# The Celebrity Death Pool 2005 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574 "2004-12-01T21:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 29
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/561 "2005-03-01T06:26:04Z")
Jef Raskin, the “father of the Macintosh computer”, has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61. Raskin conceived the “Mac” in 1979, but left Apple in 1982, [two years before his brainchild went on sale for almost $2500.](http://www.thedenverchannel.com/technology/4238000/detail.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/562 "2005-03-01T15:16:57Z")
**a5362** , I just wanted to point out that my final listing was on Dec. 30, Post #277, and I picked the good Doctor too. Originally posted by me: > [@](#): > > 1. Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (replacing Keith Richards, whom he resembles to a truly disturbing degree) Thanks! ---
**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:** [March 2, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/563 "2005-03-02T17:52:17Z")
Another rock ‘n’ roll drummer dies: [Chris Curtis](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4307865.stm) of The Searchers. Definitely the strongest death trend so far in 2005… I sure do like their song “Needles and Pins” – which I became aware of because The Ramones covered it. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/564 "2005-03-02T21:43:34Z")
And Sonny Bono was one of the co-writers of it. That always struck me as just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/565 "2005-03-03T02:50:45Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Jef Raskin, the “father of the Macintosh computer”, has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61. Raskin conceived the “Mac” in 1979, but left Apple in 1982, [two years before his brainchild went on sale for almost $2500.](http://www.thedenverchannel.com/technology/4238000/detail.html) Google put a little tribute to Jef Raskin at the bottom of the main Google page today. It said “In memoriam, Jef Raskin 1943-2005,” with a link to a search on Jef Raskin. When I die, I hope Google will memorialize me. I doubt it, but a person can hope. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/566 "2005-03-03T03:52:05Z")
> [@](#): > > mysterious newcomer known only as Rachm Qoch appears in our midst with 65 points: 40 points for the passing of science fiction writer Jack L. Chalker and 25 points with the death of Dr. Gene Scott, both of which are unique picks. I would like to invoke **Rule #27.488d** If Shirley Ujest has never heard of said dead people, no pointage allowed. I think that would be fair. 😃 My list is so weak this year it’s pathetic. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/567 "2005-03-03T05:17:32Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > Another rock ‘n’ roll drummer dies: [Chris Curtis](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4307865.stm) of The Searchers. > > Definitely the strongest death trend so far in 2005… > > I sure do like their song “Needles and Pins” – which I became aware of because The Ramones covered it. We’re seeing the deaths of drummers over and over. It’s like being stuck in a perverted version of Groundhog Day, or a weirder version of This is Spinal Tap. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/568 "2005-03-05T00:21:42Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > Another rock ‘n’ roll drummer dies: [Chris Curtis](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4307865.stm) of The Searchers. > > Definitely the strongest death trend so far in 2005 It’s also a bad year for boxers. Max Schmeling, Coley Wallace and Jimmy Young have died; Greg Page is currently hospitalized with pneumonia. ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/569 "2005-03-08T20:26:30Z")
Death has had a party Oscar winner Teresa Wright aged 86 1950s Grand Prix driver Maurice Trintignant aged 87 Nuclear physicist Hans Bethe aged 98 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/570 "2005-03-11T00:19:11Z")
Glenn Davis, who as “Mr. Outside” teamed with Doc “Mr. Inside” Blanchard in the Army football backfield during the mid-1940’s, has [died at the age of 80.](http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/football/cs-0503100338mar10,1,2665106.story?coll=cs-college-print) (link requires free subscription to site) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/571 "2005-03-11T01:30:09Z")
Probably no one picked him (I’d have been the most likely, I suppose) but [Chris LeDoux](http://tennessean.com/entertainment/news/archives/05/03/66732470.shtml?Element_ID=66732470) died yesterday at the age of 56. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/572 "2005-03-11T01:41:56Z")
Oh, that’s a shame! I liked him! ---
**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:** [March 11, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/573 "2005-03-11T02:20:24Z")
LeDoux …seemed like such a nice guy. Nuts. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2005, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/574 "2005-03-11T03:48:32Z")
Filmmaker Debra Hill is also dead. She was 54. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/575 "2005-03-11T20:29:57Z")
Noted comedian (especially in the UK) Dave Allen is dead at 68. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2005, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/576 "2005-03-15T13:45:23Z")
Molly Hatchet lead singer, [Danny Joe Brown](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/15/obit.brown.ap/index.html), is dead at age 53. Complications from diabetes. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/577 "2005-03-15T15:33:33Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > Molly Hatchet lead singer, [Danny Joe Brown](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/15/obit.brown.ap/index.html), is dead at age 53. > > Complications from diabetes. There must be a Flirtin’ With Disaster joke here. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/578 "2005-03-15T16:53:03Z")
Wouldn’t a \*\*bury the hatchet \*\* joke be better? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/579 "2005-03-15T17:04:08Z")
**spiff** , I nominate you for best pun of the Death Pool thread, 2005. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/580 "2005-03-15T23:42:58Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > **spiff** , I nominate you for best pun of the Death Pool thread, 2005. Not to toot my own horn, but I think I deserve honorable mention for my Jim Capaldi line. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=30)