# 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:** 71
**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:** [December 7, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1407 "2020-12-07T21:54:06Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Jeep’s Phoenix changed her name, but I don’t remember what to. > [@Baker](#): > > Done. Now I have to remember who the other person was who changed. Urk. That was me! (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:** [December 7, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1408 "2020-12-07T22:09:42Z")
WolfpackJeep! I _knew_ it had something to do with NC State. That’s why it stuck in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1409 "2020-12-07T23:05:31Z")
Got that changed too! ---
**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:** [December 7, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1410 "2020-12-07T23:11:34Z")
Thanks! ---
**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 7, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1411 "2020-12-07T23:13:05Z")
[‘B.A.P.S.’ star Natalie Desselle Reid dies at 53](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-los-angeles-halle-berry-music-videos-43d1381f4b8909593163a20e0a665705) ---
**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:** [December 8, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1412 "2020-12-08T00:39:00Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Got that changed too! Thank you!! > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > WolfpackJeep! I _knew_ it had something to do with NC State. That’s why it stuck in my mind. I was wondering if anyone would recognize that!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1413 "2020-12-08T03:28:03Z")
Unconfirmed reports that Chuck Yeager has died at 97. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1414 "2020-12-08T03:43:16Z")
Here’s a [cite](https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/nation-world/chuck-yeager-obit/507-3ea329c3-68b8-481b-9017-41f9db373e56) for Yeager ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1415 "2020-12-08T04:12:16Z")
I didn’t even know he was still alive. An old, bold pilot. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1416 "2020-12-08T14:21:24Z")
Hey, I still remember my fellow Raleighites, even if I am displaced by a little more than one Proclaimer. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1417 "2020-12-08T16:05:14Z")
Yeager is a unique pick for Allecher. | 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 | Little Nemo | 156 | 5 | 1 | | 8 | melondeca | 147 | 6 | 0 | | 9 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 143 | 5 | 0 | | 9 | RTFirefly | 143 | 4 | 0 | | 11 | 42fish | 137 | 5 | 0 | | 12 | GIGObuster | 134 | 5 | 0 | | 13 | The Vorlon | 131 | 6 | 0 | | 14 | WolfpackJeep | 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 | Oredigger77 | 53 | 3 | 0 | | 30 | Rebo | 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 | | 47 | 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 | 2 | 1 | | 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 | Allecher | 11 | 2 | 1 | | 70 | Baker | 10 | 2 | 1 | | 70 | GuanoLad | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 70 | gwendee | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 70 | TruCelt | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 74 | Annie X-mas | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 74 | 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:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1418 "2020-12-08T16:27:44Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Yeager is a unique pick for Allecher. Yay! I think he is my first unique pick. ---
**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 8, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1419 "2020-12-08T17:58:27Z")
[Paul Sarbanes](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2020/12/07/a31ca0ac-385a-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html), congressman who drafted and introduced the first article of impeachment against President Richard M. Nixon and later as senator tightened the regulation of corporate accounting practices after Enron and other business scandals. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1420 "2020-12-08T20:33:57Z")
My point was that it might be useful to use the other two columns for ordering the list, since that would recognize the players’ other achievements, even thought only points are counted for the win. Lots of players are tied with others on the first column. It seems to make sense (to me, at least), to use those other columns. ---
**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 9, 2020, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1421 "2020-12-09T05:40:40Z")
Musician Harold Budd dies from Covid at 84. He is best known for his collaborations with Brian Eno, and his solo ambient music is quite beautiful as well. > **[Composer Harold Budd, Collaborator With Eno and Cocteau Twins, Dies of...](https://variety.com/2020/music/news/harold-budd-eno-cocteau-twins-dead-dies-covid-19-1234848999/)** > > Harold Budd, an innovative American composer who collaborated with Brian Eno and Cocteau Twins, and whose own work combined elements of jazz, minimalism and more, has died at the age of 84, accordi… ---
**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 10, 2020, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1422 "2020-12-10T10:12:34Z")
[Paolo Rossi, who led Italy to 1982 World Cup, dies at 64](https://apnews.com/article/international-soccer-italy-world-cup-media-soccer-cb1baa2f580afe8b7d032affa9e31065) ---
**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:** [December 10, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1423 "2020-12-10T12:55:55Z")
> **[CYNIC Bassist SEAN MALONE Dead At 50](https://blabbermouth.net/news/cynic-bassist-sean-malone-dead-at-50)** > > CYNIC's longtime bassist Sean Malone has passed away. He was 50 years old. No cause of death has yet been revealed. The news of Malone's passing was broken by his CYNIC bandmate, guitarist/vocalist Paul Masvidal, who took to his social media earlier... A truly great bass player (along with many other instruments) Sean Malone dead at only 50. ---
**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 10, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1424 "2020-12-10T20:49:44Z")
Looks like we missed [Richard Corben](https://www.cbr.com/richard-corben-heavy-metal-obituary/), cartoonist noted for Den and other Metal Hurlant work. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1425 "2020-12-11T02:45:19Z")
Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister, Actor Who Starred in ‘Friday,’ Dead at 62 ---
**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:** [December 11, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/1426 "2020-12-11T02:49:45Z")
UK actress, [Barbara Windsor](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/barbara-windsor-star-of-eastenders-and-carry-on-films-dies-at-83), known for the legendary _Carry On_ naughty comedy film franchise, and also a long time regular on the soap _EastEnders_, has died aged 83, from complications brought on by Dementia. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=72)