# 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:** 20
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/385 "2020-02-05T03:31:22Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > On a certain other board one player has Limbaugh. I can hear them now _“Die, sucker!”_ I’m not playing and I’m saying that too. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/386 "2020-02-05T05:10:17Z")
With what could only be described as “All due haste” on the metal award, I expect that Rush will not be around for long–Washington just does not normally move that fast. Rush was, for maybe the first time in his life, speechless. ---
**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 6, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/387 "2020-02-06T14:24:37Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Stephen King > Tabitha King > Joe Hill (Joseph Hillstron King) > Owen King > Mary Higgins Clark > Carol Higgins Clark > Mary Jane Clark > Yoko Ono > Pattie Boyd > Olivia Harrison > Paul McCartney > Ringo Star > Barbara Bach Mary Higgins Clark died at age 92. I got 8 points! Why isn’t my name on the list? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/388 "2020-02-06T15:00:33Z")
So, after **Annie-Xmas** gets credit for Mary Higgins Clark, the rest of us are tied for 23rd place, _behind a bunch of people with zero points_. :eek: 😃 ---
**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 6, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/389 "2020-02-06T15:13:17Z")
Suddenly 8 points seems like a lot! ---
**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:** [February 6, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/390 "2020-02-06T16:06:43Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Anyone have him? Obviously zero points for him (not -3, see Rule 4), but he would count towards the “Quantity Not Quality” award. I did. Along with several other centenarians. ---
**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 6, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/391 "2020-02-06T16:59:45Z")
How many centenarian Straight Dope Celebrity Death Pool Players are there? ---
**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:** [February 6, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/392 "2020-02-06T18:34:07Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > How many centenarian Straight Dope Celebrity Death Pool Players are there? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/393 "2020-02-06T22:34:24Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Mary Higgins Clark died at age 92. I got 8 points! > > Why isn’t my name on the list? Well, I guess it’s because I overlooked it. But I have the players like you to get on my case. 1 phungi 107 3 1 2 Jeep’s Phoenix 67 2 0 2 RobotDevilDog 67 2 0 4 candide 44 1 0 4 CAMJAY77 44 1 0 4 Loach 44 1 0 4 The Vorlon 44 1 0 4 J-P L 44 1 0 9 arara123 39 1 1 10 MrKnowItAll 33 1 1 11 Cazzle 23 1 0 11 jeezums 23 1 0 11 Mahaloth 23 1 0 14 Snowboarder Bo 18 1 1 15 Annie X-mas 8 1 1 16 commasense 0 1 0 16 Dancer Flight 0 1 0 16 Dr. Girlfriend 0 1 0 16 melondeca 0 1 0 16 Paul in Qatar 0 1 0 16 rosemurray 0 1 0 16 vivalostwages 0 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:** [February 7, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/394 "2020-02-07T00:07:42Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > Psst… hey **Baker** , I have Doherty for this year. > > I’m on the board with Kirk Douglas! Does that make you Spartacus now? 😉 ---
**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 7, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/395 "2020-02-07T14:38:58Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Well, I guess it’s because I overlooked it. But I have the players like you to get on my case. > 15 Annie X-mas 8 1 1 Yes. Yes you do. And Thank You. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/396 "2020-02-07T16:47:49Z")
**Baker** , I’m so sorry, but doing a health-check just now(prompted my the Shannen Doherty announcement) I noticed that I misspelled Shane _M **a** cGowan_ in my list way back on Post #139. Never call a Mac a Mc > [@Bayaker](#): > > … > The Lucky 13 for 2020: > > _ **Shane McGowan** _ > Tom Brokaw > Tommy Chong > Sean Connery > Shannen Doherty > Michael Douglas > Jimmy Carter > Jim Kelly > Val Kilmer > Joan Lunden > Liza Minnelli > Olivia Newton-John > Kenny Rogers > > Alternates: > > Julia Louis-Dreyfus > Michael J. Fox… Emphasis (and snipping) mine. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/397 "2020-02-07T21:22:43Z")
**kopek** is critically ill - he had a serious cardiac incident at about 3:30am today. Details from **Old\_Wench** in [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=889703). Thought his fellow Death Poolers might want to know, and send thoughts and prayers his way. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/398 "2020-02-08T04:52:04Z")
Actor Kevin Conway, clone of Kahless, [died Wednesday of a heart attack. He was 77](https://comicbook.com/irl/2020/02/07/kevin-conway-star-trek-next-generation-dead-at-77/). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/399 "2020-02-08T05:24:11Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > **Baker** , I’m so sorry, but doing a health-check just now(prompted my the Shannen Doherty announcement) I noticed that I misspelled Shane _M **a** cGowan_ in my list way back on Post #139. > > Never call a Mac a Mc > > Emphasis (and snipping) mine. That’s one I actually caught. Mispellings are so easy. You know what name has give the most grief over the last few years? It’s Lindsay/Lynsay/Lindsey Lohann/Lohan/Lohanne. Before that it was Muhammed/Mohammad/Mohamed Ali. At least folks usually spelled his last name correctly. Oh, and Rosalynn Carter has two “n” on her name, and does not have an “e” following any of them. Whew, thanks for letting me vent!😃 ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/400 "2020-02-08T07:05:59Z")
Orson Bean has died at age 91. > **[Veteran actor Orson Bean, 91, struck and killed by vehicle in Venice, California](https://abc7.com/orson-bean-alley-mills-dead-killed/5912587/)** > > Veteran actor Orson Bean was struck and killed by a car Friday night in Venice, California, authorities said. He was 91. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/401 "2020-02-08T12:50:46Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Actor Kevin Conway, clone of Kahless, [died Wednesday of a heart attack. He was 77](https://comicbook.com/irl/2020/02/07/kevin-conway-star-trek-next-generation-dead-at-77/). Beat me to I, though I was going to say “enters Sto’Vo’Kor” Brian ---
**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 8, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/402 "2020-02-08T14:09:46Z")
> [@RobotDevilDog](#): > > Orson Bean has died at age 91. > > [Veteran actor Orson Bean, 91, struck and killed by vehicle in Venice, California - ABC7 Los Angeles](https://abc7.com/veteran-actor-orson-bean-91-struck-and-killed-by-vehicle-in-venice-friends-say/5912587/) Oddly enough, not of disease or natural causes; he was hit by a car and killed. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/403 "2020-02-08T14:55:43Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > That’s one I actually caught. Mispellings are so easy. > [@Superdude](#): > > Oddly enough, not of disease or natural causes; he was hit by a car and killed. > [@abc7](#): > > Other bystanders tried to warn a second driver, but he also struck the pedestrian. Police say the second collision was fatal. Both drivers stayed at the scene. you missed an ‘s’ at the end of car. :eek: ---
**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 8, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/404 "2020-02-08T15:29:09Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > That’s one I actually caught. Mispellings are so easy. > > You know what name has give the most grief over the last few years? It’s Lindsay/Lynsay/Lindsey Lohann/Lohan/Lohanne. > > Before that it was Muhammed/Mohammad/Mohamed Ali. At least folks usually spelled his last name correctly. > > Oh, and Rosalynn Carter has two “n” on her name, and does not have an “e” following any of them. > > Whew, thanks for letting me vent!😃 Just be glad [del]Moamar Gaddafi[/del] [del]Muammar Kadafi[/del] [del]Muhammar Qaddafi[/del] that Libyan guy is dead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=21)