# Celebrity Death Pool 2020

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229>\
**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:** 56

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**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:** [October 3, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1107 "2020-10-03T08:45:07Z")

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Businessman [Zef Eisenberg](https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/motorsport/zef-eisenberg-dies-gbr-intl-scli-spt/) dies at my age trying to set a new British land speed record. He was 47.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1108 "2020-10-03T18:26:05Z")

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Nobody new got on the board, but six players had Bob Gibson. RobotDevilDog, now in fourth place has the most picks so far, with seven of their choices having given points.

| 1 | phungi | 223 | 6 | 2 |
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| 2 | CAMJAY77 | 196 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Loach | 192 | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | RobotDevilDog | 188 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | Little Nemo | 133 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Registered at Last | 129 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 123 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Happy Lendervedder | 122 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | GIGObuster | 114 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | RTFirefly | 103 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | jeezums | 102 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Jeep’s Phoenix | 99 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | candide | 96 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | melondeca | 92 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 91 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Dung Beetle | 81 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | 42fish | 77 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | The Vorlon | 76 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | Superdude | 71 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | AiM33 | 66 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Snowboarder Bo | 58 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | carnivorousplant | 57 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Crease Munky | 52 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FavreCo | 52 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | Mahaloth | 50 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | Hoopy Frood | 47 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Team Dirt | 47 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | J-P L | 44 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Maus Magill | 44 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | standard deviation | 44 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Biotop | 40 | 2 | 2 |
| 32 | arara123 | 39 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | amarinth | 33 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | ataraxy22 | 33 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Dolores Reborn | 33 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MrKnowItAll | 33 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Oredigger77 | 33 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | KarlGauss | 29 | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | irritant | 26 | 2 | 2 |
| 41 | zamboniracer | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Cazzle | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Kitten Mitten | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Lsura | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Bayaker | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | Lamoral | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | vivalostwages | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | Dancer Flight | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 48 | lel | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | rosemurray | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| 51 | kayT | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Paul in Qatar | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | Personal | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | Prof.Pepperwinkle | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | sweetpapalapa | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | UltraVires | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | RollOutTheBarrel | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | Baker | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 58 | TruCelt | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | copmputergeek | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | zadscmc | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Annie X-mas | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | a35362 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | commasense | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 63 | Rico | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | Meeko | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | Dr. Girlfriend | 0 | 1 | 0 |

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**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:** [October 3, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1109 "2020-10-03T23:54:31Z")

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I seem to recall for the last few years a lot of people optimistically put Donald Trump on their lists. Well, this might be about to get interesting.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1110 "2020-10-04T01:27:21Z")

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Trump won’t cause me as much work as Alex Trebek will. Chump has only 19 picks, Alex has 41.

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**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:** [October 4, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1111 "2020-10-04T10:17:20Z")

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Former Major League pitcher Charlie Haeger, wanted by police in connection with the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend, has been found [dead](https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/report-ex-pitcher-haeger-wanted-by-police-kills-self/ar-BB19GoaL?ocid=msedgdhp) by an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 37.

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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1112 "2020-10-04T18:15:33Z")

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Since the shooting was in Scottsdale, and Haegar’s body was found at the Grand Canyon, it’s been in the news a lot here. One thing not brought out in the MSN link above is that their relationship started sometime after the COVID lockdown – he killed a girlfriend of around like seven months.

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**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:** [October 5, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1113 "2020-10-05T01:33:27Z")

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[Thomas Jefferson Byrd](https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/thomas-jefferson-byrd-actor-in-numerous-spike-lee-movies-killed-in-atlanta/ar-BB19HhyH?ocid=msedgntp), actor in several Spike Lee films, has died at 70 as the victim of an apparent homicide.

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**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:** [October 6, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1114 "2020-10-06T02:49:06Z")

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[Clark Middleton has died at age 63.](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/clark-middleton-actor-blacklist-twin-233248728.html)

I remember him from Fringe and the third season of Twin Peaks.

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**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1115 "2020-10-06T19:12:28Z")

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Finally, the perfect confluence of a valid “reset password” link and thinking about posting this. So here is an update (and points for me) from June.

Hawaiian Senator [Breene Harimoto](https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/06/19/breaking-news/sen-breene-harimoto-dies-after-bout-with-cancer/), passed away from pancreatic cancer at 66.

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**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1116 "2020-10-06T19:42:59Z")

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Eddie Van Halen dead at 65.

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**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:** [October 6, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1117 "2020-10-06T20:22:20Z")

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I had Van Halen. With 7 dead this year so far I’m beginning to think I’m the problem.

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**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:** [October 6, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1118 "2020-10-06T20:25:39Z")

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Loach, stay away from me!

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**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:** [October 6, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1119 "2020-10-06T20:29:56Z")

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I need to stay away from me.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1120 "2020-10-06T22:07:45Z")

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Well\< **Loach** , your choice of Eddie puts you in the lead though! It’s just four points, so anything can happen. Nine players had van Halen, and **stockton** got on the board with him.

| 1 | Loach | 227 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2 | phungi | 223 | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | CAMJAY77 | 196 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | RobotDevilDog | 188 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | Happy Lendervedder | 157 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | Little Nemo | 133 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Registered at Last | 129 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | melondeca | 127 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 123 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | GIGObuster | 114 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | The Vorlon | 111 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | RTFirefly | 103 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | jeezums | 102 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | Jeep’s Phoenix | 99 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | candide | 96 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | carnivorousplant | 92 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 91 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Crease Munky | 87 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Dung Beetle | 81 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | standard deviation | 79 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | 42fish | 77 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Superdude | 71 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | AiM33 | 66 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Snowboarder Bo | 58 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 | FavreCo | 52 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | Mahaloth | 50 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | sweetpapalapa | 48 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Hoopy Frood | 47 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Team Dirt | 47 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | J-P L | 44 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Maus Magill | 44 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Biotop | 40 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | arara123 | 39 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | stockton | 35 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | amarinth | 33 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | ataraxy22 | 33 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Dolores Reborn | 33 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | MrKnowItAll | 33 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Oredigger77 | 33 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | KarlGauss | 29 | 2 | 1 |
| 41 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | irritant | 26 | 2 | 2 |
| 43 | zamboniracer | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Cazzle | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Kitten Mitten | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Lsura | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Bayaker | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 48 | Lamoral | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | vivalostwages | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | Dancer Flight | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 50 | lel | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 52 | rosemurray | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| 53 | kayT | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Paul in Qatar | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | Personal | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | Prof.Pepperwinkle | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | UltraVires | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | RollOutTheBarrel | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 59 | Baker | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 59 | TruCelt | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | copmputergeek | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | zadscmc | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Annie X-mas | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 64 | a35362 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | commasense | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 64 | Rico | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | Meeko | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | Dr. Girlfriend | 0 | 1 | 0 |

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**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:** [October 6, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1121 "2020-10-06T23:42:36Z")

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If memory serves, I had Eddie Van Halen, and dropped him for someone else.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1122 "2020-10-07T00:05:43Z")

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[Johnny Nash dead at 80.](https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/12865092/johnny-nash-dead-80-i-can-see-clearly-now-singer-songwriter-dies/)

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**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:** [October 7, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1123 "2020-10-07T04:15:07Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> Johnny Nash dead at 80

He also sang this:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4PrLVgR6J84/hqdefault.jpg "The Mighty Hercules - Opening") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PrLVgR6J84)

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1124 "2020-10-07T17:08:16Z")

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Loach, do you have Trump?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1125 "2020-10-07T17:17:21Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
> >
> > Johnny Nash dead at 80
> 
> He also sang this:

I did NOT know that.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1126 "2020-10-07T23:15:49Z")

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**Loach** does not have Trump, but neither does **phungi**. Damn

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