# 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:** 70
**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 31, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1381 "2018-12-31T14:42:32Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > [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. 7 Points, a Unique Pick, and perhaps the “Final Hours” award. ```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 Guano Lad 13 2(1) 78 boffking 11 2 79 PaulParkhead 8 1 80 Tread 7 2(1) 81 imthjckaz 6 1 81 justmeetee 6 1 81 Spiff 6 2 81 SpoilerVirgin 6 1 81 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:** [January 1, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1382 "2019-01-01T01:22:46Z")
Woohoo! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1383 "2019-01-01T01:36:52Z")
> [@candide](#): > > [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. Happy New Year! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1384 "2019-01-01T03:29:25Z")
Ray Sawyer, of Dr Hook, has died at 19 points. > **[Dr. Hook singer Ray Sawyer dead at 81](https://pagesix.com/2018/12/31/dr-hook-singer-ray-sawyer-dead-at-81/amp/?fbclid=IwAR3DMO7jbSoHhU0Z-403D17OZXUM7PP5Eoq-E_4x43ULI-h45ZNGqEVzy08)** > > Sawyer, best known for singing lead vocal on “Cover of Rolling Stone,” suffered a brief illness from which he didn’t recover. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1385 "2019-01-01T03:51:39Z")
Jesus Christ, people we don’t have are dropping like flies. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1386 "2019-01-01T11:20:08Z")
My fourth top-10, 200+ point year: 2018: 6th, 227 points 2017: 7th, 234 points, led for 1.5 months\* 2016: 8th, 208 points 2015: 2nd, 296 points, led for 3 weeks\*\* - And had the illusion of being in the lead for an additional 2 months on the strength of the points for al-Baghdadi, who turned out to be alive after all, dammit. \*\* And then was in second place _by four measly points for the last six and a half months of the year._ RAL 300, RTF 296, from June 15 to December 31. Still can’t believe neither of us got another corpse the whole rest of the year. 🙂 > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Jesus Christ, people we don’t have are dropping like flies. Every Death Pool, every year. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1387 "2019-01-01T12:41:18Z")
I want to give another shoutout to **phungi** for doing this in 2017-8!!! To take it up in the middle of the game, in 2017, was a big deal. _ **HIP HIP HOORAY** _ ---
**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:** [January 1, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1388 "2019-01-01T14:10:12Z")
And one last “Hope you enjoyed your birthday” to \*\*Baker \*\*along with Hurrah for having her back as Death Mistress where she belongs! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1389 "2019-01-01T14:15:58Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > And one last “Hope you enjoyed your birthday” to \*\*Baker \*\*along with Hurrah for having her back as Death Mistress where she belongs! Thanks so much, but \*\*phungi \*\*belonged too and did a super job. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1390 "2019-01-01T14:18:19Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Thanks so much, but \*\*phungi \*\*belonged too and did a super job. I agree. You just look a lot better in the picture in my brain. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/58956e/32.png) [@1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1b3bz18c9ed269201)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1391 "2019-01-01T15:06:55Z")
Yeah! I didn’t finish tied for last place! Thanks phungi for running the show! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/58956e/32.png) [@1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1b3bz18c9ed269201)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1392 "2019-01-01T15:32:27Z")
Ready ---
**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:** [January 1, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1393 "2019-01-01T15:45:38Z")
I encourage everyone to check their lists, search Wiki’s [Deaths in 2018](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_deaths_by_year#2018), or otherwise Google/confirm any overlooked “losses”. 2018 is in the books, and here are our winners: _The “Opening Kickoff” Award:_ **Rico** (January 3rd) _The “Quantity Not Quality” Award:_ TIE: **CAMJAY777, Registered at Last** each with an impressive 8 picks _The “Grim Reaper” Award:_ **irritant** with 4 Unique Picks _The “Robbing the Cradle” Award:_ SHARED: **Team Dirt, basset hound, GIGObuster** for Jessica Falkholt at 29 years of age _The “Final Hours” Award:_ **GuanoLad** (December 29) Final Standings, pending last-minute revisions, congrats to CAMJAY777 with an impressive 454 points, and a 50-point lead. It’s been a pleasure to lead this twisted endeavor, and I can only look forward to one day gaining high enough celebrity status to be listed! ```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 Guano Lad 13 2(1) 78 boffking 11 2 79 PaulParkhead 8 1 80 Tread 7 2(1) 81 imthjckaz 6 1 81 justmeetee 6 1 81 Spiff 6 2 81 SpoilerVirgin 6 1 81 zamboniracer 6 1 86 Hal Briston 5 1 87 a35362 0 0 87 Baker 0 0 87 Captain Klutz 0 0 87 cazwhatever 0 0 87 commasense 0 0 87 ElFamousBurrito 0 0 87 eschereal 0 0 87 Gatopescado 0 0 87 kopek 0 0 87 Lancia 0 0 87 MeanMrMustard 0 0 87 meghan 0 0 87 Paul in Qatar 0 0 87 Ponch8 0 0 87 rucciface 0 0 87 Schnitte 0 0 87 stockton 0 0 ``` ---
**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:** [January 1, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1394 "2019-01-01T15:59:13Z")
Some stats: Total players: 103 Total celebrities listed: 634 Total Deaths Picked: 47 Pick Percentage: 7.4% Players with one or more picks: 84.5% Players with two or more picks: 60.2% Players with three or more picks: 33% Players with four or more picks: 18.4% Players with five or more picks: 9.7% ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1395 "2019-01-01T15:59:58Z")
Thanks again, O **Death Shroom** , for a great job of running the game this past year! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1396 "2019-01-01T16:04:46Z")
Excellent work phungi! Enjoy your retirement. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1397 "2019-01-01T17:52:49Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > My fourth top-10, 200+ point year: > > 2018: 6th, 227 points > 2017: 7th, 234 points, led for 1.5 months\* > 2016: 8th, 208 points > 2015: 2nd, 296 points, led for 3 weeks\*\* > > - And had the illusion of being in the lead for an additional 2 months on the strength of the points for al-Baghdadi, who turned out to be alive after all, dammit. > > \*\* And then was in second place _by four measly points for the last six and a half months of the year._ RAL 300, RTF 296, from June 15 to December 31. Still can’t believe neither of us got another corpse the whole rest of the year. 🙂 > > Every Death Pool, every year. 😃 Impressive. Me - 2012: 2nd, 274 points 2013: 1st, 385 points 2014: 2nd, 239 points 2015: 4th, 252 points 2016: 1st, 482 points 2017: Did Not Play 2018: 1st, 454 points Some may call us sick for doing this. but we’re not as sick as some of our picks, Played for years on another board before 2012. I remember back for 2006 my brother told me about Ironhead Heyward who I didn’t know was ill. Liked him as a player. Big points for him. ---
**Author:** ![irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irritant)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1398 "2019-01-01T18:08:49Z")
Hooray for death! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1399 "2019-01-01T19:11:47Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > And one last “Hope you enjoyed your birthday” to \*\*Baker \*\*along with Hurrah for having her back as Death Mistress where she belongs! > [@Baker](#): > > Thanks so much, but \*\*phungi \*\*belonged too and did a super job. :smack:I did not mean to imply that **phungi** was not wonderful, as I am in the themed pool also and do not want to piss off the death mushroom for crying out loud. What it is, I just forgot what thread we were in and thought I was, you know, sucking up to the death mistress in her thread. So now that I have completely messed up the sucking up, I suppose no one will die for me this year. Oh well. Welcome to the New Year, same as the Old Year. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1400 "2019-01-01T19:14:27Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > :smack:I did not mean to imply that **phungi** was not wonderful, as I am in the themed pool also and do not want to piss off the death mushroom for crying out loud. What it is, I just forgot what thread we were in and thought I was, you know, sucking up to the death mistress in her thread. So now that I have completely messed up the sucking up, I suppose no one will die for me this year. Oh well. Welcome to the New Year, same as the Old Year. the shroom of death does not experience emotions… like a proper fun-guy, he simply grows on you… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=71)