# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/321 "2020-02-25T17:48:57Z")
[Mary Oliver](https://www.npr.org/2019/01/17/577380646/beloved-poet-mary-oliver-who-believed-poetry-mustn-t-be-fancy-dies-at-83) has joined the Dead Poets Society. What a pointless death. ---
**Author:** ![1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/58956e/32.png) [@1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1b3bz18c9ed269201)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/322 "2020-02-26T11:09:21Z")
Don’t count you points before they pass… [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/prince-philip-car-crash-sparks-questions-over-why-the-97-year-old-was-driving/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/prince-philip-car-crash-sparks-questions-over-why-the-97-year-old-was-driving/) He dodges the reapers grasp! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/323 "2020-02-27T04:22:56Z")
I think **commasense** ’s moment in the lead needs to be commemorated with a scoreboard, before we have another death for points. Since I’m not the DeathMistress, this is totally unofficial, but here we go: ```auto Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) 1 commasense 3 1(1) 2 Everyone Else 0 0(0) ``` ---
**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 27, 2020, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/324 "2020-02-27T05:40:48Z")
Actor Windsor Davies, from sitcoms such as _It Aint Half Hot Mum_, and _Never The Twain_, (and _Terrahawks_) has [died aged 88](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-46931129). Also, 12 points please. Booyah! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/325 "2020-02-27T13:18:39Z")
1 GuanoLad 12 1 1 2 commasense 3 1 1 ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/326 "2020-02-27T13:34:34Z")
Heartening to see that commasense’s reign of terror has ended. All Hail GuanoLad! ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/327 "2020-02-27T16:00:30Z")
These may be the only points I get all year, but it sure is nice to be in front for potentially a few days. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/328 "2020-02-27T16:15:30Z")
I doubt anyone had him, but noted session musician [Reggie Young](https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2019/01/18/guitarist-reggie-young-dies-memphis-music-elvis-presley-nashville-music/2613228002/) left 18 points on the table. ---
**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 27, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/329 "2020-02-27T17:21:07Z")
[John Coughlin](https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/19/us/john-coughlin-dead/index.html), a top pair’s figure skater for the US, has killed himself at age 33. 67 points for no one to get. If he died a year later, he could have had two perfect sixes for points. ---
**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 28, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/330 "2020-02-28T13:57:43Z")
Tony Mendez argone. > **[Tony Mendez, The 'Argo' Spy Who Rescued Americans In Iran, Dies At 78](https://www.npr.org/2019/01/19/686942870/tony-mendez-the-argo-spy-who-rescued-americans-in-iran-dies-at-78)** > > Mendez slipped into revolutionary Iran in 1980 and brought out six American diplomats who were granted refuge by the Canadian Embassy. He didn't receive full acclaim until Hollywood made a 2012 movie. ---
**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 28, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/331 "2020-02-28T14:28:28Z")
I thought you meant [this guy](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjg3-D6rP3fAhVRaVAKHREECCkQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.avclub.com%2Fdavid-letterman-s-longtime-cue-card-guy-fired-for-assau-1798273178&psig=AOvVaw3esKS70g7m2cv-kRqAr5CS&ust=1548107761304554) at first. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/332 "2020-02-29T14:15:03Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 1 GuanoLad 12 1 1 > 2 commasense 3 1 1 Damn! Sic transit gloria mundi. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/333 "2020-02-29T14:16:05Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > Heartening to see that commasense’s reign of terror has ended. All Hail GuanoLad! Hey! I heard that! ---
**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:** [March 1, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/334 "2020-03-01T03:28:30Z")
Did anyone have chef [Andrew Fairlie](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-46958875) at 45 points? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/335 "2020-03-01T14:00:11Z")
[Millicent Young](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/millicent-young/), WASP pilot who worked to get them military recognition after the group was disbanded, dead at 96. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/336 "2020-03-01T16:46:20Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [John Coughlin](https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/19/us/john-coughlin-dead/index.html), a top pair’s figure skater for the US, has killed himself at age 33. 67 points for no one to get. > > If he died a year later, he could have had two perfect sixes for points. They changed to a 10-point system years ago. (That’s still a damn funny line. I laughed.) ---
**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:** [March 1, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/337 "2020-03-01T16:59:38Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > They changed to a 10-point system years ago. I know, but still! ---
**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:** [March 1, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/338 "2020-03-01T16:59:40Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Did anyone have chef [Andrew Fairlie](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-46958875) at 45 points? You know, there is a “Search This Thread” menu near the top of the page, which can be a quick way to answer your questions about who picked a points-maker (in this case, it looks like no one, which seems odd, since he announced his impending demise a couple months ago; I blame it on the fact that he spells his name wrong, at least for a Scotsman). ---
**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:** [March 2, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/339 "2020-03-02T01:15:14Z")
In “blindingly obvious and should have seen it coming in a ‘Darwin Award’ kinda way” news: [Gigi Wu](https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/22/asia/taiwan-gigi-wu-death-intl/index.html), the Taiwanese ‘bikini hiker,’ has died at 36 from falling into a gorge while climbing. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/340 "2020-03-02T05:01:04Z")
Longtime NYT columnist [Russell Baker](https://www.npr.org/2019/01/23/687600776/pulitzer-prize-winning-columnist-russell-baker-dies-at-93) died on Monday at age 93. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=18)