-von-tiesenhausen/), designer of the lunar rover. ---
**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 19, 2018, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/855 "2018-06-19T08:11:57Z")
Rapper/producer Xxxtentacion, real name Jasweh Onfrey, was killed in a drive-by shooting in South Florida, leaving 80 points on the (turn)table. > **[XXXTentacion, Rapper and Producer, Killed in Drive-By Shooting at 20](https://www.thewrap.com/xxxtentacion-rapper-producer-dies-20/)** > > Rapper, whose real name was Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, was shot in a drive-by shooting on Monday As an aside, I don’t hear about drive-by shootings as I used to. Has the frequency diminished, or are we just too used to it to have it make the news anymore? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/856 "2018-06-19T15:35:59Z")
After we libruls take away all the guns, you’ll have to watch out for drive-by knifings. 😉 ---
**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 19, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/857 "2018-06-19T16:05:15Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > As an aside, I don’t hear about drive-by shootings as I used to. Has the frequency diminished, or are we just too used to it to have it make the news anymore? They are, sadly, still fairly routine around here. They just don’t involve celebrities. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/858 "2018-06-20T02:03:09Z")
Five Time British Open Golf Champion [Peter Thomson](http://www.golf.org.au/newsdisplay/death-of-peter-thomson-ao-cbe/100854) of Australia has permanently hit the 19th hole. Age 88. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/859 "2018-06-20T03:12:55Z")
[Sam Panopoulos](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/sam-panopoulos-whose-hawaiian-pizza-became-a-canadian-treasure-dies-at-83/2017/06/12/463d3612-4f74-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c517b931e056), creator of the Hawaiian pizza. [Martin Bregman](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/martin-bregman/), manager and film producer who discovered Al Pacino. ---
**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 20, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/860 "2018-06-20T03:17:18Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Sam Panopoulos](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/sam-panopoulos-whose-hawaiian-pizza-became-a-canadian-treasure-dies-at-83/2017/06/12/463d3612-4f74-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c517b931e056), creator of the Hawaiian pizza. Stale pizza leftovers… He died last year. > **[Sam Panopoulos, inventor of Hawaiian pizza, dies aged 83](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jun/10/sam-panapoulos-inventor-of-hawaiian-pizza-dies-aged-83)** > > Restaurateur is credited with being the first to put pineapple on pizza in the 1960s, setting off a global debate that still rages [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=44)