# 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:** 56
**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:** [September 3, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1101 "2018-09-03T19:22:36Z")
[Jacqueline Pearce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Pearce), “Servalan” from _Blake’s 7_, age 74. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1102 "2018-09-03T21:42:26Z")
Eight months gone and my picks remain healthier and happier than ever. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1103 "2018-09-04T01:40:43Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Eight months gone and my picks remain healthier and happier than ever. I think my picks are actually murdering other people’s picks. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1104 "2018-09-04T02:30:45Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I think my picks are actually murdering other people’s picks. There can be only one. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1105 "2018-09-04T12:02:22Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Eight months gone and my picks remain healthier and happier than ever. some see a morbid, dark, twisted group… I see a community of spiritual healers… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1106 "2018-09-04T19:13:00Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > some see a morbid, dark, twisted group… I see a community of spiritual healers… **swampbear** certainly qualifies. If I were to become famous, and then came down with cancer or some other disease with a high mortality rate, I’d _pay_ **swampbear** to put me on his list each year. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1107 "2018-09-04T21:58:09Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > **swampbear** certainly qualifies. If I were to become famous, and then came down with cancer or some other disease with a high mortality rate, I’d _pay_ **swampbear** to put me on his list each year. 😃 My rates are reasonable. They start as little as ten dollars per unit. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1108 "2018-09-04T22:40:09Z")
What is a “unit”? A person-day? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1109 "2018-09-04T23:48:20Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > My rates are reasonable. They start as little as ten dollars per unit. I take it that is an annual fee. That is only going to bring in $130.00 a year. Very inexpensive for such a time proven product. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1110 "2018-09-05T03:38:58Z")
[Ellie Mannette](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/ellie-mannette/), master steel drum builder. [Terry Davis](http://www.templeos.org/), author of TempleOS. Some people are instructed by God to build arks, others are instructed to build Operating Systems to house God’s third temple. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1111 "2018-09-05T23:36:48Z")
Christopher Lawford, Peter Lawford’s son and JFK nephew dead at 63. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/1204528002](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/1204528002) ---
**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:** [September 6, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1112 "2018-09-06T19:04:06Z")
Burt Reynolds just died. ☹ > **[Burt Reynolds, Movie Star Who Played It for Grins, Dies at 82](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/burt-reynolds-dead-deliverance-boogie-nights-star-was-82-831093/)** > > Burt Reynolds, the charismatic star of such films as ‘Deliverance,’ ‘The Longest Yard’ and ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ who set out to have as much fun as possible on… ---
**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:** [September 6, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1113 "2018-09-06T19:07:42Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Burt Reynolds just died. ☹ > > [Burt Reynolds Dead: 'Deliverance,' 'Boogie Nights' Star Was 82](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/burt-reynolds-dead-deliverance-boogie-nights-star-was-82-831093) As his life ends should we expect a gag reel during the closing credits? ---
**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:** [September 6, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1114 "2018-09-06T19:21:30Z")
So long, Bandit, appreciate the points. It’s rainin’ dead, hallelujah, it’s raining dead! Come on Trump and Zimmerman! ---
**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:** [September 6, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1115 "2018-09-06T19:26:02Z")
It really is _The End_ this time? ---
**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:** [September 6, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1116 "2018-09-06T19:28:55Z")
Reynolds played Darren McGavin’s side kick in the 1959 TV show, _Riverboat_. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Anne_s_Lace)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1117 "2018-09-06T19:30:27Z")
Rich DeVos dead at 92. [https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/09/rich\_devos\_billionaire\_amway\_c.html](https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/09/rich_devos_billionaire_amway_c.html) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1118 "2018-09-06T20:03:59Z")
> [@Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](#): > > Rich DeVos dead at 92. [https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/09/rich\_devos\_billionaire\_amway\_c.html](https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/09/rich_devos_billionaire_amway_c.html) And there was much rejoicing. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1119 "2018-09-06T20:09:49Z")
> [@Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](#): > > Rich DeVos dead at 92. [https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/09/rich\_devos\_billionaire\_amway\_c.html](https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/09/rich_devos_billionaire_amway_c.html) If I want to go to his funeral, how many friends do I have to sign up to come with me? ---
**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:** [September 6, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1120 "2018-09-06T23:43:14Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Burt Reynolds just died. ☹ > > [Burt Reynolds Dead: 'Deliverance,' 'Boogie Nights' Star Was 82](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/burt-reynolds-dead-deliverance-boogie-nights-star-was-82-831093) Of course he does. I had him on last year’s list, and omitted him this time around. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=57)