# 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:** 66
**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:** [February 3, 2021, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1302 "2021-02-03T06:35:37Z")
[Jerry Herman](http://www.playbill.com/article/jerry-herman-composer-of-tuneful-broadway-hits-dies-at-88) dead at 85. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2021, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1303 "2021-02-03T07:22:48Z")
I think you meant 88, not 85. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1304 "2021-02-03T15:06:43Z")
[Don Imus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Imus)-79 ---
**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:** [February 3, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1305 "2021-02-03T21:22:36Z")
Actress [Sue Lyon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Lyon) has died of natural causes at age 73. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1306 "2021-02-03T22:22:04Z")
TV producer [Lee Mendelson dead at 86](https://apnews.com/7103be1c49b800d7373a38c2cfdb19ce), right after his crowning achievement played again. RIP Mr. Mendelson; you done good. You done real, real good. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1307 "2021-02-04T02:35:14Z")
Damn, I remember sitting down to watch that show when it first aired. I was ten, and escited that the characters were going to talk and move. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1308 "2021-02-04T08:40:47Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Don Imus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Imus)-79 In the mourning? ---
**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:** [February 4, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1309 "2021-02-04T11:03:04Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > In the mourning? Go to your room ---
**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:** [February 5, 2021, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1310 "2021-02-05T04:37:34Z")
Kelly Fraser, the Canadian singer who blended Inuit and English in her songs (and covered Rhianna’s “Diamonds” in Inuit), [died](https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/kelly-fraser-canadian-singer-who-covered-rihannas-diamonds-in-inuit-language-dead-at-26/ar-BBYqvLk?ocid=spartandhp) on Christmas Eve at the age of 26. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1311 "2021-02-05T06:54:34Z")
William Greider, political writer for various publications including the Washington Post and Rolling Stone, [dies at 83](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/longtime-political-writer-william-greider-dies-at-83/2019/12/26/0a04b862-2854-11ea-9cc9-e19cfbc87e51_story.html) ---
**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:** [February 6, 2021, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1312 "2021-02-06T07:26:38Z")
Python of interest [Neil Innes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Innes)-75. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1313 "2021-02-06T08:59:29Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Python of interest [Neil Innes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Innes)-75. Serious bummer. In addition to his musical contributions to Monty Python’s Flying Circus and MP&HG, he was also Ron Nasty of The Rutles. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1314 "2021-02-06T15:50:49Z")
Visual designer and artist Syd Mead at 86, known for his work on Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner, Tron 2010 and Aliens, among others. > **[Syd Mead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Mead)** > > Sydney Jay Mead (July 18, 1933 – December 30, 2019) was an American industrial designer and neo-futurist concept artist, widely known for his designs for science-fiction films such as Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron. Mead has been described as "the artist who illustrates the future" and "one of the most influential concept artists and industrial designers of our time." > Mead was born on July 18, 1933, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His father was a Baptist minister, who read him pulp magazines, such ... ---
**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:** [February 6, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1315 "2021-02-06T15:56:42Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Python of interest [Neil Innes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Innes)-75. Oh wow. Or should I say “Ouch!” ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1316 "2021-02-06T16:52:23Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Oh wow. Or should I say “Ouch!” ISWYDT, but that “[Ouch!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGwg9dKinAE)” needed a link. 😉 ---
**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:** [February 6, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1317 "2021-02-06T18:20:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Visual designer and artist Syd Mead at 86, known for his work on Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner, Tron 2010 and Aliens, among others. > > [Syd Mead - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Mead) The future just got darker. Or maybe the other thing. ---
**Author:** ![CreaseMunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@CreaseMunky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CreaseMunky)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1318 "2021-02-06T20:01:18Z")
N/M. Wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1319 "2021-02-07T10:20:18Z")
Just over 12 hours left for someone on **RAL** ’s or **GIGO** ’s lists to kick the bucket and get them the win. 😃 ---
**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:** [February 7, 2021, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1320 "2021-02-07T10:54:43Z")
In a last minute maneuver, I surge into fifth place. Okay, I was just double checking my score and I found that my score is 254 not 225. Fernando Ricksen - 57 Fatima Ali - 71 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - 52 Leah Bracknell - 45 José José - 29 It appears that José José was missed because I listed him by his legal name, José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/1321 "2021-02-07T11:46:39Z")
I’m just glad to be on the board this year with my measly 15 points. Next year! I’ll win next year! Yeah, right… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=67)