# 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:** 58
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1147 "2020-10-12T15:14:14Z")
Margaret Nolan, ‘Goldfinger’ Model and Actress in ‘A Hard Day’s Night,’ Dies at 76 ---
**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 12, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1148 "2020-10-12T16:25:02Z")
She is the girl who gets painted gold, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1149 "2020-10-12T19:25:30Z")
(She was worth negative points but in the interest of being complete) Roberta McCain, mother of the late Sen. John McCain, has died at age 108 ---
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1150 "2020-10-12T22:46:40Z")
If anyone is interested in some low-hanging, high-scoring fruit for next year’s list: [Tom Parker from The Wanted has an inoperable, terminal brain tumor.](https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/12/entertainment/tom-parker-the-wanted-brain-tumor-scli-gbr-intl/index.html) (Am I a bad person because this is the first thing I thought of when I saw the article? Or am I a bad person in good company?) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1151 "2020-10-12T22:51:02Z")
I thought, "write that down and don’t tell anybody. " 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1152 "2020-10-13T00:08:10Z")
I had her on another board. No points, but a unique pick. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1153 "2020-10-13T03:23:46Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I thought, "write that down and don’t tell anybody. " 😉 Ditto. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1154 "2020-10-13T03:30:04Z")
Well, there goes the bandwagon. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/q60amkE9baU/hqdefault.jpg "Wilkins Coffee - Bandwagon [1957, USA]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q60amkE9baU) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1155 "2020-10-13T20:47:00Z")
Conchata Ferrell, best known for playing Berta on “Two and a Half Men,” dies at 77. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1156 "2020-10-13T23:08:46Z")
I’ve mentioned this Pool often enough that any time a celebrity dies my mother asks if they were on my list. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1157 "2020-10-14T02:30:10Z")
[Tommy Rall](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/tommy-rall/), actor and dancer. [Scott Lilienfeld](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/scott-lilienfeld/), author and psychology myth-buster. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1158 "2020-10-14T13:26:09Z")
as does everyone of my friends who know about the DP… ---
**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 15, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1159 "2020-10-15T19:29:40Z")
Mine too! ---
**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:** [October 15, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1160 "2020-10-15T19:44:41Z")
Whenever someone famous dies, my wife will ask me if I had them. When I inevitably say no, she replies, “Man, you picks sucked.” I feel the love. ---
**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 15, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1161 "2020-10-15T20:01:16Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Whenever someone famous dies, my wife will ask me if I had them. When I inevitably say no, she replies, “Man, you picks sucked.” People from work text me when there is a death to ask me about my list. I tried to run one there, but had limited success. I have to remind myself how morbid it is to an outsider. I’ve submitted lists 17 years, so I’ve forgotten it isn’t something that is, uh, “normal”. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1162 "2020-10-15T20:10:48Z")
I considered signing up, until I saw a cousin of mine on somebody’s list. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1163 "2020-10-15T20:15:33Z")
I get the same questions and I didn’t even get a list in this year. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1164 "2020-10-15T21:13:46Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I considered signing up, until I saw a cousin of mine on somebody’s list. ☹ Being on a list is not a bad thing. In some ways it is remembering and giving a nod to past influence in a poster’s life. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1165 "2020-10-15T21:20:07Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > I considered signing up, until I saw a cousin of mine on somebody’s list. ☹ > > Being on a list is not a bad thing. In some ways it is remembering and giving a nod to past influence in a poster’s life True. Maybe after the imminent demise takes place, I’ll reconsider. ---
**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 15, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1166 "2020-10-15T21:35:50Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I considered signing up, until I saw a cousin of mine on somebody’s list. ☹ I would be willing to be on an “all doper” list. Note: against the rules, but a possible new game? 🤞 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=59)