# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 38
**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:** [December 28, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/741 "2004-12-28T16:32:49Z")
> [@The Great Zamboni](#): > > These people deserve some sort of condolence prize. How about the “Spared by Death” Award? The “Gift of Life” Award? ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/742 "2004-12-28T19:52:10Z")
[Susan Sontag, dead at 71](http://nytimes.com/2004/12/28/books/28cnd-sont.html?hp&ex=1104296400&en=7907bd4e6968f2c5&ei=5094&partner=homepage) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/743 "2004-12-28T21:12:00Z")
Nobody picked Susan Sontag. ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/744 "2004-12-29T14:46:17Z")
What is UP with 2004? Jerry Orbach. No link yet. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/745 "2004-12-29T14:49:29Z")
[Effing link](http://1010wins.com/topstories/local_story_364094126.html) ---
**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:** [December 29, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/746 "2004-12-29T15:33:50Z")
Or Hank Garland. There seems to be an unusual number of people seeking to disqualify themselves from the 2005 pool. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/747 "2004-12-29T22:35:08Z")
Nobody picked Jerry Orbach (for 2004) or Hank Garland. ---
**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 30, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/748 "2004-12-30T00:12:46Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Nobody picked Jerry Orbach (for 2004) or Hank Garland. Damn premature expirator. He couldn’t just hang on for three days? Is that too much to ask? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/749 "2005-01-01T21:28:58Z")
Are the final scores ready? What’s the point though, really? We all know **Captain Lance Murdoch** ran away with it. :wally ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/750 "2005-01-03T16:02:13Z")
So how much money did I win? ---
**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:** [January 3, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/751 "2005-01-03T19:05:55Z")
> [@Captain Lance Murdoch](#): > > So how much money did I win? Only enough to cover posting expenses, minus **a35362’s** listing commission, and a usage fee. This leaves you with $0.02. Use it well! [sub]I’m cruel[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/752 "2005-01-03T20:09:30Z")
Some mighty fine work **Captain Lance Murdoch**. The rumor is the folks on your 2005 are mighty nervous right about now. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/753 "2005-01-03T22:16:13Z")
Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please! Having finally reached my 1,000th post, I hereby announce the winners of the 2004 Celebrity Death Pool! The winner of the game is **Captain Lance Murdoch** , with 95 points! **balloons and confetti** He took the lead **February 13th** and never looked back. Congratulations, Captain Lance! The winners of the Opening Kickoff Award (with the death of Tug McGraw) are **Angel Heart Caricci mullinator** and **zoog** The winners of the Final Hours Award (with the death of Yasser Arafat) are **Diceman Dr\_Xadium drm Earthman Flymaster fruitbat gonzoron Little Nemo Mehitabel Menocchio Nurse Carmen Shirley Ujest Single Serving Friend** and **VunderBob** The winners of the Inside Track with the Grim Reaper Award (for unique picks) are **Captain Lance Murdoch** for both Claude Ryan and Ahmed Yassin **Ebola Gay** for Rick James **Mr. Babbington** for Alistair Cooke **notfrommensa** for Bruce Edwards **Spiff** for Johnny Ramone **Sternvogel** for Uta Hagen and Alan King AND Betty Hill **Uvula Donor** for Archibald Cox And finally, the Quantity, Not Quality Award winners, with four dead celebrities apiece, are: **cadolphin Captain Lance Murdoch earthpuppy Mudshark Shirley Ujest Stephe96** and **Uvula Donor** Congratulations, winners! And now: on with 2005… ---
**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:** [January 3, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/754 "2005-01-03T22:20:47Z")
**Captain Lance Murdoch** scored in 3 out of the 4 categories? Who is he, the Grim Reeper? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/755 "2005-01-04T00:39:21Z")
> [@](#): > > **Ebola Gay** for Rick James Cocaine is a hellova drug. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/756 "2005-01-04T01:08:26Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > **Captain Lance Murdoch** … > Who is he, the Grim Reeper? I wouldn’t sit too close to him at any Dopefests. 😉 ---
**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:** [January 5, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/757 "2005-01-05T05:46:10Z")
**Sternvogel** , with three Inside Track awards also did pretty well. That takes a good bit of foresight. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359.md?page=37)