# The Celebrity Death Pool 2004 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359 "2003-12-01T22:29:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/461 "2004-06-16T03:35:25Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > If somebody had put him on their list, he would have! > > Lok No, he would have died next year, when he was left off the list. I had Ray Charles on my list last year and look at what happened. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/462 "2004-06-16T05:52:31Z")
> [@The Great Zamboni](#): > > If celebrities die in threes, then I predict The Pope is next. **a35362** , I hope you have your typin’ fingers stretched, your knuckles cracked, and your wrists flexed for that list. Haven’t the three already happened? I count Tony Randal, Ronald Reagan, Ray Charles. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/463 "2004-06-18T03:25:52Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > Haven’t the three already happened? I count Tony Randal, Ronald Reagan, Ray Charles. No, because no one here chose Ray Charles. The Pope will make three for us. That’s our little loophole. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/464 "2004-07-01T21:46:49Z")
With half the year gone, the Death Pool scoreboard stands as follows: Still in the lead is **Captain Lance Murdoch** with 75 points. In second place is **notfrommensa** with 58 points. Tied for third are **Angel Heart** and **zoog** with 48 points. **Caricci** and **Mullinator** - tied with 41 points. **Sternvogel** - 40 points **cadolphin** and **Rico** - tied with 28 points. **earthpuppy** **Lathe of Heaven** (the artist formerly known as **Nightsky** ) and **Mudshark** - tied with 25 points. **DeVena** **gobear** and **Skammer** - tied with 23 points. **NoGoodNamesLeft** and **Santos L Halper** - tied with 22 points. **Uvula Donor** - 21 points **Saitou** and **smam** - tied with 18 points. **Single Serving Friend** - 13 points **Mr. Babbington** - 12 points **Cicada2003** - 10 points **a35362 Already in Use amarone Annie-Xmas BIH Boy BJMoose BiblioCat Brad Pittiful cbawlmer CowPatty Diceman Diogenes the Cynic Dr\_Xadium Earthman eman77 Etherman Evil One 5 time champ Flymaster Frumious Bandersnatch The Great Zamboni Gyrate Hal Briston Harlow Horseflesh Hugh Jass Idle Thoughts Infectious Lass Irreverent Tone JerH Kat katie1341 kka Krebnar the Magnificent lel Little Nemo Lok Lsura Mad Matt Max Torque Mehitabel Miabella Mikie mishaa Mona Lott Ms Macphisto Nurse Carmen Omniscient plnnr Royal Nonesuch SandyHook Shirley Ujest SpazCat Squonk Stephe96 Stinkum Sublight sunfish swannguy thumbupmybum tolyri vivalostwages Wicked Blue WIGGUM williamweigand wolf\_meister zamboniracer** - tied with 7 points. **ataraxy22** - 3 points Congratulations, scorers! ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/465 "2004-07-02T00:13:03Z")
I’m in a 67-way tie for 22nd place !!! Shucks. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/466 "2004-07-02T15:41:35Z")
Looks like 17 people may be about to score 20 points each. CNN has a breaking headline announcing that Marlon Brando has died at the age of 80. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/467 "2004-07-02T15:54:24Z")
Aha! We heard it here in CS first! I didn’t pick him, of course, my octogenarian actor is James Doohan. ☹ ---
**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:** [July 2, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/468 "2004-07-02T16:01:27Z")
I’m still trying to work out WTF I was thinking when I left Regan off this year. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/469 "2004-07-02T16:07:28Z")
> [@cazzle](#): > > I’m still trying to work out WTF I was thinking when I left Regan off this year. I did it deliberately, thinking “seven points? pfft!” Just wait till Claus Von Bulow kicks off, folks! I’ll have the last laugh then! ---
**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:** [July 2, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/470 "2004-07-02T16:52:16Z")
[Marlon Brando](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&u=/nm/20040702/ts_nm/people_brando_dc_4) is no longer among the living. Stella? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/471 "2004-07-02T18:41:41Z")
Who had Marlon Brando? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/472 "2004-07-02T19:04:52Z")
> [@vunderbob](#): > > Who had Marlon Brando? Well, Maria Schneider for one … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/473 "2004-07-02T21:02:31Z")
Well, fine. No sooner do I get the scoreboard updated than somebody has to go and die on me. Fine. Just like him to be difficult. All righty then - with the death of Marlon Brando the scoreboard stands like so: **Captain Lance** “Gingerbread Man” **Murdoch** leaps ahead to 95 points. **earthpuppy** and **Mudshark** now have 45 points. **smam** now has 38 points. **Diceman** **Diogenes the Cynic** **eman77** **Etherman** **Harlow** **JerH** **Krebnar the Magnificent** **Mikie** **Mona Lott** **SandyHook** **Stephe96** now have 27 points. Welcoming to the scoreboard: **Munch** **Spiff** - tied with 20 points. Congratulations, scorers! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/474 "2004-07-05T20:05:17Z")
What Is **Captain Lance Murdoch’s** secret? Luck, or research? I need to stop guessing and do more work. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/475 "2004-07-05T20:19:48Z")
> [@The Great Zamboni](#): > > What Is **Captain Lance Murdoch’s** secret? Luck, or research? I need to stop guessing and do more work. I’m guessing there was a pact with Satan involved… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/476 "2004-07-05T20:33:24Z")
I suppose that’s possible. It’s not against the rules. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/477 "2004-07-05T23:31:40Z")
Maybe we should make a rule banning that sort of thing in next year’s death pool. _“You may not sell your soul to Satan, or any other supernatural entity, in exchange for the deaths of the people on your list.”_ Then again, he can only sell his soul once, so forbidding him from doing it again is kind of a moot point. 😉 ---
**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:** [July 6, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/478 "2004-07-06T02:56:19Z")
If the Captain gets any more points, I’m afraid I’m going to start demanding autopsy reports and an alibi… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/479 "2004-07-10T10:57:04Z")
Jeff Smith, TV’s “Frugal Gourmet”, has baked his last biscuit. [Typical link here.](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2001976403_smith10.html) Don’t think anyone had him listed, though… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/480 "2004-07-10T12:36:45Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > Jeff Smith, TV’s “Frugal Gourmet”, has baked his last biscuit. Hope it wasn’t something he ate… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359.md?page=25)