# 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:** 65
**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:** [November 24, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1281 "2018-11-24T20:07:08Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > 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. 😃 In other words, my mother’s cooking. Try the veal and be sure to tip your waitress. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1282 "2018-11-25T01:34:32Z")
Ricky Jay, actor and magician, has died. Age 70. Definitely more known for his amazing card tricks, but also appeared on many TV shows and movies. ---
**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 25, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1283 "2018-11-25T01:36:42Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Ricky Jay, actor and magician, has died. Age 70. > > Definitely more known for his amazing card tricks, but also appeared on many TV shows and movies. Trying to confirm this one, but only found mention in a blog so far. ---
**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 25, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1284 "2018-11-25T01:46:22Z")
[Wiki confirmation of Ricky Jay death](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Jay). ---
**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:** [November 25, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1285 "2018-11-25T02:41:14Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > first points of the year for **melondeca, Bullitt, Little Nemo** There’s a $25,000,000 bounty on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. That should have been easy points. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1286 "2018-11-25T11:53:18Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > 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 > > ``` _Woohoo!!_ Fourth straight year with \>200 points!! The only downside is, now I’ve got to come up with another prospect for my 2019 list. (Holy cow, that thread opens in less than a week! :eek:\*\*) ---
**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 25, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1287 "2018-11-25T17:09:07Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > (Holy cow, that thread opens in less than a week! :eek:\*\*) As good a time as any to announce that I will be (voluntarily and humbly) passing the baton back to the original Death Mistress **Baker** for the 2019 Celebrity Death Pool. Like a proper spore, I have gradually grown on you, and will continue on with the lesser-played 2019 Themed Celebrity Death Pool. I will also create the Scorekeeper for those interested. phungi aka: the Shroom of Death ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1288 "2018-11-25T17:59:22Z")
And let’sd hear a huge, I tell you, huge shoutout to the Death Shroom for picking up the baton last year and doing it this year as well. * * * HUZZAH!\*\*\* ---
**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 25, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1289 "2018-11-25T19:04:21Z")
damn, now I have a hankerin’ for some baked mushrooms ---
**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:** [November 25, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1290 "2018-11-25T20:39:28Z")
I cannot believe how quickly this year has gone. Thank you to funguy er phungi for running the game this year. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1291 "2018-11-25T20:42:26Z")
Maybe we can stir up some interest in the themed version? It’s the only way I can be in the top 10. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1292 "2018-11-26T02:21:13Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > As good a time as any to announce that I will be (voluntarily and humbly) passing the baton back to the original Death Mistress **Baker** for the 2019 Celebrity Death Pool. > > Like a proper spore, I have gradually grown on you, and will continue on with the lesser-played 2019 Themed Celebrity Death Pool. I will also create the Scorekeeper for those interested. > > phungi > aka: the Shroom of Death Thanks for doing such a great job as Death Shroom these past two years! It’s been real - or should I say, it’s been fun, guy! 😉 ETA: Ninja’d on that joke by **Queen Anne’s Lace**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1293 "2018-11-26T02:25:16Z")
As noted in [the CS thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=866140), director/cinematographer Nicholas Roeg is dead at age 90. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1294 "2018-11-26T12:16:55Z")
Bernardo Bertolucci has foxtrotted off for 23 points. . ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1295 "2018-11-26T12:36:07Z")
You’ve done a great job phungi! Thanks for keeping the game running. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1296 "2018-11-26T18:26:34Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Maybe we can stir up some interest in the themed version? It’s the only way I can be in the top 10. I like the separate themed list even though my only points this year have come from my non-themed list. ---
**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 26, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1297 "2018-11-26T18:35:55Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > You’ve done a great job phungi! Thanks for keeping the game running. Indeed, but now we are back to extra points for chocolate. oh heck, I bet I wasn’t supposed to talk about that. ---
**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 27, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1298 "2018-11-27T19:12:02Z")
Stephen Hillenburg, creator of Spongebob, [dead at 57 from ALS](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stephen-hillenburg-dead-spongebob-squarepants-creator-dies-at-57-1164132). Unique Pick and 43 points for **candide** : ```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 candide 242 5(1) 6 RTFirefly 227 5 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 39 kayT 42 2 40 Dung Beetle 37 2 40 zoog 37 1 42 Catamount 36 3(1) 43 JohnT 35 2 44 Oakminster 32 2 44 The Vorlon 32 2(1) 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:** ![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:** [November 27, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1299 "2018-11-27T19:37:37Z")
Well, I got nothing nice to say about that. ☹ ---
**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 27, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1300 "2018-11-27T20:35:12Z")
**phungi** , I think you updated from a old copy of the database, I have 3 stiffs, Young, McCain and Whitey Bulger. Of course, a zombie outbreak in Washington would not be scoffed at before the end of the year… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=66)