# 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:** 66
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1307 "2020-11-14T21:19:35Z")
Do any of Happy’s 3 that don’t match with Loach, match with phungi? Happy would have to pass both of them, after all. So if just one of his picks dies, if it matches with either Loach or phungi, he’s in second place at best. ---
**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 14, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1308 "2020-11-14T21:22:13Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > It could happen. One year I got my only points, and the Final Hours award, when Benazir Bhutto was assasinated on Dec. 27. I scored Christopher Hitchens and Kim Jong-Il December 15 and 17 of 2011 and I believe they were my only points. ---
**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, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1309 "2020-11-14T21:39:06Z")
Murder isn’t allowed in this game, right? Asking for a friend… ---
**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, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1310 "2020-11-14T21:41:51Z")
Tell your friend no, it’s not. That means that your friend should not get caught. As a public service phungi posted #168, Happy at #113, and Loach at #147. ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1311 "2020-11-15T02:12:25Z")
Hey…I’d just like to point out that I’m not dead yet! 😀 Only 39 points out of first place is doable, although I admit having to pass two other people will not be easy. ---
**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 15, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1312 "2020-11-15T02:14:06Z")
An epidural should help with that. A little, at least. ---
**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 15, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1313 "2020-11-15T10:17:30Z")
British crooner and popular target of silly jokes [Des O’Connor](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/nov/15/des-oconnor-tv-entertainer-dies-aged-88) has died, aged 88, after suffering a fall. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1314 "2020-11-15T10:22:59Z")
Marguerite Littman, muse of Truman Capote and the inspiration for Holly Golightly, has died at 90. (NYTimes) ---
**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 15, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1315 "2020-11-15T15:43:21Z")
[Soumitra Chatterjee, legend of Indian cinema, dies at 85.](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-india-coronavirus-pandemic-movies-kolkata-9b61214089541fcc67dcd3c14bffda74) > [@](#): > > Soumitra Chatterjee, the legendary Indian actor with more than 200 movies to his name and famed for his work with Oscar-winning director Satyajit Ray, died Sunday of complications from the coronavirus. He was 85. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1316 "2020-11-15T18:26:32Z")
Wrong Indian actor for me. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1317 "2020-11-15T19:27:14Z")
FavreCo named Peter Sutcliffe as one of his picks for this year. But I don’t think he specified which Peter Sutcliffe. Which now matters, because while [Peter Sutcliffe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sutcliffe_(racing_driver)) the race car drive, [Peter Sutcliffe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_(Australian_band)) the musician, and [Peter Sutcliffe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sutcliffe_(footballer)) the soccer player are doing okay, [Peter Sutcliffe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sutcliffe) the serial killer just died of Covid. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1318 "2020-11-16T12:52:53Z")
No dog in this fight (especially since I didn’t even enter this year), but I’d never heard of the living ones - I’d say the Yorkshire Ripper is by far the most (in)famous. Then again, I’m British, which will skew it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1319 "2020-11-16T22:13:32Z")
I moderate a DeathPool based it the UK, and notice a differing set of picks. If you want to play there next year I can give you the info you need. ---
**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 16, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1320 "2020-11-16T23:34:18Z")
[Lee Hyo-jae](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/14/world/asia/lee-hyo-jae-dead.html), South Korean women’s rights and democracy activist, dead at 95. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1321 "2020-11-17T18:06:23Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > No dog in this fight (especially since I didn’t even enter this year), but I’d never heard of the living ones - I’d say the Yorkshire Ripper is by far the most (in)famous. Then again, I’m British, which will skew it. For what it’s worth, I agree. I feel the serial killer is the most famous Peter Sutcliffe and that’s who I assume FavreCo meant. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1322 "2020-11-17T22:12:34Z")
Okay, I’ll give him the points. I read an article on the Sun website that said only two people will likely be at his interment, an ex-wife and a lawyer. His siblings won’t go, they hate him. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1323 "2020-11-18T14:35:27Z")
[Vince Reffet, ‘Jetman’ pilot, dies in training accident](https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/18/sport/jetman-dubai-death-scli-intl-spt/index.html). He was 36. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1324 "2020-11-19T14:37:31Z")
> [@\`Sweetpapalapa\`](#): > > … > Bobby Brown > … So does Sweetpapalapa get some points or not? Bobby Brown, Jr. died. > **[Bobby Brown Jr found dead in Los Angeles home at age 28](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/19/bobby-brown-jr-found-dead-los-angeles-age-28)** > > Police pronounced son of singer Bobby Brown dead at the scene but provided no additional details ---
**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:** [November 19, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1325 "2020-11-19T16:08:45Z")
Was he really known for anything other than being Bobby Brown’s kid? I don’t think he was Whitney’s kid, but he was on his dad’s reality show. I’m inclined to say no, since he didn’t specify which Bobby Brown, and his father’s the one who has the name recognition. Well, there’s also [Bobbie Brown the model](https://www.google.com/search?q=bobbie+brown&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwix94LB_o7tAhXCD1MKHWOFCaMQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=bobbie+brown&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzIECCMQJzIFCAAQsQMyAggAMgIIADICCAA6BAgAEENQ0CRYnSxghTNoAHAAeACAAXGIAcYFkgEDMi41mAEAoAEBwAEB&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=9Je2X7GtB8KfzALjiqaYCg&bih=454&biw=320&prmd=inv&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS924US924&hl=en-US), but that’s spelled differently. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1326 "2020-11-19T16:52:14Z")
If not otherwise specified, deeming the pick to be the most famous person with that name (with ‘most famous’ to be determined by other players and/or the Deathpool moderator) seems reasonable to me. Might even be worth adding to the rules. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=67)