# 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:** 68
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1347 "2020-11-26T03:14:12Z")
Jim Hanifan, former head coach of the (then) St. Louis Cardinals, dead at 87. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1348 "2020-11-26T15:53:25Z")
I just want to protest the sort order of these listings, which appears to be by points, then user name. The obviously correct way would be to sort by points, picks, unique picks, then name. This is important because, although I may be tied for 76th place, I clearly deserve to be listed above that bastard @a35362! (Just kidding, a35362!) ---
**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 28, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1349 "2020-11-28T06:41:28Z")
[Tony Hsieh](https://www.ktnv.com/news/tony-hsieh-former-zappos-ceo-passes-away-at-46), former CEO of Zappos, dies at 46. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1350 "2020-11-28T23:59:37Z")
And what a horrible way to go. I hope he was heavily sedated and never knew what happened to him. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1351 "2020-11-29T01:00:26Z")
Sorry, I’ll have to go back and check on the news here. I just got home from the hospital after being admitted Thurday, Thanksgiving morning, for an abcess. ---
**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 29, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1352 "2020-11-29T01:21:20Z")
Wow, hope you’re feeling better. ---
**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 29, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1353 "2020-11-29T02:02:44Z")
NASCAR pit crew member William “Rowdy” Harrell, 30, and his wife, Blakely were [killed](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/28/us/rowdy-harrell-blakley-killed-crash-hendrick-motorsports-trnd/index.html) in a traffic accident while on their honeymoon. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1354 "2020-11-29T04:44:54Z")
I don’t mean to pee on anybody’s Twinkies, but how is a “tire carrier” in a pit crew a celebrity? ---
**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 29, 2020, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1355 "2020-11-29T08:14:43Z")
David Prowse, the body-builder formerly known as Darth Vader, and the Green Cross Code Man, [has died aged 85](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-prowse-dead-star-wars-man-behind-darth-vader-mask-was-85-1161826) after a short illness, though he was not well for many years. We’re running out of OG _Star Wars_ actors fast. ---
**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 29, 2020, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1356 "2020-11-29T09:57:15Z")
I figured that, if he was well-known enough for his name to appear in the headline, he qualified. Besides, we’ve had lesser-known people appear in these lists. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2020, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1357 "2020-11-29T10:30:26Z")
Hey, I admit, I’m ignorant to the machinations of NASCAR. Maybe there are pit crew trading cards for all I know. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1358 "2020-11-29T14:50:25Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > David Prowse, the body-builder formerly known as Darth Vader, and the Green Cross Code Man, [has died aged 85](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-prowse-dead-star-wars-man-behind-darth-vader-mask-was-85-1161826) after a short illness, though he was not well for many years. > > We’re running out of OG _Star Wars_ actors fast. I’ll always remember him as the Minotaur from _[The Time Monster](https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Minotaur)._ ---
**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 29, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1359 "2020-11-29T15:14:50Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > We’re running out of OG _Star Wars_ actors fast. I hadn’t noticed it but you’re right. I just checked and there are only four actors from the main cast still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1360 "2020-11-29T15:26:22Z")
First we mourn [God](https://www.alfredopedulla.com/morte-maradona-lequipe-dieu-est-mort/), then Darth Vader. Were will this end? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1361 "2020-11-29T15:53:36Z")
On the IMDB first page (before “see full cast”) Only Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Anthony Daniels are alive. James Earl Jones is unaccredited and in “the rest of cast alphabetically.” A fair number of X Wing pilots are alive (I’m going by character, not actor, names): Red Two (Wedge), Red Three (Biggs), Red Four (John D. \*), Red Six (Porkins), and Gold Leader. In my not very thorough search, Commander #1 is the only remaining alive cast member before IMDB goes to “rest of cast alphabetically” Brian - as a somewhat more than casual fan, I have heard of Biggs, Wedge, and Porkins but not John D. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1362 "2020-11-29T16:10:06Z")
ETA – if we add Empire and ROTJ, then we have Billie Dee Williams, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Pennington (Moff Jerjerrod), and Kenneth Colley (Admiral Piett) among folks before “see full cast”. Brian ---
**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 29, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1363 "2020-11-29T16:25:41Z")
I’d say the main cast of Star Wars (1977) were: Mark Hamill - alive Harrison Ford - alive Carrie Fisher - dead (still sad about this one) Peter Mayhew - dead Alec Guinness - dead David Prowse - dead Anthony Daniels - alive Kenny Baker - dead Peter Cushing - dead James Earl Jones - alive, not credited ---
**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 29, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1364 "2020-11-29T18:24:25Z")
I always think of David Prowse as Julian, carrying a sodden and bloody Little Alex in his arms. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1365 "2020-11-29T20:02:26Z")
Just letting folks know that the 2021 thread will be posted somewhat before midnight tomorrow. I’m not staryiing up to post precisely as the clock strikes twelve. ---
**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 29, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1366 "2020-11-29T22:31:13Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Red Six (Porkins) Nope, William Hootkins (“Top Men”) died in 2005. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=69)