# 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:** 45
**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, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/881 "2018-06-22T04:52:02Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > “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? Don’t panic, I was just joking. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/882 "2018-06-22T15:21:38Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I mean, do you even have your towel? Oh, _Belgium!_ I left it at home! ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/883 "2018-06-22T16:03:29Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > “Hoopy” not “Happy”. Saary Obout that! (fixed in Scorekeeper) ---
**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 22, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/884 "2018-06-22T17:52:29Z")
Was checking on my picks and realized that [Catherine Nevin](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/black-widow-dead-catherine-nevin-murder-husband-hitman-kill-tom-dies-died-dublin-a8219511.html) died in February at age 67, yielding 33 points for **phungi** and **Hoopy Frood**. Updated (and corrected) standings: ```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 phungi 97 2 7 RTFirefly 92 2 8 GIGObuster 71 1 9 Hoopy Frood 70 2 10 candide 64 1 10 carnivorousp 64 1 10 Martonio 64 1 13 Loach 57 2(1) 14 ataraxy22 50 3(2) 15 bowler girl 39 1 15 FavreCo 39 1 17 bowler guy 37 1 17 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:** ![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:** [June 22, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/885 "2018-06-22T21:17:27Z")
Reporting in to say my picks are happier and healthier day by day apparently. ---
**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 22, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/886 "2018-06-22T21:31:22Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Reporting in to say my picks are happier and healthier day by day apparently. Same with mine. You would think that if a person says that they are dying, they would have the good grace _to do so_:mad: 😃 ---
**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, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/887 "2018-06-22T22:02:00Z")
At least you guys have scored some time in the past 5 years. Only one of my picks has ever done me the favor. ---
**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 22, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/888 "2018-06-22T22:37:15Z")
[Joe Jackson is circling the drain, apparently.](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/06/22/joe-jackson-is-on-his-deathbed-reports-say.html) He’s not dead yet, but does anyone have him? ---
**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 23, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/889 "2018-06-23T00:04:11Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Joe Jackson is circling the drain, apparently.](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/06/22/joe-jackson-is-on-his-deathbed-reports-say.html) > > He’s not dead yet, but does anyone have him? Arrgh, ya scairt me. I thought you meant that younger British guy who does musicky things. ---
**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 23, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/890 "2018-06-23T01:04:04Z")
Same here. Though I thought I scored some unlikely points; I have Joe the Younger in my themed list - the theme being People With Whom I Share a Birthday. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2018, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/891 "2018-06-23T05:31:44Z")
[Vinnie Paul](https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/8462386/vinnie-paul-dead-pantera-damageplan-hellyeah), Pantera drummer, dies at 54. ---
**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 23, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/892 "2018-06-23T13:49:51Z")
No one picked Vinnie Paul or Joe Jackson ---
**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 24, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/893 "2018-06-24T00:43:32Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Reporting in to say my picks are happier and healthier day by day apparently. You got months and months to join the list of people beating me. :smack: ---
**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 24, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/894 "2018-06-24T01:41:12Z")
The first year I picked people whose loss would be a distinct gain to society at large, and did very badly. My other fault was not picking people I didn’t want to die, like Leonard Nimoy, Anne Francis and Koko Tayor. That didn’t go very well, either. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/895 "2018-06-24T19:30:04Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Arrgh, ya scairt me. I thought you meant that younger British guy who does musicky things. Never heard of the British guy, so my mind went the other way, and thought Holy Moly! HE can’t still be alive, [Say it ain’t so!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoeless_Joe_Jackson) ---
**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 24, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/896 "2018-06-24T23:43:32Z")
Donald Hall, former Poet Laureate of the US, [dead at 89](https://www.npr.org/2018/06/24/623033688/donald-hall-former-poet-laureate-dies-at-89). ---
**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 25, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/897 "2018-06-25T12:11:00Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Reporting in to say my picks are happier and healthier day by day apparently. That’s nothing, last year I personally cured Joe Jackson, Geoff Fox, and Shannen Doherty from cancer ---
**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 25, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/898 "2018-06-25T15:01:03Z")
The Old Man from Pawn Stars is as old as he’s gonna get. > **[TMZ](https://www.tmz.com/)** > > Breaking the biggest stories in celebrity and entertainment news. Get exclusive access to the latest stories, photos, and video as only TMZ can. ---
**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 25, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/899 "2018-06-25T19:47:55Z")
1. I thought he was 97. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/900 "2018-06-26T01:05:30Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > 1. I thought he was 97. I’ll give you 87 and not a day more. mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=46)