# 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:** 43
**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 18, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/842 "2020-08-18T02:03:16Z")
62! Damn that’s way too young. I also remember Denise as one of the Short Circus kids on _The Electric Company_. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/843 "2020-08-18T07:51:21Z")
**RobotDevilDog** gets 38 unique points for Nickerson, leaping from 16th to 7th place. 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 RobotDevilDog 102 3 1 8 Mahaloth 99 3 1 9 The Kraken 86 2 0 10 amarinth 76 2 1 11 candide 71 1 0 11 Hoopy Frood 71 1 0 11 Jeep’s Phoenix 71 1 0 11 Little Nemo 71 1 0 11 phungi 71 1 0 11 RTFirefly 71 1 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 CreaseMunky 12 1 1 38 SpoilerVirgin 9 1 1 39 zadscmc 8 1 1 40 commasense 6 2 1 41 Andrew 21 3 1 0 41 Biotop 3 1 0 41 lel 3 1 0 ---
**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:** [August 18, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/844 "2020-08-18T08:21:27Z")
Woo hoo!! Tied for 42nd place!! ---
**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 18, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/845 "2020-08-18T08:42:58Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Woo hoo!! Tied for 42nd place!! I got bad news for you: You’re in 44th. ---
**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 18, 2020, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/846 "2020-08-18T09:11:47Z")
I’m surprised to be in the mix as high as I am. But there are a lot of months, and long dirt naps, still to be determined. ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/847 "2020-08-18T11:21:32Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > **RobotDevilDog** gets 38 unique points for Nickerson, leaping from 16th to 7th place. I had a unique pick? I had no idea! My picks are usually so bandwagony. ---
**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 18, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/848 "2020-08-18T12:34:53Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Denise Nickerson, ‘Violet Beauregarde’ from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, has popped her gum at 62. She’ll soon be turning more colors than just violet. Oompa Loompa doompity doo. I’ve got a case of pneumonia for you… ---
**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:** [August 18, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/849 "2020-08-18T13:09:52Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > She’ll soon be turning more colors than just violet. > > Oompa Loompa doompity doo. > I’ve got a case of pneumonia for you… …Oompa loompa doompity di Die die die die die die die die die ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/850 "2020-08-18T15:02:24Z")
From [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/cbryij/willy_wonka_star_denise_nickerson_taken_off_life/etim8ny?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x): 🎵What do you get when they pull out the plug? Waiting to end like a salt covered slug. Your family wanted your pain to now end You know exactly who…they’ll…send. A mortician in a lab coat🎵 ---
**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 19, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/851 "2020-08-19T04:37:52Z")
Surprised to hear veteran character actor [Freddie Jones has died](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/10/freddie-jones-obituary) at 91, mostly because I thought he had already died about 20 years ago. ---
**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 19, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/852 "2020-08-19T20:09:26Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > …Oompa loompa doompity di > Die die die die die die die die die Almost turns it all into a heavy metal song, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/853 "2020-08-20T06:15:27Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Almost turns it all into a heavy metal song, doesn’t it? [just add audio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqBZ0_GrVNU) ---
**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 20, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/854 "2020-08-20T15:25:03Z")
NM ------ thought this was a different thread. Although why I would confuse this with the MMP -------- :o ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/855 "2020-08-20T18:43:43Z")
Former Cardinal Pitcher, Bob Gibson, is battling Pancreatic Cancer. If anyone can throw one high and tight on Pancreatic Cancer, it would be Bob Gibson. ---
**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 22, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/856 "2020-08-22T13:12:19Z")
[Pernell Whitaker](https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/27195403/former-champion-whitaker-hit-car-dies), failed to elude that last hit. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/857 "2020-08-22T13:52:56Z")
RIP Sweet Pea; just 55 years old. ---
**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 22, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/858 "2020-08-22T14:26:01Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Former Cardinal Pitcher, Bob Gibson, is battling Pancreatic Cancer. > > If anyone can throw one high and tight on Pancreatic Cancer, it would be Bob Gibson. Gibson will glare at his pancreas until the cancer backs off. If it doesn’t he will throw a fastball that misses his pancreas by 1" ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/859 "2020-08-22T14:55:47Z")
YouTube star [Emily Hartridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Hartridge) has died in a car accident at age 35. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/860 "2020-08-22T15:01:50Z")
The first person to die by e-scooter in the UK is someone (relatively) famous. Interesting. ---
**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 23, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/861 "2020-08-23T13:23:31Z")
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