# 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:** 13
**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 16, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/245 "2020-01-16T16:31:48Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Question: What do you call someone who hangs out with musicians? > > Answer: A drummer. The version I heard was “What do you call a crazy person who hangs around with musicians?” It fit most of the drummers I knew back in my misspent youth, when I was doing sound for bands. ---
**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 16, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/246 "2020-01-16T21:08:26Z")
[Christopher Tolkien](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Tolkien)-95. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/247 "2020-01-17T03:29:28Z")
Musician [Chris Darrow](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/nitty-gritty-dirt-band-member-country-rocker-chris-darrow-dies/&ved=2ahUKEwifvJnv14nnAhVDdt8KHZhVAjoQFjAiegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw0nQIcqJgahqOSWlBCy3ZxL) of the Nitty Gritty **Dirt** Band has died at 75. ---
**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, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/248 "2020-01-17T11:39:08Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Musician [Chris Darrow](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/nitty-gritty-dirt-band-member-country-rocker-chris-darrow-dies/&ved=2ahUKEwifvJnv14nnAhVDdt8KHZhVAjoQFjAiegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw0nQIcqJgahqOSWlBCy3ZxL) of the Nitty Gritty **Dirt** Band has died at 75. He’s fishin’ in the Styx. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/249 "2020-01-17T16:25:09Z")
Jimmy Carter Betty White(98 today) Prince Charles Alex Trebec Pete Davidson ---
**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:** [January 17, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/250 "2020-01-17T16:31:30Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Jimmy Carter > Betty White(98 today) > Prince Charles > Alex Trebec > Pete Davidson I think you missed the rules. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/251 "2020-01-17T16:35:04Z")
Happy birthday, Betty White!! ---
**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:** [January 17, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/252 "2020-01-17T17:00:43Z")
**Jan. 17 birthdays** : Betty White, Michelle Obama, Jim Carrey, Dwayne Wade, Kid Rock, James Earl Jones, Maury Povich, Ben Franklin, Muhammad Ali, Eartha Kitt, Anne Bronte, Al Capone, Vidal Sassoon, Douglas Wilder, Don Zimmer, Andy Kaufman, Biotop ---
**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 17, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/253 "2020-01-17T17:41:10Z")
Some of those people are not racking down points, though. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/254 "2020-01-17T17:45:04Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Some of those people are not racking down points, though. Still an open question on Andy Kaufman. ---
**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, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/255 "2020-01-17T18:03:00Z")
Happy birthday, **Biotop**! Quite an elite group you’ve got there. ---
**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, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/256 "2020-01-17T21:11:42Z")
[Norma Michaels](https://nypost.com/2020/01/16/veteran-tv-and-film-actress-norma-michaels-dead-at-95/), leaves 5 points just hanging out there. ---
**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, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/257 "2020-01-17T22:22:36Z")
British actor [Derek Fowlds](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jan/17/derek-fowlds-the-yes-minister-star-who-was-more-than-just-a-sidekick), best known as either Mr Derek the co-host and butt of Basil Brush’s jokes; Sir Bernard Woolley, the quietly weird Private Secretary in the satirical sitcom _Yes Minister_; or Sergeant Blaketon in the long running period-set soapy drama _Heartbeat_; has died aged 82. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/258 "2020-01-18T00:08:40Z")
The Kansas City Royals have announced that former owner David Glass died last week (Jan 9) at age 84. [https://www.kctv5.com/sports/kansas\_city\_royals/royals-announce-death-of-former-owner-david-glass/article\_5a6e8e66-3972-11ea-b6c3-07d11f923d2b.html](https://www.kctv5.com/sports/kansas_city_royals/royals-announce-death-of-former-owner-david-glass/article_5a6e8e66-3972-11ea-b6c3-07d11f923d2b.html) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/259 "2020-01-18T16:47:47Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I think you missed the rules. Sorry. ---
**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 18, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/260 "2020-01-18T21:20:57Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Sorry. This is the SDMB DeathPool ---- we’re all a little “sorry”. Even though you got a light list and too late to be official feel free to ghoul around with the rest of us. And next year you’ll be set! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/261 "2020-01-20T01:48:29Z")
Televangelist Jack van Impe spent decades telling his audience how current events were harbingers of the End Times. Which still hadn’t arrived [when he died yesterday](https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/january/jack-van-impe-died-end-times-televangelist.html) just a few weeks shy of turning 89. No Rapture for him! 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/262 "2020-01-20T02:29:07Z")
Singer-songwriter [David Olney died onstage during a performance](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/singer-songwriter-david-olney-dies-onstage-during-performance-florida-festival-n1118611) at age 71. ---
**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 21, 2020, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/263 "2020-01-21T07:08:29Z")
NEXT TIME ON DRAGON BALL Z!!!.. uh, no next time for the narrador of Dragon Ball Z. > **['Dragon Ball' Narrator Brice Armstrong Passes Away at 84](https://hypebeast.com/2020/1/dragon-ball-z-narrator-brice-armstrong-dead-84)** > > Known for his narration of the intro for the beloved stateside anime. > [@](#): > > The anime community loses a highly-respected member of its universe today, as voice actor Brice Armstrong has passed away at the age of 84. > > Known mostly for his narration of the stateside version of the Dragon Ball, Armstrong was also the voice for characters in the Dragon Ball Z series; Captain Ginyu and Lord Slug, specifically. Most fans will remember his narration voice and ability to vary his vocals to fit the needs of the anime. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/264 "2020-01-21T16:53:08Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Televangelist Jack van Impe spent decades telling his audience how current events were harbingers of the End Times. Which still hadn’t arrived [when he died yesterday](https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/january/jack-van-impe-died-end-times-televangelist.html) just a few weeks shy of turning 89. > > No Rapture for him! 🙂 ☹ I loved his show. No rapture, but he’ll be up there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=14)