# 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:** 26
**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 28, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/505 "2020-02-28T18:07:41Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Theoretical physicist and mathematician, Freeman Dyson, is dead at 96. Will his coffin be a gigantic sphere? Brian ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/506 "2020-02-28T19:09:12Z")
It better not be a closed casket, or they won’t be able to tell if he is dead or alive. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/507 "2020-02-28T19:54:23Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > It better not be a closed casket, or they won’t be able to tell if he is dead or alive. > > Regards, > Shodan Did you deliberately conflate Freeman Dyson and Erwin Schrodinger for reasons that escape me, or is this a whoops? ---
**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 28, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/508 "2020-02-28T20:12:46Z")
I think it was a reference to the word “theoretical” ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/509 "2020-02-28T20:13:22Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Did you deliberately conflate Freeman Dyson and Erwin Schrodinger for reasons that escape me, or is this a whoops? Well, both did work on quantum mechanics, but AFAIK Dyson was the one that [fell for woo in his latest years.](https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Freeman_Dyson) Last I saw him was in the ‘let’s see if people fall for it’ fake Prager University videos peddling climate change denialism and uncertainty about climate science Seems that the doctor finally put him down: > **[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - 2012-03-21](https://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2556)** > > Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - 2012-03-21 ---
**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 28, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/510 "2020-02-28T22:09:34Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Theoretical physicist and mathematician, Freeman Dyson, is dead at 96. Love his vacuum. ---
**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 28, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/511 "2020-02-28T22:19:59Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Love his vacuum. that would be an [entirely different guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Coand%C4%83) ---
**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 29, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/512 "2020-02-29T00:11:21Z")
Does the vacuum go “whoosh”? 🙂 ---
**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 29, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/513 "2020-02-29T01:29:27Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Does the vacuum go “whoosh”? 🙂 I keep my head _above_ it ---
**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 29, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/514 "2020-02-29T14:06:54Z")
Joe Coulombe trades his life for 11 points > **[Trader Joe's founder Joe Coulombe, who started one of America's favorite...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/02/29/joe-coulombe-obituary-trader-joes-founder-dies-89/4884608002/)** > > Joe Coulombe, who founded Trader Joe’s, the popular grocery known for "Two-Buck Chuck" wine and trendy items, died Friday at his California home. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/515 "2020-02-29T17:18:27Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Joe Coulombe trades his life for 11 points > > [Joe Coulombe: Trader Joe's founder dies at 89](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/02/29/joe-coulombe-obituary-trader-joes-founder-dies-89/4884608002/) Eating all those healthy foods and he still dies. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/516 "2020-03-01T17:00:08Z")
“Broadway Danny Rose” star, Nick Apollo Forte, dead at 81. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/517 "2020-03-01T17:03:19Z")
“Broadway Danny Rose” star, Nick Apollo Forte, dead at 81. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/518 "2020-03-02T15:04:15Z")
Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, finally downsized himself after 84 years: [Jack Welch, CEO Who Led Former NBCUniversal Owner General Electric, Dies at 84 - Variety](https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/jack-welch-general-electric-dead-84-nbc-1203520628/) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/519 "2020-03-02T19:00:19Z")
If heaven exists, James Lipton now knows what it’s like. The host of the popular Bravo series ‘Inside the Actors Studio,’ has died at age 93. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/520 "2020-03-02T19:16:32Z")
Double post. Sorry. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/521 "2020-03-02T19:38:43Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > If heaven exists, James Lipton now knows what it’s like. > > The host of the popular Bravo series ‘Inside the Actors Studio,’ has died at age 93. 7 points for me! ---
**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:** [March 2, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/522 "2020-03-02T19:57:39Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > If heaven exists, James Lipton now knows what it’s like. > > The host of the popular Bravo series ‘Inside the Actors Studio,’ has died at age 93. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > 7 points for me! He’s my [first alternate](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22048130&postcount=89). Dammit! He was also the author of “[An Exaltation of Larks](https://smile.amazon.com/Exaltation-Larks-Ultimate-James-Lipton/dp/0140170960/),” the authoritative book on nouns of venery, aka collective nouns, e.g. school of fish, murder of crows, pride of lions, etc. I had read and loved the original, smaller edition of that book sometime in the 1970s, and years later watched “Inside the Actors Studio” for quite some time before realizing he was its author. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/523 "2020-03-02T20:34:25Z")
And his wife was Kendaki Turner, the original model for Miss Scarlett in the older versions of the board game _Clue_. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/524 "2020-03-03T00:24:46Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > And his wife was Kendaki Turner, the original model for Miss Scarlett in the older versions of the board game _Clue_. Which game version was she Scarlett in? Any pictures of that specific one? I think perhaps more than one Asian lady portrayed the part over the years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=27)