# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/425 "2020-02-12T02:21:41Z")
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 FavreCo 25 1 1 12 Cazzle 23 1 0 12 jeezums 23 1 0 12 Mahaloth 23 1 0 15 Snowboarder Bo 18 1 1 16 Annie X-mas 8 1 1 17 commasense 0 1 0 17 Dancer Flight 0 1 0 17 Dr. Girlfriend 0 1 0 17 melondeca 0 1 0 17 Paul in Qatar 0 1 0 17 rosemurray 0 1 0 17 vivalostwages 0 1 0 ---
**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 12, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/426 "2020-02-12T18:51:23Z")
Former Major League Baseball player Angel Echeveria has died at 48 > **[Former outfielder Angel Echevarria dies at 48](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28661210/former-outfielder-angel-echevarria-dies-48)** > > Angel Echevarria, who played outfield and had a career .280 batting average for the Rockies, Brewers and Cubs during his seven MLB seasons, has died at the age of 48. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/427 "2020-02-14T21:24:29Z")
Former #1 ranked Backgammon player Matvey Natanzon (better known by his pseudonym Falafel) died earlier today. [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matvey_Natanzon) does not list his age, but this [New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/05/13/the-chaos-of-the-dice)article says he was yrs old in 1972. > ---
**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 14, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/428 "2020-02-14T21:44:33Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Former #1 ranked Backgammon player Matvey Natanzon (better known by his pseudonym Falafel) died earlier today. [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matvey_Natanzon) does not list his age, but this [New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/05/13/the-chaos-of-the-dice)article says he was yrs old in 1972. > > [https://twitter.com/Erik\_Seidel/status/1228426302807363584](https://twitter.com/Erik_Seidel/status/1228426302807363584) Your “4” dropped out. He was 4 in 1972 ---
**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 15, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/429 "2020-02-15T20:22:20Z")
Caroline Flack, former presenter of _Love Island_, has [died](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/caroline-flack-dies-the-british-presenter-of-love-island-was-40/ar-BB102cSj?ocid=spartandhp) at 40. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/430 "2020-02-15T20:40:50Z")
[Lynn Cohen, who played Magda in ‘Sex and the City,’ has died at 86.](https://apnews.com/e55b9f7a0c4e82a8cbfb93fee1373e37) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/431 "2020-02-16T00:10:40Z")
Clayton Williams has died at age 88. Williams was a businessman and the Republican candidate for the Texas gubernatorial race in 1990. He lost to the Democratic candidate Ann Richards. If Hell exists and Mr. Williams finds himself there, I’d advise him to “relax and enjoy it.” ---
**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:** [February 16, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/432 "2020-02-16T00:41:54Z")
I remember him and that comment. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/433 "2020-02-16T04:02:00Z")
[Cheryl Sanders, who was injured badly in a Back the Future Part II stunt, was killed by her ex-husband. Age 59.](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/back-future-part-ii-stuntwoman-193510690.html) [Read about the deadly(almost anyway) stunt that they did in BttF2.](https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-hoverboard-scene-in-back-to-the-future-2-nearly-kil-1713294885) ---
**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 16, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/434 "2020-02-16T20:08:42Z")
Nikita Pearl Waligwa, an actress known for _Queen of Katwe_ from Disney, has [died](https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/nikita-pearl-waligwa-actor-in-disneys-queen-of-katwe-dies-at-15/ar-BB103OY5?ocid=spartandhp) at age 15, after battling brain tumors for the last few years. While that sucks, think of the points someone could have claimed, Age _and_ being a unique pick? ---
**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:** [February 16, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/435 "2020-02-16T20:37:35Z")
Ordained minister [Dyanne Thorne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyanne_Thorne)-gone at age 83. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/436 "2020-02-16T21:23:54Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Nikita Pearl Waligwa, an actress known for _Queen of Katwe_ from Disney, has [died](https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/nikita-pearl-waligwa-actor-in-disneys-queen-of-katwe-dies-at-15/ar-BB103OY5?ocid=spartandhp) at age 15, after battling brain tumors for the last few years. > > While that sucks, think of the points someone could have claimed, Age _and_ being a unique pick? Do our picks have to be 18 or older? ---
**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 16, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/437 "2020-02-16T21:49:29Z")
You may be right. In fact, you probably are. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/438 "2020-02-16T21:49:40Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Do our picks have to be 18 or older? Yes. Rule 3(d); > [@Baker](#): > > 1. Valid picks are not: > \ > d. under age 18 at death, 'cause we’re macabre but not THAT macabre. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/439 "2020-02-16T23:29:48Z")
Tony Fernandez, former Toronto Blue Jays shortstop, dies at age 57. [Link](https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/16/us/tony-fernandez-blue-jays-death-obit-trnd/index.html). I wasn’t a Toronto fan, but I remember this guy when he played. Probably the best shortstop in the history of the organization. ---
**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 17, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/440 "2020-02-17T03:17:10Z")
Quote:Originally Posted by Mahaloth View Post Do our picks have to be 18 or older? Yes. Rule 3(d); Quote: Originally Posted by Baker View Post 3. Valid picks are not: \ d. under age 18 at death, 'cause we’re macabre but not THAT macabre. You know, I’ve never understood this rule. It’s no more macabre to say “Ooh! I got 96 points cuz the Gerber baby(who had been suffering from pablumitis) died” than it is to say "Yay! Random Old Guy(who had been suffering from cancer or just being an old guy) died and I get 15 points! ---
**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:** [February 17, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/441 "2020-02-17T03:58:22Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Tony Fernandez, former Toronto Blue Jays shortstop, dies at age 57. > > [Link](https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/16/us/tony-fernandez-blue-jays-death-obit-trnd/index.html). > > I wasn’t a Toronto fan, but I remember this guy when he played. Probably the best shortstop in the history of the organization. I’m not even a baseball fan but I remember him, too. He was phenomenal. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/442 "2020-02-17T09:57:32Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > You know, I’ve never understood this rule. It’s no more macabre to say “Ooh! I got 96 points cuz the Gerber baby(who had been suffering from pablumitis) died” than it is to say "Yay! Random Old Guy(who had been suffering from cancer or just being an old guy) died and I get 15 points! I think you’re probably in the minority on this one. To my mind, a child dying is qualitatively worse than an adult dying, especially an adult over (say) 70 - though admittedly the ‘thresholds’ here are arbitrary. Someone who dies under 18 hasn’t really had a fair crack at life. ---
**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 17, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/443 "2020-02-17T12:04:41Z")
I happen to agree with **bayaker**. I confess to being a very twisted, morbid individual, but opening the contest up to minors wouldn’t bother me in the least. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/444 "2020-02-17T12:30:59Z")
I’d feel pretty uncomfortable about getting rid of that rule. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=23)