# 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:** 16
**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 26, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/305 "2020-01-26T20:15:50Z")
He is now expensive beef. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/306 "2020-01-26T20:19:23Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > He is now expensive beef. Not cool, IMHO. ---
**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 26, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/307 "2020-01-26T20:21:26Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > TMZ: Kobe Bryant ,41, killed in helicopter crash. [ESPN confirms.](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28569438/kobe-bryant-dead-helicopter-crash) ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/308 "2020-01-26T20:41:05Z")
On another board, posted was that others on board were his daughters, saying it was reported by ESPN. If true, that is very sadnews ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/309 "2020-01-26T20:47:37Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > On another board, posted was that others on board were his daughters, saying it was reported by ESPN. If true, that is very sadnews Alexis Wainwright @AWainwrightTV Sources have confirmed that neither #Bryant’s wife or children were on board of the helicopter that crashed. ---
**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 26, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/310 "2020-01-26T21:07:37Z")
It was his personal helicopter – was he the pilot? ---
**Author:** ![Harrington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac8455/32.png) [@Harrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harrington)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/311 "2020-01-26T21:10:55Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Alexis Wainwright > > @AWainwrightTV > > Sources have confirmed that neither #Bryant’s wife or children were on board of the helicopter that crashed. TMZ reports that one of his daughters died. Nothing is confirmed at this point. Such a misused word early in tragedies. > **[Kobe Bryant & Daughter Die in Helicopter Crash, 3 Bodies Recovered](https://www.tmz.com/2020/01/26/kobe-bryant-killed-dead-helicopter-crash-in-calabasas/)** > > Kobe Bryant has died. His daughter was also on board and passed away. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/312 "2020-01-26T21:46:05Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > It was his personal helicopter – was he the pilot? No, apparently it was him, his 13-year-old daughter (who plays basketball), a friend/parent of another basketball player, that other teen, and the pilot. ---
**Author:** ![Harrington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac8455/32.png) [@Harrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harrington)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/313 "2020-01-26T23:02:56Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > He is now expensive beef. > [@JKellyMap](#): > > Not cool, IMHO. This is a thread in which participants predict deaths and are awarded points for correct guesses. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/314 "2020-01-26T23:09:08Z")
> [@Harrington](#): > > This is a thread in which participants predict deaths and are awarded points for correct guesses. You don’t say! 🙂 I’ll drop it…but I thought the comment was slightly out of bounds, even for this venerable game (which I’ve always loved to follow, and ALMOST participated in this time…I will fir sure next year). I know the banter in the games’ threads is deliciously irreverent. Sorry if my internal meter was off this time. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/315 "2020-01-27T00:23:36Z")
I oversee this game and two others on different boards. Not a single person had Kobe. ---
**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 27, 2020, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/316 "2020-01-27T11:00:32Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > You don’t say! 🙂 > > I’ll drop it…but I thought the comment was slightly out of bounds, even for this venerable game (which I’ve always loved to follow, and ALMOST participated in this time…I will fir sure next year). I know the banter in the games’ threads is deliciously irreverent. Sorry if my internal meter was off this time. It only drops to deliciously irreverent on alternate Thursdays. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/317 "2020-01-27T12:33:03Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > It only drops to deliciously irreverent on alternate Thursdays. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/318 "2020-01-27T13:00:24Z")
I just realized I misinterpreted **eschereal** ’s post entirely. I thought he/she was evoking a slab of human meat burning on a Los Angeles hillside. I see now he/she simply meant, e.g., when Madonna dies, we’ll be back to that word meaning just the Virgin Mary — that sort of thing. Carry on — May the most irreverent Doper win! 🙂 ---
**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 27, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/319 "2020-01-27T13:22:08Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I oversee this game and two others on different boards. Not a single person had Kobe. If anyone did, I’d ask if they were a helicopter mechanic in real life… ---
**Author:** ![Harrington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac8455/32.png) [@Harrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harrington)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/320 "2020-01-27T13:52:46Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > I just realized I misinterpreted **eschereal** ’s post entirely. I thought he/she was evoking a slab of human meat burning on a Los Angeles hillside. I see now he/she simply meant, e.g., when Madonna dies, we’ll be back to that word meaning just the Virgin Mary — that sort of thing. > > Carry on — May the most irreverent Doper win! 🙂 Backing up causes tire damage. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/321 "2020-01-27T13:56:50Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > He is now expensive beef. > [@JKellyMap](#): > > Not cool, IMHO. > [@JKellyMap](#): > > You don’t say! 🙂 > > I’ll drop it…but I thought the comment was slightly out of bounds, even for this venerable game (which I’ve always loved to follow, and ALMOST participated in this time…I will fir sure next year). I know the banter in the games’ threads is deliciously irreverent. Sorry if my internal meter was off this time. > [@JKellyMap](#): > > I just realized I misinterpreted **eschereal** ’s post entirely. I thought he/she was evoking a slab of human meat burning on a Los Angeles hillside. I see now he/she simply meant, e.g., when Madonna dies, we’ll be back to that word meaning just the Virgin Mary — that sort of thing. > > Carry on — May the most irreverent Doper win! 🙂 I just figured **eschereal** was making a word play off of [Kobe beef](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_beef). In which case, totally normal for this crowd, really. ---
**Author:** ![Harrington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac8455/32.png) [@Harrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harrington)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/322 "2020-01-27T13:59:49Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I just figured **eschereal** was making a word play off of [Kobe beef](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_beef). > > In which case, totally normal for this crowd, really. They were, and it is. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/323 "2020-01-27T14:00:24Z")
Yes, I got from the start that it was about Kobe beef. I just thought s/he was saying Bryant’s body was now mere beef — when in fact s/he was saying the _word_ can now go back to merely _meaning_ beef. I think now even the first interpretation is deliciously irreverent — (hmmm…deliciously…)…so it’s all good! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/324 "2020-01-27T14:14:33Z")
I’ll sign off on this topic with a reminder that, just a few months ago, scientists (and entrepreneurs) declared they could synthesize edible meat from the DNA of specific individuals, including celebrities: [The Guy Who Wants to Sell Lab-Grown Salami Made of Kanye West Is "100% Serious"](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/kbz8ky/the-guy-who-want-to-sell-you-salami-made-out-of-james-franco-are-100-serious) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=17)