# 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:** 40
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/782 "2020-08-01T13:59:55Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Author [Judith Krantz](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/romance-novelist-judith-krantz-dead-at-91&ved=2ahUKEwiBhJaai4HjAhXG1lkKHR9WCT0QqOcBMBV6BAgKEAM&usg=AOvVaw1YsiOI4Km-aqAx-YmbtGaJ) has died at 91. 9 points for me, and a good excuse to watch my favorite cheesy '80’s miniseries on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/783 "2020-08-01T14:43:33Z")
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 76 2 1 10 candide 71 1 0 10 Hoopy Frood 71 1 0 10 Jeep’s Phoenix 71 1 0 10 Little Nemo 71 1 0 10 phungi 71 1 0 10 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 SpoilerVirgin 9 1 1 34 zadscmc 8 1 1 35 commasense 6 2 1 36 Andrew 21 3 1 0 36 Biotop 3 1 0 36 lel 3 1 0 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/784 "2020-08-01T15:48:20Z")
12 points for Irish author [Philomena Lynott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philomena_Lynott), who died back on June 12. She was also the mother of Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/785 "2020-08-03T10:06:55Z")
[Beth “Mrs. Dog” Chapman dead at 51, and 49 points for probably a few of us.](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/beth-chapman-of-dog-the-bounty-hunter-fame-dies-at-51-161432543.html) ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/786 "2020-08-03T12:43:00Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Beth “Mrs. Dog” Chapman dead at 51, and 49 points for probably a few of us.](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/beth-chapman-of-dog-the-bounty-hunter-fame-dies-at-51-161432543.html) It was close but managed to get on the board in the first half of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/787 "2020-08-03T18:02:50Z")
Nine folks had Mrs. Dog 1 Registered at Last 187 4 1 2 CAMJAY77 163 3 1 3 Its Not Rocket Surgery 154 4 0 4 bowler girl 135 3 0 4 Queen Annes Lace 135 3 0 6 Mahaloth 99 3 1 7 Happy Lendervedder 95 2 0 8 The Kraken 86 2 0 9 amarinth 76 2 1 10 candide 71 1 0 10 Hoopy Frood 71 1 0 10 Jeep’s Phoenix 71 1 0 10 Little Nemo 71 1 0 10 phungi 71 1 0 10 RTFirefly 71 1 0 16 RobotDevilDog 64 2 0 17 GIGObuster 49 1 0 17 Loach 49 1 0 17 melondeca 49 1 0 17 The Vorlon 49 1 0 21 Cazzle 44 3 3 22 5-time champ 31 1 1 23 GuanoLad 27 2 1 24 kayT 23 1 1 24 Team Dirt 23 1 1 26 FlikTheBlue 19 1 0 26 kopek 19 1 0 26 Shoeless 19 1 0 29 justmeetee 18 2 1 30 Allecher 15 1 0 30 Dolores Reborn 15 1 0 30 FavreCo 15 1 0 30 J-PL 15 1 0 30 Mona Lott 15 1 0 30 notfrommensa 15 1 0 30 zamboniracer 15 1 0 37 SpoilerVirgin 9 1 1 38 zadscmc 8 1 1 39 commasense 6 2 1 40 Andrew 21 3 1 0 40 Biotop 3 1 0 40 lel 3 1 0 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/788 "2020-08-03T18:10:25Z")
Just it of interest, I don’t play, but what do the number columns indicate: score, ?, ?. I’ve been meaning to ask. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/789 "2020-08-03T18:11:50Z")
I made an erro in scoring, will be back shortly. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/790 "2020-08-03T18:17:28Z")
Here are the corrected scores. Leaffan, the first number is the total of points for the player, the second is how many correct picks they have, and the third is how many of those picks are unique. 1 Registered at Last 187 4 1 2 CAMJAY77 163 3 1 3 Its Not Rocket Surgery 154 4 0 4 Happy Lendervedder 144 3 0 5 bowler girl 135 3 0 5 Queen Annes Lace 135 3 0 7 Mahaloth 99 3 1 8 The Kraken 86 2 0 9 amarinth 76 2 1 10 candide 71 1 0 10 Hoopy Frood 71 1 0 10 Jeep’s Phoenix 71 1 0 10 Little Nemo 71 1 0 10 phungi 71 1 0 10 RTFirefly 71 1 0 16 RobotDevilDog 64 2 0 17 GIGObuster 49 1 0 17 Loach 49 1 0 17 melondeca 49 1 0 17 The Vorlon 49 1 0 21 Cazzle 44 3 3 22 5-time champ 31 1 1 23 GuanoLad 27 2 1 24 kayT 23 1 1 24 Team Dirt 23 1 1 26 FlikTheBlue 19 1 0 26 kopek 19 1 0 26 Shoeless 19 1 0 29 justmeetee 18 2 1 30 Allecher 15 1 0 30 Dolores Reborn 15 1 0 30 FavreCo 15 1 0 30 J-PL 15 1 0 30 Mona Lott 15 1 0 30 notfrommensa 15 1 0 30 zamboniracer 15 1 0 37 SpoilerVirgin 9 1 1 38 zadscmc 8 1 1 39 commasense 6 2 1 40 Andrew 21 3 1 0 40 Biotop 3 1 0 40 lel 3 1 0 ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/791 "2020-08-03T21:05:01Z")
Max Wright, character actor best known for playing Willy Tanner in the 80s show _ALF_ has been [fired off to Melmac](https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/max-wright-dead-dies-alf-1203254258/) at age 75. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/792 "2020-08-03T22:13:48Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Beth “Mrs. Dog” Chapman dead at 51, and 49 points for probably a few of us.](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/beth-chapman-of-dog-the-bounty-hunter-fame-dies-at-51-161432543.html) > [@Loach](#): > > It was close but managed to get on the board in the first half of the year. As always, RIP. And yeah, me too; I was thinking that this year it was going to be a goose egg for me. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/793 "2020-08-04T01:08:39Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Here are the corrected scores. Leaffan, the first number is the total of points for the player, the second is how many correct picks they have, and the third is how many of those picks are unique… Ah. Thank you. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/794 "2020-08-04T01:54:09Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Max Wright, character actor best known for playing Willy Tanner in the 80s show _ALF_ has been [fired off to Melmac](https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/max-wright-dead-dies-alf-1203254258/) at age 75. Bad day for character actors. Billy Drago died too. > **[Billy Drago, Actor in ‘The Untouchables,’ Dies at 73](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/untouchables-actor-bill-drago-dies-at-73-1221296/)** > > Billy Drago, best known for his work as Al Capone's top henchman in 'The Untouchables,' has died, his rep told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 73. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/795 "2020-08-04T05:25:20Z")
I did a thread search, and didn’t see it listed, but actor/comedian Steve Levy [died](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/steve-levy-actor-in-shameless-ray-donovan-dies-at-58/ar-BBTgIpv) back on January 21. He was 58. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/796 "2020-08-08T15:14:00Z")
[Tyler Skaggs, pitcher for the Angels, is pulled from the game at 73 points.](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27099081/angels-pitcher-tyler-skaggs-27-dies-texas) ---
**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:** [August 9, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/797 "2020-08-09T08:42:11Z")
Well I did my usual July health check and --------- just the one I knew of between both pools. I had hopes … ---
**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:** [August 9, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/798 "2020-08-09T13:34:54Z")
[Susan Bernard](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/30/obituaries/susan-bernard-dies.html), dead at 71. The Deadites caught up to the [The Amazing Bob Dorian](https://deadline.com/2019/06/bob-dorian-dead-actor-magician-american-movie-classics-host-was-85-1202637762/) He certainly wouldn’t have been eligible for the pool, since he was famous because of his disease, and particularly what he did to get it, but [Luis Alvarez](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/luis-alvarez/) passed away on June 29, at the age of 53, three days after handing over his police badge to Mitch McConnell as a punctuation mark on his testimony to Congress about the Victim Compensation Fund. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/799 "2020-08-09T17:19:21Z")
Report: Auto industry legend Lee Iacocca dead at 94 ---
**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:** [August 9, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/800 "2020-08-09T17:55:53Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Report: Auto industry legend Lee Iacocca dead at 94 He will be buried in a coffin that looks sporty, but is actually a repurposed Ford Falcon. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/801 "2020-08-09T19:30:37Z")
I always loved how he made an acronym out of his name: **I A** m **C** hairman **O** f **C** hrysler **C** orporation of **A** merica. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=41)