# 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:** 65
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1287 "2020-11-12T18:38:36Z")
We’ll make that award! | 1 | Loach | 247 | 8 | 1 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | phungi | 223 | 6 | 2 | | 3 | RobotDevilDog | 208 | 8 | 1 | | 4 | CAMJAY77 | 196 | 5 | 1 | | 5 | Registered at Last | 183 | 6 | 1 | | 6 | Happy Lendervedder | 177 | 7 | 1 | | 7 | melondeca | 147 | 6 | 0 | | 8 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 143 | 5 | 0 | | 9 | GIGObuster | 134 | 5 | 0 | | 10 | Little Nemo | 133 | 4 | 0 | | 11 | The Vorlon | 131 | 6 | 0 | | 12 | Jeep’s Phoenix | 119 | 5 | 0 | | 13 | candide | 116 | 4 | 0 | | 14 | carnivorousplant | 112 | 4 | 0 | | 15 | Crease Munky | 107 | 4 | 0 | | 16 | RTFirefly | 103 | 3 | 0 | | 17 | jeezums | 102 | 4 | 0 | | 18 | Dung Beetle | 101 | 5 | 0 | | 19 | standard deviation | 99 | 3 | 0 | | 20 | 42fish | 97 | 4 | 0 | | 21 | Superdude | 91 | 5 | 1 | | 21 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 91 | 3 | 0 | | 23 | Hoopy Frood | 89 | 4 | 1 | | 24 | AiM33 | 86 | 4 | 0 | | 25 | FavreCo | 72 | 3 | 1 | | 26 | Mahaloth | 70 | 4 | 1 | | 27 | Maus Magill | 64 | 2 | 0 | | 27 | J-P L | 64 | 2 | 0 | | 29 | Snowboarder Bo | 58 | 3 | 3 | | 30 | Oredigger77 | 53 | 3 | 0 | | 30 | Dolores Reborn | 53 | 3 | 0 | | 30 | ataraxy22 | 53 | 3 | 0 | | 30 | amarinth | 53 | 3 | 0 | | 34 | sweetpapalapa | 48 | 2 | 0 | | 35 | Team Dirt | 47 | 2 | 0 | | 35 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 47 | 2 | 0 | | 37 | irritant | 46 | 3 | 2 | | 38 | Dancer Flight | 45 | 4 | 1 | | 39 | RollOutTheBarrel | 42 | 3 | 0 | | 40 | Lsura | 40 | 2 | 0 | | 40 | Kitten Mitten | 40 | 2 | 0 | | 40 | Biotop | 40 | 2 | 2 | | 43 | arara123 | 39 | 1 | 1 | | 44 | stockton | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 45 | rosemurray | 34 | 5 | 0 | | 46 | MrKnowItAll | 33 | 1 | 1 | | 46 | Cazzle | 33 | 2 | 0 | | 48 | KarlGauss | 29 | 2 | 1 | | 49 | copmputergeek | 29 | 2 | 0 | | 49 | Bayaker | 29 | 2 | 1 | | 51 | vivalostwages | 26 | 4 | 0 | | 52 | zamboniracer | 25 | 1 | 0 | | 53 | Personal | 23 | 3 | 0 | | 54 | swampbear | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 54 | Spoiler Virgin | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 54 | imthjckaz | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 54 | Dr. Girlfriend | 20 | 2 | 0 | | 54 | DarrenW | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 54 | Catamount | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 54 | bibliophage | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 61 | zadscmc | 18 | 2 | 1 | | 61 | Lamoral | 18 | 1 | 1 | | 63 | kopek | 15 | 1 | 1 | | 63 | lel | 15 | 1 | 1 | | 65 | kayT | 13 | 1 | 0 | | 65 | Paul in Qatar | 13 | 2 | 0 | | 65 | Prof.Pepperwinkle | 13 | 2 | 0 | | 65 | UltraVires | 13 | 1 | 0 | | 69 | Baker | 10 | 2 | 1 | | 69 | GuanoLad | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 69 | gwendee | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 69 | TruCelt | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 73 | Allecher | 8 | 1 | 0 | | 73 | Annie X-mas | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 73 | Czarcasm | 8 | 1 | 0 | | 76 | a35362 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | 76 | commasense | 2 | 3 | 0 | | 76 | Rico | 2 | 1 | 0 | ---
**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, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1288 "2020-11-12T18:55:56Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > As his wife, do you not stand to inherit his points? Excellent idea! I have his SDMB log-in info so maybe he should play from beyond in future years. Is there a rule against that? If not, I’ll bet there soon will be! ---
**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, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1289 "2020-11-12T18:57:44Z")
[quote=“Loach, post:1286, topic:844229, full:true”] > [@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. > > Proposition: “The Kopek Sometimes Annual Beyond the Grave Award” I love it!! ---
**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, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1290 "2020-11-12T19:01:49Z")
> [@Old\_Wench](#): > > > [@eschereal](#): > > > > As his wife, do you not stand to inherit his points? > > Excellent idea! I have his SDMB log-in info so maybe he should play from beyond in future years. Is there a rule against that? If not, I’ll bet there soon will be! That might run afoul of the Sock Puppet rules. I would definitely discuss with a Mod before trying it. ---
**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, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1291 "2020-11-12T19:08:10Z")
I wasn’t serious - I was just amusing myself with the idle thought. ---
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1292 "2020-11-13T18:25:44Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I fully support a “beyond the grave” type award for anyone who claims points after dying themselves. > [@Baker](#): > > We’ll make that award! You better make it a non-competitive award. Imagine if someone died and at the end of the year was runner-up. ---
**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 13, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1293 "2020-11-13T18:28:25Z")
It has to be given to someone who dies before getting any points, in order to discourage offing oneself in pursuit of getting a mention. ---
**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 13, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1294 "2020-11-13T18:50:14Z")
Heisman Trophy winner and Green Bay Packer extraordinaire Paul Hornung has passed away at 84. > **[NFL Hall of Fame running back Paul Hornung dies at 84](https://apnews.com/article/nfl-football-paul-hornung-green-bay-packers-alex-karras-98e1b78de0df53ec970ee78948dc0dcc)** > > LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Paul Hornung, the dazzling “Golden Boy” of the Green Bay Packers whose singular ability to generate points as a runner, receiver, quarterback and kicker helped turn the team into an NFL dynasty, died Friday... ---
**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 13, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1295 "2020-11-13T18:52:07Z")
Country singer Doug Supernaw has died at 60 years old. > **[Doug Supernaw, '90s country singer of 'Reno,' dead at 60](https://apnews.com/article/houston-nashville-texas-a286ac06afad4c1cd2462dbd9370f4c3)** > > NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Doug Supernaw, who had hits in the early ’90s with “I Don’t Call Him Daddy,” and “Reno,” has died. He was 60. A representative from his management... ---
**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 13, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1296 "2020-11-13T19:05:54Z")
Huge piece of shit white supremacist Tom Metzger has died at 82 back on 4 November and I wasn’t sure if it was posted already. Good riddance, asshole; 2020 isn’t all bad after all. ---
**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 13, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1297 "2020-11-13T19:56:31Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Tom Metzger has died at 82 Wow, I think I’ve had him in the past, but not this year. ---
**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 13, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1298 "2020-11-13T19:59:23Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Tom Metzger has died at 82 back on 4 November Guess he was really banking on that Trump second term. ---
**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 14, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1299 "2020-11-14T00:30:44Z")
[Lucille Bridges](https://www.npr.org/2020/11/11/933854762/lucille-bridges-mother-of-anti-segregation-icon-ruby-bridges-dies-at-86), mother of Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges who escorted her daughter to William Frantz Elementary School where Ruby became the first Black student, dead at 86. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1300 "2020-11-14T10:42:53Z")
That’s 40 points for me and a couple others, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1301 "2020-11-14T16:42:32Z")
| 1 | Loach | 247 | 8 | 1 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | phungi | 223 | 6 | 2 | | 3 | Happy Lendervedder | 217 | 8 | 1 | | 4 | RobotDevilDog | 208 | 8 | 1 | | 5 | CAMJAY77 | 196 | 5 | 1 | | 6 | Registered at Last | 183 | 6 | 1 | | 7 | melondeca | 147 | 6 | 0 | | 8 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 143 | 5 | 0 | | 8 | RTFirefly | 143 | 4 | 0 | | 10 | 42fish | 137 | 5 | 0 | | 11 | GIGObuster | 134 | 5 | 0 | | 12 | Little Nemo | 133 | 4 | 0 | | 13 | The Vorlon | 131 | 6 | 0 | | 14 | Jeep’s Phoenix | 119 | 5 | 0 | | 15 | candide | 116 | 4 | 0 | | 16 | carnivorousplant | 112 | 4 | 0 | | 17 | Crease Munky | 107 | 4 | 0 | | 18 | jeezums | 102 | 4 | 0 | | 19 | Dung Beetle | 101 | 5 | 0 | | 20 | standard deviation | 99 | 3 | 0 | | 21 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 91 | 3 | 0 | | 21 | Superdude | 91 | 5 | 1 | | 23 | Hoopy Frood | 89 | 4 | 1 | | 24 | AiM33 | 86 | 4 | 0 | | 25 | FavreCo | 72 | 3 | 1 | | 26 | Mahaloth | 70 | 4 | 1 | | 27 | J-P L | 64 | 2 | 0 | | 27 | Maus Magill | 64 | 2 | 0 | | 29 | Snowboarder Bo | 58 | 3 | 3 | | 30 | amarinth | 53 | 3 | 0 | | 30 | ataraxy22 | 53 | 3 | 0 | | 30 | Dolores Reborn | 53 | 3 | 0 | | 30 | Oredigger77 | 53 | 3 | 0 | | 34 | sweetpapalapa | 48 | 2 | 0 | | 35 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 47 | 2 | 0 | | 35 | Team Dirt | 47 | 2 | 0 | | 37 | irritant | 46 | 3 | 2 | | 38 | Dancer Flight | 45 | 4 | 1 | | 39 | RollOutTheBarrel | 42 | 3 | 0 | | 40 | Biotop | 40 | 2 | 2 | | 40 | Kitten Mitten | 40 | 2 | 0 | | 40 | Lsura | 40 | 2 | 0 | | 43 | arara123 | 39 | 1 | 1 | | 44 | stockton | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 45 | rosemurray | 34 | 5 | 0 | | 46 | Cazzle | 33 | 2 | 0 | | 46 | MrKnowItAll | 33 | 1 | 1 | | 48 | Bayaker | 29 | 2 | 1 | | 48 | copmputergeek | 29 | 2 | 0 | | 48 | KarlGauss | 29 | 2 | 1 | | 51 | vivalostwages | 26 | 4 | 0 | | 52 | zamboniracer | 25 | 1 | 0 | | 53 | Personal | 23 | 3 | 0 | | 54 | bibliophage | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 54 | Catamount | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 54 | DarrenW | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 54 | Dr. Girlfriend | 20 | 2 | 0 | | 54 | imthjckaz | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 54 | Spoiler Virgin | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 54 | swampbear | 20 | 1 | 0 | | 61 | Lamoral | 18 | 1 | 1 | | 61 | zadscmc | 18 | 2 | 1 | | 63 | kopek | 15 | 1 | 1 | | 63 | lel | 15 | 1 | 1 | | 65 | kayT | 13 | 1 | 0 | | 65 | Paul in Qatar | 13 | 2 | 0 | | 65 | Prof.Pepperwinkle | 13 | 2 | 0 | | 65 | UltraVires | 13 | 1 | 0 | | 69 | Baker | 10 | 2 | 1 | | 69 | GuanoLad | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 69 | gwendee | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 69 | TruCelt | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 73 | Allecher | 8 | 1 | 0 | | 73 | Annie X-mas | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 73 | Czarcasm | 8 | 1 | 0 | | 76 | a35362 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | 76 | commasense | 2 | 3 | 0 | | 76 | Rico | 2 | 1 | 0 | | 79 | Meeko | 1 | 1 | 0 | ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1302 "2020-11-14T17:51:29Z")
Man, I don’t think I’ve been this close to the top this late in the year before. ---
**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 14, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1303 "2020-11-14T18:05:50Z")
Hell, I’ve never even had points before. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1304 "2020-11-14T18:21:16Z")
Yeah, if you’ve got anyone under 70 remaining on your list that’s absent from both Loach’s and phungi’s lists, you’re just one death away from first place. 😮 😀 You never know! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1305 "2020-11-14T20:52:21Z")
It could happen. One year I got my only points, and the Final Hours award, when Benazir Bhutto was assasinated on Dec. 27. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1306 "2020-11-14T21:07:06Z")
I couldn’t help myself, **Happy Lendervedder**. You have five picks left, as does Loach. Two of those are matches, so if they passed your status would not change, If all three of your unmatched picks dies, you would gain 121 points, while if all three of Loach’s unmatched pass, they would garner 35. If I were Jeremy Bowen, or June Shannon, I’d be looking over my shoulder, lol. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=66)