# 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:** 48
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/941 "2018-07-09T13:33:44Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Things not looking good for [Elvis Costello](http://www.vulture.com/2018/07/elvis-costello-cancels-tour-due-to-very-aggressive-cancer.html). Maybe time to think of adding him to your 2019 list. That really sucks. When you’re in your mid-60s, of course a bunch of the rock/pop musicians you listened to when you were a kid have passed on. Now it’s starting to happen with the artists I first heard about _after I graduated from college_. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/942 "2018-07-10T11:17:27Z")
Recovering from successful surgery [Elvis Costello is recovering from successful cancer surgery. And he’s coming to Atlantic City this fall](http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/music/elvis-costello-cancer-tour-cancelled-atlantic-city-hard-rock-casino-20180709.html) ---
**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:** [July 12, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/943 "2018-07-12T01:06:34Z")
[Arvid Carlsson](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/arvid-carlsson/), Nobel Prize winning physiologist whose discoveries led to development of drugs to combat Parkinson’s disease. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/944 "2018-07-14T00:43:21Z")
oh, [that guy](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/07/13/star-trek-actor-roger-perry-dead-at-85.html), 15 pts. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/945 "2018-07-14T00:52:13Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > oh, [that guy](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/07/13/star-trek-actor-roger-perry-dead-at-85.html), 15 pts. For absolutely no reason, I was thinking of that very Star Trek episode this morning while laying in bed. Very coincidental, yet I’ve never thought of that episode before. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/946 "2018-07-14T03:18:55Z")
Frank Sinatra’s first wife, Nancy Barbato, mother of Nancy Sinatra, just passed. She was 101. > ---
**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:** [July 14, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/947 "2018-07-14T16:55:24Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Frank Sinatra’s first wife, Nancy Barbato, mother of Nancy Sinatra, just passed. She was 101. > > [https://twitter.com/NancySinatra/status/1017966817266954240?s=19](https://twitter.com/NancySinatra/status/1017966817266954240?s=19) My aunts used to see her pushing Nancy around in a baby carriage when Frank was just starting to make it. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/948 "2018-07-15T03:54:56Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > For absolutely no reason, I was thinking of that very Star Trek episode this morning while laying in bed. > > Very coincidental, yet I’ve never thought of that episode before. I always get that episode mixed up with the Terri Garr one. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/949 "2018-07-15T19:10:49Z")
Former NHL goalie Ray Emery drowned while swimming Sunday morning [Ex-NHL goalie Ray Emery dies while swimming](http://larrybrownsports.com/hockey/ex-nhl-goalie-ray-emery-dies-while-swimming/454713) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/950 "2018-07-15T19:15:24Z")
Question for discussion: Does Nancy Barbato, Frank Sinatra’s first wife, qualify as a celebrity? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/951 "2018-07-15T20:04:04Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Question for discussion: Does Nancy Barbato, Frank Sinatra’s first wife, qualify as a celebrity? But she is pointless anyway, being she was over 100. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/952 "2018-07-15T20:57:22Z")
Yes, but does she qualify as a celebrity? ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/953 "2018-07-15T21:16:35Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Yes, but does she qualify as a celebrity? I’d say so. Her death was reported across the media board. What else to do you need? ---
**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:** [July 16, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/954 "2018-07-16T01:16:40Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > oh, [that guy](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/07/13/star-trek-actor-roger-perry-dead-at-85.html), 15 pts. For any searchers in this thread the URL references Roger Perry. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/955 "2018-07-18T22:32:30Z")
Broadway great Gary Beach dead at 30 points. Best known for his Tony award winning portrayal of Roger DeBris in The Producers. He also played the role in the movie. I was lucky enough to see the original cast on Broadway and he was fantastic. The play worked much better than the movie. > **[Tony Winner Gary Beach, Star of Broadway's The Producers and Beauty and the...](https://www.playbill.com/article/tony-winner-gary-beach-star-of-broadways-the-producers-and-beauty-and-the-beast-dies-at-70)** > > The veteran Broadway actor won a Tony for his show-stopping performance as the flamboyant Roger De Bris in The Producers . ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/956 "2018-07-19T14:08:34Z")
[Adrian Cronauer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Cronauer), disc jockey and inspiration for the movie _Good Morning, Vietnam_, dead at age 79. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/957 "2018-07-19T20:34:34Z")
Olympic figure skater Dennis Ten was murdered on the streets of his home town, Almaty, Kazakhstan, at the age of 25. > **[Kazakh figure skater Denis Ten dies at the age of 25](https://www.inform.kz/en/kazakh-figure-skater-denis-ten-dies-at-the-age-of-25_a3325392)** > > ASTANA. KAZINFORM - First Kazakhstani Olympic figure skating champion Denis Ten has died at the age of 25 in Almaty city today, Kazinform reports. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/958 "2018-07-20T02:33:40Z")
[Mai Tai Sing](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/mai-tai-sing/),pioneering Chinese-American actress. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/959 "2018-07-20T07:02:10Z")
[Shinobu Hashimoto](https://deadline.com/2018/07/shinobu-hashimoto-dies-screenwriter-for-rashomon-and-70-other-screenplays-was-100-1202429983/), screenwriter for _Rashomon_, _Seven Samurai_, and numerous other films, leaves no points on the table as he exits this mortal coil at the age of 100. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/960 "2018-07-20T07:08:17Z")
Wrestler and lucha film star [Max Linares aka Rayo de Jalisco Sr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayo_de_Jalisco_Sr.) dies at 85. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=49)