# 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:** 18
**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:** [March 2, 2020, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/341 "2020-03-02T05:19:32Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > You know, there is a “Search This Thread” menu near the top of the page, … Not that I can see. At least on the mobile version anyway. ---
**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 2, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/342 "2020-03-02T07:33:43Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > 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. Sounds like she fell and was injured or got stuck. Then froze to death. :shudders: ---
**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, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/343 "2020-03-02T09:30:25Z")
I remember reading somewhere (no cite, so trust it as far as you feel comfortable doing so) that freezing to death is supposed to be a quite comfortable way to die. That said, I’m more comfortable being Aron Ralston in that comparison. He only lost a hand. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/344 "2020-03-02T10:11:05Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I remember reading somewhere (no cite, so trust it as far as you feel comfortable doing so) that freezing to death is supposed to be a quite comfortable way to die. The actual dying part is not so bad (or so I’ve also heard (falling asleep, they say)), but the being cold long enough to actually freeze to death bit in before that point is awful (I’ve been very cold (shivering to the point I couldn’t write) and it sucks). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/345 "2020-03-02T10:54:57Z")
I once asked an ME the most painful and least painful ways to die. Most painful is being burned alive. Most people who die in fires die of smoke inhalation, which is less painful. The least painful (and this is for information purposes only) is to get drunk and then freeze to death. Rip roaring, blotto drunk. ---
**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 2, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/346 "2020-03-02T12:41:56Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Not that I can see. At least on the mobile version anyway. Ah, I see, it appears in the classic theme but seems to get swallowed up in the new theme. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/347 "2020-03-02T20:17:27Z")
[Comedian Kevin Barnett](https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/22/entertainment/comedian-kevin-barnett-dead/), age 32. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/348 "2020-03-02T22:54:46Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The least painful (and this is for information purposes only) is to get drunk and then freeze to death. Rip roaring, blotto drunk. I would think overdosing on opiates would be an easier way to go. People are taking those drugs without any intent to die because they feel good. So taking enough extra to kill yourself shouldn’t be any worse. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/349 "2020-03-03T09:03:59Z")
Missed this a couple of days ago. Kaye Ballard dead at 93. I had no idea she was still alive. The Mothers-in-Law was one of those shows that was on in reruns when I was a kid when we had just a couple of channels. > **[Kaye Ballard, Indefatigable Comedian and Actress, Dies at 93 (Published 2019)](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/obituaries/kaye-ballard-dead.html)** > > Best known for the 1960s sitcom “The Mothers-in-Law,” she also had memorable turns in Broadway musicals and rode the nightclub circuit for years. ---
**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 3, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/350 "2020-03-03T22:21:37Z")
Ernie Banks, [the first Black player for the Chicago Cubs](https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/82632174-157.html), died last Friday. He was 83. ---
**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 3, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/351 "2020-03-03T22:49:17Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Ernie Banks, [the first Black player for the Chicago Cubs](https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/82632174-157.html), died last Friday. He was 83. Banks died in 2015 ---
**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 3, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/352 "2020-03-03T23:48:52Z")
**Morgyn** should lose 4 points for that. ---
**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 4, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/353 "2020-03-04T06:51:57Z")
Well, hell. I know better than to not check the date. And, **eschereal** , it don’t matter to me. I don’t play, I just throw in reports when I see them. Should have known if it wasn’t already here that there might be a problem! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/354 "2020-03-04T08:41:22Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Ernie Banks, [the first Black player for the Chicago Cubs](https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/82632174-157.html), died last Friday. He was 83. > [@Superdude](#): > > Banks died in 2015 Let’s die two! ---
**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:** [March 4, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/355 "2020-03-04T14:44:13Z")
Celebrity chef Fatima Ali dead at 29. 71 points for several people. > **[Top Chef Star Fatima Ali Dead at 29 After Cancer Battle - E! Online](https://www.eonline.com/news/1008504/top-chef-star-fatima-ali-dead-at-29-after-cancer-battle)** > > The young chef was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer ---
**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 4, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/356 "2020-03-04T15:11:25Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Celebrity chef Fatima Ali dead at 29. 71 points for several people. > > [Top Chef Star Fatima Ali Dead at 29 After Cancer Battle](https://m.eonline.com/news/1008504/top-chef-star-fatima-ali-dead-at-29-after-cancer-battle) Wow, my highest point score of all time, I think. And earliest in the year I’ve ever had as well. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/357 "2020-03-04T16:33:12Z")
Almost a whole week as King. That’s not bad, but boy howdy, how can I compete with a multi-71 pointer? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/358 "2020-03-04T17:32:16Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Celebrity chef Fatima Ali dead at 29. 71 points for several people. Fifteen of us, [according to Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21405867&postcount=220). I’m not proud. I’ll happily share the lead with 14 of my fellow players. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/359 "2020-03-05T07:15:11Z")
1 amarinth 71 1 0 1 bowler girl 71 1 0 1 CAMJAY77 71 1 0 1 candide 71 1 0 1 Happy Lendervedder 71 1 0 1 Hoopy Frood 71 1 0 1 Its Not Rocket Surgery 71 1 0 1 Jeeps Phoenix 71 1 0 1 Little Nemo 71 1 0 1 Mahaloth 71 1 0 1 phungi 71 1 0 1 Queen Annes Lace 71 1 0 1 Registered at Last 71 1 0 1 RTFirefly 71 1 0 1 The Kraken 71 1 0 16 GuanoLad 12 1 1 17 commasense 3 1 1 ---
**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:** [January 26, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/360 "2019-01-26T14:53:19Z")
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