# 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:** 23
**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 27, 2020, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/441 "2020-03-27T10:44:27Z")
I’m not a participant in the game, but I read recently that John Haynes, the creator of Haynes car repair manuals died. I probably have bought a half dozen manuals in my life. YouTube and Google are probably just as informative these days, but before the internet Haynes manuals were the go-to for backyard mechanics. > **[The founder of the Haynes Manual, John Haynes, has died](https://www.topgear.com/car-news/founder-haynes-manual-john-haynes-has-died?ab=1)** > > Creator of iconic repair manuals and RAF vet passes away at the age of 80 ---
**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 27, 2020, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/442 "2020-03-27T11:12:53Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I knew I’d heard of him. He wrote most of the M_A_S\*H books in the 70’s. He wrote A LOT. His Brotherhood of War series was prominent in every PX since the 80s. That’s where I picked them up. The heroes were a little too heroic, too handsome, too rich. But he also made them likable and engaging and you wanted to see what happened next. Like I said I liked that he explored the areas of history that aren’t covered too well in history. Some of which he was directly involved in. BoW dealt a lot with what the military was doing between WWII and Korea. He wrote about the infancy of Army aviation after the Air Force was formed. He wrote about the beginning steps of special operations. All while telling the stories of multiple families. On a military page I follow someone said their father had a copy of the book that dealt with Army Aviation. The book was filled with scribbled notes about the real events and actual names of those involved. The entire book was based on fact but you didn’t need to know that to enjoy it. In many ways he could be considered a hack. He certainly had a formula. But that formula worked. For a number of years his son has been co-authoring with him. I think it shows. His later series weren’t as interesting to me. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/443 "2020-03-28T11:42:22Z")
It must have been a kiss of death. [George Mendonsa](https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sailor-iconic-day-times-square-kiss-photo-dies-61146506?cid=social_twitter_abcn) dead at age 95. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/444 "2020-03-28T17:55:17Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > It must have been a kiss of death. More like a kiss of life, since he lived to be 95 and she lived to be 92. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/445 "2020-03-28T22:49:20Z")
[Consumer advocate David Horowitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horowitz_(consumer_advocate))-dead at age 81. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/446 "2020-03-29T04:15:26Z")
The fashion world mourns Karl Lagerfeld, aged 85 [https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/fashion-icon-karl-lagerfeld-dies/news-story/0017866fcba9bf8e1df300038ba3e508](https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/fashion-icon-karl-lagerfeld-dies/news-story/0017866fcba9bf8e1df300038ba3e508) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/447 "2020-03-29T04:50:29Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’m not a participant in the game, but I read recently that John Haynes, the creator of Haynes car repair manuals died. No reason you can’t post to the thread anyway. I lurked, then I threw in a few comments, then I got sucked into playing. This is the sixth year I’ve submitted a list, so I guess that makes me a regular now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/448 "2020-03-29T06:46:23Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > The fashion world mourns Karl Lagerfeld, aged 85 > [https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/fashion-icon-karl-lagerfeld-dies/news-story/0017866fcba9bf8e1df300038ba3e508](https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/fashion-icon-karl-lagerfeld-dies/news-story/0017866fcba9bf8e1df300038ba3e508) Here is a side challenge. See if you can find a picture of Lagerfeld smiling. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/449 "2020-03-29T10:45:22Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Consumer advocate David Horowitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horowitz_(consumer_advocate))-dead at age 81. He’s read his last label. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/450 "2020-03-29T12:04:58Z")
Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe just passed away, leaving behind 8 points. > **[Dodgers great Don Newcombe dead at age 92](https://www.foxnews.com/sports/dodgers-great-don-newcombe-dead-at-age-92)** > > Dodgers great Don Newcombe has passed away Tuesday of a lengthy illness, the team said in a statement. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/451 "2020-03-29T12:21:34Z")
1 CAMJAY77 163 3 1 1 Registered at Last 163 3 1 3 amarinth 71 1 0 3 bowler girl 71 1 0 3 candide 71 1 0 3 Happy Lendervedder 71 1 0 3 Hoopy Frood 71 1 0 3 Its Not Rocket Surgery 71 1 0 3 Jeeps Phoenix 71 1 0 3 Little Nemo 71 1 0 3 Mahaloth 71 1 0 3 phungi 71 1 0 3 Queen Annes Lace 71 1 0 3 RTFirefly 71 1 0 3 The Kraken 71 1 0 16 Cazzle 33 2 2 17 GuanoLad 12 1 1 18 zadscmc 8 1 1 19 commasense 3 1 1 ---
**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 29, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/452 "2020-03-29T13:23:35Z")
[Dick Churchill](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/dick-churchill/) has escaped life. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/453 "2020-03-29T14:43:12Z")
Ah, safely in the 20th place! ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/454 "2020-03-31T09:31:25Z")
No more monkeying around for [Peter Tork](https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/peter-tork-the-monkees-dies-dead-1203144914/) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/455 "2020-03-31T10:43:21Z")
Hey, hey! That’s sad. Especially since I didn’t have him on my list. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/456 "2020-03-31T11:02:40Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > No more monkeying around for [Peter Tork](https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/peter-tork-the-monkees-dies-dead-1203144914/) I’m a Tork-griever… ---
**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 31, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/457 "2020-03-31T11:40:16Z")
I saw his corpse, now, > [@phungi](#): > > I’m a Tork-griever… ---
**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 31, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/458 "2020-03-31T12:45:49Z")
I was actually thinking earlier this week about which Monkee would be the next one to go. I had suspected that it would be Mickey Dolenz. No real reason for it. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/459 "2020-03-31T12:46:17Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > No more monkeying around for [Peter Tork](https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/peter-tork-the-monkees-dies-dead-1203144914/) Heart **wrenching** news. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/460 "2020-03-31T12:58:43Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 1 CAMJAY77 163 3 1 > 1 Registered at Last 163 3 1 > 3 amarinth 71 1 0 > 3 bowler girl 71 1 0 > 3 candide 71 1 0 > 3 Happy Lendervedder 71 1 0 > 3 Hoopy Frood 71 1 0 > 3 Its Not Rocket Surgery 71 1 0 > 3 Jeeps Phoenix 71 1 0 > 3 Little Nemo 71 1 0 > 3 Mahaloth 71 1 0 > 3 phungi 71 1 0 > 3 Queen Annes Lace 71 1 0 > 3 RTFirefly 71 1 0 > 3 The Kraken 71 1 0 > 16 Cazzle 33 2 2 > 17 GuanoLad 12 1 1 > 18 zadscmc 8 1 1 > 19 commasense 3 1 1 I’m still in last place! Yay! Maybe all my nonagenarians and centenarians will make it another full year! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=24)