# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 71
**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, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1401 "2019-01-01T19:15:58Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > the shroom of death does not experience emotions… like a proper fun-guy, he simply grows on you… So THAT’S what that is. ---
**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, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1402 "2019-01-01T20:58:06Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > So THAT’S what that is. Ewwwww! ---
**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, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1403 "2019-01-01T21:53:28Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > 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. Yeah, I noticed that the two years that I led for even a part of the year were (1) your last sub-400 point year, and (2) the year you didn’t play. 'Nuff said. 🙂 ---
**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, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1404 "2019-01-01T23:31:45Z")
Two is a record for me. Last year I only got one, and before that I think\* none. \*_though I might be misremembering, maybe I did get one long ago…_ ---
**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:** [January 8, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1405 "2019-01-08T21:53:34Z")
Looks like we missed one: [Al Reinert](https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Former-Chronicle-reporter-Al-Reinert-co-writer-13504713.php), director and producer of “For All Mankind” as well as cowriter of Apollo 13. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1406 "2019-01-15T21:17:09Z")
And we missed another one, though this one wasn’t announced until this year: [Carlos Sánchez](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/obituaries/carlos-sanchez-dead.html), AKA Juan Valdez, dead at 83. ---
**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 15, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1407 "2019-01-15T21:58:01Z")
Neither were listed, so no change in points ---
**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:** [January 16, 2019, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1408 "2019-01-16T05:00:12Z")
NM. Wrong thread entirely. What’s this doing up at the top again? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1409 "2019-01-16T21:50:06Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > NM. Wrong thread entirely. What’s this doing up at the top again? 'Cause some people died in 2018 who weren’t announced until 2019. Didn’t affect the standings, but still a good placed to record it. (Of course, by asking such a question, you’re also asking for someone to bump the thread back up, thus subverting your intention of not wanting the thread bumped to the top.) ---
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1410 "2019-01-17T01:48:12Z")
2018 refuses to die! It is a zombie year! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331.md?page=70)