# 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:** 14
**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 21, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/265 "2020-01-21T21:18:26Z")
[Gary Starkweather](https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-01-17/rip-gary-starkweather-xerox-laser-printer)’s paper tray is empty. ---
**Author:** ![jeezums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jeezums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeezums)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/266 "2020-01-22T14:11:46Z")
[Terry Jones, ‘Monty Python’ star, dead at 77](https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/22/entertainment/terry-jones-dies-scli-gbr-intl/index.html) ---
**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 22, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/267 "2020-01-22T14:25:09Z")
> [@jeezums](#): > > [Terry Jones, ‘Monty Python’ star, dead at 77](https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/22/entertainment/terry-jones-dies-scli-gbr-intl/index.html) Hey, my first points of the year. Still, very sad. He directed all the Monty Python movies I think. ☹ ---
**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 22, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/268 "2020-01-22T14:30:29Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > He directed all the Monty Python movies I think. ☹ Not _And Now for Something Completely Different_, which was directed by Ian McNaughton, who directed most of the TV episodes. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/269 "2020-01-22T14:41:43Z")
> [@jeezums](#): > > [Terry Jones, ‘Monty Python’ star, dead at 77](https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/22/entertainment/terry-jones-dies-scli-gbr-intl/index.html) He’s not dead. He’s just pining for the fjords. _Sorry._ ---
**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 22, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/270 "2020-01-22T15:26:06Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Hey, my first points of the year. > > Still, very sad. He directed all the Monty Python movies I think. ☹ Co-directed \*Holy Grail \* with Terry Gilliam. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/271 "2020-01-22T16:25:34Z")
> [@jeezums](#): > > [Terry Jones, ‘Monty Python’ star, dead at 77](https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/22/entertainment/terry-jones-dies-scli-gbr-intl/index.html) And then there was four. This is one of the very few deaths I’m sad about, while at the same time also looking forward to the funeral. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/272 "2020-01-22T17:01:43Z")
And coming just a few weeks after frequent Python collaborator Neil Innes died. ☹ ---
**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 22, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/273 "2020-01-22T19:29:32Z")
His imdb page currently lists his cause of death as “dementia”. ---
**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 22, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/274 "2020-01-22T19:33:14Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > His imdb page currently lists his cause of death as “dementia”. Yes, he had a type of dementia that takes speech first. The rest just kind of faded away over the course of a few years. Very sad for such a great conversationalist and intelligent person to fade away. ---
**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 22, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/275 "2020-01-22T19:38:27Z")
But dementia is not really a cause of death, as such. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/276 "2020-01-22T20:08:28Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Co-directed \*Holy Grail \* with Terry Gilliam. …and 40 specially trained Ecuadorian mountain llamas, 6 Venezuelan red llamas, 142 Mexican whooping llamas, 14 north Chilean guanacos (closely related to the llama), Reg Llama of Brixton, and 76,000 battery llamas from “Llama-Fresh” Farms Ltd. near Paraguay. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/277 "2020-01-22T20:20:17Z")
1 MrKnowItAll 33 1 1 2 Cazzle 23 1 0 2 Jeep’s Phoenix 23 1 0 2 jeezums 23 1 0 2 Mahaloth 23 1 0 2 phungi 23 1 0 2 RobotDevilDog 23 1 0 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/278 "2020-01-22T20:19:06Z")
1 MrKnowItAll 33 1 1 2 Cazzle 23 1 0 2 Jeep’s Phoenix 23 1 0 2 jeezums 23 1 0 2 Mahaloth 23 1 0 2 phungi 23 1 0 2 RobotDevilDog 23 1 0 ---
**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 22, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/279 "2020-01-22T23:05:59Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > He’s not dead. He’s just pining for the fjords. > > _Sorry._ But it had to be said. > [@RTFirefly](#): > > And coming just a few weeks after frequent Python collaborator Neil Innes died. ☹ I just binge-watched the 40th anniversary collection this weekend and he had a few good mentions and comments as parts of it. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/280 "2020-01-23T03:34:46Z")
So, uh, did anyone have beloved corporate mascot [Mr Peanut](https://twitter.com/MrPeanut/status/1220013408180895745?s=19)? Probably not, given he was worth zero points, but still… could be a unique pick. “It is with heavy hearts that we confirm that Mr. Peanut has died at 104. In the ultimate selfless act, he sacrificed himself to save his friends when they needed him most. Please pay your respects with #RIPeanut” [https://t.co/VFnEFod4Zp](https://t.co/VFnEFod4Zp) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/281 "2020-01-23T04:13:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > But dementia is not really a cause of death, as such. People with advanced dementia cannot take care of themselves. While its not a direct cause of death like say pneumonia, it is a contributing factor. ---
**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 23, 2020, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/282 "2020-01-23T06:16:25Z")
Sonny Grosso who as a real life NYPD detective inspired the French Connection dies at 89. He later became a technical advisor, actor and producer. > **[Former NYPD detective Sonny Grosso, whose work inspired ‘The French...](https://nypost.com/2020/01/23/former-nypd-detective-sonny-grosso-whose-work-inspired-the-french-connection-dead-at-89/)** > > Former NYPD detective Sonny Grosso, whose police work with partner Eddie Egan was used as the plot for the classic 1971 cop flick “The French Connection,” died Wednesday. He was 89. Gro… ---
**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 23, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/283 "2020-01-23T09:40:48Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > So, uh, did anyone have beloved corporate mascot [Mr Peanut](https://twitter.com/MrPeanut/status/1220013408180895745?s=19)? Probably not, given he was worth zero points, but still… could be a unique pick. > > “It is with heavy hearts that we confirm that Mr. Peanut has died at 104. In the ultimate selfless act, he sacrificed himself to save his friends when they needed him most. Please pay your respects with #RIPeanut” > > [https://twitter.com/MrPeanut/status/1220013408180895745/photo/1](https://t.co/VFnEFod4Zp) No but another Doper just picked him as their avatar. Coincidence? we’ll never know. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/284 "2020-01-23T13:35:21Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > But dementia is not really a cause of death, as such. Alzheimer’s certainly can be a direct cause of death. In its advanced stages, it eats away at the brain’s ability to maintain and regulate basic bodily functions. Usually something else kills them first, due to their physically weakened state, but not always. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=15)