# 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:** 59
**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 17, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1167 "2020-10-17T04:11:27Z")
[Bernard Cohen](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/us/bernard-cohen-dead.html), lawyer for the ACLU petitioned case Loving v. Virginia that declared bans against interracial marriages unconstiutional. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1168 "2020-10-18T01:46:52Z")
One of my picks for the old age list next year just turned 100. His name is Gail Halvorsen, known in Germany as “the Candy Bomber”. During the Berlin airlif in the late 40’s he began dropping candy for German kids. He and his fellow pilots bought it at first, then it started getting funded when it was realized what a good morale booster it was. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1169 "2020-10-19T23:22:22Z")
James Redford, the son of actor and filmmaker Robert Redford, dead at age 58. ---
**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 20, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1170 "2020-10-20T01:14:33Z")
A heads-up: Jeff Bridges has just been diagnosed with cancer. > ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1171 "2020-10-20T14:07:21Z")
**GuanoLad** beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1172 "2020-10-20T17:42:44Z")
Spencer Davis, who founded the The Spencer Davis Group, has died from pneumonia at the age of 81. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1173 "2020-10-20T19:13:24Z")
Tony Lewis, the lead singer for the British band the Outfield (“Your Love”), has died at 62. ---
**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 20, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1174 "2020-10-20T19:37:44Z")
Too bad. Play Deep was a good album. All the songs sounded pretty similar to me, but that just meant I liked them all. ---
**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 20, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1175 "2020-10-20T21:21:20Z")
Bummer. When I could the hit high notes, my band in college performed “Your Love” a couple of times. ---
**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 21, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1176 "2020-10-21T02:21:25Z")
[Ed Benguiat](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/ed-benguiat/), cleavage retoucher for films wanting to avoid the Hays Code, movie title designer, and creator of over 600 fonts. [Gerald Gardner](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/10/13/gerald-gardner-rip/), screenwriter for various TV comedies. ---
**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 21, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1177 "2020-10-21T05:01:55Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Ed Benguiat](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/ed-benguiat/), cleavage retoucher for films wanting to avoid the Hays Code, movie title designer, and creator of over 600 fonts. I didn’t even know that job existed. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1178 "2020-10-21T05:31:17Z")
At ease **Superdude**. that’s _ **RE** _-toucher. ---
**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 21, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1179 "2020-10-21T05:38:37Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > At ease **Superdude**. that’s _ **RE** _ -toucher. Touché! ---
**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 21, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1180 "2020-10-21T21:10:52Z")
Just saw that his foundation posted James Randi died. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1181 "2020-10-21T21:22:20Z")
Nobody else has it yet. That would be very sad news. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1182 "2020-10-21T21:33:07Z")
There is a tweet from Penn Jillette. Not a definitive source, but likely true. [Tweet from Penn](https://twitter.com/pennjillette/status/1319014935544750080) ---
**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 21, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1183 "2020-10-21T21:58:34Z")
> **[Home](https://web.randi.org/)** > > JREF: James Randi Educational Foundation Randi .org is a definitive source I’m thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1184 "2020-10-21T22:06:08Z")
A longer article here [https://www.thewrap.com/james-randi-magician-and-paranormal-debunker-dies-at-92/](https://www.thewrap.com/james-randi-magician-and-paranormal-debunker-dies-at-92/) ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1185 "2020-10-21T22:18:55Z")
I would agree with you but websites can be hacked. Penn’s tweets add confirmation. And now it seems other news sites are picking up the story. Sad news indeed! ---
**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 21, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1186 "2020-10-21T22:47:17Z")
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