# Celebrity Death Pool 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2019, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229 "2019-12-01T07:28:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/183 "2020-01-01T14:52:01Z")
:checks watch: So, anyone score yet? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/184 "2020-01-01T21:20:43Z")
And we’re off. First score of the year. David Stern 77 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/185 "2020-01-01T22:14:15Z")
Unreal…my first time whiffing on this probably since we started doing it here. Well, I know they won’t officially count, what with me stumbling in nearly 24 hours too late, but I’m dropping these in just for posterity. 1. Drummer Frankie Banali 2. Senator Harry Reid 3. Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins 4. Rapper and trainwreck Aaron Carter 5. Delays singer Greg Gilbert 6. Actor David Prowse 7. Singer Shane MacGowan 8. Rapper 6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez) 9. Game show host Alex Trebek 10. Record producer Phil Spector 11. Soccer player Jimmy Greaves 12. Producer Harvey Weinstein 13. Shitbag Donald Wildmon Stripped, alphabetized list: 6ix9ine Aaron Carter Alex Trebek David Prowse Donald Wildmon Frankie Banali Greg Gilbert Harry Reid Harvey Weinstein Ian Watkins Jimmy Greaves Phil Spector Shane MacGowan Dammit. ---
**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 1, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/186 "2020-01-01T22:39:00Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > And we’re off. First score of the year. > > David Stern 77 You had him? If so, this is the quickest early bird prize we’ve ever had. Are we 100% sure he didn’t die in 2019? ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/187 "2020-01-01T22:46:48Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Elyana Emrizal - Malaysian singer > Criscilla Anderson - Professional Dancer > Greg Gilbert- singer/guitarist > Nicholas Blazek - Chicago Cubs Writer > John Andretti - Race Car Driver > Jay Allen - Detroit Tigers Announcer > Jana Bennett – President of BBC/A&E > Leon Spinks - Boxer > ‪Frankie Banali‬ – Rock Drummer > ‪Olivia Newton John‬ - Actress > David Stern - former NBA Commish > Michael Kooge - Australian Radio Personality > John Lewis - US Congressman > > Alternates: > Alex Trebek > Bob Gibson > Chris Mortensen > > Lean List > Elyana Emrizal > Criscilla Anderson > Greg Gilbert > Nicholas Blazek > John Andretti > Jay Allen > Jana Bennett > Leon Spinks > ‪Frankie Banali‬ > ‪Olivia Newton John‬ > David Stern > Michael Kooge > John Lewis > > Alternates: > Alex Trebek > Bob Gibson > Chris Mortensen Is that the fastest list post to first death we’ve seen in the death pool? If Stern’s death was first reported about two hours ago, so I’m guessing there was about 12 hours between the list posting and the first death? ---
**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 1, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/188 "2020-01-01T22:59:49Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > You had him? If so, this is the quickest early bird prize we’ve ever had. > > Are we 100% sure he didn’t die in 2019? The [AP article](https://apnews.com/0ad20afc6c8149bc984032de69645c4d) says he died today. > [@](#): > > David Stern, the basketball-loving lawyer who took the NBA around the world during 30 years as its longest-serving commissioner and oversaw its growth into a global powerhouse, died Wednesday. He was 77. ---
**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 1, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/189 "2020-01-01T23:06:59Z")
Amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/190 "2020-01-01T23:07:50Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > You had him? If so, this is the quickest early bird prize we’ve ever had. > > Are we 100% sure he didn’t die in 2019? Not me but two did. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/191 "2020-01-01T23:27:04Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Not me but two did. Seriously? Two-way tie for an early bird that early? Someone get a huge set of scales and a duck. ---
**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 1, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/192 "2020-01-01T23:54:33Z")
It’s not who starts out in the lead, it’s who finishes in the lead! That said, happy to get early points… Wiki [confirms a Jan 1 death date](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stern) ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/193 "2020-01-02T01:30:11Z")
I wonder if we could have some sort of immortal contest where we have winners based on which posters did the worst. For example, I looked at my 2009 list and I have 8-alive and 5-dead. That’s from 11 years ago, and that’s how poorly I’ve done. We could have categories for “Worst Poster” or possibly the longest living person chosen on a death list or others I haven’t thought of. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/194 "2020-01-02T01:32:47Z")
Nick Gordon, the ex-boyfriend of the late Bobbi Kristina Brown, dead at 30. ---
**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 2, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/196 "2020-01-02T02:26:45Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Seriously? Two-way tie for an early bird that early? Someone get a huge set of scales and a duck. I have a clear memory of the game five years ago when Mario Cuomo paid off on New Years Day and there was much celebration and dancing in the handbaskets. ---
**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 2, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/198 "2020-01-02T02:42:24Z")
_Fans self with hand_ Well, I do declare. Consider me officially rebuked. I withdraw my insinuation that your mental state is not quite up to scratch. You’re obviously a very stable genius. Bless your heart ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/199 "2020-01-02T03:39:23Z")
From the AP: Don Larsen, the New York Yankees pitcher who threw the only perfect game in World Series history, has died at age 90. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/200 "2020-01-02T03:43:05Z")
The death of David Stern is not a record for earliest death, it’s more of a tie. In 2015 we had two deaths on Jan.1, Jeff Golub and Mario Cuomo. RobotDevilDog and phungi win the Opening Kickoff award! May they enjoy their time in first place. 1 phungi 23 1 0 1 RobotDevilDog 23 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 2, 2020, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/201 "2020-01-02T10:54:32Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > _Fans self with hand_ > > Well, I do declare. Consider me officially rebuked. I withdraw my insinuation that your mental state is not quite up to scratch. You’re obviously a very stable genius. > > Bless your heart Yeah, I saw that crazy rant before the mods excised **rosemurray** ’s posting history here. [You’d asked](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22041062&postcount=74) if it was a joke or a conspiracy theory - guess we found out! 😉 For those who missed it, this now ex-poster claimed at considerable length that Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s been dead since last January, and the Deep State has covered this up with the use of body doubles and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/202 "2020-01-02T13:44:23Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Yeah, I saw that crazy rant before the mods excised **rosemurray** ’s posting history here. [You’d asked](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22041062&postcount=74) if it was a joke or a conspiracy theory - guess we found out! 😉 > > For those who missed it, this now ex-poster claimed at considerable length that Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s been dead since last January, and the Deep State has covered this up with the use of body doubles and stuff. I thought he was being facetious. ---
**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 2, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/203 "2020-01-02T15:41:43Z")
[Movie producer David Foster](https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2019-12-29/movie-producer-david-foster-obituary) (_The Thing, McCabe and Mrs. Miller_) dead at 90. ---
**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 2, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/204 "2020-01-02T18:05:57Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > For those who missed it, this now ex-poster claimed at considerable length that Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s been dead since last January, and the Deep State has covered this up with the use of body doubles and stuff. If so, it’s going to affect some of our scores for 2019. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=11)