# Celebrity Death Pool 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [January 9, 2020, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390 "2020-01-09T05:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/241 "2020-02-10T07:27:33Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > And that was for my very first DP cherry: Paul Quarrington. I still own the record for latest Opening Kickoff winner! You aren’t “helping these fellows along”, are you? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/242 "2020-02-10T08:31:50Z")
[“Mean” Gene Okerlund](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://comicbook.com/wwe/2019/01/02/mean-gene-okerlund-dead-passes-away/&ved=2ahUKEwj-2tSCvc_fAhXMzlkKHZFaAQQQqOcBMAJ6BAgEEAM&usg=AOvVaw0GAnHrNXUfpKX9dDTeNfxw) aged 76. Anyone have him? ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/243 "2020-02-10T08:40:21Z")
Of course not, that would be against the rules 🆒 Actually I discovered Paul Q from this game and he is still one of my favourite artists. Sadly, I didn’t know of him while he was alive (ok, for more than a month while he was alive) because apparently he put on an awesome live show. > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You aren’t “helping these fellows along”, are you? :dubious: ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/244 "2020-02-10T08:44:26Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > [“Mean” Gene Okerlund](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://comicbook.com/wwe/2019/01/02/mean-gene-okerlund-dead-passes-away/&ved=2ahUKEwj-2tSCvc_fAhXMzlkKHZFaAQQQqOcBMAJ6BAgEEAM&usg=AOvVaw0GAnHrNXUfpKX9dDTeNfxw) aged 76. Anyone have him? Aw man, that guy reminds me of Saturday mornings eating Lucky Charms in front of the TV. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/245 "2020-02-10T10:23:46Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > [“Mean” Gene Okerlund](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://comicbook.com/wwe/2019/01/02/mean-gene-okerlund-dead-passes-away/&ved=2ahUKEwj-2tSCvc_fAhXMzlkKHZFaAQQQqOcBMAJ6BAgEEAM&usg=AOvVaw0GAnHrNXUfpKX9dDTeNfxw) aged 76. Anyone have him? I have a wrestling theme in the other thread and annoyingly I didn’t have him. I think The Undertaker will be busy this year. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/246 "2020-02-10T11:18:59Z")
[Bob “Super Dave” Einstein has died.](https://www.amny.com/entertainment/celebrities/bob-einstein-celebrity-dead-1.11324834) ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/247 "2020-02-10T11:36:59Z")
I wonder how his brother Albert is taking it. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/248 "2020-02-10T11:41:28Z")
Funkhouser! ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/249 "2020-02-10T13:07:10Z")
I totally got sidetracked and forgot to get an entry in this time. What that means is that a few of the old mainstays on my list are probably screwed. Mike Tyson, Suge Knight, Ron Jeremy - look out. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/250 "2020-02-10T15:12:09Z")
2019 is off to a roaring start. Per TMZ Daryl Dragon (aka the “Captain” from Captain and Tenille) is dead at 76 . ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/251 "2020-02-10T15:13:38Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I wonder how his brother Albert is taking it. With [dignity](https://twitter.com/AlbertBrooks/status/1080535503076761602). ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/252 "2020-02-10T15:47:02Z")
Wow, I should have done a Spirit of '76 theme. Okerlund, the Captain, and Einstein were all aged 76. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/253 "2020-02-10T16:15:38Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Wow, I should have done a Spirit of '76 theme. Okerlund, the Captain, and Einstein were all aged 76. As soon as the warranty expires… ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/254 "2020-02-10T16:31:07Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I wonder how his brother Albert is taking it. I’m not sure if you’re joking or not, but he does have a brother Albert: who changed his name, for obvious reasons! > **[Albert Brooks](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Brooks)** > > Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein; July 22, 1947) is an American actor, director and screenwriter. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1987 comedy-drama film Broadcast News and was widely praised for his performance in the 2011 action drama film Drive. Brooks has also acted in films such as Taxi Driver (1976), Private Benjamin (1980), Unfaithfully Yours (1984), Out of Sight (1998) and My First Mister (2001). He has written, Bro... ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/255 "2020-02-10T17:18:39Z")
It is very rude of these folks to not let us know last week that they were feeling ill! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/256 "2020-02-10T18:17:05Z")
> [@Allecher](#): > > It is very rude of these folks to not let us know last week that they were feeling ill! Yeah, and former Senate Dem leader Harry Reid said either yesterday or today that he’s not long for this world. He couldn’t have shared the news a couple days earlier? How inconsiderate! 😉 ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/257 "2020-02-10T19:40:52Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > 2019 is off to a roaring start. > > Per TMZ Daryl Dragon (aka the “Captain” from Captain and Tenille) is dead at 76 . But the assorted hat jokes will live on forever. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/258 "2020-02-10T19:55:08Z")
[Jim Margraff, Johns Hopkins’ winningest football coach, dies suddenly at 58.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2019/01/02/jim-margraff-johns-hopkins-football-coach-dies/2467220002/) [Jerry Magee, legendary San Diego sports writer, dies at 90](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/sd-sp-jerry-magee-obit-san-diego-canepa-20190102-story.html) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/259 "2020-02-11T01:57:07Z")
In another piece of nice timing: [Olivia Newton-John pokes fun at ‘exaggerated’ rumors about her health: ‘I’m doing great’](https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/02/entertainment/olivia-newton-john-health/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2019-01-03T08%3A57%3A26&utm_term=image&utm_medium=social) [Cleese]You’re not fooling anyone, you know. You’ll be stone dead in a moment[/Cleese] ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/260 "2020-02-11T03:58:09Z")
[Alejandro Aparicio Santiago](https://nypost.com/2019/01/02/mexican-mayor-shot-dead-on-his-first-day-in-office) was killed on his first day in office. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=14)