# 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:** 54
**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:** [December 1, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1061 "2005-12-01T15:03:10Z")
Well it was just a thought. If people like the way this is going then that’s cool with me. And hey what do you know? I scored today. [Wendie Jo Sperber](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0818274/) has died. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1062 "2005-12-01T20:38:09Z")
> [@Captain Lance Murdoch](#): > > If people like the way this is going then that’s cool with me. Me too. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1063 "2005-12-02T02:20:47Z")
[Former MLB 1B Vic Power is dead at 78](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/scorecard/mlbnews.asp?articleID=146493) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1064 "2005-12-02T03:08:45Z")
Point of order: It’s December 1st. Shouldn’t the Celebrity Death Pool 2K6 be posted by now? ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1065 "2005-12-02T03:29:32Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Point of order: It’s December 1st. Shouldn’t the Celebrity Death Pool 2K6 be posted by now? [Yes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347482). ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1066 "2005-12-02T20:41:15Z")
Well, as we head into the homestretch for the 2005 game, there are some interesting late-breaking developments. With the deaths of George Best (41 points), Pat Morita (27 points), and Wendie Jo Sperber (53 points), our scoreboard stands as follows… Still with a comfortable lead is **Rachm Qoch** at 202 points. Leaping ahead into a comfortable second place spot is **amarone** with 148 points. And making a come-from-behind late surge into third place is last year’s champion, **Captain Lanch Murdoch** , with 116 points. He has a unique pick with Wendie Jo Sperber. **IrreverentTone** stands alone with 107 points. **LilyoftheValley** rounds out the top five with 106 points. **NurseCarmen** has 103 points. After this point, everyone else on the scoreboard has less than half the points that **Rachm Qoch** has. To continue: **VunderBob** has 92 points. **Mehitabel** has 84 points. **plnnr** has 80 points. **Happy Lendervedder** rounds out the top ten with 76 points. **Sevo** has 72 points. **CowPatty** and **Rico** have 69 points each. **owlstretchingtime** also makes a vertical move and now has 68 points. **Baker** has 67 points. **Hugh Jass** has 66 points. **BadBadger** also makes a significant move up in the world to rest at 60 points. **DeVena** **TeaElle** and **Zog\_10** are tied with 59 points each. **Avenger** leaves behind the Pope Club to join **eman77 Mr. Babbington yellowval zamboniracer** and **Zsofia** , tied with 57 points each. **a35362** and **ladybug** are tied with 53 points each. **MissTake** and **Paul in Saudi** are tied with 52 points each. **Anni brianjedi drewbert E. Thorp Earthman fruitbat gonzoron Sean Factotum Squonk Suburban Plankton** and **Wallflower** are tied with 51 points each. **racer72** has 49 points. **Hal Briston** and **HelloKitty** are tied with 46 points each. **Omega Glory** has 45 points. **cadolphin Carm6773 Diceman Etherman Kat melondeca SandyHook Terminus Est** and **The Vorlon** are tied with 44 points each. **Freddy the Pig** has 43 points. **Long Time First Time** has 42 points. **BiblioCat** and **5 time champ** have 39 points each. **Anastasaeon Diogenes the Cynic dwc1970 infamousmom Lockz Mona Lott Pablito** and **trublmaker** have 37 points each. **Agent Foxtrot booklover Cinnamon Girl hammos1 Jaade Lathe of Heaven Lucretia Lvgeogeek Max Torque Menocchio middleman Sami41 Santos L Halper Shirley Ujest Thunder Time Like Tears WIGGUM** and **WVmom** have 36 points each. **amarinth Little Nemo** and **Stage Manager** have 35 points each. **cazzle** has 34 points. **Annie-Xmas** and **Kilvert’s Pagan** have 33 points each. **edwino** has 32 points. **Anonymous Coward The Great Zamboni Jamlad Jeep’s Phoenix jsgoddess Miabella Munch** and **Uvula Donor** have 31 points each. **RumMunkey** and **Spiff** have 30 points each. **Yllaria** has 28 points. **Rodd Hill** and **TellMeI’mNotCrazy** have 27 points each. We welcome **TMINC** to the scoreboard with the unique pick of Pat Morita. **ataraxy22 bobkitty gobear Iceland\_Blue malkavia NotWithout Rage** and **Typically Sunday** have 24 points each. **Club 33 Qwisp Skammer** and **Wicked Blue** have 21 points each. **bowler girl katie1341 Lamar Mundane mikeargo SpoilerVirgin sWitchazel Tenar** and **uglybeech** have 20 points each. **Andrew 21 Antigen Arch Trout cbawlmer Cisco clipper Dolores Reborn Dotsy A. drm Einmon EmperorRoman h.sapiens imthjckaz Kuizelemartz lel Lsura MC$E Mr. Blue Sky Ms Macphisto Nightwatch Trailer Padeye Priceguy psycat90 qwest Scruloose Sir Dirx SpazCat Tapioca Dextrin tarragon918 Trillionaire twickster Vevila vivalostwages wolf in second hand clothing** and **zoogirl** have 16 points each. **labtrash** has 15 points. **Saitou** and **Sternvogel** have 11 points each. **pohjonen** has 9 points. And **GWVet** and **Idle Thoughts** have 8 points each. And nobody picked Keith Andes, Stan Berenstain, Pamela Duncan, Ralph Edwards, Eddie Guerrero, Adrian Rogers, Harold Stone, Bob Tisch, Chris Whitley, or Link Wray. I will post the final scoreboard and announce the various award winners after the first of the year. Congratulations, scorers! ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1067 "2005-12-03T00:39:15Z")
Whew! Thanks for all that work, sweetie! Now, somebody do me a favor and kill al-Zarqawi dead so I can score mucho points. And, you know, for justice and all that. ---
**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 3, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1068 "2005-12-03T03:55:02Z")
Okay, I’ve accepted the fact that I’m not going to win again this year. But I could still at least break out of the pack and make the top twelve if Kim Jong-Il would work with me. C’mon, Kim, would it kill you to die? Other than literally I mean? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2005, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1069 "2005-12-06T04:43:30Z")
[Australian businessman and cleaning product identity Kevin “Big Kev” McQuay has died, aged 56](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=76085). That marks my first ever use of the phrase “cleaning product identity”. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1070 "2005-12-06T05:40:15Z")
No one picked her, but writer [Mary Hayley Bell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Hayley_Bell) died on December 1st. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1071 "2005-12-06T05:43:18Z")
_ **TOP 10! WOO-HOO!** _ ---
**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 6, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1072 "2005-12-06T13:42:04Z")
> [@Governor Quinn](#): > > No one picked her, but writer [Mary Hayley Bell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Hayley_Bell) died on December 1st. Holy ALW! Ms. Bell wrote the original novel “Whistle Down the Wind,” and her daughter Hayley Mills starred in the original movie. Annie-Xmas, who took her name from the musical is very, very sad! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1073 "2005-12-06T18:56:21Z")
[Gregg Hoffman,](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/people/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001615000) producer of the horror film _Saw II_, has passed away at the age of 42. After complaining of neck pain and being admitted to Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, Hoffman died Sunday of natural causes. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1074 "2005-12-06T21:28:00Z")
Nobody picked Kevin McQuay, Mary Hayley Bell, or Gregg Hoffman. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1075 "2005-12-06T21:55:08Z")
In an unprecedented occurrence, a rapper has died young. Steve Zorn died from playing solitaire with a loaded pen-gun, whatever the hell that is. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1076 "2005-12-06T22:54:32Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > [Gregg Hoffman,](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/people/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001615000) producer of the horror film _Saw II_, has passed away at the age of 42. After complaining of neck pain and being admitted to Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, Hoffman died Sunday of natural causes. He died of natural causes, yet an autopsy is planned? Fucked up neck is Natural causes these days? I suppose so is lightning strikes. Or the effects of gravity and sudden deceleration, those are two things found often in the natural world. And how about momentum? Momentum is a natural state, and it’s influence on the flight path of a bullet could be seen as nutural then, right? ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1077 "2005-12-07T23:49:14Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > He died of natural causes, yet an autopsy is planned? Neck pain and natural causes sounds like meningitis to me. He’s awfully young to die of natural causes with no real reason given. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1078 "2005-12-08T00:12:14Z")
Well, 14th place isn’t too bad for my first time! ---
**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:** [December 8, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1079 "2005-12-08T03:51:07Z")
[Former Governor of South Carolina Carroll Campbell is dead at 65, after years of fighting Alzheimer’s](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Obit_Campbell.html) ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/1080 "2005-12-08T04:56:50Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Neck pain and natural causes sounds like meningitis to me. He’s awfully young to die of natural causes with no real reason given. Heart attack can cause neck pain and nothing else. When my husband had his heart attack, he got a headache. He’s weird. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=55)