# 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:** 24
**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 19, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/465 "2020-02-19T00:56:33Z")
Actress [Ja’net Dubois](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/janet-dubois-good-times-star-dies-at-74-report/ar-BB108mkT?ocid=spartandhp) is no longer experiencing good times. ---
**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 19, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/466 "2020-02-19T01:09:59Z")
I just saw that news, but [the AP says no one knows how old she was](https://apnews.com/74342f67bebd356e0d2ffe914a690c2c). > [@](#): > > Stanis said DuBois appeared to be in good health when they appeared two weeks ago at a signing event. Her birth date was something she kept to herself, Stanis said. > > “Nobody really knows,” said Stanis, who recalled telling DuBois, “’Oh, you’re so lucky. Nobody knows your age, girl!’ ---
**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:** [February 19, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/467 "2020-02-19T10:14:08Z")
I’m just posting so that this thread comes up in searches again. But in the spirit of contributing something: Oh dear, she was a delight. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > Kellye Nakahara. She died at 28 points(age 72). > > Played Nurse Kelly on the show and, memorably to me, the cook in the movie Clue. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/468 "2020-02-19T21:36:29Z")
Not too sure if the guy who invented the cut, copy, and paste functions we use on computers is ‘celebrity’ enough for this thread, but that guy? He just died: [https://gizmodo.com/larry-tessler-modeless-computing-advocate-has-passed-1841787408/amp](https://gizmodo.com/larry-tessler-modeless-computing-advocate-has-passed-1841787408/amp) ---
**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 19, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/469 "2020-02-19T21:56:44Z")
I salute you, Larry Tessler! You made my life easier rather than harder, and for that I am thankful! RIP. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/470 "2020-02-19T22:49:43Z")
I salute you, RIP. Larry Tessler! You Larry Tessler made my life easier, and for that I am thankful! RIP. I salute you, Larry Tessler! rather than harder ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/471 "2020-02-20T16:07:13Z")
He’s not just the president, he’s also a member of the Straight Dope Death Pool. Hair Club for Men founder Sy Sperling dies in Florida at age 78. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/472 "2020-02-20T20:42:00Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Not too sure if the guy who invented the cut, copy, and paste functions we use on computers is ‘celebrity’ enough for this thread, but that guy? He just died: > > [Larry Tesler, Modeless Computing Advocate, Has Passed Away](https://gizmodo.com/larry-tessler-modeless-computing-advocate-has-passed-1841787408/amp) You couldn’t bother to cut and paste his name? Shame! ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/473 "2020-02-20T21:01:58Z")
Here, I got it. The  advent  of  the  personal  computer  wasn’t  just about available to everyone,  it was also about making them ac lacking  a  computer  science  degree.   Larry  Tesler, who p a household name like Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, but his c and mobile devices easier to use are the  highlight  of a l computing. Born in 1945 in New York, Tesler  went on to study comp and  after graduation he  dabbled  in artificial  intelligenc a deeply  concerning  tool) and became  involved  in the a movements, with companies like IBM as one of his deser job at  the Xerox  Palo  Alto Research  Center (PARC)  wher PARC is famously known for developing the mouse-drive all  take  for  granted,  and  during  his  time  at  the  lab  Tes word  processor called  Gypsy  that is best known for  coin “paste”  when it comes to commands for removing,  dupl text. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/474 "2020-02-20T21:55:06Z")
I guess we _all_ do weird things from time to time, but, yeah, that is quite weird. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/475 "2020-02-21T05:01:36Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > Here, I got it. > > The  advent  of  the  personal  computer  wasn’t  just about > available to everyone,  it was also about making them ac > lacking  a  computer  science  degree.   Larry  Tesler, who p > a household name like Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, but his c > and mobile devices easier to use are the  highlight  of a l > computing. > Born in 1945 in New York, Tesler  went on to study comp > and  after graduation he  dabbled  in artificial  intelligenc > a deeply  concerning  tool) and became  involved  in the a > movements, with companies like IBM as one of his deser > job at  the Xerox  Palo  Alto Research  Center (PARC)  wher > PARC is famously known for developing the mouse-drive > all  take  for  granted,  and  during  his  time  at  the  lab  Tes > word  processor called  Gypsy  that is best known for  coin > “paste”  when it comes to commands for removing,  dupl > text. RIP ---
**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:** [February 21, 2020, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/476 "2020-02-21T07:03:51Z")
De’ath d’ied. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/02/20/wilfred-death-former-bbc-producer-oldie-column-chronicled-scurrilous/amp/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/02/20/wilfred-death-former-bbc-producer-oldie-column-chronicled-scurrilous/amp/) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/477 "2020-02-21T14:18:28Z")
O De’Ath, where is thy sting? 😉 ---
**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:** [February 21, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/478 "2020-02-21T17:04:52Z")
Well, we \*are \*in strange aeons. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/479 "2020-02-21T22:12:52Z")
Someone popped a smoking cap into [Pop Smoke](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-21/pop-smoke-social-media-posts-may-have-given-his-killers-key-clues) (AKA Bashar Barakah Jackson). ---
**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 22, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/480 "2020-02-22T00:10:38Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > De’ath d’ied. > > [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/02/20/wilfred-death-former-bbc-producer-oldie-column-chronicled-scurrilous/amp/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/02/20/wilfred-death-former-bbc-producer-oldie-column-chronicled-scurrilous/amp/) THAT was an awesome read; thanks! ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/481 "2020-02-23T12:09:41Z")
[Flat-earther Mike Hughes successfully proved that gravity exists.](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-22/daredevil-mad-mike-hughes-killed-in-stunt) ---
**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:** [February 23, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/482 "2020-02-23T13:52:39Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > [Flat-earther Mike Hughes successfully proved that gravity exists.](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-22/daredevil-mad-mike-hughes-killed-in-stunt) From the article: > [@](#): > > An official with the San Bernardino County coroner’s office said she expected there would be a “lengthy” investigation into the incident. “We have no facts at this point,” she said. Um…he was **riding a rocket** like Slim Pickens and didn’t launch the parachute in time. I think you have enough facts to prove Total Idiot right there. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/483 "2020-02-23T15:16:23Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Um…he was **riding a rocket** like Slim Pickens and didn’t launch the parachute in time. I think you have enough facts to prove Total Idiot right there. Slim Pickens was riding a bomb, not a rocket. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/484 "2020-02-23T17:22:28Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Slim Pickens was riding a bomb, not a rocket. Riding a rocket in the same manner as Slim Pickens rode a bomb. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=25)