# 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:** 38
**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:** [July 16, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/742 "2020-07-16T11:53:13Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > …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. But which one sang _Que Sera Sera_? mmm ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/743 "2020-07-16T14:00:37Z")
Anthony Rodham, [Hillary’s youngest brother](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hillary-clinton-announces-the-death-of-youngest-brother-anthony-rodham), has died at age 65. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/744 "2020-07-16T14:09:45Z")
> [@zadscmc](#): > > 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 Yes, you sure did. ---
**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 16, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/745 "2020-07-16T14:52:59Z")
But Mel Blanc died in 1989 ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/746 "2020-07-16T16:18:39Z")
Sorry, wrong Mel. Mel Brooks. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/747 "2020-07-16T16:39:04Z")
> [@zadscmc](#): > > Sorry, wrong Mel. Mel Brooks. For just a moment I thought you were reporting that Mel had gone up forever with the Jews in Space. Don’t do that! 🙂 Just checked, he is OK. [sub]I still would like to see him someday play Goodgulf Greyteeth, the wizard in _Bored of the Rings._[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/748 "2020-07-16T17:00:44Z")
Who would you want for Frito? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/749 "2020-07-16T17:22:17Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Who would you want for Frito? [**Lay** Zhang](https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2184975/chinese-k-pop-star-crossover-appeal-exos-lay-zhang-aiming-make-it-big) 😛 Although, in a semi-serious note, it would be a good parody of Whitewashing, and as a bonus, get the lucrative Chinese movie market. 😉 I would prefer to see Rick Moranis coming back from retirement and de-aged digitally. 🙂 ---
**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 17, 2020, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/750 "2020-07-17T08:35:34Z")
Semyon Rozenfeld, [last known surviving escapee from Sobibor](https://www.timesofisrael.com/last-survivor-of-sobibor-death-camp-uprising-dies-aged-97/), died at age 96 (or 97, he was born in 1922 but I can’t find a month/day) in Israel on June 3. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/751 "2020-07-18T05:23:17Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > [sub]I still would like to see [Mel Brooks] someday play Goodgulf Greyteeth, the wizard in _Bored of the Rings._[/sub] > [@Baker](#): > > Who would you want for Frito? I think Mel Brooks would be a _great_ Goodgulf. As far as Frito, etc. are concerned, I’d _love_ to see the actors who played Bilbo, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin in Peter Jackson’s _LOTR_ play Dildo, Frito, Spam, Moxie, and Pepsi in a movie adaptation of _BOTR_. I think you’d need someone goofier than Viggo Mortensen to play Arrowroot of Arrowshirt, though. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/752 "2020-07-18T07:40:04Z")
David “Big Papi” Ortiz was shot over the weekend in the Dominican Republic. I don’t think his injuries are life threatening, but he does have liver and gall bladder damage. ---
**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 18, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/753 "2020-07-18T12:46:31Z")
[Roger Hirson](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/obituaries/roger-hirson-dead.html), screenwriter and Tony winning dramatist (for _Pippen_). ---
**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 19, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/754 "2020-07-19T05:37:06Z")
[Mary Max](https://nypost.com/2019/06/11/mary-max-wife-of-famed-artist-peter-max-kills-herself-in-upper-west-side-apartment/) wife of artist Peter Max, a suicide at age 52. ---
**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 19, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/755 "2020-07-19T13:07:50Z")
[Bill Wittliff](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/bill-wittliff/), screenwriter of _Lonesome Dove_ (produced as well) and _A Perfect Storm_. ---
**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 19, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/756 "2020-07-19T18:07:50Z")
Bushwick Bill is dead at 52. > **[Bushwick Bill, Of Houston Rap Group Geto Boys, Dead At 52](https://www.npr.org/2019/06/10/731076691/bushwick-bill-of-houston-rap-group-geto-boys-dead-at-52)** > > The Houston-based dancer-turned-rapper, part of the successful trio Geto Boys, was one of the first to bring cinematically macabre imagery to rap lyricism. ---
**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 19, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/757 "2020-07-19T19:43:50Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [Mary Max](https://nypost.com/2019/06/11/mary-max-wife-of-famed-artist-peter-max-kills-herself-in-upper-west-side-apartment/) wife of artist Peter Max, a suicide at age 52. Do I understand that Peter Max is still alive, but suffering from dementia? Was she his primary caregiver, or is he in some sort of care center? ---
**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 20, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/758 "2020-07-20T06:47:02Z")
Apparently, Mary was taking care of Peter, but the whole thing was a horrible [legal battle.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2019/06/11/peter-max-wife-found-dead-amid-allegations-she-exploited-artist/1427063001/) > [@](#): > > Mary Max figured prominently in the disputes, telling a court that one of Max’s sons from a previous marriage, Adam Max, had improperly taken custody of him and kept him from other relatives. > > Adam Max countered with his own allegations, accusing Mary Max of being abusive toward her husband — allegations she denied. > > A court returned Peter Max to his wife’s care, but the fights over his art have continued. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/759 "2020-07-23T09:30:15Z")
[Director Franco Zeffirelli passed away today](https://apnews.com/a05dc1bad5774b049fdaf254ef909206); he was 96 years old. > [@Franco Zeffirelli](#): > > I am not a film director. I am a director who uses different instruments to express his dreams and his stories — to make people dream. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/760 "2020-07-23T17:00:17Z")
His Romeo and Juliet, from 1968, is still the best. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/761 "2020-07-25T06:59:27Z")
[Gloria Vanderbilt has passed away at 95 years old.](https://apnews.com/urn:publicid:ap.org:3eef907c05aa4e24898d2d28a78eecf9?utm_source=PushNotification) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=39)