# 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:** 69
**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, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1367 "2020-11-29T22:45:51Z")
Oops, guess I made that list too fast. Brian ---
**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:** [November 30, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1368 "2020-11-30T12:53:23Z")
> **[Actuarial](https://xkcd.com/493/)** > > I started to do the tables for more famous people but it got really depressing and morbid and I had to go outside. Hat guy wins again. > **[493: Actuarial - explain xkcd](https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/493:_Actuarial)** > > Explain xkcd is a wiki dedicated to explaining the webcomic xkcd. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1369 "2020-11-30T22:40:37Z")
‘Falcon Crest’ Actor Abby Dalton Dies at 88. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1370 "2020-11-30T23:45:03Z")
Science Fiction author Ben Bova dies of COVID: > Statement by Tor Books: > **[Legendary Science Fiction Author Ben Bova Has Passed at the Age of 88](https://www.tor.com/2020/11/30/legendary-science-fiction-author-ben-bova-has-passed-at-the-age-of-88/)** > > Scientist, Hugo Award winner, and prolific science fiction author and editor Ben Bova passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2020 at the age of 88, Tor.com is able to confirm. The author of more than … ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1371 "2020-12-01T03:08:30Z")
So I’m a little late with this one but Sid Hartman died in October. No points for this one though. [https://www.espn.com/espn/story/\_/id/30142611/long-minnesota-sports-columnist-sid-hartman-dies-100](https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/30142611/long-minnesota-sports-columnist-sid-hartman-dies-100) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1372 "2020-12-01T18:53:32Z")
[Honestie Hodges](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/honestie-hodges/), who at the age of 11 became an unintentional minor celebrity due to her unnecessary handcuffing and being held at gunpoint by the Grand Rapids, Michigan police force, dies of Covid at age 14. (Obviously, being a minor she wouldn’t have been eligible for points.) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1373 "2020-12-02T15:02:10Z")
WWE legend [Pat Patterson](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2920608-wwe-hall-of-famer-pat-patterson-dies-at-age-79&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjI7bXvx6_tAhUiFVkFHS0zBrkQ0PADMBh6BAgAEAY&usg=AOvVaw29D74lnmv2Vbbnwxat7Wc-) dead at 79. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1374 "2020-12-02T18:53:33Z")
Frank Carney, co-founder of Pizza Hut, dies at 82. > **[Pizza Hut co-founder Frank Carney, a disciplined business giant, dies at 82](https://www.kansas.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/carrie-rengers/article247534320.html)** > > Pizza Hut co-founder Frank Carney won and lost a fortune. He then won again through being a serial entrepreneur before getting Alzheimer’s. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1375 "2020-12-02T19:49:07Z")
Frank Carney. What a beautiful name. I bet he was a hotdog. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1376 "2020-12-02T19:58:43Z")
I’m soliciting bribes to have me include you on my list for next year. Guarantee to see it through to 2022. Any takers? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1377 "2020-12-02T20:37:06Z")
[Hugh Keays-Byrne, who many know from Mad Max 1 and Mad Max 4(he was the villain), died at age 73.](https://boingboing.net/2020/12/02/hugh-keays-byrne-of-mad-max-fame-dead-at-73.html) I knew him from Farscape, where he had a minor, but memorable role. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1378 "2020-12-02T20:52:43Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > WWE legend [Pat Patterson](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2920608-wwe-hall-of-famer-pat-patterson-dies-at-age-79&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjI7bXvx6_tAhUiFVkFHS0zBrkQ0PADMBh6BAgAEAY&usg=AOvVaw29D74lnmv2Vbbnwxat7Wc-) dead at 79. A true professional wrestling legend-- first out gay wrestling superstar, credted with created the Royal Rumble, inducted into the WWE HoF, first heavyweight intercontinental champ…but the first thing I thought when I saw the headline this morning was “Oh no, not poop-stain!” 😧 ---
**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:** [December 2, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1379 "2020-12-02T21:52:55Z")
Rafer Johnson, 86, has competed in his last decathlon. [https://sports.yahoo.com/rafer-johnson-olympic-decathlon-champion-185238709.html](https://sports.yahoo.com/rafer-johnson-olympic-decathlon-champion-185238709.html) ---
**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:** [December 3, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1380 "2020-12-03T02:23:32Z")
[Valery Giscard d’Estaing, the president of France from 1974 to 1981 who became a champion of European integration, died on Wednesday. He was 94.](https://apnews.com/article/europe-helmut-schmidt-europe-france-387163c8619330a116a3b5368e3899d5) ---
**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:** [December 3, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1381 "2020-12-03T02:25:11Z")
[Eddie Benton-Banai, who helped found the American Indian Movement partly in response to alleged police brutality against Indigenous people, has died. He was 89.](https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-police-brutality-minneapolis-spirituality-police-eda9f977c99904f013bad01649e8dada) ---
**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:** [December 3, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1382 "2020-12-03T05:27:35Z")
[Walter Williams](https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/walter-williams-r-i-p/), libertarian economist and political writer. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1383 "2020-12-03T13:29:31Z")
[Lon Adams](https://us.cnn.com/2020/12/02/us/lon-adams-slim-jim-trnd/index.html), creator of the _Slim Jim_ meat and grease stick has died at 95. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1384 "2020-12-03T13:54:08Z")
Sadly there is a rule (Rule 3. e) excluding members from being included in the list, otherwise I would be delighted to oblige. You can pay me the bribe nonetheless, if you are so inclined. PM me for my account details. I am thinking of flouting that rule by including myself in my own list for the same reason you explained (will be my first time participating!), but I am not yet sure I will. It might jinx the goal when done on purpose. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1385 "2020-12-03T19:36:44Z")
I would venture that he never put one of those things in his mouth (or used one to get into the car that he locked his keys in). ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1386 "2020-12-04T22:22:57Z")
> [@Old\_Wench](#): > > Pope Benedict XVI > Terry Bradshaw > Ashleigh Brilliant > Don Cannon > Murray Langston > Tom Lehrer > Agafia Lykov > Peter Mahovlich > Bill Mazeroski > Thomas J. Murphy, Jr. > Joe Negri > Joanne Byrd Rogers > Art Rooney II > > Alternates: > Iris Apfel > Bobby Vinton > Anita Bryant > > Annotated list: > Pope Benedict XVI > Terry Bradshaw (former Pittsburgh Steeler) > Ashleigh Brilliant (author & cartoonist) > Don Cannon (former news anchor at WTAE & KDKA) > Murray Langston (a/k/a “The Unknown Comic”) > Tom Lehrer (composer & singer & mathematician) > Agafia Lykov (Siberian hermit) > Peter Mahovlich (former Pittsburgh Penguin) > Bill Mazeroski (1960s Pittsburgh Pirate player) > Thomas J. Murphy, Jr. (former Mayor, City of Pittsburgh) > Joe Negri (guitarist, host of Adventure Time) > Joanne Byrd Rogers (widow of Fred Rogers a/k/a Mr. Rogers) > Art Rooney II (President, Pittsburgh Steelers) > > Alternates: > Bobby Vinton (singer) > Iris Apfel (fashion icon) > Anita Bryant This may be the most Yinzer list I have ever seen. Though I have been MIA for a while… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=70)