# The Celebrity Death Pool 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655 "2012-12-01T05:59:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 25
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/481 "2013-01-05T03:26:19Z")
Hey! You know who’s really cool? **Baker** , that’s who! 🆒 Just thinking about her makes me hungry for chocolate chip cookies and chocolate cake and freshly-baked bread… MMMMMMM! 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 5, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/482 "2013-01-05T03:48:52Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Rule 1: Do not piss off the Death Mistress. > Rule 2: Do not annoy the Death Mistress. > Rule 3: Do not tease the Death Mistress. > Rule 4: Do not anger the Death Mistress. > Rule 5: Suck up to the Death Mistress at Every Opportunity. Do not taunt the Death Mistress. Do not use the Death Mistress on concrete. Pregnant women, the elderly, and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to the Death Mistress. If the Death Mistress begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/483 "2013-01-05T03:53:45Z")
Do you know what she is trying to remember? How she got the title! I mean, last year I did the pool for the first time, but I can’t think of who gave it to me, or when the title of DeathMistress was bestowed on me. I am slowly making converts out there. I was talking with my sister on the phone, and she asked if anyone had Hugo Chavez on their list. I just groaned. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/484 "2013-01-05T04:06:14Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Do not use the Death Mistress on concrete. Dude, You Flirt With Death. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > If the Death Mistress begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head. I would inhale that second hand smoke as if it were the nectar of the gods. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/485 "2013-01-05T04:06:23Z")
[Bryan Stoltenberg](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-colorado-center-stoltenberg-dies-020729327--ncaaf.html), an All-America offensive lineman for the Colorado Buffaloes, has died. He was 40. Stoltenberg recently underwent several surgeries after being in a car accident last month, the school said on its website. He died Friday at his home in Sugarland, Texas. Low Hanging Fruit if anyone had him. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/486 "2013-01-05T04:08:04Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > the title of DeathMistress was bestowed on me. It was I, Your Holiness, though I less worthy than a worm crawling in camel dung. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/487 "2013-01-05T04:14:36Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Low Hanging Fruit if anyone had him. I did not, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/488 "2013-01-05T11:16:58Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [Bryan Stoltenberg](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-colorado-center-stoltenberg-dies-020729327--ncaaf.html), an All-America offensive lineman for the Colorado Buffaloes, has died. He was 40. > Stoltenberg recently underwent several surgeries after being in a car accident last month, the school said on its website. He died Friday at his home in Sugarland, Texas. > > Low Hanging Fruit if anyone had him. A couple of other Bryans, but no Stoltenberg. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/489 "2013-01-05T13:03:43Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Another factor: [She’s going to turn 27 in July](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club). If she makes it to December, I’m gonna have to do the CDP next year just to have her on my list. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/490 "2013-01-05T13:55:57Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Dude, You Flirt With Death. > > I would inhale that second hand smoke as if it were the nectar of the gods. no no no! [This.](http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/happy-fun-ball/229058/) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/491 "2013-01-05T14:08:26Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > no no no! > [This.](http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/happy-fun-ball/229058/) I believe Rule 3 applies here. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/492 "2013-01-06T14:37:45Z")
Northern Arizona University assistant football coach and former Carolina and Denver quarterback [Jeff Lewis](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nau-assistant-coach-jeff-lewis-044854278--ncaaf.html)is being reported dead this morning. He was 39. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/493 "2013-01-06T15:02:34Z")
Nobody had him. I also noted his cause of death has not been released on any of the news services I’d checked. Had he been ill? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/494 "2013-01-06T16:28:37Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > You should put up your list anyway. It won’t count officially but you can play along with the rest of us for fun. Per request, as you can see nothing special, just your standard low-hanging fruit/death by missadventure group… Joseph Ratzinger Bonnie Franklin Macaulay Culkin Amanda Bynes Mohamed Ali Hugo Chavez Fidel Castro Lindsey Lohan Margaret Thatcher Bashar al-Assad Hosni Mubarak Dick Cheney Penny Marshal Mostly a hold over from last year. They gotta assume room temp sometime! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/495 "2013-01-06T18:08:35Z")
For the two latecomers **JohnT** and **The Vorlon** , they will play against each other but not the rest of the players. And their contest will still end on 12/31/13. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/496 "2013-01-06T18:58:37Z")
> [@](#): > > LOS ANGELES – Gloria Pall, the sultry hostess of a 1950s Los Angeles TV show that was canceled because it was deemed too hot for television, has died. Pall was cast by KABC-TV in 1954 to introduce each week’s romantic movie. Appearing as “Voluptua,” the statuesque Pall greeted viewers with a breathy coo and made sexy poses and flirtatious remarks. > **[HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News](https://www.huffpost.com/)** > > Read the latest headlines, news stories, and opinion from Politics, Entertainment, Life, Perspectives, and more. She was 83. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/497 "2013-01-06T19:07:35Z")
> **[World News: Latest International Headlines, Video, and Breaking Stories From...](https://www.nbcnews.com/world?lite=)** > > Get the latest news, updates, and video from around the globe. Mandela reportedly has recovered. He and Zsa Zsa should get together. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/498 "2013-01-06T19:59:04Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > [World News: Latest International Headlines, Video, and Breaking Stories From Around The Globe | NBC News](http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/06/16380059-mandela-reportedly-recovered-from-infection-surgery?lite=) > > Mandela reportedly has recovered. He and Zsa Zsa should get together. Perhaps the have the same contract with Satanic Forces. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/499 "2013-01-06T22:02:20Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Hey! You know who’s really cool? > > **Baker** , that’s who! 🆒 > > Just thinking about her makes me hungry for chocolate chip cookies and chocolate cake and freshly-baked bread… MMMMMMM! 🙂 No no no, you’re doing it wrong. Thinking of her makes you want to send her chocolate chip cookies and chocolate cake. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/500 "2013-01-06T23:36:36Z")
[Mamie Reardon](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/05/mamie-rearden-oldest-us-citizen-dead_n_2416529.html?ncid=wsc-huffpost-cards-image), age 114, former oldest citizen of USA. -14 points (j/k) to anyone that had her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=26)