# 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:** 51
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1007 "2020-08-28T21:29:53Z")
I’m on the board. It’s sad, but I’m on the board. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1008 "2020-08-29T00:18:37Z")
lel leaps into 44th place with the unique pick of Olson | 1 | phungi | 223 | 6 | 2 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | Loach | 167 | 5 | 1 | | 3 | RobotDevilDog | 149 | 5 | 0 | | 4 | Little Nemo | 106 | 3 | 0 | | 5 | Jeep’s Phoenix | 99 | 4 | 0 | | 6 | candide | 96 | 3 | 0 | | 7 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 96 | 3 | 0 | | 8 | Registered at Last | 96 | 3 | 0 | | 8 | GIGObuster | 87 | 3 | 0 | | 8 | Happy Lendervedder | 81 | 3 | 1 | | 8 | melondeca | 76 | 3 | 0 | | 8 | RTFirefly | 76 | 2 | 0 | | 8 | jeezums | 75 | 3 | 0 | | 14 | 42fish | 64 | 2 | 0 | | 15 | CAMJAY77 | 64 | 2 | 0 | | 15 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 64 | 2 | 0 | | 17 | Snowboarder Bo | 58 | 3 | 3 | | 18 | Superdude | 58 | 3 | 1 | | 18 | Crease Munky | 52 | 2 | 0 | | 18 | Dung Beetle | 52 | 2 | 0 | | 18 | AiM33 | 50 | 2 | 0 | | 18 | Mahaloth | 50 | 3 | 1 | | 18 | The Vorlon | 47 | 2 | 0 | | 24 | carnivorousplant | 44 | 1 | 0 | | 25 | J-P L | 44 | 1 | 0 | | 26 | Maus Magill | 44 | 1 | 0 | | 27 | standard deviation | 44 | 1 | 0 | | 27 | Biotop | 40 | 2 | 2 | | 29 | arara123 | 39 | 1 | 1 | | 29 | amarinth | 33 | 2 | 0 | | 31 | MrKnowItAll | 33 | 1 | 1 | | 32 | irritant | 26 | 2 | 2 | | 33 | FavreCo | 25 | 1 | 1 | | 33 | Cazzle | 23 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | ataraxy22 | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Dolores Reborn | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Hoopy Frood | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Kitten Mitten | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Lsura | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Oredigger77 | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Team Dirt | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 42 | Bayaker | 19 | 1 | 1 | | 43 | KarlGauss | 16 | 1 | 1 | | 44 | Dancer Flight | 15 | 2 | 1 | | 44 | lel | 15 | 1 | 1 | | 46 | Personal | 13 | 2 | 0 | | 46 | Prof.Pepperwinkle | 13 | 2 | 0 | | 48 | RollOutTheBarrel | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 49 | Baker | 10 | 2 | 1 | | 49 | TruCelt | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 51 | copmputergeek | 9 | 1 | 0 | | 51 | zadscmc | 9 | 1 | 0 | | 53 | Annie X-mas | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 54 | vivalostwages | 3 | 2 | 0 | | 55 | a35362 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | 55 | commasense | 2 | 3 | 0 | | 55 | Rico | 2 | 1 | 0 | | 58 | Meeko | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 58 | rosemurray | 1 | 3 | 0 | | 60 | Dr. Girlfriend | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 60 | Paul in Qatar | 0 | 1 | 0 | ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1009 "2020-08-29T02:19:23Z")
‘Black Panther’ actor Chadwick Boseman dies at 43 after 4-year fight with colon cancer ---
**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:** [August 29, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1010 "2020-08-29T03:16:14Z")
That’s fucked up. I wonder what the plan is going forward for the _Black Panther_ character and movies. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1011 "2020-08-29T03:16:18Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > ‘Black Panther’ actor Chadwick Boseman dies at 43 after 4-year fight with colon cancer So tragic. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1012 "2020-08-29T14:59:26Z")
They will replace him somehow. In the Harry Potter movies Dumbledore was played by another actor after Richard Harris passed. Granted, he wasn’t THE main character, but he was important. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1013 "2020-08-29T16:50:15Z")
[Clifford Robinson](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29765226/former-portland-trail-blazers-great-cliff-robinson-dies-53&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjyqOrl7sDrAhUEl3IEHe56BvwQ0PADMAB6BAgDEAI&usg=AOvVaw2lA4DypTjaD3fx_ZpRG2vT), Portland Trailblazer basketball star, dead from cancer at 53. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1014 "2020-08-29T17:34:17Z")
This is my first time back in about 2 years. In 2018 work got weird and by the time I remembered I hadn’t done my deadpool list, it was Jan 3 2019 LOL. Then last year I was recovering from open heart surgery. Assuming I remember, I’ll be submitting a list this year and get back on the bandwagon! When I first pulled up this thread, I did have to chuckle at this line in the 2020 intro: "This past year has been exciting so far, and 2020 should be just as great!!!. " Oops… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1015 "2020-08-29T19:42:38Z")
Welcome back, and we hope to see you in December. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1016 "2020-08-29T20:02:48Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > [Clifford Robinson](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29765226/former-portland-trail-blazers-great-cliff-robinson-dies-53&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjyqOrl7sDrAhUEl3IEHe56BvwQ0PADMAB6BAgDEAI&usg=AOvVaw2lA4DypTjaD3fx_ZpRG2vT), Portland Trailblazer basketball star, dead from cancer at 53. Dude lost to my Pistons in the 1990 NBA finals. I hated that Trailblazer team! However, he also played for the Pistons later, so I like him. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 29, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1017 "2020-08-29T23:03:24Z")
[Julia Reed, chronicler of Southern life and food, dies at 59.](https://apnews.com/bee3c234febb6d6011a8a12626fa7325) [Author Randall Kenan dies at 57.](https://apnews.com/84346802f62271fbd3271aa439a603cb) ---
**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:** [August 30, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1018 "2020-08-30T14:12:04Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Author Randall Kenan dies at 57.](https://apnews.com/84346802f62271fbd3271aa439a603cb) 😢 That hurts my feelings. I love _Let the Dead Bury Their Dead_. It perfectly captures the eastern NC accent and attitudes. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1019 "2020-08-30T15:52:30Z")
Leslie Freas, the twin sister of actress Linda Hamilton, has died at 63. She appeared in Terminator 2 as Sarah Connor’s double. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1020 "2020-08-31T13:23:05Z")
[Gerald Carr](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/skylab-astronaut-gerald-jerry-carr-dies-at-88/), commander of the last Skylab mission, died August 26th. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1021 "2020-08-31T13:28:53Z")
Georgetown coaching great [John Thompson](https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaabk/reports-former-georgetown-coach-john-thompson-has-died-at-age-78/ar-BB18yeuG?ocid=uxbndlbing) dead at 78. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1022 "2020-08-31T18:33:46Z")
In real life, “the king is dead, long live the king,” so there’s no reason not to replace him, so long as the writers come up with a good (works within the movie and is respectful to Boseman) story for T’Challa’s death. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1023 "2020-09-01T19:14:14Z")
Erick Morillo, DJ Known for ‘I Like to Move It,’ Dies at 49 ---
**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:** [September 2, 2020, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1024 "2020-09-02T05:06:08Z")
[Arnold Spielberg](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/arnold-spielberg/), electrical engineer who managed the project that created Point of Sale technology, and later managed the project that created the computer on which the programming language BASIC was developed, dead at 103. He was also Steven Spielberg’s father. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1025 "2020-09-03T00:35:05Z")
Points is points but sometimes I feel worse about them than others. My favorite baseball player Tom Seaver dead at 75. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-tom-seaver-obituary-20200903-fyusabaogjepzf6uixn6476k5u-story.html%3FoutputType=amp](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-tom-seaver-obituary-20200903-fyusabaogjepzf6uixn6476k5u-story.html%3foutputType=amp) ---
**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:** [September 3, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1026 "2020-09-03T00:36:34Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Points is points but sometimes I feel worse about them than others. My favorite baseball player Tom Seaver dead at 75. I just heard. Covid-19 combined with dementia. Very sad to hear. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=52)