# 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:** 51
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1002 "2020-10-23T16:38:30Z")
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Ric Ocasek, lead singer of “The Cars,” has died in NYC at age 75 ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1003 "2020-10-23T16:44:02Z")
double post ---
**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:** [October 23, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1004 "2020-10-23T16:45:15Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Ric Ocasek, lead singer of “The Cars,” has died in NYC at age 75 Holy shit I had no idea he was that old! He was older than my parents. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1005 "2020-10-23T16:47:25Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Ric Ocasek, lead singer of “The Cars,” has died in NYC at age 75 ☹ ---
**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:** [October 23, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1006 "2020-10-23T17:09:39Z")
He wasn’t the lead singer. Benjamin Orr had the lead on probably half the songs. But yeah. Sad news. ---
**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 23, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1007 "2020-10-23T17:55:08Z")
This was not just what he needed. ---
**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 23, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1008 "2020-10-23T20:12:32Z")
Who’s gonna drive him home tonight? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1009 "2020-10-24T06:09:29Z")
We now know who got Eddie Money’s second ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1010 "2020-10-25T07:11:58Z")
Journalist and TV pundit Cokie Roberts dead at 75. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1011 "2020-10-25T08:31:15Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Holy shit I had no idea he was that old! He was older than my parents. I didn’t know precisely how old he was. But I remember The Cars hit it big when I was in high school and I know how long ago that was. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1012 "2020-10-25T09:46:25Z")
[Phyllis Newman](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/obituaries/phyllis-newman-tony-award-winning-broadway-star-dead-at-86.html) dead at 86. ---
**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 25, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1013 "2020-10-25T15:55:53Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Journalist and TV pundit Cokie Roberts dead at 75. I caught a “blurb” of that over at AOL ------- surprised the hell out of me. She seemed to have it beaten pretty much but at her age you can never tell. Hell, at any age you can never tell. ---
**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 25, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1014 "2020-10-25T18:12:41Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [Phyllis Newman](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/obituaries/phyllis-newman-tony-award-winning-broadway-star-dead-at-86.html) dead at 86. I’m old enough to remember when all the game shows were based in new York, and they had a regular procession of Broadway performers appearing on them. Phyllis Newman appeared time and time again, and always earned the adjective “vivacious.” ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1015 "2020-10-26T08:23:34Z")
Canadian author Graeme Gibson is dead at 85 ---
**Author:** ![jeezums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jeezums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeezums)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1016 "2020-10-26T09:54:26Z")
[Fernando Ricksen dead at 43](https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/18/football/fernando-ricksen-dead-rangers-football-trnd-spt-intl/index.html) ---
**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:** [October 26, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1017 "2020-10-26T10:52:14Z")
> [@jeezums](#): > > [Fernando Ricksen dead at 43](https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/18/football/fernando-ricksen-dead-rangers-football-trnd-spt-intl/index.html) Sad, but 57 points for ol’ Happy. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1018 "2020-10-26T11:19:31Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Sad, but 57 points for ol’ Happy. RIP, and points for me too. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1019 "2020-10-26T12:16:45Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Please let it be Yoko --------- just let it be ------- Yoko. 😃 Yoko? Oh No!!! Jessica Redding more famously known as [Jessica Jaymes](https://www.tmz.com/2019/09/18/porn-star-jessica-jaymes-dead-dies/) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1020 "2020-10-26T17:20:56Z")
A lot of points for Ricksen, nine players. 1 Registered at Last 288 7 1 2 Happy Lendervedder 221 5 0 3 CAMJAY77 205 4 1 4 GIGObuster 198 4 1 5 RTFirefly 186 4 0 6 Hoopy Frood 162 3 0 7 bowler girl 159 4 0 8 Queen Annes Lace 155 4 0 9 Its Not Rocket Surgery 154 4 0 10 Little Nemo 128 2 0 11 RobotDevilDog 122 4 1 12 Mahaloth 99 3 1 13 amarinth 96 3 1 14 carnivorousplant 91 2 0 14 jeezums 91 2 0 16 The Kraken 86 2 0 17 FavreCo 72 2 0 18 candide 71 1 0 18 Jeep’s Phoenix 71 1 0 18 phungi 71 1 0 21 Loach 70 2 1 22 melondeca 69 2 0 23 Cazzle 64 4 3 24 The Vorlon 49 1 0 25 Team Dirt 47 2 1 26 Bayaker 44 2 0 27 kayT 43 2 1 28 Mona Lott 35 2 0 29 5-time champ 31 1 1 30 GuanoLad 27 2 1 31 Paul in Qatar 25 1 1 32 Borborygmi 20 1 0 32 Dr. Girlfriend 20 1 0 32 imthjckaz 20 1 0 32 Kitten Mitten 20 1 0 32 krondys 20 1 0 32 nearwildheaven 20 1 0 32 Spiff 20 1 0 32 Stephe96 20 1 0 32 Tangent 20 1 0 41 FlikTheBlue 19 1 0 41 kopek 19 1 0 41 Shoeless 19 1 0 44 justmeetee 18 2 1 45 Allecher 15 1 0 45 Dolores Reborn 15 1 0 45 J-PL 15 1 0 45 notfrommensa 15 1 0 45 zamboniracer 15 1 0 50 CreaseMunky 12 1 1 51 SpoilerVirgin 10 2 1 52 Andrew 21 9 3 1 53 zadscmc 8 1 1 54 commasense 6 2 1 55 Biotop 3 1 0 55 lel 3 1 0 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1021 "2020-10-26T18:16:40Z")
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