# 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:** 37
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/722 "2020-07-07T13:51:51Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Former Senate Appropriations chairman Thad Cochran has died aged 81 > > [Longtime Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Cochran dead at 81 | Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/longtime-mississippi-republican-sen-thad-cochran-dead-at-81.amp) All right! 19 points! Er… it’s a shame, he’ll be missed, yadda yadda… (Points! 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/723 "2020-07-07T17:35:30Z")
1 Registered at Last 187 4 1 2 CAMJAY77 163 3 1 3 Its Not Rocket Surgery 105 3 0 4 Mahaloth 99 3 1 5 Happy Lendervedder 95 2 0 6 bowler girl 86 2 0 6 Queen Annes Lace 86 2 0 6 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 5-time champ 31 1 1 18 GuanoLad 27 2 1 19 Team Dirt 23 1 1 20 FlikTheBlue 19 1 0 20 kopek 19 1 0 20 Shoeless 19 1 0 23 justmeetee 18 2 1 24 Allecher 15 1 0 24 Dolores Reborn 15 1 0 24 FavreCo 15 1 0 24 J-PL 15 1 0 24 Mona Lott 15 1 0 24 notfrommensa 15 1 0 24 RobotDevilDog 15 1 0 24 zamboniracer 15 1 0 32 zadscmc 8 1 1 33 commasense 6 2 1 34 Andrew 21 3 1 0 34 Biotop 3 1 0 34 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 11, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/724 "2020-07-11T18:05:04Z")
There is a new documentary about multi-year death pool tease The Amazing Jonathan. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MpXC91oE2X8/maxresdefault.jpg "ALWAYS AMAZING The True Story of the Life, Death, and Return of Amazing Jonathan | Official Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpXC91oE2X8) ---
**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:** [July 11, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/725 "2020-07-11T18:35:01Z")
Paul Darrow, who played Avon on _Blake’s 7_, becoming the leader of five after Blake was killed off rendering the show title meaningless, [has died aged 78](https://io9.gizmodo.com/rip-paul-darrow-blakes-7s-unlikely-sardonic-hero-1835212601). ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/726 "2020-07-12T03:05:23Z")
Had to check to see if he died (Blake’s 7 ending spoiler) in a hail of laser fire Brian ---
**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:** [July 12, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/727 "2020-07-12T03:55:06Z")
How can a game so easy be so hard? ---
**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 12, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/728 "2020-07-12T06:41:57Z")
First Lady of Israel [Nechama Rivlin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nechama_Rivlin), dead at age 73. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/729 "2020-07-12T13:08:16Z")
[Robert Bernstein](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/robert-bernstein/), publisher and founder of various human rights organizations that would eventually merge into Human Rights Watch. [Louis Levi Oakes](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/03/last-of-mohawk-code-talkers-dies-after-finally-hailed-war-hero), last of the Mohawk Code Talkers [Leah Chase](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/us/leah-chase-died.html), chef owner of Dooky Chase restaurant. I was fortunate to eat there for the first time in March while she was still around. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/730 "2020-07-14T16:46:26Z")
[Dr. John](https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/06/entertainment/dr-john-death-trnd/index.html) died this morning of a heart attack. Age 77. For once, I’m too bummed to come up with a joke. My wife and I really loved his music, and had seen him perform live several times. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/731 "2020-07-14T16:55:35Z")
That’s a very sad thing. We saw him a couple years ago and he was very frail. I’m almost ashamed of myself for having put him on my list and thus gotten some points. Almost. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/732 "2020-07-14T17:16:41Z")
1 Registered at Last 187 4 1 2 CAMJAY77 163 3 1 3 Its Not Rocket Surgery 105 3 0 4 Mahaloth 99 3 1 5 Happy Lendervedder 95 2 0 6 bowler girl 86 2 0 6 Queen Annes Lace 86 2 0 6 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 5-time champ 31 1 1 18 GuanoLad 27 2 1 19 kayT 23 1 1 19 Team Dirt 23 1 1 21 FlikTheBlue 19 1 0 21 kopek 19 1 0 21 Shoeless 19 1 0 24 justmeetee 18 2 1 25 Allecher 15 1 0 25 Dolores Reborn 15 1 0 25 FavreCo 15 1 0 25 J-PL 15 1 0 25 Mona Lott 15 1 0 25 notfrommensa 15 1 0 25 RobotDevilDog 15 1 0 25 zamboniracer 15 1 0 33 zadscmc 8 1 1 34 commasense 6 2 1 35 Andrew 21 3 1 0 35 Biotop 3 1 0 35 lel 3 1 0 ---
**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:** [July 14, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/733 "2020-07-14T17:48:26Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > [Dr. John](https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/06/entertainment/dr-john-death-trnd/index.html) died this morning of a heart attack. Age 77. > > For once, I’m too bummed to come up with a joke. My wife and I really loved his music, and had seen him perform live several times. It’s okay, **Firefly**. I got your back. He was in the right place but it must have been the wrong time ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/734 "2020-07-15T04:45:54Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > It’s okay, **Firefly**. I got your back. > > He was in the right place but it must have been the wrong time Well played, sir! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/735 "2020-07-15T15:09:26Z")
Maida Heatter dies a pointless death, at 102. > **[Before She Wrote Cookbooks, Maida Heatter Created Hit Recipes for The Times...](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/07/dining/maida-heatter-chocolate-torte.html)** > > This triple-layer chocolate torte, the newspaper’s most requested dessert in 1972, was just one of the recipes developed by the legendary author, who died on Thursday at 102. I have two of her cookbooks. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/736 "2020-07-15T15:35:01Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Maida Heatter dies a pointless death, at 102. > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/07/dining/maida-heatter-chocolate-torte.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/07/dining/maida-heatter-chocolate-torte.html) > > I have two of her cookbooks. Hope the COD was not food poisoning. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/737 "2020-07-15T17:20:28Z")
Alabama University superfan Walt Gary has [died](https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/26920077/crimson-tide-superfan-walt-gary-dies-36) at 36. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/738 "2020-07-15T20:04:05Z")
FYI, Girma Wolde-Giorgis died on 15 December 2018 [https://www.google.com/search?ei=cyz7XL2GHq3U5gKTsbO4Dg&q=Girma+Wolde-Giorgis&oq=Girma+Wolde-Giorgis&gs\_l=psy-ab.3…0j0i22i30l8.14586.15900…16523…1.0…1.103.980.12j1…0…1j2…gws-wiz…6…35i39.sDf9j85KD88](https://www.google.com/search?ei=cyz7XL2GHq3U5gKTsbO4Dg&q=Girma+Wolde-Giorgis&oq=Girma+Wolde-Giorgis&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i22i30l8.14586.15900..16523...1.0..1.103.980.12j1......0....1j2..gws-wiz.....6..35i39.sDf9j85KD88) Thus, Ms. Deathmistress, Mel Blanc moves to the “A” team from the alternate list. Did I get this correct? -Zads ---
**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 15, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/739 "2020-07-15T21:28:30Z")
[This is a weird one](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2019/06/06/dennis-day-dead-mouseketeer-body-found-oregon-house-identified/3428263002/): '50s Mouseketeer Dennis Day went missing last July. Coroners recently confirmed that the body they found in his house in April was indeed him. He had been missing for 8 months, people were looking for him, and they found his body in his own house. ---
**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 15, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/740 "2020-07-15T21:34:53Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [This is a weird one](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2019/06/06/dennis-day-dead-mouseketeer-body-found-oregon-house-identified/3428263002/): '50s Mouseketeer Dennis Day went missing last July. Coroners recently confirmed that the body they found in his house in April was indeed him. > > He had been missing for 8 months, people were looking for him, and they found his body in his own house. And a home they had already searched, apparently. That is very odd. ETA: They couldn’t use dental records or DNA to identify the body, it says. I’m surprised they couldn’t get DNA from the teeth. Unless maybe there weren’t any left. Very strange, all around. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/741 "2020-07-16T02:31:54Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > And a home they had already searched, apparently. That is very odd. > > ETA: They couldn’t use dental records or DNA to identify the body, it says. I’m surprised they couldn’t get DNA from the teeth. Unless maybe there weren’t any left. Very strange, all around. The body wasn’t necessarily found in the house. Per Wikipedia: “Police had searched Day’s residence and elsewhere, but in early April 2019 human remains were discovered on the _ **property** _.”(emphasis mine) It is a very rural area. For anyone as confused as I was before googling the name(s) “Dennis Day” - the Mouseketeer was not the same person as the older, more famous Dennis Day the singer, most famous(probably) from The Jack Benny Show both on radio and TV, and who died in 1988. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=38)