# 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:** 46
**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:** [September 9, 2020, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/902 "2020-09-09T06:57:06Z")
[Saoirse Kennedy Hill](https://nypost.com/2019/08/02/saoirse-kennedy-hill-is-latest-family-member-to-die-of-kennedy-curse/), granddaughter of RFK, has died at 22 of an OD. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2020, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/903 "2020-09-11T06:21:06Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > [Barrington Pheloung](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49190169&ved=2ahUKEwio6Je4wOPjAhVBwFkKHYqNAF0Q0PADMAJ6BAgEEAU&usg=AOvVaw244HfeuOOHgLsjczmsYShO), the composer of the [awesome theme music](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OxDDr9UyKfQ)for _Inspector Morse_, _Lewis_, and _Endeavour_ has died at 65. Ah, shit. That is totally awesome music. So sad to hear this. ETA: I have a CD of music from the Inspector Morse series, so I knew who Barrington Pheloung was before this. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2020, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/904 "2020-09-13T05:50:21Z")
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, 88 years old. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/905 "2020-09-16T13:03:52Z")
[Rosie Ruiz](https://sports.yahoo.com/infamous-boston-marathon-cheat-rosie-ruiz-dies-at-66-234559903.html), who cheated to win the 1980 Boston Marathon, dead at age 66. She died over a month ago, on July 8th, perhaps she entered a supernatural portal to another dimension to cheat death. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/906 "2020-09-17T05:41:49Z")
[Jeffrey Epstein](https://nypost.com/2019/08/10/convicted-pedophile-jeffrey-epstein-dead/), convicted pedophile, found dead. Age 66. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/907 "2020-09-17T06:25:23Z")
I can honestly say I’m sorry to hear that. Perhaps I would be comforted if I believed in hell. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/908 "2020-09-17T07:06:17Z")
Bastard should have lived a long time still, and spent the rest of that long lifetime in prison. He was supposedly on suicide watch, since he’d already tried once since he was imprisoned. Given the number of prominent and well-connected people he could have testified about, I don’t think it’s tinfoil hat territory to wonder whether a prison guard was slipped a few thousand dollars to be less than fully attentive while keeping an eye on Epstein. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/909 "2020-09-17T09:22:05Z")
As DeathMistress I’m a little surprised his death was pointless. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/910 "2020-09-17T10:02:59Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Bastard should have lived a long time still, and spent the rest of that long lifetime in prison. > > He was supposedly on suicide watch, since he’d already tried once since he was imprisoned. Given the number of prominent and well-connected people he could have testified about, I don’t think it’s tinfoil hat territory to wonder whether a prison guard was slipped a few thousand dollars to be less than fully attentive while keeping an eye on Epstein. According to the [NYT](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/nyregion/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-watch.html?emc=rss&partner=rss), he was taken off suicide watch a few days ago. How and why could still provide fuel for conspiracy theories. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/911 "2020-09-17T10:21:12Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > As DeathMistress I’m a little surprised his death was pointless. I bet a ton of people would have had him for 2020. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/912 "2020-09-17T13:52:57Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > As DeathMistress I’m a little surprised his death was pointless. If he had waited until 1/1/20 it wouldn’t have been. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/913 "2020-09-17T19:33:47Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > According to the [NYT](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/nyregion/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-watch.html?emc=rss&partner=rss), he was taken off suicide watch a few days ago. How and why could still provide fuel for conspiracy theories. I didn’t see nothin’ ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/914 "2020-09-18T08:56:34Z")
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers coach Darryl Drake has passed away suddenly at age 62. > **[Steelers WRs coach Drake dies suddenly at 62](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27366395/steelers-wrs-coach-drake-dies-suddenly-62)** > > Steelers wide receivers coach Darryl Drake died suddenly on Sunday at the age of 62. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/915 "2020-09-18T09:27:54Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers coach Darryl Drake has passed away suddenly at age 62. > > [Steelers WRs coach Drake dies suddenly at 62 - ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27366395/steelers-wrs-coach-drake-dies-suddenly-62) Good Lord! Several jokes spring to mind but from everything I’ve heard this was a really nice guy. I will just feel bad with our loss of him. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/916 "2020-09-20T12:46:25Z")
We missed [Ian Gibbons](https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-ian-gibbons-dead-kinks-18817875) of the Kinks. [Nikolai Kardashev](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/nikolai-kardashev/), astronomer and originator of the Kardashev scale for determining how advanced a civilization is. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2020, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/917 "2020-09-23T09:50:54Z")
[Princess Christina of the Netherlands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Christina_of_the_Netherlands)-72. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/918 "2020-09-23T12:40:48Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Princess Christina of the Netherlands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Christina_of_the_Netherlands)-72. Of course she died. I had The Crowned Heads of Europe as my themed list \*last \*year. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/919 "2020-09-23T15:14:03Z")
Peter Fonda at 79 > **[Peter Fonda Dead at 79 After Lung Cancer Battle](https://www.tmz.com/2019/08/16/peter-fonda-dead-dies/)** > > Peter Fonda died Friday in Los Angeles, at the age of 79, from respiratory failure due to lung cancer. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/920 "2020-09-23T17:35:27Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Peter Fonda at 79 > > [Peter Fonda Dead at 79 After Lung Cancer Battle](https://www.tmz.com/2019/08/16/peter-fonda-dead-dies/) He knows what’s it like to be dead. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/921 "2020-09-24T14:33:56Z")
Richard Williams is put in the dip. ☹ "Acclaimed animator who created Roger Rabbit dies aged 86 Richard Williams, who worked on hit films such as The Pink Panther, won three Oscars and three Baftas" > **[Acclaimed animator who created Roger Rabbit dies aged 86](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/aug/17/richard-williams-acclaimed-animator-who-created-roger-rabbit-dies-aged-86)** > > Richard Williams, who worked on hit films such as The Pink Panther, won three Oscars and three Baftas [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=47)