# 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:** 44
**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, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/861 "2018-06-20T03:26:52Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Stale pizza leftovers… He died last year. > > [Sam Panopoulos, inventor of Hawaiian pizza, dies aged 83 | Pizza | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jun/10/sam-panapoulos-inventor-of-hawaiian-pizza-dies-aged-83) The funny thing is, I think I knew that. I think I’m the one who posted it in last year’s thread even. I knew it sounded familiar, but it came across a feed I follow of dead celebrities, so I thought maybe I imagined it. I should have double-checked the date on my post which also indicates 2017. ---
**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, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/862 "2018-06-20T14:17:23Z")
Make it a foursome with Doug Ford, Carol Mann and Peter Thomson. World Golf Hall of Famer passed away, [Hubert Green](https://www.pgatour.com/news/2018/06/20/hubert-green-dies-age-71-world-golf-hall-of-fame-member.html) at age 71. He won the 1977 US Open and 1985 PGA Championship. ---
**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 20, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/863 "2018-06-20T15:07:08Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Rapper/producer Xxxtentacion, real name Jasweh Onfrey, was killed in a drive-by shooting in South Florida, leaving 80 points on the (turn)table. > > [https://www.thewrap.com/xxxtentacion-rapper-producer-dies-20/](https://www.thewrap.com/xxxtentacion-rapper-producer-dies-20/) > > 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? Within hours Jimmy Wapo killed in a drive by in Pittsburgh. Or as I saw a friend say, the day the shitty music died. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.intouchweekly.com/posts/jimmy-wopo-shot-pittsburgh-162035.amp](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.intouchweekly.com/posts/jimmy-wopo-shot-pittsburgh-162035.amp) ---
**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 20, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/864 "2018-06-20T16:11:31Z")
Big Van Vader gives me some Big Van Points. [https://www.google.com/amp/amp.tmz.com/2018/06/20/vader-dead-heart-complications-wwe-wrestler](https://www.google.com/amp/amp.tmz.com/2018/06/20/vader-dead-heart-complications-wwe-wrestler) ---
**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 20, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/865 "2018-06-20T16:44:39Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Big Van Vader gives me some Big Van Points. > > [WWE Legend Big Van Vader Dies From Heart Complications](https://www.google.com/amp/amp.tmz.com/2018/06/20/vader-dead-heart-complications-wwe-wrestler) Looks like at least 3 others picked him. I didn’t look him up by his real name. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/866 "2018-06-21T11:31:14Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Make it a foursome with Doug Ford, Carol Mann and Peter Thomson. > > World Golf Hall of Famer passed away, [Hubert Green](https://www.pgatour.com/news/2018/06/20/hubert-green-dies-age-71-world-golf-hall-of-fame-member.html) at age 71. He won the 1977 US Open and 1985 PGA Championship. Met Hubert many years ago before he won his Major Championships. He played a round at my Grandfathers Country Club in a small Pennsylvania town when we were visiting. “Pap” was sort of a big shot there, took me along, followed Hubie around then met him afterwords. Started rooting for him from then on. ---
**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 21, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/867 "2018-06-21T16:07:07Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Looks like at least 3 others picked him. I didn’t look him up by his real name. With the mixed-up names, 5 folks picked “Leon White” or “Big Van Vader”, so 37 points for **Loach, zoog, Happy Frood, Team Dirt, bowler guy** … first points of the year for **bowler guy, zoog, Happy Frood**. Not a lot of movement at the top, although \*\*Team Dirt \*\*climbs into the top-5, while **bowler girl and guy** are battling it out for control of bowler nation. ```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 Team Dirt 108 2 6 RTFirefly 92 2 7 GIGObuster 71 1 8 candide 64 1 8 carnivorousp 64 1 8 Martonio 64 1 8 phungi 64 1 12 Loach 57 2(1) 13 ataraxy22 50 3(2) 14 bowler girl 39 1 14 FavreCo 39 1 16 bowler guy 37 1 16 Happy Frood 37 1 16 zoog 37 1 19 Oakminster 32 2 20 Jacquernagy 28 2(2) 21 1b3bz18c9ed… 25 2 21 computergeek 25 2 21 critter42 25 2 24 Dr. Girlfriend 24 1 24 Grits&HardToast 24 1 24 kayT 24 1 24 krondys 24 1 24 Labtrash 24 1 24 Maus Magill 24 1 24 tangent 24 1 31 Biotop 23 1(1) 32 Old Wench 13 1(1) 32 The Vorlon 13 1(1) 34 Rico 10 1(1) 35 Clothahump 8 1 35 J-P-L 8 1 35 PaulParkhead 8 1 35 peedin 8 1 35 picker 8 1 40 amarinth 1 1 40 Catamount 1 1 40 Jeep's Phoenix 1 1 40 Spiff 1 1 ``` ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/868 "2018-06-21T16:11:32Z")
[R.I.P. Koko the gorilla](https://www.npr.org/2018/06/21/622160278/koko-the-gorilla-dies-redrew-the-lines-of-animal-human-communication), age 46. ---
**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 21, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/869 "2018-06-21T16:57:57Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > [R.I.P. Koko the gorilla](https://www.npr.org/2018/06/21/622160278/koko-the-gorilla-dies-redrew-the-lines-of-animal-human-communication), age 46. Interestingly, the Death Pool rules do not stipulate that the celebrity needs to be “human”, so Koko would have been _an arguably legitimate pick_ ---
**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 21, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/870 "2018-06-21T17:11:13Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Interestingly, the Death Pool rules do not stipulate that the celebrity needs to be “human”, so Koko would have been _an arguably legitimate pick_ But the life expectancy for a gorilla is 35-40 years, so she would have been worth 0 points. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/871 "2018-06-21T17:32:42Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Interestingly, the Death Pool rules do not stipulate that the celebrity needs to be “human”, so Koko would have been _an arguably legitimate pick_ Yeah, I noticed that! Because of course I was going to add something like, “per Death Pool rule 3(h), no points were left on the table,” but the rule excluding non-humans wasn’t there when I looked. A wee bit too late to come up with a list of celebrity animals for the 2018 Death Pool, though. 😃 ---
**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 21, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/872 "2018-06-21T20:28:40Z")
Next year I’m going to promote the shit out of my goldfish, then put them all on a themed Death Pool. WIN! edited to add: Strike that-I’m going with mayflies. ---
**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 21, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/873 "2018-06-21T21:14:31Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Next year I’m going to promote the shit out of my goldfish, then put them all on a themed Death Pool. WIN! > > edited to add: Strike that-I’m going with mayflies. I missed out by not listing my pulchers. I lost thirty when a heater failed. ---
**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 21, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/874 "2018-06-21T22:26:18Z")
My delphinium looks like it will outlive me. ---
**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 21, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/875 "2018-06-21T22:43:37Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > [Charles Krauthammer is circling the drain.](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/krauthammer-tells-colleagues-weeks-to-live) [get the plunger](http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/06/21/charles-krauthammer-dead-age-68-fox-news-remembers-special-report-commentator) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/876 "2018-06-21T22:49:15Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [get the plunger](http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/06/21/charles-krauthammer-dead-age-68-fox-news-remembers-special-report-commentator) Yeah, I guess he _was_ that big a turd. ---
**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 22, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/877 "2018-06-22T00:04:31Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Yeah, I guess he _was_ that big a turd. I only make one exception to not talk ill about the dead, and that is when in life they helped or advised governments to jump to the precipice and cause chaos and death to others: > **[Charles Krauthammer: Forget them all, Mr Bush](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/26/iraq.usa2)** > > Charles Krauthammer: Don't go back, Mr. President. You walked away from the United Nations at great cost and with great courage. Don't go back. That was Krauthamer showing how he supported the Iraq invasion and told the UN and the rest of the world (except Britain and the pathetic coalition of the willing) that they should be forgotten. :rolleyes: Later, he proposed that the war was going to herald democracy and peace in the middle east. I’m still waiting. ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/878 "2018-06-22T04:15:16Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > 16 Happy Frood 37 1 “Hoopy” not “Happy”. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/879 "2018-06-22T04:27:52Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > “Hoopy” not “Happy”. Aww, Hoopy sad? Me hope Hoopy feel better soon! ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/880 "2018-06-22T04:47:05Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Aww, Hoopy sad? Me hope Hoopy feel better soon! “Hoopy Frood” is not actually a name, _per se_, it is a descriptive. Like if a poster chose something like “ **Kewl Dewd** ” to post under. I mean, do you even have your towel? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=45)