# 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:** 69
**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 22, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1361 "2018-12-22T13:30:37Z")
I know him as REM in the TV series of _Logan’s Run_. Which is a show nobody else remembers. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1362 "2018-12-22T15:22:35Z")
[Galt MacDermot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galt_MacDermot) died on December 17, 2018. Composed several musicals, including one called HAIR. ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1363 "2018-12-22T16:47:44Z")
Mrs Dr Seuss died at 97. > **[Audrey Geisel, widow and promoter of Dr. Seuss, dies at 97](https://apnews.com/7a4cc19724c24608b1a81d6f75b4a32b)** > > LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Dr. Seuss neared the end of his life, the children's author told his wife that she would have to look after the Cat in the Hat, the Lorax, the Grinch and all the beloved characters he created... ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1364 "2018-12-22T21:40:39Z")
Reformist Saudi prince [Talal bin Abdulaziz](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-prince-death/prince-talal-bin-abdulaziz-long-time-saudi-political-reformer-has-died-idUSKCN1OL0E8) dies aged 87 ---
**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 25, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1365 "2018-12-25T17:29:36Z")
[Josiah Viera](http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/25612215/josiah-viera-subject-e60-feature-dies-14-lifelong-battle-rare-disease), subject of an ESPN E:60 feature, has died at 14 of the premature-aging disease Hutchinson-Gilford progeria. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1366 "2018-12-26T01:47:54Z")
Rule 3(d): you cannot reap more than 82 points on one pick. Which might raise an interesting question. Can you pick a 17y/o, in hopes that they make it to 18 before they cash in? Too early and you get no points? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1367 "2018-12-26T04:21:17Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Rule 3(d): you cannot reap more than 82 points on one pick. > > Which might raise an interesting question. Can you pick a 17y/o, in hopes that they make it to 18 before they cash in? Too early and you get no points? Well rule #2 says that all picks must be made by Dec. 31, and rule #3 says that valid picks cannot be under age 18, so I would interpret that to mean that all picks must be 18 or over on Dec. 31 (of the year before the contest). A pick of someone under 18 would be invalid when picked, and not eligible to be played. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1368 "2018-12-26T16:54:22Z")
[Ellsworth Wareham](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/ellsworth-wareham/), open heart surgeon and rumored oldest vegan of note. [Zula Karuhimbi](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/zula-karuhimbi/), sheltered Tutsi during their ethnic cleansing by the Hutu. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1369 "2018-12-28T00:15:23Z")
[Frank Adonis](https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/goodfellas-actor-frank-adonis-dies-aged-83/news-story/d3c415ac25c8e8280b2d4ff59798b94e) [Penny Cook](https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/australian-tv-legend-penny-cook-dies-aged-61/news-story/712a8975a89b07cbcea88387fd1d192b) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1370 "2018-12-28T01:47:14Z")
[Sister Wendy Beckett](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/obituaries/sister-wendy-beckett-dead.html), 88 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1371 "2018-12-28T14:23:05Z")
[Richard Overton, the oldest man and oldest World War II veteran, dead at 112.](https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/27/us/richard-overton-oldest-ww-ii-vet-died/index.html) ---
**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 28, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1372 "2018-12-28T16:21:57Z")
If anyone had Chris Burrous could you please pick my lottery numbers for today? [https://www.google.com/amp/s/ktla.com/2018/12/27/ktla-anchor-chris-burrous-death-investigated-as-possible-overdose-glendale-police/amp/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/ktla.com/2018/12/27/ktla-anchor-chris-burrous-death-investigated-as-possible-overdose-glendale-police/amp/) ---
**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:** [December 29, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1373 "2018-12-29T03:57:53Z")
[Sigi Schmid](https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/sports/soccer/2018/12/26/sigi-schmid-winningest-coach-mls-history-passes-away-age-65/2418714002/), the winningest coach in the League of American Professional Footie loses, nil-35. ---
**Author:** ![candide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@candide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candide)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1374 "2018-12-29T06:14:11Z")
[A Legacy of Words: Saskatoon Writer Jordon Cooper dies of Cancer](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/a-legacy-of-words-saskatoon-writer-jordon-cooper-dies-of-cancer-1.4594602) I’m not real happy about this. Here I am, with a new year coming, trolling the internet looking for people likely to die next year. And I’ve got my list together. But I’m unhappy about it. Fnishing in the top 5 is nice, but a year ago, I didn’t know who Jordon Cooper was. Stefan Karl Stefansson was nobody to me; Devin Liam, Liam Miller, Leah Bracknell: didn’t know any of them. I didn’t care. John McCain? Old, cancerous, served. I respect him. But, by the end of the year, he’d be gone, like my father. I don’t feel guilty putting him on a death pool list, but I feel bad trolling the internets looking for younger people who are so sick that their misfortune might help me win a stupid contest. It strikes me as perverse. Like those Ive added to my list for 2019, most of my candidates I hadn’t heard of until the last week of December, 2017. Of my new additions, I may have heard of one or two. Just some thoughts. I think I’m owed 44 points. Good luck in 2019. I’m going for First. But this game sucks the soul from you. Peace. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1375 "2018-12-29T11:11:59Z")
The flu really can kill. Conservative news personality and writer Bre Payton has died. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/consevative-writer-bre-payton-dies-suddenly-at-26/ar-BBRxXPn](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/consevative-writer-bre-payton-dies-suddenly-at-26/ar-BBRxXPn) ---
**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 29, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1376 "2018-12-29T16:07:30Z")
[Norman Gimble](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/norman-gimbel-dead-oscar-grammy-winning-lyricist-was-91-1171780), Oscar- and Grammy-inning lyricist of “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and “I Got a Name,” writer of the lyrics to “The Girl From Ipanema” and the theme to ‘Happy Days.’" He was 91 [Amos Oz](https://www.thewrap.com/amos-oz-israeli-author-whose-work-inspired-natalie-portmans-directing-debut-dies-at-79/), Israeli author who inspired Natalie Portman to her directorial debut in “A Tale of Love and Darkness," has died at 79. ---
**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 29, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1377 "2018-12-29T16:50:12Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > The flu really can kill. Conservative news personality and writer Bre Payton has died. > > [MSN](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/consevative-writer-bre-payton-dies-suddenly-at-26/ar-BBRxXPn) Yep. And she was only 26 ---
**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 29, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1378 "2018-12-29T17:17:43Z")
While not qualifying for “Final Hours Award” with a March 2018 death, Jordon Cooper is good for a Unique Pick, 56 Points, and 4th Place 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 candide 298 6(2) 5 phungi 277 6 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 tangent 125 4 15 FavreCo 117 3 16 Jack Batty 107 5 17 carnivorousp 106 2 18 Stephe96 91 5 19 amarinth 85 4 20 RobotDevilDog 81 2 21 42fish 78 2 21 Kitten Mitten 78 2 21 Squonk 78 2 24 ataraxy22 72 5(2) 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 Andrew21 25 2 52 CreaseMunky 25 2 52 Eliahna 25 1 52 Jeep's Phoenix 25 3 52 Lsura 25 2 52 Mahaloth 25 2 52 Monstera Delic 25 2 52 superdude 25 2 52 swampbear 25 1 52 vivalostwages 25 2 62 Borborygmi 24 1 62 krondys 24 1 62 McDeath_the_Mad 24 2 65 Biotop 23 1(1) 66 Old Wench 20 2(2) 67 5 time champ 19 1 67 BobLibDem 19 1 67 picker 19 3 67 smithsb 19 1 71 cardboardbox 18 1 71 Mona Lott 18 1 71 Sternvogel 18 1 74 Czarcasm 16 1 75 Rico 15 2(1) 76 Clothahump 14 2 77 boffking 11 2 78 PaulParkhead 8 1 79 Tread 7 2(1) 80 Guano Lad 6 1 80 imthjckaz 6 1 80 justmeetee 6 1 80 Spiff 6 2 80 SpoilerVirgin 6 1 80 zamboniracer 6 1 86 Hal Briston 5 1 ``` ---
**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 30, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1379 "2018-12-30T00:23:41Z")
[June Whitfield](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46712694) has died. I get some last minute points, and now have to adjust next year’s list. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1380 "2018-12-31T01:31:08Z")
Walk Off The Earth member Mike Taylor (“Beard Guy”) [has died.](https://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/20785/walk-off-the-earth-mike-taylor-has-died) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=70)