# 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:** 64
**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, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1262 "2021-01-17T19:31:06Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > 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. I think he’s also Nancy McKeon’s brother, and Nancy is Jo from _Facts Of Life_. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1263 "2021-01-18T07:11:26Z")
One of my listees, Dick Van Dyke, turns 94 on Friday. If he and the remaining 10 of [my picks](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21404927&postcount=175) (actors over 93) all drop dead by the end of the year, I would add 35 more points and surge into 38th place! (Assuming no one below current 38th gets any more points.) If Dick dies before Friday, I’d get one more point, but it wouldn’t change my standing, so I guess I’ll let him live. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1264 "2021-01-18T10:36:52Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > If Dick dies before Friday, I’d get one more point, but it wouldn’t change my standing, so I guess I’ll let him live. You’re all heart. 😃 ---
**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:** [January 18, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1265 "2021-01-18T16:50:11Z")
David Bellamy [goes back to nature](https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/environmentalist-and-broadcaster-david-bellamy-dies-aged-86-with-tributes-paid-to-the-larger-than-life-character/ar-AAK1Ti3?li=BBoPWjQ) at 86. ---
**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 18, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1266 "2021-01-18T17:54:47Z")
4 deaths is still my record by quite a bit. I’ve never had more than two, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1267 "2021-01-18T18:01:50Z")
What a strange little game that is both too easy and too hard. ---
**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 18, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1268 "2021-01-18T18:06:10Z")
Baker: I had Frates in my list ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1269 "2021-01-19T02:30:11Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Baker: I had Frates in my list So you did. You know who also had Frates? **RTFirefly** , breaking the 400 point ceiling! 1 RTFirefly 409 8 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 phungi 137 2 0 15 RobotDevilDog 122 4 1 16 Mean Mr. Mustard 117 3 1 17 candide 116 2 0 18 Mahaloth 114 4 1 19 melondeca 114 3 0 20 amarinth 96 3 1 21 Loach 90 3 1 22 The Kraken 86 2 0 23 Kitten Mitten 85 3 0 23 Tangent 85 3 0 25 Cazzle 84 5 3 26 5-time champ 76 2 1 27 Borborygmi 72 2 0 28 Jeep’s Phoenix 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 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1270 "2021-01-19T06:55:58Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > So you did. You know who also had Frates? **RTFirefly** , breaking the 400 point ceiling! As much as I hate to decline these points, **Baker** , I must ask you to re-check your list. Here’s [mine](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21404161&postcount=165), and Frates isn’t on it. My lead remains tenuous. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1271 "2021-01-19T11:31:22Z")
That’s strange. I will check the spreadsheet out when I get home. I wonder what the issue is. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1272 "2021-01-19T17:33:35Z")
I checked again, and the list I had for you is identical to the one you linked to, except that I had Frates for you instead of Kamala. How that happened I have not idea, I would have expected more in error, rather than one. So, you are back down. So phungi has a unique pick now. 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 phungi 137 2 1 15 RobotDevilDog 122 4 1 16 Mean Mr. Mustard 117 3 1 17 candide 116 2 0 18 Mahaloth 114 4 1 19 melondeca 114 3 0 20 amarinth 96 3 1 21 Loach 90 3 1 22 The Kraken 86 2 0 23 Kitten Mitten 85 3 0 23 Tangent 85 3 0 25 Cazzle 84 5 3 26 5-time champ 76 2 1 27 Borborygmi 72 2 0 28 Jeep’s Phoenix 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 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1273 "2021-01-20T07:15:59Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I checked again, and the list I had for you is identical to the one you linked to, except that I had Frates for you instead of Kamala. How that happened I have not idea, I would have expected more in error, rather than one. So, you are back down. No biggie - thanks for straightening that out! Also glad to see **phungi** gets credit for the unique 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:** [January 20, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1274 "2021-01-20T07:24:08Z")
[Danny Aiello](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Aiello)-86. ---
**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 21, 2021, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1275 "2021-01-21T05:22:11Z")
[Gershon Kingsley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gershon_Kingsley) moogs with the Choir Invisible. Dammit, another musician I really like. Why can’t the ones I hate kick off? ---
**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 23, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1276 "2021-01-23T13:14:12Z")
[Chuy Bravo](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2019-12-16/chuy-bravo-dead-chelsea-handler-reaction), Chelsea Handler’s sidekick. ---
**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 24, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1277 "2021-01-24T13:30:42Z")
[Nicky Henson](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/dec/17/nicky-henson-obituary) ---
**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 25, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1278 "2021-01-25T01:36:49Z")
Former Iowa college football coach [Hayden Fry](https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/hayden-fry-texan-who-turned-around-iowa-dies-at-90/ar-BBY67FX?ocid=spartandhp) has died, leaving behind a TD and an FG on the scoreboard (he was 90). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1279 "2021-01-26T22:39:12Z")
I’m still pointless! ---
**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 26, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1280 "2021-01-26T22:50:14Z")
So am I ---
**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:** [January 27, 2021, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1281 "2021-01-27T07:40:49Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I’m still pointless! We’ve been saying that for years! (J/k! :D) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=65)