# The Celebrity Death Pool 2003 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798 "2002-12-01T18:51:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/341 "2003-08-17T20:26:57Z")
**Rodd Hill** had Idi Amin, but there seems to be some uncertainty about how old he was: [MSNBC](http://www.msnbc.com/news/953238.asp) [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/08/16/saudi.amin/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/342 "2003-08-18T00:21:31Z")
Yup, feels good to be right about this one! One less blood-soaked dictator less… Now come _on_, Augusto Pinochet! And the less said about Carol Channing, the better… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/343 "2003-08-18T14:23:42Z")
Argh. I am going to go with the higher age (of 80), as we would have done with Virginia Heinlein when we didn’t know her age. (I’ll put this in the rules for next year’s game.) So congratulations to **Rodd Hill** , with 20 points! ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/344 "2003-09-01T03:41:07Z")
[Charles Bronson](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&ncid=762&e=1&u=/nm/20030901/en_nm/people_bronson_dc) dead at 81. Anyone have him? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/345 "2003-09-01T04:28:18Z")
[**widdershins**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=208455), apparently. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/346 "2003-09-02T17:41:01Z")
With the death of Charles Bronson, **lieu** now has 23 points, and we welcome four new names to the scoreboard, each with 19 points: **brianjedi Skammer tolyri** and **widdershins** Congratulations, everybody! Holy birthday cake, Batman! In updating my master list of celebrity birthdays I learned that TV’s Catwoman, Julie Newmar, recently turned 70! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/347 "2003-09-04T15:35:55Z")
As of September 4th, our scoreboard reads: **Protesilaus** and **rexnervous** - still in the lead with 61 points each **h.sapiens** - at #2 with 58 points **Cisco Deep Fried Mr.\_Garrison rogzilla** and **S. Mussberger** - tied for #3 with 42 points **Interrobang!?** - 30 points **WSLer** - 27 points **Sapphyre Rose** - 26 points **lieu** - 23 points **Santos L Halper** - 22 points **Rabid Child** and **Rodd Hill** - 20 points **brianjedi Skammer tolyri Tuckerfan** and **widdershins** - 19 points **Evil One** - 18 points **labtrash** and **scout1222** - 17 points **BiblioCat** - 14 points **HelloKitty** and **t-keela** - 13 points **Kinsey Little Nemo** and **mobo85** - 5 points **a35362 Bryan Ekers** (also QNQ) **gobear Saitou Shirley Ujest** and **vivalostwages** - 4 points **Squirebob** also has QNQ. Four months to go! ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/348 "2003-09-04T19:06:58Z")
Eh, when the NBA regular season starts you’ll all be left in my wake. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/349 "2003-09-05T08:23:04Z")
Am I the only one that hasn’t scored yet? Lok ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/350 "2003-09-05T11:57:47Z")
Lok No. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/351 "2003-09-05T13:24:35Z")
To find out who’s still skunked (and it’s about 3/4 of us, myself included), you can visit the excellent [Web site](http://www.toymiata.com/deathpool.htm) created by **Santos L Halper**. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/352 "2003-09-08T12:24:31Z")
[Warren Zevon](http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/08/obit.zevon.ap/index.html), 56. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/353 "2003-09-08T14:03:48Z")
**The Great Zamboni** can quit moping… I will have the new scores up in a bit. I’m typing as fast as my widdle fingers will go. My employers are actually making me _work_ today… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/354 "2003-09-08T16:02:55Z")
With the death of Warren Zevon, we have a bunch of new people taking the lead and a whole slew of new scorers. Congratulations to one and all! Leaping into the lead with 105 points is **Protesilaus**. Tied for second with 86 points each are **Cisco** and **rogzilla**. Our new #3 with 74 points is **Interrobang!?**. **WSLer** - 71 points **brianjedi tolyri** and **widdershins** - 63 points **Evil One** - 62 points ( **WSLer** and **Evil One** are now tied for QNQ with four dead celebrities each.) **Little Nemo** - 49 points **a35362** (yours truly) - 48 points And please welcome to the scoreboard, all with 44 points each: **ArchitectChore bibliophage cadolphin cheddarsnax Dr\_Paprika Etherman gonzoron The Great Zamboni hawthorne honkytonkwillie Jadis Lsura Mahaloth Malkavia Mr. Wrong PatrickM Rico S Puppy SandyHook Some Guy Stinkum Sublight Treviathan Wicked Blue** and **wikkidpis** ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/355 "2003-09-09T13:06:41Z")
She’d be worth -1 point, but _Triumph Of The Will_ director Leni Riefenstahl has died at 101 just in case someone picked her as a noncompetation entry. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/356 "2003-09-09T13:31:08Z")
**h.sapiens** had picked her, but then switched to Robert Stack. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/357 "2003-09-10T14:12:27Z")
Nobody picked Edward Teller. ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/358 "2003-09-12T10:35:52Z")
Both Johnny Cash (71) _and_ John Ritter (54) have died… Eric ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/359 "2003-09-12T10:41:15Z")
Well that’s broken my duck (johnny Cash) and I am far from happy about it. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/360 "2003-09-12T12:07:29Z")
Man, if you predicted correctly every celebrity that has died this year, you’d have about a million points. What is with this shit? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798.md?page=19)