# 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:** 24
**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 31, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/461 "2020-03-31T14:05:39Z")
[Vinny Vella](https://deadline.com/2019/02/vinny-vella-dies-casino-the-sopranos-actor-was-72-1202561980/) sleeps with the worms. ---
**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 31, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/462 "2020-03-31T17:24:58Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > I’m still in last place! Yay! Maybe all my nonagenarians and centenarians will make it another full year! There are a lot of us in no place. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/463 "2020-04-02T21:10:13Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > I’m still in last place! Yay! Maybe all my nonagenarians and centenarians will make it another full year! > [@Loach](#): > > There are a lot of us in no place. Or just losers in general? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/464 "2020-04-02T22:21:17Z")
I prefer to think of us as pre-winners. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/465 "2020-04-03T00:46:25Z")
Stanley Donen is singing in the grave. > **[Stanley Donen, who directed iconic movie musicals, dies at 94](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/stanley-donen-who-directed-some-hollywood-s-iconic-movie-musicals-n975006)** > > His credits include some of the most joyous sounds and images in movie history. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/466 "2020-04-03T03:06:06Z")
Actor/comedian Brody Stevens has committed suicide at age 48. [https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiNkMznldTgAhUkiOAKHal2DuQQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheblast.com%2Fcomedian-brody-stevens-dead-suicide%2F&psig=AOvVaw0wdXXT\_wri\_vvsOgJi7BmU&ust=1551090844338410](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiNkMznldTgAhUkiOAKHal2DuQQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheblast.com%2Fcomedian-brody-stevens-dead-suicide%2F&psig=AOvVaw0wdXXT_wri_vvsOgJi7BmU&ust=1551090844338410) ---
**Author:** ![1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/58956e/32.png) [@1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1b3bz18c9ed269201)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/467 "2020-04-04T16:03:38Z")
> **[Beverley Owen, the original Marilyn in ‘The Munsters,’ dead at 81](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/beverley-owen-the-original-marilyn-in-the-munsters-dead-at-81)** > > Beverley Owen, the actress best known for playing the original Marilyn Munster on Season 1 of the ‘60s sitcom “The Munsters,” has died. She was 81. Can you believe it ? I picked the wrong Marilyn Munster. I had Pat Priest who was Marilyn #2. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [April 5, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/468 "2020-04-05T13:55:12Z")
It’s no longer [Mark Hollis](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/25/mark-hollis-lead-singer-of-talk-talk-dies-at-age-64-reports-say)’s life. [Ross Lowell](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbeat/academy-award-winning-lighting-expert-gaffer-tape-inventor-ross-lowell-dead-at-92/ar-BBTZnfa), lighting expert and gaffer tape inventor. [Fred Foster](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/fred-foster/), founder of Monument Records and producer who made celebrities out of Roy Orbison and Dolly Parton. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/469 "2020-04-06T21:45:01Z")
She wasn’t eligible for inclusion in the deathpool due to her age, and being famous for being sick, but I’d like to note the passing of Zei Uwadia. In 2017, her lungs failed, and the 16 year old had to be placed on life support. She became the hospital’s first person ever to sit up while on the life-support machine. And the first to stand. And the first to walk while hooked up to life-support. She was on the machines for a total of 189 days. Anything over 100 is rare. She passed away earlier this month, at her home, at the age of 17. [https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj797aF1N3gAhUrWN8KHbrsDa4QzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2019%2F02%2F14%2Fhealth%2Fzei-uwadia-life-support-death%2Findex.html&psig=AOvVaw32ujmLTHCNrIdt9IYTcycP&ust=1551416787549560](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj797aF1N3gAhUrWN8KHbrsDa4QzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2019%2F02%2F14%2Fhealth%2Fzei-uwadia-life-support-death%2Findex.html&psig=AOvVaw32ujmLTHCNrIdt9IYTcycP&ust=1551416787549560) ---
**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:** [April 7, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/470 "2020-04-07T11:03:02Z")
Famed Oscar winning conductor, composer and pianist [André Previn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Previn), dead at 89. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/471 "2020-04-07T22:27:35Z")
Not dead (yet?), but actor Luke Perry is hospitalized after suffering a “massive” stroke at age 52. Perry rose to fame due to “Beverly Hills, 90210” and went on to have a role in the prison drama “Oz.” Most recently, he plays Archie’s father on “Riverdale” > **['Riverdale' Star Luke Perry Suffers 'Massive' Stroke, Sedated in Hospital](https://amp.tmz.com/2019/02/28/luke-perry-stroke-riverdale-beverly-hills-90210-hospitalized/)** > > Luke Perry suffered a stroke Wednesday in L.A. and is currently hospitalized. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/472 "2020-04-08T11:37:57Z")
> **[Katherine Helmond, the Man-Crazy Mother on ‘Who’s the Boss?’ Dies at 89](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/katherine-helmond-dead-whos-the-boss-star-89-877766/)** > > Katherine Helmond, the seven-time Emmy-nominated Texas actress who played the feisty, man-crazy mother Mona Robinson on the long-running ABC sitcom ‘Who’s the Boss?,’ has died. She was … Katherine Helmond, Soap star down the drain. ☹ ---
**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:** [April 8, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/473 "2020-04-08T11:46:58Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > [Katherine Helmond Dead: ‘Who’s the Boss?’ 'Soap' Star Was 89](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/katherine-helmond-dead-whos-the-boss-star-89-877766) > Katherine Helmond, Soap star down the drain. ☹ Now we finally _know_ that Jessica Tate is dead. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/474 "2020-04-08T13:22:14Z")
Mike Willesee, Australian journalist > **['Simply the best': Veteran journalist Mike Willesee dead at 76](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-01/journalism-icon-mike-willesee-dead-at-76/10861942)** > > Described as a trailblazer of Australian journalism, five-time Walkley-award winner Mike Willesee became a household name after fronting the ABC's Four Corners program and Channel 9's A Current Affair. He discovered Paul Hogan, among many other career highlights. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/475 "2020-04-08T13:52:58Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Mike Willesee, Australian journalist > [Mike Willesee, journalist and trailblazer, dead at 76 after long battle with throat cancer - ABC News](https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-01/journalism-icon-mike-willesee-dead-at-76/10861942) > > He discovered Paul Hogan, among many other career highlights. 24 points for meeeeeeeee! ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/476 "2020-04-08T16:47:21Z")
Looks like my instincts about Bobby Knight might be correct. He isn’t dead, and I’m not wishing it on him - I mean, he may be a legendary asshole but I still have some respect for him as a coach - but a story just broke reporting that [his health is “in decline.”](https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2019/03/01/bobby-knight-iu-basketball-coach-bob-knight-health-don-fischer/3030941002/) I put him on my list because I don’t think a lifetime of stress and anger is likely to be good for someone’s long-term health, and if there’s anyone who’s the picture of stress and anger, it’s him. Chill out, Bobby, try to maybe let the grudges go, perhaps take up meditation or something…or don’t… maybe he _would_ be happy to know that even in death he’d be racking up points on a scoreboard, even if it’s this one. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/477 "2020-04-08T17:13:09Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > 24 points for meeeeeeeee! You and **Registered at Last** : 1 Registered at Last 187 4 1 2 CAMJAY77 163 3 1 3 Happy Lendervedder 95 2 0 4 amarinth 71 1 0 4 bowler girl 71 1 0 4 candide 71 1 0 4 Hoopy Frood 71 1 0 4 Its Not Rocket Surgery 71 1 0 4 Jeeps Phoenix 71 1 0 4 Little Nemo 71 1 0 4 Mahaloth 71 1 0 4 phungi 71 1 0 4 Queen Annes Lace 71 1 0 4 RTFirefly 71 1 0 4 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:** ![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:** [April 9, 2020, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/478 "2020-04-09T09:05:35Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Now we finally _know_ that Jessica Tate is dead. Next time on Soap. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/479 "2020-04-09T12:16:20Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Now we finally _know_ that Jessica Tate is dead. Nah…she’s just been recast. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/480 "2020-04-10T22:11:53Z")
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