# 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:** 50
**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:** [October 15, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/982 "2020-10-15T12:19:09Z")
“Project Runway” designer Chris March has died at 56 > **[Chris March Dies: ‘Project Runway’ Designer, ‘Mad Fashion’ Host Was 56](https://deadline.com/2019/09/chris-march-dies-project-runway-designer-from-season-four-was-56-1202728273/)** > > Chris March, a costume designer who rose to fame after appearing on season four of Bravo’s reality show Project Runway, died of a heart attack on Thursday at age 56. TMZ broke the story, whic… ---
**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:** [October 16, 2020, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/983 "2020-10-16T06:50:52Z")
Country music singer [Kylie Rae Harris](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/texas-country-singer-kylie-rae-harris-30-dies-in-car-crash) was killed in a 3-car crash. She was 30. ETA: on a depressing note, one of the firefighters who responded to the accident was shocked to learn that his 16-year old daughter was the other person who died in this accident. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/984 "2020-10-16T07:39:13Z")
Actor [Robert Axelrod](https://twitter.com/rob27axelrod/status/1170643773623324672), age 70. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/985 "2020-10-16T16:49:49Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Actor [Robert Axelrod](https://twitter.com/rob27axelrod/status/1170643773623324672), age 70. Seeing the face I thought he could have been one of the people on my themed list but checking IMDB the only thing of his I am sure I saw was Sorority House Massacre. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/986 "2020-10-16T18:05:41Z")
[Jimmy Johnson](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/arts/music/jimmy-johnson-studio-staple-of-southern-soul-and-pop-dies-at-76.html), studio musician, dead at 76 ---
**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:** [October 17, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/987 "2020-10-17T12:39:06Z")
[John Wesley](https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/09/entertainment/john-wesley-obit/index.html) isn’t so fresh anymore after 72 years. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/988 "2020-10-18T10:11:31Z")
Scottish Professional Golfer, [Brian Barnes](https://www.golfchannel.com/news/former-ryder-cup-player-brian-barnes-dies-age-74), dead at age 74. He played in several Ryder Cups, famously beating Jack Nicklaus twice in one day ---
**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:** [October 18, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/989 "2020-10-18T12:57:12Z")
[Lee Salem](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/lee-salem/), legendary editor of syndicated comics. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/990 "2020-10-19T10:42:12Z")
T. Boone Pickens dies at 91 [https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/11/t-boone-pickens-oracle-of-oil-and-corporate-raider-dies-at-91.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/11/t-boone-pickens-oracle-of-oil-and-corporate-raider-dies-at-91.html) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/991 "2020-10-19T15:45:16Z")
Daniel Johnston, Cult Singer-Songwriter, Dead at 58 (Rolling Stone) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/992 "2020-10-19T18:38:10Z")
> [@zadscmc](#): > > T. Boone Pickens dies at 91 [https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/11/t-boone-pickens-oracle-of-oil-and-corporate-raider-dies-at-91.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/11/t-boone-pickens-oracle-of-oil-and-corporate-raider-dies-at-91.html) “… _corporate raider and philanthropist_ …” sounds a little conflicted. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/993 "2020-10-20T11:56:00Z")
Robert Frank, the photographer behind the iconic cover of “Exile on Main Street,” has died at 94. He was also the director of the Rolling Stones documentary “Cocksucker Blues.” > **[Mick Jagger Announces The Rolling Stones Tragic Loss](https://www.alternativenation.net/mick-jagger-announces-the-rolling-stones-tragic-loss/)** > > Mick speaks. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/994 "2020-10-20T14:20:08Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > “… _corporate raider and philanthropist_ …” sounds a little conflicted. Just following in the footsteps of Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Bill Gates, Henry Ford and probably a dozen other cutthroat business tycoons. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/995 "2020-10-20T23:42:01Z")
Anne Rivers Siddons, best-selling novelist of the modern South, dies at 83 > **[Anne Rivers Siddons, best-selling novelist of the modern South, dies at 83](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/anne-rivers-siddons-best-selling-novelist-of-the-modern-south-dies-at-83/2019/09/12/1323549a-d579-11e9-9343-40db57cf6abd_story.html?noredirect=on)** > > In 19 novels, she portrayed the longings and struggles of women in a changing South. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/996 "2020-10-21T06:46:39Z")
Eddie Money dead at 70. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/997 "2020-10-21T07:26:42Z")
Whoa. Who gets the other ticket? ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/998 "2020-10-21T09:02:55Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Whoa. Who gets the other ticket? Please let it be Yoko --------- just let it be ------- Yoko. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/999 "2020-10-21T09:27:46Z")
I guess we wait and see. I wonder how long he has to hang out in purgatory waiting for them. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1000 "2020-10-21T14:43:59Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Eddie Money dead at 70. > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Whoa. Who gets the other ticket? Guess the last time he sang “Take Me Home Tonight,” God thought Eddie was singing to him. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1001 "2020-10-22T15:34:29Z")
Here’s one we missed: Video game developer Alec Holowka died on August 31, 2019 (at age 35). Cause of death seems to be an overdose, possibly accidental. He had battled mental and personality disorders over the years, and was accused of physically and emotionally abusing Zoe Quinn. > **[Alec Holowka](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Holowka)** > > Alec Holowka (30 October 1983 – 31 August 2019) was a Canadian indie game developer and co-founder of independent game companies Infinite Ammo, Infinite Fall, and Bit Blot. He was mainly known for the award-winning titles Night in the Woods and Aquaria. > Holowka was introduced to programming at the age of eight when his father bought him the book Basic Fun. Eventually he began working with a freeware group called Zaphire Productions. He then worked for a number of failed startups, including on... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=51)