# 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:** 47
**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 24, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/922 "2020-09-24T14:40:59Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > 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 | Movies | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/aug/17/richard-williams-acclaimed-animator-who-created-roger-rabbit-dies-aged-86) They have an award named for the lead singer of the Dead Kennedys? ---
**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 24, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/923 "2020-09-24T15:04:49Z")
> [@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 finally watched _Idaho Transfer_ beginning to end sober; no-one could survive that. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/924 "2020-09-24T20:26:53Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Of course she died. I had The Crowned Heads of Europe as my themed list \*last \*year. I have a themed list elsewhere of widowed celebrities, four of which are royals, but I didn’t put her on it because she was divorced, not widowed. ---
**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 24, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/925 "2020-09-24T23:42:05Z")
Comedian [Kip Addotta](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/kip-addotta-dies-comedian-appeared-on-the-tonight-show-was-75/ar-AAFWQc4?ocid=spartandhp) has entered his [“Wet Dream”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI) at 75. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/926 "2020-09-25T02:29:54Z")
Oh wow! I never knew that was him. The local hip radio station (WBLM) had a running bit playing that on rainy days and I always thought it was a local thing. ---
**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 25, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/927 "2020-09-25T13:25:20Z")
Former NFL running back Cedric Benson has died at 36 after a motorcycle accident. > **[Former Running Back Cedric Benson Dies In Motorcycle Crash](https://deadspin.com/former-running-back-cedric-benson-dies-in-motorcycle-cr-1837347319)** > > Former Bears, Bengals and Packers running back Cedric Benson died on Saturday in a motorcycle crash in Austin, Texas, according to multiple reports. He was 36. ---
**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 25, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/928 "2020-09-25T15:31:35Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Oh wow! I never knew that was him. The local hip radio station (WBLM) had a running bit playing that on rainy days and I always thought it was a local thing. Never knew it was him either although I knew it was “national”. Next to the Rev. Billy C Wirtz that is one of my all-time favorites. ---
**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 25, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/929 "2020-09-25T19:25:34Z")
Former Louisiana governor (during Hurricane Katrina) [Kathleen Blanco](https://www.mail.com/news/world/9339714-louisiana-gov-kathleen-blanco-died.html#.7518-stage-hero1-13) has died at 76. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2020, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/930 "2020-09-26T06:39:36Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Former Louisiana governor (during Hurricane Katrina) [Kathleen Blanco](https://www.mail.com/news/world/9339714-louisiana-gov-kathleen-blanco-died.html#.7518-stage-hero1-13) has died at 76. And 24 points for me! ---
**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 26, 2020, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/931 "2020-09-26T09:59:25Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > And 24 points for me! Congrats. Not only am I scoreless, I think a few people I picked off of previous lists have come back to life ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/932 "2020-09-26T10:06:44Z")
Hall of Fame Sports broadcaster [Jack Whitaker](https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27416027/hall-fame-broadcaster-whitaker-dies-95) dies at 95 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/933 "2020-09-26T17:24:39Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > And 24 points for me! Along with four other players!😃 1 Registered at Last 211 5 1 2 CAMJAY77 163 3 1 3 bowler girl 159 4 0 4 Its Not Rocket Surgery 154 4 0 5 Happy Lendervedder 144 3 0 6 Queen Annes Lace 135 3 0 7 RTFirefly 129 3 0 8 Hoopy Frood 105 2 0 9 RobotDevilDog 102 3 1 10 Mahaloth 99 3 1 11 The Kraken 86 2 0 12 amarinth 76 2 1 13 candide 71 1 0 13 Jeep’s Phoenix 71 1 0 13 Little Nemo 71 1 0 13 phungi 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 Team Dirt 47 2 1 22 Cazzle 44 3 3 23 carnivorousplant 34 1 0 23 jeezums 34 1 0 25 5-time champ 31 1 1 26 GuanoLad 27 2 1 27 Paul in Qatar 25 1 1 28 Bayaker 24 1 0 29 kayT 23 1 1 30 FlikTheBlue 19 1 0 30 kopek 19 1 0 30 Shoeless 19 1 0 33 justmeetee 18 2 1 34 Allecher 15 1 0 34 Dolores Reborn 15 1 0 34 FavreCo 15 1 0 34 J-PL 15 1 0 34 Mona Lott 15 1 0 34 notfrommensa 15 1 0 34 zamboniracer 15 1 0 41 CreaseMunky 12 1 1 42 SpoilerVirgin 10 2 1 43 zadscmc 8 1 1 44 commasense 6 2 1 45 Andrew 21 4 2 0 46 Biotop 3 1 0 46 lel 3 1 0 ---
**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 26, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/934 "2020-09-26T21:20:18Z")
Rumor has it that Heaven’s Edge bass player George Guidotti has passed away after a battle with lung cancer. I can’t get a definitive year of birth to determine points, however. > **[R.I.P. Heavens Edge bassist George "G.G." Guidotti - Sleaze Roxx](https://sleazeroxx.com/r-i-p-heavens-edge-bassist-george-g-g-guidotti/)** > > R.I.P. . ---
**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 27, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/935 "2020-09-27T13:15:07Z")
[Danny Cohen](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/danny-cohen/), who created the first real-time flight simulator and was a pioneer in computer graphics and streaming media. ---
**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 27, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/936 "2020-09-27T18:08:22Z")
Larry “the Mole” Taylor, bassist for Canned Heat, dies at 77. > **[Larry 'The Mole' Taylor, Canned Heat Bassist, Dead at 77 - Best Classic Bands](https://bestclassicbands.com/larry-mole-taylor-obituary-8-20-199/)** > > In addition to playing in the classic lineup of the blues-rock band, he worked with John Mayall, Tom Waits and many others. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/937 "2020-09-30T05:10:46Z")
David Koch at 21 points. I’m thinking this is a unique pick for me? > **[David Koch, conservative donor and philanthropist, has died at age 79](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-koch-died-conservative-donor-and-philanthropist-dead-age-79-2019-08-23/)** > > David Koch had stepped down from the Koch brothers' network of business and political activities after deteriorating health last year ---
**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 30, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/938 "2020-09-30T05:14:35Z")
Congratulations, Loach, on such a fine pick. ---
**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 30, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/939 "2020-09-30T05:16:08Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Rumor has it that Heaven’s Edge bass player George Guidotti has passed away after a battle with lung cancer. I can’t get a definitive year of birth to determine points, however. > > [R.I.P. Heavens Edge bassist George “G.G.” Guidotti - Sleaze Roxx](https://sleazeroxx.com/r-i-p-heavens-edge-bassist-george-g-g-guidotti/) [He was 57.](https://www.metalsucks.net/2019/08/20/heavens-edge-bassist-george-g-g-guidotti-has-passed-away-at-57-years-old/) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/940 "2020-09-30T07:37:58Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > David Koch at 21 points. > > I’m thinking this is a unique pick for me? > > [David Koch has died; conservative donor and philanthropist dies at 79 - CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-koch-died-conservative-donor-and-philanthropist-dead-age-79-2019-08-23/) A shame I no longer have any reason to fly into Wichita, because there’s a grave I wouldn’t mind dancing on. ---
**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 30, 2020, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/941 "2020-09-30T07:48:53Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > David Koch at 21 points. > > I’m thinking this is a unique pick for me? > > [David Koch has died; conservative donor and philanthropist dies at 79 - CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-koch-died-conservative-donor-and-philanthropist-dead-age-79-2019-08-23/) Unique in this pool. I had him in the themed pool. Congrats to us both! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=48)