# 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:** 32
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/622 "2020-06-05T05:18:52Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Henry Bloch, the “H” in “H&R Block” has died at 96.](https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article229579809.html) Brother Richard died in 2004. They will be buried, lying jointly. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/623 "2020-06-05T09:23:25Z")
[Former Indiana Senator Richard Lugar](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/28/richard-lugar-dies-former-indiana-senator/3608748002/&ved=2ahUKEwi2uI6HofPhAhWBmlkKHW5iClgQqOcBMAR6BAgHEAY&usg=AOvVaw1f2Fzonoaqou3j1jajBiFW) dead at 87. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/624 "2020-06-05T11:31:39Z")
Phil McCormick, lead singer of Molly Hatchet, passed away. [Molly Hatchet Lead Singer Phil McCormack Dies at 58 | Saving Country Music](https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/molly-hatchet-lead-singer-phil-mccormack-dies-at-58/) **Molly Hatchett…** Danny Joe Brown Voc died at 53 Jimmy Farrah Voc died at 68 Dave Hlubek lead Guitar died at 66 Duane Roland Guitar died at 53 Bruce Crump Drums died at 57 Banner Thomas Bass died at 62 Riff West bass died at 64 Phil McCormack dies at 58 ---
**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:** [June 5, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/625 "2020-06-05T18:13:50Z")
Sounds like that whole band was flirtin’ with disaster ---
**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:** [June 6, 2020, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/626 "2020-06-06T12:12:10Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > It’s now [reported](https://people.com/movies/john-singleton-in-coma-after-stroke/) that the stroke was “major,” and he is in a coma. He’s been taken off life support. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/627 "2020-06-06T12:40:25Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Top 13 picks, for those who wish to follow along, were > > Jimmy Carter 28 > Olivia Newton John 22 > Bill Cosby 19 > Valerie Harper 19 > Leah Bracknell 17 > Prince Philip 17 > Fatima Ali 15 > Betty White 14 > Tim Conway 14 > Linda Nolan 13 > Donald Trump 12 > Ruth Bader Ginsburg 12 > Mel Brooks 11 > > Of the rest, 91 picks were between nine and two each, and 460 were singletons. 460 singletons, and I bet none of them were John Singleton. 😉 ---
**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:** [June 6, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/628 "2020-06-06T13:04:07Z")
And [John Singleton](https://variety.com/2019/film/news/john-singleton-dies-dead-boyz-n-the-hood-1203200263/) dies at 51. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/629 "2020-06-06T13:14:29Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > And [John Singleton](https://variety.com/2019/film/news/john-singleton-dies-dead-boyz-n-the-hood-1203200263/) dies at 51. That one really hits home. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/630 "2020-06-07T13:34:37Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > That one really hits home. I see what you did there. [Mark Medoff](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/obituaries/mark-medoff-dead.html), _Children of a Lesser God_ playwright. [Caroline Bittencourt](https://www.tmz.com/2019/04/30/brazilian-model-caroline-bittencourt-drowns-rescuing-puppies/), failed at dog-paddling. Stuntman [Frank Henson](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/frank-henson/) dies of illness, not running into a tree. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/631 "2020-06-07T14:00:43Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > I see what you did there. Really? I don’t see it. I’m 51. I had a stroke. I’m alive and 99% back to normal. He’s 51, had a stroke and died. That could have easily been me. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/632 "2020-06-07T16:16:02Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Really? I don’t see it. I’m 51. I had a stroke. I’m alive and 99% back to normal. He’s 51, had a stroke and died. That could have easily been me. I too would like to know what the joke was supposed to be if there was one…or one assumed by someone. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/633 "2020-06-07T18:06:23Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I too would like to know what the joke was supposed to be if there was one…or one assumed by someone. I think the joke may have been some sort of tortured pun with “Singleton” and “hits home.” But I had to stretch really hard to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/634 "2020-06-07T18:12:17Z")
I thought he was making a reference to home = the Hood, since Singleton directed _Boyz In The Hood_. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/635 "2020-06-08T02:38:52Z")
It read like a joke to me at first too. Until I clicked the link I thought Singleton might have been a MLB player I had never heard of. Then I was just confused. (Yes, he was mentioned up-thread, but that was more than a week ago) ---
**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:** [June 8, 2020, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/636 "2020-06-08T06:24:46Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I think the joke may have been some sort of tortured pun with “Singleton” and “hits home.” > > But I had to stretch really hard to see it. I take pride in my tasteless jokes. If I made one it would be better than that. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/637 "2020-06-08T12:38:55Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I think the joke may have been some sort of tortured pun with “Singleton” and “hits home.” > > But I had to stretch really hard to see it. Yep. > [@Loach](#): > > I take pride in my tasteless jokes. If I made one it would be better than that. Let’s hope so. 😉 ---
**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:** [June 8, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/638 "2020-06-08T18:25:52Z")
I just noticed that Gino Marchetti died. He is not often thought of now but he revolutionized the position of defensive end. He forever changed how pass rushing was looked at. He changed football defense every bit as much as Lawrence Taylor did later. Hall of famer of course. He also started the fast food restaurant Gino’s. I remember that from my youth but didn’t know the connection with him until now. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-gino-marchetti-nfl-baltimore-colts-dead-20190501-story.html%3FoutputType=amp](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-gino-marchetti-nfl-baltimore-colts-dead-20190501-story.html%3foutputType=amp) ---
**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:** [June 9, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/639 "2020-06-09T06:48:55Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I just noticed that Gino Marchetti died. He is not often thought of now but he revolutionized the position of defensive end. He forever changed how pass rushing was looked at. He changed football defense every bit as much as Lawrence Taylor did later. Hall of famer of course. > > He also started the fast food restaurant Gino’s. I remember that from my youth but didn’t know the connection with him until now. > > [NFL legend Gino Marchetti dies at 93; relentless pass rusher was a Baltimore hero](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-gino-marchetti-nfl-baltimore-colts-dead-20190501-story.html%3foutputType=amp) I knew that Gino had played for the Colts, but was never a football fan. But I was a big fan of [his restaurants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino%27s_Hamburgers) from my childhood. His Gino Giant (the L.A. Times gets it wrong: it wasn’t the Giant Gino), a double-decker burger with “special sauce,” was introduced _before_ McDonald’s Big Mac, and was much better, with larger patties. When I was a kid, my family considered McDonald’s a cheap downscale version of Gino’s. I never ate at McD’s until the Gino’s chain was closed in 1982. His fellow Colts Joe Campanella and Alan Ameche co-founded the Gino’s chain with him, and Ameche also opened about half a dozen [drive-in restaurants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ameche#Business_career) around Baltimore in the 1960s. Ameche’s featured the “Powerhouse,” billed as “a banquet on a bun,” which was similar to the Giant, but even bigger and better. (I can’t tell from the Wikipedia entries which was introduced first, but they were both created by what was essentially the same company.) The clear hierarchy in restaurant and burger quality (for our family, at least), top to bottom, was Ameche’s, Gino’s, McDonald’s. I just learned from Wikipedia that Campanella also founded Rustler’s Steak House. Ten years ago, Marchetti and some of the other early Gino’s owners relaunched the brand with a few stores in the Baltimore and Philadelphia areas, although only two stores near Baltimore remain open today. I’ve been to the Towson branch once or twice, and it was pretty good. Not quite the same as the original 40 years ago, because they have positioned themselves a more upscale than today’s McD’s, on par with Five Guys, for instance. [Here’s](https://ginoshamburgers.homestead.com/) a tribute site to the original Gino’s. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2020, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/640 "2020-06-09T08:39:43Z")
I remember Gino’s and Ameche’s well. My parents always preferred Ameche’s, so we never went to Gino’s until they got the [Kentucky Fried Chicken](https://www.flickr.com/photos/tracis_retro/2467644305) franchise - there were no stand-alone KFC restaurants at the time (at least in Maryland). ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/641 "2020-06-09T15:13:11Z")
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