# 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:** 63
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1242 "2021-01-15T11:15:05Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Ah, jeez. > > [Big Bird died](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/caroll-spinney-puppeteer-who-gave-life-to-big-bird-of-sesame-street-dies-at-85/2019/12/08/9a305ff0-402d-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html). ☹ He also did the voice for Oscar the Grouch, so… He also kicked the bucket. ☹ ---
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1243 "2021-01-15T12:06:26Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Ah, jeez. > > [Big Bird died](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/caroll-spinney-puppeteer-who-gave-life-to-big-bird-of-sesame-street-dies-at-85/2019/12/08/9a305ff0-402d-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html). ☹ I’m sad, but I also had him on my list. Thank you, Mr. Spinney, both for Oscar the Grouch and for making sure 2019 was not a pointless year for me. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1244 "2021-01-15T13:34:25Z")
1 RTFirefly 343 7 0 2 GIGObuster 339 7 1 3 Registered at Last 333 8 1 4 Happy Lendervedder 266 6 0 5 CAMJAY77 250 5 1 6 Little Nemo 225 4 0 7 Hoopy Frood 207 4 0 8 Its Not Rocket Surgery 199 5 0 9 carnivorousplant 196 4 0 9 jeezums 196 4 0 11 FavreCo 177 4 0 12 bowler girl 159 4 0 13 Queen Annes Lace 155 4 0 14 RobotDevilDog 122 4 1 15 Mean Mr. Mustard 117 3 1 16 candide 116 2 0 17 Mahaloth 114 4 1 18 melondeca 114 3 0 19 amarinth 96 3 1 20 Loach 90 3 1 21 The Kraken 86 2 0 22 Kitten Mitten 85 3 0 22 Tangent 85 3 0 24 Cazzle 84 5 3 25 5-time champ 76 2 1 26 Borborygmi 72 2 0 27 Jeep’s Phoenix 71 1 0 27 phungi 71 1 0 29 ataraxy22 52 1 0 29 meghan 52 1 0 29 Ponch8 52 1 0 32 The Vorlon 49 1 0 33 Team Dirt 47 2 1 34 Captain Klutz 45 1 0 35 Bayaker 44 2 0 36 kayT 43 2 1 37 Spiff 40 2 0 38 Mona Lott 35 2 0 39 GuanoLad 27 2 1 40 Paul in Qatar 25 1 1 41 Dr. Girlfriend 20 1 0 41 eschereal 20 1 0 41 imthjckaz 20 1 0 41 krondys 20 1 0 41 nearwildheaven 20 1 0 41 Stephe96 20 1 0 47 FlikTheBlue 19 1 0 47 kopek 19 1 0 47 Shoeless 19 1 0 50 justmeetee 18 2 1 51 Allecher 15 1 0 51 Catamount 15 1 0 51 Dolores Reborn 15 1 0 51 J-PL 15 1 0 51 notfrommensa 15 1 0 51 zamboniracer 15 1 0 57 Lamoral 13 1 1 58 CreaseMunky 12 1 1 59 SpoilerVirgin 10 2 1 60 Andrew 21 9 3 1 61 zadscmc 8 1 1 62 commasense 6 2 1 63 Biotop 3 1 0 63 lel 3 1 0 ---
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1245 "2021-01-15T13:53:34Z")
I had literally just added Caroll Spinney to my 2020 list yesterday. D’oh! But what a legend he was. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1246 "2021-01-15T15:01:06Z")
Rene Auberjonois, “Star Trek” and “Boston Legal” actor, dies at 79 - I remember him from the 1976 version of “King Kong” ---
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1247 "2021-01-15T18:20:19Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Rene Auberjonois, “Star Trek” and “Boston Legal” actor, dies at 79 - I remember him from the 1976 version of “King Kong” Yikes, he was also in the movie MASH as Father Mulcahy. And is on my themed list, which is surviving MASH actors. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1248 "2021-01-15T20:39:35Z")
[Robert Walker, Jr.](https://www.msn.com/en-xl/lifestyle/celebs/robert-walker-jr-star-trek-actor-dead-at-79/ar-BBXTldf) ---
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1249 "2021-01-15T22:08:38Z")
Rapper [Juice WRLD,](https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/08/entertainment/juice-wrld-jarad-higgins-obit/index.html) 21 years old. Producer [Lisa de Cazotte](https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/emmy-winning-daytime-producer-lisa-de-cazotte-passes-away/), 58. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2021, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1250 "2021-01-16T08:09:27Z")
[Paul Volcker](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-09/paul-volcker-inflation-tamer-who-set-bank-risk-rule-dies-at-92) is no longer economizing. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1251 "2021-01-16T13:24:28Z")
Peter Frates, of Ice Bucket Challenge fame, [dead at 34](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/12/09/health/pete-frates-ice-bucket-challenge-dies-trnd/index.html)…late-in-the-year points! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1252 "2021-01-17T05:49:27Z")
Glad to see that neither **Registered At Last** nor **GIGObuster** had 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:** [January 17, 2021, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1253 "2021-01-17T07:17:25Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Rapper [Juice WRLD,](https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/08/entertainment/juice-wrld-jarad-higgins-obit/index.html) 21 years old. > > Producer [Lisa de Cazotte](https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/emmy-winning-daytime-producer-lisa-de-cazotte-passes-away/), 58. Thanks for fixing those links, **Chronos**. I hate trying to update from my phone. I should know better. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2021, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1254 "2021-01-17T07:22:53Z")
It must have been cancer, but it’s over now: [Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson](https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/10/entertainment/marie-fredriksson-roxette-death-scli-intl/index.html) ---
**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:** [January 17, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1255 "2021-01-17T13:09:10Z")
That’s so sad. But on the other hand, I get 39 points!!! ---
**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:** [January 17, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1256 "2021-01-17T14:01:25Z")
Lots of Star Trek connected people dying recently: [D.C. Fontana](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/dc-fontana/), writer and story editor [George Laurer](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50726950) has been scanned into the afterlife. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1257 "2021-01-17T15:02:34Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Lots of Star Trek connected people dying recently: > [D.C. Fontana](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/dc-fontana/), writer and story editor > > [George Laurer](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50726950) has been scanned into the afterlife. I follow Marina Sirtis on twitter and she posted just a few days ago that her husband, Michael Lamper, passed away in his sleep. He apparently was a musician and actor and once played a bit part in a ST:TNG episode. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1258 "2021-01-17T15:07:00Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > It must have been cancer, but it’s over now: [Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson](https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/10/entertainment/marie-fredriksson-roxette-death-scli-intl/index.html) Alright, buddy, I’m giving you The Look right now for that tasteless joke. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1259 "2021-01-17T15:51:47Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > It must have been cancer, but it’s over now: [Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson](https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/10/entertainment/marie-fredriksson-roxette-death-scli-intl/index.html) Dammit. I was wondering who the third person in the Trifecta of Famous People I Really Liked was going to be. ☹ (For the record, the other two were Carroll Spinney and Rene Auberjonois.) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1260 "2021-01-17T17:38:55Z")
From CNN: Philip McKeon, a former child actor best known for his role on the CBS sitcom “Alice,” has died, according to a family spokesman. He was 55. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1261 "2021-01-17T19:13:26Z")
1 RTFirefly 343 7 0 2 GIGObuster 339 7 1 3 Registered at Last 333 8 1 4 Happy Lendervedder 266 6 0 5 CAMJAY77 250 5 1 6 Little Nemo 225 4 0 7 Hoopy Frood 207 4 0 8 Its Not Rocket Surgery 199 5 0 9 carnivorousplant 196 4 0 9 jeezums 196 4 0 11 FavreCo 177 4 0 12 bowler girl 159 4 0 13 Queen Annes Lace 155 4 0 14 RobotDevilDog 122 4 1 15 Mean Mr. Mustard 117 3 1 16 candide 116 2 0 17 Mahaloth 114 4 1 18 melondeca 114 3 0 19 amarinth 96 3 1 20 Loach 90 3 1 21 The Kraken 86 2 0 22 Kitten Mitten 85 3 0 22 Tangent 85 3 0 24 Cazzle 84 5 3 25 5-time champ 76 2 1 26 Borborygmi 72 2 0 27 Jeep’s Phoenix 71 1 0 27 phungi 71 1 0 29 GuanoLad 66 3 2 30 ataraxy22 52 1 0 30 meghan 52 1 0 30 Ponch8 52 1 0 33 The Vorlon 49 1 0 34 Team Dirt 47 2 1 35 Captain Klutz 45 1 0 36 Bayaker 44 2 0 37 kayT 43 2 1 38 Spiff 40 2 0 39 Mona Lott 35 2 0 40 Paul in Qatar 25 1 1 41 Dr. Girlfriend 20 1 0 41 eschereal 20 1 0 41 imthjckaz 20 1 0 41 krondys 20 1 0 41 nearwildheaven 20 1 0 41 Stephe96 20 1 0 47 FlikTheBlue 19 1 0 47 kopek 19 1 0 47 Shoeless 19 1 0 50 justmeetee 18 2 1 51 Allecher 15 1 0 51 Catamount 15 1 0 51 Dolores Reborn 15 1 0 51 J-PL 15 1 0 51 notfrommensa 15 1 0 51 zamboniracer 15 1 0 57 Lamoral 13 1 1 58 CreaseMunky 12 1 1 59 SpoilerVirgin 10 2 1 60 Andrew 21 9 3 1 61 zadscmc 8 1 1 62 commasense 6 2 1 63 Biotop 3 1 0 63 lel 3 1 0 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=64)