# 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:** 35
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/682 "2020-06-23T16:55:31Z")
Former WWE wrestler Ashley Massaro [Entertainment | Heavy.com](https://heavy.com/entertainment/2019/05/ashley-massaro-dead-death-cause/) ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/683 "2020-06-24T02:52:16Z")
[Grumpu Cat,](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/grumpy-cat-dead_n_5cde79b2e4b00e035b8daba1) a Non-Player Character in our game has passed away at age seven. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/684 "2020-06-24T05:02:52Z")
Ah shit, I’m gonna grieve for this cat now! ☹ I have a picture of her taped to the wall at my workstation, so I’m basically looking at her all the time…I’m currently making the very same face. ---
**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 24, 2020, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/685 "2020-06-24T08:04:14Z")
Author Herman Wouk has died at 103. The second major pointless death this week. ---
**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 27, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/686 "2020-06-27T22:13:18Z")
Formula One driver Niki Lauda dies at 70 after a lung transplant months ago. > **[Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda dies aged 70](https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/21/formula-1-driver-niki-lauda-dies-aged-70-eight-months-lung-transplant-9619534/?ico=pushly-notifcation-small&utm_source=pushly)** > > The F1 legend died in Vienna yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/687 "2020-06-28T07:37:07Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Formula One driver Niki Lauda dies at 70 after a lung transplant months ago. > > [Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda dead at 70 | Metro News](https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/21/formula-1-driver-niki-lauda-dies-aged-70-eight-months-lung-transplant-9619534/?ico=pushly-notifcation-small&utm_source=pushly) Met Mr. Lauda years ago in the Boeing 737 factory, we were building the first 737 for Lauda Air. We talked a bit about the “sedan racing” I participated in at the time, I was driving a street stock at a local race track. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/688 "2020-06-28T16:17:35Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Formula One driver Niki Lauda dies at 70 after a lung transplant months ago. > > [Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda dead at 70 | Metro News](https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/21/formula-1-driver-niki-lauda-dies-aged-70-eight-months-lung-transplant-9619534/?ico=pushly-notifcation-small&utm_source=pushly) I have him on my themed list. Another one of those I’m sorry to see they passed but… points! ---
**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:** [June 29, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/689 "2020-06-29T19:48:41Z")
Jeremiah Denton, the prisoner of war who blinked “Torture” in Morse code during a North Vietnamese propaganda film, [has died at the age of 89](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeremiah-denton-ex-senator-and-vietnam-pow-who-blinked-torture-in-morse-code-dies-at-89/). ---
**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:** [July 3, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/690 "2020-07-03T08:08:30Z")
Green Bay Packers great [Bart Starr](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.packers.com/news/packers-legend-bart-starr-dies-at-85&ved=2ahUKEwiwsPKexLniAhVSJt8KHc7xAeQQqOcBMAJ6BAgEEAM&usg=AOvVaw0Fg_Gb81RHWNiE2zmPTCSP) has died at 85. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2020, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/691 "2020-07-03T08:56:03Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Jeremiah Denton, the prisoner of war who blinked “Torture” in Morse code during a North Vietnamese propaganda film, [has died at the age of 89](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeremiah-denton-ex-senator-and-vietnam-pow-who-blinked-torture-in-morse-code-dies-at-89/). He died in 2014. No idea why that’s been going around social media lately. > [@Biotop](#): > > Green Bay Packers great [Bart Starr](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.packers.com/news/packers-legend-bart-starr-dies-at-85&ved=2ahUKEwiwsPKexLniAhVSJt8KHc7xAeQQqOcBMAJ6BAgEEAM&usg=AOvVaw0Fg_Gb81RHWNiE2zmPTCSP) has died at 85. I had him on my list before but dropped him for some more risky picks. That strategy is working very poorly. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2020, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/692 "2020-07-03T09:37:23Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > He died in 2014. No idea why that’s been going around social media lately. DAMNIT. Sorry, folks. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/693 "2020-07-03T12:33:16Z")
Is Bart Starr a unique pick for **justmeetee**? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/694 "2020-07-03T13:04:10Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Green Bay Packers great [Bart Starr](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.packers.com/news/packers-legend-bart-starr-dies-at-85&ved=2ahUKEwiwsPKexLniAhVSJt8KHc7xAeQQqOcBMAJ6BAgEEAM&usg=AOvVaw0Fg_Gb81RHWNiE2zmPTCSP) has died at 85. Given the position he played, shouldn’t the correct term be that he has ‘passed on’? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/695 "2020-07-03T16:17:24Z")
1 Registered at Last 187 4 1 2 CAMJAY77 163 3 1 3 Mahaloth 99 3 1 4 Happy Lendervedder 95 2 0 5 bowler girl 86 2 0 5 Its Not Rocket Surgery 86 2 0 5 Queen Annes Lace 86 2 0 5 The Kraken 86 2 0 9 amarinth 71 1 0 9 candide 71 1 0 9 Hoopy Frood 71 1 0 9 Jeep’s Phoenix 71 1 0 9 Little Nemo 71 1 0 9 phungi 71 1 0 9 RTFirefly 71 1 0 16 Cazzle 44 3 3 17 GuanoLad 27 2 1 18 Team Dirt 23 1 1 19 kopek 19 1 0 19 Shoeless 19 1 0 21 justmeetee 18 2 1 22 Allecher 15 1 0 22 Dolores Reborn 15 1 0 22 FavreCo 15 1 0 22 J-PL 15 1 0 22 Mona Lott 15 1 0 22 notfrommensa 15 1 0 22 RobotDevilDog 15 1 0 22 zamboniracer 15 1 0 30 zadscmc 8 1 1 31 commasense 6 2 1 32 Andrew 21 3 1 0 32 Biotop 3 1 0 32 lel 3 1 0 ---
**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:** [July 3, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/696 "2020-07-03T18:09:04Z")
I don’t see my name on the list… oh yeah that’s right ---
**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:** [July 3, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/697 "2020-07-03T19:54:52Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I don’t see my name on the list… oh yeah that’s right nobody picked you ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/698 "2020-07-04T11:01:38Z")
Bill Buckner fails to stop death at first base. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/699 "2020-07-04T11:17:58Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > nobody picked you I don’t think a “Doper Death Pool” would be allowed by the Mods. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/700 "2020-07-04T15:50:38Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I don’t think a “Doper Death Pool” would be allowed by the Mods. 😃 Not to mention the DeathMistress.😃 Check out rule 3e in the OP!😛 ---
**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:** [July 5, 2020, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/701 "2020-07-05T06:52:46Z")
Red Sox player [Bell Buckner](https://www.npr.org/2019/05/27/727355557/former-red-sox-first-baseman-bill-buckner-dies-at-69) dead at 69. No matter how well he played the game, he’ll always be remembered for the one error that won the 1986 World Series…for the Mets. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=36)