# 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:** 15
**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 19, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/281 "2020-02-19T02:28:52Z")
TV presenter [Diane Oxberry](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/11/bbc-weather-presenter-dianne-oxberry-dies-age-51-short-illness/) dead at 49 points. ---
**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 19, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/282 "2020-02-19T15:48:25Z")
Hankies out, folks, because [this young man](https://nypost.com/2019/01/08/boy-with-terminal-cancer-hangs-on-to-meet-baby-sister) should win the Death Pool. > [@](#): > > Nine-year-old Bailey Cooper battled the disease for 15 months and was determined to hold his new sibling who was due. > > Mom Rachel, 28, had her in November and Bailey named her Millie — and the day before he died, Bailey was pictured cradling the baby in his arms. ---
**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 19, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/283 "2020-02-19T17:01:50Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Hankies out, folks, because [this young man](https://nypost.com/2019/01/08/boy-with-terminal-cancer-hangs-on-to-meet-baby-sister) should win the Death Pool. Jesus. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/284 "2020-02-19T18:39:41Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Jesus. If so, he’ll be back in 3 days. Which makes me wonder how Jesus would have scored in a death pool. Do we still get points for a reincarnation? Regarding this kid, tragic though his story may be: not sure he would have been eligible, since his fame was for being sick. ---
**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 19, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/285 "2020-02-19T19:45:04Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Regarding this kid, tragic though his story may be: not sure he would have been eligible, since his fame was for being sick. No, he would have been ineligible because _we’re sick, but we’re not that sick_ (picks must be over 18) ---
**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:** [February 20, 2020, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/286 "2020-02-20T07:15:35Z")
Fair enough. Out of curiosity, can we get a ruling on a reincarnation, just in case the majority of us (myself included) are wrong? ---
**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 20, 2020, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/287 "2020-02-20T08:04:03Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > If so, he’ll be back in 3 days. Which makes me wonder how Jesus would have scored in a death pool. Do we still get points for a reincarnation? > > Regarding this kid, tragic though his story may be: not sure he would have been eligible, since his fame was for being sick. > [@Superdude](#): > > Fair enough. Out of curiosity, can we get a ruling on a reincarnation, just in case the majority of us (myself included) are wrong? There was also Jerry Rosenberg. He was sentenced to life in prison. He subsequently had a heart attack but was successfully revived. He then filed a lawsuit saying that he had died when his heart stopped. He argued his life had ended and he had therefore completed his sentence of life imprisonment and should be released. The judge did not agree. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/288 "2020-02-20T08:15:43Z")
It’s getting kind of strange, that it’s almost two weeks into the new year and we haven’t had a single selected celebrity pass. Last night I doublechecked the folks on my list and found yes, they are all still alive. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/289 "2020-02-20T08:38:05Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Timothy Dalton is in B&W but Kenny Everett and Robert Kardashian are in colour… Does the site know something we don’t? I found many dead folks on the page with color pictures. ---
**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 20, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/290 "2020-02-20T09:02:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > There was also Jerry Rosenberg. He was sentenced to life in prison. He subsequently had a heart attack but was successfully revived. > > He then filed a lawsuit saying that he had died when his heart stopped. He argued his life had ended and he had therefore completed his sentence of life imprisonment and should be released. > > The judge did not agree. Technically, I think he was sentenced to death but it was later commuted to life in prison by the governor. ---
**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 20, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/291 "2020-02-20T13:41:38Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > It’s getting kind of strange, that it’s almost two weeks into the new year and we haven’t had a single selected celebrity pass. Last night I doublechecked the folks on my list and found yes, they are all still alive. What is the longest we’ve gone into a new pool before the first points? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/292 "2020-02-20T13:45:47Z")
So, _Death_ has shutdown too? What department does he work for - TSA? ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/293 "2020-02-20T14:12:16Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > It’s getting kind of strange, that it’s almost two weeks into the new year and we haven’t had a single selected celebrity pass. Last night I doublechecked the folks on my list and found yes, they are all still alive. There’s been 3 over in the Theme thread. Daryl Dragon a reserve outfielder for the Detroit Tigers 1968 Championship team (I didn’t recognize the name and my Dad took me to numerous games that year and if we didn’t go, we watched on TV or listened on the radio) Gus Ganakas - Michigan State University basketball coach who was replaced after the 75-76 season but still encouraged Magic to come to State. Thanks Gus! ---
**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 20, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/294 "2020-02-20T14:44:58Z")
[Sir Michael Atiyah](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46850763) dead at 11 points. I initially misread that as Alegiah, who is on my list. ---
**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 20, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/295 "2020-02-20T17:07:43Z")
On January 6th, sci fi character actor [W Morgan Sheppard](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/william-morgan-sheppard-death-cause-age-star-trek-doctor-who-mad-men-tribute-a8715406.html) died at age 86. My earliest memory of him is as Blank Reg on the original _Max Headroom_ short film, which he reprised when it was reworked into a US series. He subsequently went onto tons of other sci fi and regular roles, but also many may know his son [Mark Sheppard](https://twitter.com/Mark_Sheppard/status/1082129529844449282). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/296 "2020-02-20T17:34:18Z")
Shirley Boone, married to Pat Boone for 65 years, has passed. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/pat-boones-wife-of-65-years-shirley-dies-ive-parted-with-my-better-half-for-a-little-while/ar-BBS84hE?li=BBnbfcL](https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/pat-boones-wife-of-65-years-shirley-dies-ive-parted-with-my-better-half-for-a-little-while/ar-BBS84hE?li=BBnbfcL) That’s a long time. My parents made it to 64, not far behind. **Czarcasm** and\*\* kayT\*\* picked the wrong Boone. ---
**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 20, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/297 "2020-02-20T17:40:10Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > So, _Death_ has shutdown too? What department does he work for - TSA? He’s not getting paid, so he’s been taking his unused vacation. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/298 "2020-02-20T17:50:37Z")
Verna Bloom best known as Mrs Wormer in Animal House has been expelled from the planet. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/2542468002](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/2542468002) ---
**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 21, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/299 "2020-02-21T11:49:58Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > **Czarcasm** and\*\* kayT\*\* picked the wrong Boone. So they decided to stand pat, huh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/300 "2020-02-21T14:52:38Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > So they decided to stand pat, huh? 😃 aaaaaagh!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=16)