# 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:** 66
**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 27, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1301 "2018-11-27T22:01:06Z")
[Olivia Hooker](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/olivia-hooker/), first black woman to enlist for active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1302 "2018-11-27T22:13:46Z")
[Stephen Hillenburg](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/spongebob-squarepants-creator-stephen-hillenburg-dies-57-n940676), 57, creator of SpongeBob Squarepants, won’t be coming up from under the sea. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1303 "2018-11-27T22:42:36Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > [Stephen Hillenburg](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/spongebob-squarepants-creator-stephen-hillenburg-dies-57-n940676), 57, creator of SpongeBob Squarepants, won’t be coming up from under the sea. Already racked up on the scoreboard - see post #1298. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1304 "2018-11-28T02:11:45Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Olivia Hooker](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/olivia-hooker/), first black woman to enlist for active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard. Already posted #1278 ---
**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 28, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1305 "2018-11-28T22:11:48Z")
We missed [Kim Porter](https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/15/entertainment/kim-porter-dead/index.html). ---
**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 29, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1306 "2018-11-29T13:12:36Z")
Gloria Katz, scriptwriter for “American Graffiti” and script doctor for “Star Wars,” has died at 76. > **[Gloria Katz, ‘American Graffiti’ Writer and ‘Star Wars’ Script Doctor, Dies...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gloria-katz-dead-american-graffiti-writer-star-wars-script-doctor-was-76-1164737/)** > > Gloria Katz, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter who partnered with her husband, Willard Huyck, on the scripts for the George Lucas classics ‘American Graffiti’ and ‘Star Wars,’… ---
**Author:** ![candide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@candide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candide)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1307 "2018-11-30T02:33:02Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > [Stephen Hillenburg](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/spongebob-squarepants-creator-stephen-hillenburg-dies-57-n940676), 57, creator of SpongeBob Squarepants, won’t be coming up from under the sea. I love Spongebob and especially Patrick Star. I’m sorry for the death of Stephen Hillenburg, he gave me hours of fun. Nevertheless, in the land of the Deathpool it’s been a good week and I’m glad to move up to 5th. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1308 "2018-11-30T19:49:21Z")
Theatre director Jon Wulp has died at 90. > **[John Wulp of Vinalhaven, a Tony-winning theater director, dies at 90](https://www.pressherald.com/2018/11/30/tony-winning-theater-director-john-wulp-of-vinalhaven-dies-at-90/)** > > Wulp had success in New York and a huge impact on midcoast island communities. ---
**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 30, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1309 "2018-11-30T21:31:37Z")
Wulp, that’s that. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1310 "2018-12-01T03:22:12Z")
Exit, stage left? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1311 "2018-12-01T04:55:49Z")
George H. W. Bush has died, report is on MSNBC right now. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1312 "2018-12-01T04:59:16Z")
G H W Bush just died. ETA: Ninja’ d! ---
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1313 "2018-12-01T05:08:29Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > George H. W. Bush has died, report is on MSNBC right now. Points! Not many, but I’m on the board! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1314 "2018-12-01T05:10:39Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > G H W Bush just died. > > ETA: Ninja’ d! I had him on my list ---
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1315 "2018-12-01T05:22:32Z")
Call him the QB cuz he just scored a touchdown for quite a few of us. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1316 "2018-12-01T07:01:02Z")
Well, 33 of us went for the second lowest hanging fruit on the death tree. This was number 4 for me this year, and a month to go! ---
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1317 "2018-12-01T14:25:37Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > G H W Bush just died. > > ETA: Ninja’ d! To quote the old joke about Hillary shaving her pubes ---- “Read my lips; no more Bush”. I believe I dropped him from mine to add Jimmy Carter once Jimbo got so ill -------- which explains everything. :smack: I also want to note that there is a Joe DiNardo Memorial Fund for some charity. The Old Wench should make a donation based on the points she keeps reminding me of. 😃 ---
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1318 "2018-12-01T14:26:39Z")
6 points to 33 players, and I invoke executive privilege in not naming them all, but first points of the year for several: ```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 126 4 14 FavreCo 117 3 15 Jack Batty 107 5 16 carnivorousp 106 2 17 tangent 100 3 18 amarinth 85 4 19 RobotDevilDog 81 2 20 42fish 78 2 20 Kitten Mitten 78 2 20 Squonk 78 2 23 ataraxy22 72 5(2) 24 Stephe96 66 4 25 Little Nemo 65 2 26 NurseCarmen 62 1 27 irritant 60 5(4) 28 Bullitt 59 1 28 melondeca 59 1 30 bowler girl 58 2 31 Allecher 57 1 32 bowler guy 56 2 33 computergeek 55 5 34 Jacquernagy 53 4(2) 35 Archeonomist 49 3 35 Grits&HardToast 49 3 35 Maus Magill 49 3 35 The Vorlon 49 4(2) 39 kayT 48 3 40 1b3bz18c9ed… 44 3 41 Catamount 42 4(1) 42 Oakminster 38 3 43 Dung Beetle 37 2 43 zoog 37 1 45 JohnT 35 2 46 J-P-L 33 3 47 critter42 31 3 48 Dancer_Flight 30 3 48 Labtrash 30 2 50 Dr. Girlfriend 29 2 51 peedin 27 2 52 CreaseMunky 25 2 52 Jeep's Phoenix 25 3 52 Lsura 25 2 52 Mahaloth 25 2 52 Monstera Delic 25 2 52 superdude 25 2 52 vivalostwages 25 2 59 Borborygmi 24 1 59 krondys 24 1 59 McDeath_the_Mad 24 2 62 Biotop 23 1(1) 63 Old Wench 20 2(2) 64 5 time champ 19 1 64 Andrew21 19 1 64 BobLibDem 19 1 64 picker 19 3 64 smithsb 19 1 69 cardboardbox 18 1 69 Mona Lott 18 1 69 Sternvogel 18 1 72 Czarcasm 16 1 73 Rico 15 2(1) 74 Clothahump 14 2 75 boffking 11 2 76 PaulParkhead 8 1 77 Tread 6 2(1) 77 Guano Lad 6 1 77 imthjckaz 6 1 77 justmeetee 6 1 77 Spiff 6 2 77 SpoilerVirgin 6 1 77 zamboniracer 6 1 84 Hal Briston 5 1 ``` ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1319 "2018-12-02T11:09:00Z")
Ken Berry, best known for his role in _F Troop_, [has passed away at 85](https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/ken-berry-dead-dies-f-troop-mayberry-r-f-d-1203071348/). ---
**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:** [December 2, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1320 "2018-12-02T14:36:20Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Ken Berry, best known for his role in _F Troop_, [has passed away at 85](https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/ken-berry-dead-dies-f-troop-mayberry-r-f-d-1203071348/). In his honor there will be a 21 gun salute knocking over 21 guard towers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=67)