# 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:** 64
**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:** [November 16, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1261 "2018-11-16T15:44:31Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Author/Screenwriter [William Goldman](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/16/butch-cassidy-and-princess-bride-scriptwriter-william-goldman-dies-aged-87&ved=0ahUKEwjUo4XUldneAhXws1kKHYvGBdcQxfQBCDQwAw&usg=AOvVaw2M8fI1lgsn0QL_A50cxhET) dead at 87. Inconceivable! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1262 "2018-11-16T21:49:35Z")
I guess death was on the line. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1263 "2018-11-16T22:06:25Z")
His last words were hard to make out, but I believe they were “To blave” ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1264 "2018-11-17T16:57:20Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > [Ted Mack](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/nov/06/ted-mack-former-mp-and-father-of-independents-dies-at-84), Australian politician has died at 84. Missed a pick… 16 points, a Unique Pick, and tied for the “Quantity Not Quality” award (at 7 picks) for **Registered at Last** : ```auto Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) 1 CAMJAY77 395 7(1) 2 jeezums 346 6(1) 3 phungi 277 6 4 Registered@Last 256 7(3) 5 basset hound 192 3 6 GIGObuster 190 3 7 RTFirefly 168 4 8 Team Dirt 165 3 9 candide 140 3 10 Loach 114 3(1) 11 carnivorousp 106 2 12 Martonio 101 3 13 tangent 100 3 14 Hoopy Frood 89 3 15 RobotDevilDog 81 2 16 ataraxy22 66 4(2) 16 Stephe96 66 4 18 NurseCarmen 62 1 19 HappyLendervdr 61 2 20 irritant 60 5(4) 21 bowler girl 58 2 21 FavreCo 58 2 23 Allecher 57 1 24 bowler guy 56 2 25 computergeek 49 4 26 Jacquernagy 47 3(2) 27 1b3bz18c9ed… 44 3 28 Archeonomist 43 2 28 Grits&HardToast 43 2 28 Maus Magill 43 2 28 The Vorlon 43 3(2) 32 Jack Batty 42 3 32 kayT 42 2 34 Dung Beetle 37 2 34 zoog 37 1 36 Catamount 36 3(1) 37 JohnT 35 2 38 Oakminster 32 2 39 Dr. Girlfriend 29 2 40 J-P-L 27 2 40 peedin 27 2 42 critter42 25 2 42 Jeep's Phoenix 25 3 44 Borborygmi 24 1 44 Dancer_Flight 24 2 44 krondys 24 1 44 Labtrash 24 1 44 McDeath_the_Mad 24 2 49 Biotop 23 1(1) 50 amarinth 20 2 50 Old Wench 20 2(2) 52 42fish 19 1 52 5 time champ 19 1 52 Andrew21 19 1 52 BobLibDem 19 1 52 CreaseMunky 19 1 52 Kitten Mitten 19 1 52 Lsura 19 1 52 Mahaloth 19 1 52 Monstera Delic 19 1 52 smithsb 19 1 52 Squonk 19 1 52 superdude 19 1 52 vivalostwages 19 1 65 cardboardbox 18 1 65 Mona Lott 18 1 65 Sternvogel 18 1 68 Czarcasm 16 1 69 Rico 15 2(1) 70 picker 13 2 71 Clothahump 8 1 71 PaulParkhead 8 1 73 Spiff 6 2 74 boffking 5 1 74 Hal Briston 5 1 76 Tread 0 1(1) ``` ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1265 "2018-11-17T22:18:35Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Roy Clark has died, [at the age of 85](https://lex18.com/breaking-news/2018/11/15/country-star-roy-clark-has-died-at-age-85-according-to-his-publicist/?fbclid=IwAR3l4z1m5IaDaas6uTCIDtxk9qQBGe7X7w5UTIskIyXAXtTB5ov5Efjq5_0), from complications due to pneumonia. _“Yesterday, when I was alive…”_ mmm ---
**Author:** ![jrbor76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9e8a1a/32.png) [@jrbor76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrbor76)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1266 "2018-11-18T23:29:34Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Roy Clark has died, [at the age of 85](https://lex18.com/breaking-news/2018/11/15/country-star-roy-clark-has-died-at-age-85-according-to-his-publicist/?fbclid=IwAR3l4z1m5IaDaas6uTCIDtxk9qQBGe7X7w5UTIskIyXAXtTB5ov5Efjq5_0), from complications due to pneumonia. And, _ **pbbt!** _, he was gone… ---
**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:** [November 19, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1267 "2018-11-19T00:00:17Z")
Hee Haw ran for _ **twenty four years?** _ Holy cow, what is _wrong_ with people? ---
**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:** [November 19, 2018, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1268 "2018-11-19T05:19:03Z")
I think you missed the word “only” between “for” and “24 years” ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1269 "2018-11-19T21:08:29Z")
Someone from my 2016 list has died. [Jeff Lowe](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/obituaries/jeff-lowe-dead.html) died in August at 67 of a disease similar to ALS. He was a mountain climber and lived a pretty interesting and exciting life. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1270 "2018-11-20T21:02:16Z")
[Andrew Fitzgerald](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/andrew-fitzgerald/), last surviving member of Coast Guard Rescue Boat 36500 which rescued 32 out of 41 crewman of the SS Pendleton as detailed in the 2009 book and and 2016 movie _The Finest Hours_. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1271 "2018-11-21T17:29:59Z")
[Boy band member Devin Lima succumbs to cancer](https://www.yahoo.com/news/lfo-singer-devin-lima-dies-150230003.html), at 59 points for ol’ Happy (and I believe 17 others). ---
**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:** [November 21, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1272 "2018-11-21T20:08:08Z")
Big points - I am one of the 17 - feeling guilty because I had no idea who this guy was before this game. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1273 "2018-11-21T20:13:22Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Big points - I am one of the 17 - feeling guilty because I had no idea who this guy was before this game. > > RIP. I do feel bad, especially because it’s the day before Thanksgiving. I like the points, but wish it didn’t happen so close to a holiday. ☹ ---
**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:** [November 21, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1274 "2018-11-21T20:38:41Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Big points - I am one of the 17 - feeling guilty because I had no idea who this guy was before this game. > > RIP. 59 points for **Hoopy Frood, candide, Happy Lendervedder, jeezums, Martonio, amarinth, Registered at Last, RTFirefly, FavreCo, CAMJAY77, Kitten Mitten, Jack Batty, Loach, Squonk, 42Fish** , and first points of the year for **melondeca, Bullitt, Little Nemo**. **CAMJAY77** is still in the lead, and **Registered at Last and CAMJAY77** both lead with 8 total picks… ```auto Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) 1 CAMJAY77 454 8(1) 2 jeezums 405 7(1) 3 Registered@Last 315 8(3) 4 phungi 277 6 5 RTFirefly 227 5 6 candide 199 4 7 basset hound 192 3 8 GIGObuster 190 3 9 Loach 173 4(1) 10 Team Dirt 165 3 11 Martonio 160 4 12 Hoopy Frood 148 4 13 HappyLendervdr 120 3 14 FavreCo 117 3 15 carnivorousp 106 2 16 Jack Batty 101 4 17 tangent 100 3 18 RobotDevilDog 81 2 19 amarinth 79 3 20 42fish 78 2 20 Kitten Mitten 78 2 20 Squonk 78 2 23 ataraxy22 66 4(2) 23 Stephe96 66 4 25 NurseCarmen 62 1 26 irritant 60 5(4) 27 Bullitt 59 1 27 Little Nemo 59 1 27 melondeca 59 1 30 bowler girl 58 2 31 Allecher 57 1 32 bowler guy 56 2 33 computergeek 49 4 34 Jacquernagy 47 3(2) 35 1b3bz18c9ed… 44 3 36 Archeonomist 43 2 36 Grits&HardToast 43 2 36 Maus Magill 43 2 36 The Vorlon 43 3(2) 40 kayT 42 2 41 Dung Beetle 37 2 41 zoog 37 1 43 Catamount 36 3(1) 44 JohnT 35 2 45 Oakminster 32 2 46 Dr. Girlfriend 29 2 47 J-P-L 27 2 47 peedin 27 2 49 critter42 25 2 49 Jeep's Phoenix 25 3 51 Borborygmi 24 1 51 Dancer_Flight 24 2 51 krondys 24 1 51 Labtrash 24 1 51 McDeath_the_Mad 24 2 56 Biotop 23 1(1) 57 Old Wench 20 2(2) 58 5 time champ 19 1 58 Andrew21 19 1 58 BobLibDem 19 1 58 CreaseMunky 19 1 58 Lsura 19 1 58 Mahaloth 19 1 58 Monstera Delic 19 1 58 smithsb 19 1 58 superdude 19 1 58 vivalostwages 19 1 68 cardboardbox 18 1 68 Mona Lott 18 1 68 Sternvogel 18 1 71 Czarcasm 16 1 72 Rico 15 2(1) 73 picker 13 2 74 Clothahump 8 1 74 PaulParkhead 8 1 76 Spiff 6 2 77 boffking 5 1 77 Hal Briston 5 1 79 Tread 0 1(1) ``` ---
**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:** [November 22, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1275 "2018-11-22T18:09:01Z")
New York state Senator Jose Peralta has died, aged 47 > **[New York State Senator Jose Peralta dead at age 47](https://nypost.com/2018/11/22/state-senator-jose-peralta-dies-at-age-47/amp/)** > > New York State Senator Jose Peralta died of an apparent heart attack late Wednesday night, friends and fellow lawmakers said. He was 47. Peralta, a Democrat, represented a Queens district that incl… ---
**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:** [November 23, 2018, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1276 "2018-11-23T05:36:58Z")
I am still awaiting the checks from the people I have been keeping alive. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2018, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1277 "2018-11-23T11:19:40Z")
I’m pretty sure my list of immortals had a Thanksgiving feast that consisted of pork tartar, assorted toadstools, cream of hemlock soup, and romaine lettuce. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1278 "2018-11-23T23:28:38Z")
Dr. Olivia Hooker, 103, is dead. She was, among many other things, the first black woman to be enrolled on active duty in the US Coast Guard. In 1921, when she was six years old, her mother hid her and her siblings in their house during major racial related violence in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and she is believed to be among the last folks who were survivors of that. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/olivia-hooker-103-dies-witness-to-an-ugly-moment-in-history/ar-BBQ1oGv?li=BBnbcA1](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/olivia-hooker-103-dies-witness-to-an-ugly-moment-in-history/ar-BBQ1oGv?li=BBnbcA1) ---
**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:** [November 24, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1279 "2018-11-24T13:33:17Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Boy band member Devin Lima succumbs to cancer](https://www.yahoo.com/news/lfo-singer-devin-lima-dies-150230003.html), at 59 points for ol’ Happy (and I believe 17 others). One of my sure things that I thought I would have to carry over to next year. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1280 "2018-11-24T18:04:44Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > One of my sure things that I thought I would have to carry over to next year. There is a reason the list is in pencil until New Years Eve. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=65)