# 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:** 64
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1267 "2020-11-10T09:45:09Z")
Alex Trebek dying so soon after Sean Connery is a particularly weird bit of synchronicity, I must say. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1268 "2020-11-10T13:08:37Z")
If there was a way of doing it respectfully, SNL needs to show their Trebek and Connery greeting each other in heaven and walking off…only to show: Connery has slapped a sing on Trebek’s back saying something like, “I’ve already nailed your mother, Trebek!” It’s probably not possible to do something like that respectful/tasteful way, but I’d love SNL to somehow acknowledge it. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1269 "2020-11-10T14:11:44Z")
**Baker** - I should have pointed it out earlier, but I changed my user name from Dolores Reborn to Rebo a while back. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1270 "2020-11-10T16:03:21Z")
I didn’t even think about this! Baker, I’ve had a name change too - I was formerly Jeep’s Phoenix. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1271 "2020-11-10T16:04:49Z")
I’m still me. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1272 "2020-11-10T20:39:46Z")
Next time I post a score I’ll make sure the names are changed. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1273 "2020-11-10T20:49:25Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Six players have their board virginity taken by Ales, but it took a while to find one of them, as he mispelled the name. But was the wrong spelling pronounced the same as the correct one? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1274 "2020-11-10T20:54:01Z")
Tom Heinsohn, Celtics player, coach, and broadcaster, dead at 86. > **[Tommy Heinsohn, Hall of Famer with Celtics, dies](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30292489/boston-celtics-legendary-player-coach-broadcaster-tommy-heinsohn-dies-age-86)** > > Tommy Heinsohn, who won 10 NBA titles over his 20 seasons as a player and coach for the Celtics, has died at the age of 86. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1275 "2020-11-11T15:15:02Z")
Thanks Baker! ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1276 "2020-11-12T00:27:29Z")
[Carol Arthur](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/carol-arthur/), actor most famous for playing the school marm in Mel Brooks’s “Blazing Saddles” as well as Safety Sadie in PSAs from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety commission gives 15 points and a unique pick to **kopek**. [Baron Wolman](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/baron-wolman/), pioneering photographer for Rolling Stone magazine leaves 17 points to the ether. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1277 "2020-11-12T03:03:29Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Carol Arthur](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/carol-arthur/), actor most famous for playing the school marm in Mel Brooks’s “Blazing Saddles” as well as Safety Sadie in PSAs from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety commission gives 15 points and a unique pick to **kopek**. Damn it - **kopek** finally got points this year and he’s not here to gloat. 😢 (If you don’t know, **kopek** died in February - I’m Mrs. Kopek.) ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1278 "2020-11-12T06:25:53Z")
😢 ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1279 "2020-11-12T06:40:50Z")
> [@Old\_Wench](#): > > here As the saying goes, points is points. I feel like there should be a special award for collecting points from the great beyond. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1280 "2020-11-12T12:50:14Z")
😢 ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1281 "2020-11-12T13:47:09Z")
For an unusual post in the Death Pool thread: I am deeply sorry for your loss. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1282 "2020-11-12T15:17:57Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > As the saying goes, points is points. I feel like there should be a special award for collecting points from the great beyond. I fully support a “beyond the grave” type award for anyone who claims points after dying themselves. Note: not making light of a board-death at all. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1283 "2020-11-12T15:51:45Z")
Kopek to Carol Arthur: “Hey, what are you doing here? Woohoo, POINTS!” ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1284 "2020-11-12T18:01:06Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@Cazzle](#): > > > > As the saying goes, points is points. I feel like there should be a special award for collecting points from the great beyond. > > I fully support a “beyond the grave” type award for anyone who claims points after dying themselves. Note: not making light of a board-death at all. **Kopek** would be greatly honored to receive such an award, especially if it’s the first time such an award is given! Trust me on this. Every year, he and I would tease each other on the board about who had more points. I believe I beat him every year but I’m happy to let him win this time, even if it is posthumously (damn it). ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1285 "2020-11-12T18:17:11Z")
As his wife, do you not stand to inherit his points? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1286 "2020-11-12T18:32:46Z")
> [@Old\_Wench](#): > > > [@Mahaloth](#): > > > > > [@Cazzle](#): > > > > > > As the saying goes, points is points. I feel like there should be a special award for collecting points from the great beyond. > > > > I fully support a “beyond the grave” type award for anyone who claims points after dying themselves. Note: not making light of a board-death at all. > > **Kopek** would be greatly honored to receive such an award, especially if it’s the first time such an award is given! Trust me on this. > > Every year, he and I would tease each other on the board about who had more points. I believe I beat him every year but I’m happy to let him win this time, even if it is posthumously (damn it). Proposition: “The Kopek Sometimes Annual Beyond the Grave Award” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=65)