# 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:** 54
**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:** [August 24, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1061 "2018-08-24T15:39:33Z")
Deadstyles of the rich and famous. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/robin-leach-dead-lifestyles-rich-famous-host-dies-1137244](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/robin-leach-dead-lifestyles-rich-famous-host-dies-1137244) ---
**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:** [August 24, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1062 "2018-08-24T15:47:01Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Deadstyles of the rich and famous. > > [Robin Leach Dead: 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous' Host Dies at 76](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/robin-leach-dead-lifestyles-rich-famous-host-dies-1137244) No takers for Robin Leach, but [John McCain may not survive the year…](https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/24/politics/john-mccain-cancer-treatment/index.html) ---
**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:** [August 24, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1063 "2018-08-24T16:31:01Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > No takers for Robin Leach, but [John McCain may not survive the year…](https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/24/politics/john-mccain-cancer-treatment/index.html) I feel like we all dropped the ball on that one. His stroke was reported last year and no one took him. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1064 "2018-08-24T18:17:27Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I feel like we all dropped the ball on that one. His stroke was reported last year and no one took him. [You’re being facetious, of course.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20705109&postcount=238) His 82nd birthday is on August 29, so his death would be worth 18 points unless he kicks the bucket in the next four and a half days. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1065 "2018-08-24T18:31:46Z")
I think **Loach** was referring to Leach. 🙂 Dear Mr. McCain, you’re a decent guy. I’d rather have the points this year than next… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1066 "2018-08-24T18:43:17Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I think **Loach** was referring to Leach. 🙂 You’re right, I got the wrong antecedent. 😃 > [@](#): > > Dear Mr. McCain, you’re a decent guy. I’d rather have the points this year than next… Me too! That’s the way we roll in this thread. But given my political leanings, I’d like to see him hold on to as late in the year as possible, so that the AZ gov can’t replace him with an automatic GOP vote in the Senate until next year. ---
**Author:** ![irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irritant)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1067 "2018-08-24T19:24:54Z")
Comics artist [Russ Heath](http://www.comicsbeat.com/rip-russ-heath/) dies at 9 points that I assume are all mine. Hopefully he’s making Roy Lichtenstein pay him $4 million right now. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2018, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1068 "2018-08-25T12:37:19Z")
> [@irritant](#): > > Comics artist [Russ Heath](http://www.comicsbeat.com/rip-russ-heath/) dies at 9 points that I assume are all mine. Hopefully he’s making Roy Lichtenstein pay him $4 million right now. 9 Points and a Unique Pick (and tie for ‘Grim Reaper’ Award), while 43 players wait on john McCain: ```auto Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) 1 CAMJAY77 395 7(1) 2 jeezums 346 6(1) 3 phungi 258 5 4 Registered@Last 221 5(2) 5 basset hound 192 3 6 GIGObuster 190 3 7 Team Dirt 165 3 8 RTFirefly 149 3 9 candide 121 2 10 Loach 114 3(1) 11 carnivorousp 106 2 12 tangent 81 2 13 Hoopy Frood 70 2 14 ataraxy22 66 4(2) 15 Martonio 64 1 16 NurseCarmen 62 1 16 RobotDevilDog 62 1 18 Allecher 57 1 19 HappyLendervdr 42 1 20 bowler girl 39 1 20 FavreCo 39 1 22 bowler guy 37 1 22 zoog 37 1 24 Oakminster 32 2 25 Jacquernagy 28 2(2) 26 1b3bz18c9ed… 25 2 26 computergeek 25 2 26 critter42 25 2 29 Archeonomist 24 1 29 Borborygmi 24 1 29 Dr. Girlfriend 24 1 29 Grits&HardToast 24 1 29 kayT 24 1 29 krondys 24 1 29 Labtrash 24 1 29 Maus Magill 24 1 29 Stephe96 24 1 38 Biotop 23 1(1) 39 irritant 19 2(2) 40 Czarcasm 16 1 40 JohnT 16 1 42 Old Wench 13 1(1) 42 The Vorlon 13 1(1) 44 Rico 10 1(1) 45 Clothahump 8 1 45 J-P-L 8 1 45 PaulParkhead 8 1 45 peedin 8 1 45 picker 8 1 50 amarinth 1 1 50 Catamount 1 1 50 Jeep's Phoenix 1 1 50 Spiff 1 1 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1069 "2018-08-25T17:21:10Z")
I was shocked when I found out Robin Leach was only 76. I remember his shows from the 1980s, and I thought he was pretty old even then. Of course I was only 10 or 11, and just about any famous person seemed old. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1070 "2018-08-25T18:54:42Z")
^same. I would have guessed he was in his sixties back during the 1980s. I was surprised to hear of his death, because I would have assumed he died many years ago. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1071 "2018-08-25T19:46:57Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > I was shocked when I found out Robin Leach was only 76. I remember his shows from the 1980s, and I thought he was pretty old even then. Of course I was only 10 or 11, and just about any famous person seemed old. [I am in the same boat. I thought he was 55-60 thirty years ago.](http://www.briankrobertsdirector.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/LIFESTYLES-OF-THE-RICH-AND-FAMOUS.jpg) [Here is a video. He’s only 44 or so in this video.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjM2TOplSco) ---
**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:** [August 26, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1072 "2018-08-26T00:24:23Z")
John McCain has died at 19 points. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1073 "2018-08-26T00:44:34Z")
Singer Kyle Povone of We Came As Romans has died at XXVIII > **[Kyle Pavone, vocalist for We Came as Romans, dies at 28 | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/25/entertainment/kyle-pavone-we-came-as-romans-died/index.html)** > > Kyle Pavone, a vocalist for the rock band We Came as Romans, has died, according to Amy Sciaretto, a representative for Atom Splitter PR, which represents the band. He was 28. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1074 "2018-08-26T01:23:06Z")
It’s going to take the Death Shroom a while to do the numbers work for McCain. I PM’d him a couple days ago asking how many players had selected McCain and I think he said thirty-one. Over on the GB 7 out of 25 players selected him. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1075 "2018-08-26T01:27:35Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > It’s going to take the Death Shroom a while to do the numbers work for McCain. I PM’d him a couple days ago asking how many players had selected McCain and I think he said thirty-one. Over on the GB 7 out of 25 players selected him. He was on my list. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1076 "2018-08-26T02:03:05Z")
Well, John McCain may be my only points this year, but I guess I didn’t strike out. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1077 "2018-08-26T05:18:35Z")
The people on my list seem to be Immortal. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2018, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1078 "2018-08-26T05:48:50Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > I was shocked when I found out Robin Leach was only 76. I remember his shows from the 1980s, and I thought he was pretty old even then. Of course I was only 10 or 11, and just about any famous person seemed old. > [@Tangent](#): > > ^same. I would have guessed he was in his sixties back during the 1980s. I was surprised to hear of his death, because I would have assumed he died many years ago. Some guys always looked old. Abe Vigoda was in _The Godfather_. [Here’s a scene.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIJIXMX2zw8) How old would you say he was? Vigoda was fifty when the movie was filmed. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1079 "2018-08-26T09:55:29Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > It’s going to take the Death Shroom a while to do the numbers work for McCain. I PM’d him a couple days ago asking how many players had selected McCain and I think he said thirty-one. The answer (sorry, Deep Thought!) is [forty-three](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20705109&postcount=238). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1080 "2018-08-26T10:35:08Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > The people on my list seem to be Immortal. With Tim Conway trending today I thought “points for me!!!” but though he is ill, he has not yet fallen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=55)