# 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:** 60
**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:** [October 16, 2018, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1181 "2018-10-16T07:27:58Z")
I’m just hoping for no pop-ups ---
**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:** [October 16, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1182 "2018-10-16T12:56:04Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Do you think at his funeral, on the wall behind the casket, there will just be a big blue screen? Pretty sure there will be [clouds](http://www.businesscloudnews.com/files/2013/06/clouds.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 16, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1183 "2018-10-16T13:55:53Z")
The guy retired in 1982 or so. The backdrop is going to be a green, black, or amber screen with, in the bottom-left corner, a simple: C:\ ---
**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:** [October 16, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1184 "2018-10-16T18:53:16Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > (My goodness, hasn’t it been a long year?) Not for the people I picked; for them its been the best year of their lives. :smack: > [@notfrommensa](#): > > Microsoft co-founder, [Paul Allen](https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-dies-at-65/281-604572895), needs to be re-booted. > > Age 65 The good news is that he is home with God. The bad news is that God really does like Apples after all; it was just a bad translation. 😃 ---
**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:** [October 16, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1185 "2018-10-16T20:02:11Z")
I seriously doubt anybody had him, but Dennis Hof has suspended his erection campaign. Permanently. > **[Dennis Hof for Nevada State Assembly District 36](https://www.dennishof.com)** > > Elect Dennis Hof for Nevada State Assembly District 36, An American for Tax Reform representing Nye County, Lincoln County & parts of Clark County. > **[Dennis Hof](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hof)** > > Dennis Leroy Hof (October 14, 1946 – October 16, 2018) was an American brothel owner. He owned seven legal brothels in Nevada, most notably the Moonlite BunnyRanch. Hof was also a Republican candidate in 2018 for the Nevada Assembly, which he was posthumously elected to less than one month after his death. > Before entering into the brothel business, Hof owned gas stations, first in Arizona and later in Nevada. > Hof purchased and remodeled The Moonlite BunnyRanch in 1992, a brothel that had been... ---
**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:** [October 16, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1186 "2018-10-16T20:14:57Z")
I’d hate to be the CSI tech who had to blacklight THAT house. It’d look like a black velvet Jackson Pollack painting. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1187 "2018-10-16T21:14:12Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I’d hate to be the CSI tech who had to blacklight THAT house. It’d look like a black velvet Jackson Pollack painting. His body was found by Ron Jeremy. :eek: I wonder how old Ron tried to wake him up? 😕 On second thought, I don’t want to know. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1188 "2018-10-17T02:47:21Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > His body was found by Ron Jeremy. :eek: I wonder how old Ron tried to wake him up? 😕 > > On second thought, I don’t want to know. Fluffing. His pillows, you perverts! 😉I see our moral Republicans were well represented at his birthday party by Joe Arpaio and Grover Norquist. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1189 "2018-10-18T15:21:47Z")
[“Dirty” Dick Slater](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/10/18/dick-slater-dead-at-age-67/&ved=0ahUKEwjvg5vWpJDeAhVIs1kKHYfGBq4QxfQBCCowAQ&usg=AOvVaw2t40GoRtrLlTDUzQNc6gYa) dead at 67. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1190 "2018-10-18T15:41:25Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > [“Dirty” Dick Slater](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2018/10/18/dick-slater-dead-at-age-67/&ved=0ahUKEwjvg5vWpJDeAhVIs1kKHYfGBq4QxfQBCCowAQ&usg=AOvVaw2t40GoRtrLlTDUzQNc6gYa) dead at 67. Had to look him up. A WWE wrestler, he’s now wrestling with André the Giant and others who have gone before, up there in that big ring in the sky. R.I.P., “Dirty Dick”. Say hello to Fezzik for me. Anybody want a peanut? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1191 "2018-10-22T16:31:48Z")
Not that I expect anyone had him, but still notable: [Norwegian hero Roenneberg who blew up Nazi plant dies at 99](https://apnews.com/56f57715497e4f40b071378f5347b615) > [@](#): > > COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway on Monday mourned World War II saboteur Joachim Roenneberg, who headed a five-man team that daringly blew up a plant producing heavy water, depriving Nazi Germany of a key ingredient it could have used to make nuclear weapons. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1192 "2018-10-23T02:27:21Z")
Artist Dave Dave, who first gained infamy after being set on fire by his father, has died at the age of 42. > **[Coroner: Nevada artist Dave Dave, set on fire as a boy, died of natural causes](https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2018/10/22/coroner-death-nevada-artist-dave-dave-natural-causes/1734631002/)** > > As a 6-year-old, Dave was set afire by his father, but he refused to define himself as a victim. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1193 "2018-10-23T20:24:03Z")
[Todd Bol](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/todd-bol/), creator of the Little Free Library movement. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1194 "2018-10-24T02:56:27Z")
[Rapper Jon James McMurray Dies After Airplane Stunt Goes Horribly Wrong](http://extratv.com/2018/10/23/rapper-jon-james-mcmurray-dies-after-airplane-stunt-goes-horribly-wrong/) > [@](#): > > On Saturday, McMurray was filming a music video on an airplane wing when he fell to his death, according to CTV News Vancouver. > > His team said in a statement, “…As Jon got further out onto the wing of the plane, it caused the small Cessna to go into a downward spiral that the pilot couldn’t correct. Jon held onto the wing until it was too late, and by the time he let go, he didn’t have time to pull his chute. He impacted and died instantly. > > After the accident, the plane was able to land safely with no one else being injured. A pointless death? ---
**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:** [October 24, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1195 "2018-10-24T03:01:03Z")
In two ways ---
**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:** [October 25, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1196 "2018-10-25T03:26:29Z")
Mr Pathmark [James Karen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Karen) has been taken off the shelf at 6 points. Hopefully if they ever have to move him they won’t just move the[headstone.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh_W6FLaMvA) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1197 "2018-10-25T07:11:58Z")
[Dorcas Reilly](http://www2.philly.com/philly/obituaries/dorcas-reilly-grean-bean-casserole-campbells-mushroom-soup-fried-onions-thanksgiving-obituary-20181023.html), creator of Green Bean Casserole, is dead at 92. Give thanks for her a month from now. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2018, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1198 "2018-10-25T08:18:43Z")
The body will lie in state, in a Tupperware container behind the pickles, right next to the maple syrup. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1199 "2018-10-25T12:59:08Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > [Dorcas Reilly](http://www2.philly.com/philly/obituaries/dorcas-reilly-grean-bean-casserole-campbells-mushroom-soup-fried-onions-thanksgiving-obituary-20181023.html), creator of Green Bean Casserole, is dead at 92. Give thanks for her a month from now. I’ll pour a can of french-fried onions on the curb in her honor. No I won’t. I’ll eat the onions and leave the can on the curb instead. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1200 "2018-10-25T15:47:10Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > I’ll pour a can of french-fried onions on the curb in her honor. > > No I won’t. I’ll eat the onions and leave the can on the curb instead. No, fill the casket with cream of mushroom soup, and sprinkle the onions on top of her grave. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=61)