# 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:** 27
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/521 "2013-01-10T00:07:04Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Rizana Nafeek (4 February 1988 - 9 January 2013) was a Sri Lankan woman, who was executed by beheading in Saudi Arabia for unintentional homicide. No points. Executed by the state. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/522 "2013-01-10T01:39:39Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > No points. Executed by the state. Nobody had her anyway. ---
**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 10, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/523 "2013-01-10T03:13:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Character actor Ned Wertimer, known to fans of “The Jeffersons” as the doorman Ralph Hart, has died, CNN confirms. He was 89. Wertimer made appearances in a wide variety of classic TV series, including “Mork and Mindy,” “WKRP in Cincinnati” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” but he’s perhaps best known for his work on “The Jeffersons.” [http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/09/jeffersons-actor-ned-wertimer-dies/?hpt=hp\_t3](http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/09/jeffersons-actor-ned-wertimer-dies/?hpt=hp_t3) ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/524 "2013-01-10T03:19:55Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Gotcha. I have lists of my death pool picks with d.o.b. and stuff going back 8-9 years. > meanwhile… > Rizana Nafeek (4 February 1988 - 9 January 2013) was a Sri Lankan woman, who was executed by beheading in Saudi Arabia for unintentional homicide. Sri Lanka has unsuccessfully sought Nafeek’s amnesty. > [Rizana Nafeek - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizana_Nafeek) Thank you for posting. I did not know about this barbaric outrage. I wonder if the US government was at all involved in trying to persuade the Saudis to not carry out this sentence, perhaps behind the scenes, or if this situation was ignored. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/525 "2013-01-10T16:04:29Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Another factor: [She’s going to turn 27 in July](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club). Indeed - in fact, this is the whole basis of [my list for this year](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15779974&postcount=121) 🙂 ---
**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 11, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/526 "2013-01-11T17:22:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Wilko Johnson has been diagnosed with terminal cancer of the pancreas. The news became public via a story in the Echo, the local paper in Johnson’s hometown of Southend, and spread after local musician and music historian Will Birch tweeted the news, having read it in the Echo. > > – snip – > > Despite never becoming a household name, and having left Dr Feelgood before they had their biggest hit, the 65-year-old musician is one of the most influential guitarists in British rock. [Wilko Johnson diagnosed with terminal cancer | Wilko Johnson | The Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jan/09/wilko-johnson-terminal-cancer) Will he hold out for the 2014 list? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/527 "2013-01-11T17:36:07Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [Wilko Johnson diagnosed with terminal cancer | Wilko Johnson | The Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jan/09/wilko-johnson-terminal-cancer) > > Will he hold out for the 2014 list? 😃 If he is any kind of sport at all he will. ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/528 "2013-01-11T19:08:18Z")
Of course I wouldn’t find this thread until after New Years:smack: Oh well, got my list for next year started already > [@Baker](#): > > \ > Nothing like a last minute rush! Or, as someone said, “They’re my dead people, dammit!” > > Maybe that should be our motto. I like this:D ---
**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:** [January 11, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/529 "2013-01-11T19:24:38Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [Wilko Johnson diagnosed with terminal cancer | Wilko Johnson | The Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jan/09/wilko-johnson-terminal-cancer) > > Will he hold out for the 2014 list? 😃 Dammit don’t you people know this is competitive? This is serious business. ---
**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 11, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/530 "2013-01-11T19:24:42Z")
> [@Sario](#): > > Of course I wouldn’t find this thread until after New Years:smack: > Oh well, got my list for next year started already > > I like this:D Our Esteemed, Intelligent, Benevolent and Beloved of G-d Death Mistress, Baker, has a “Lose…”, er, “Late Comers Corner” just to keep track, not for points, so that we may point and say, “Thou are a lose…Late Comer!” I am a mere worm crawling in camel dung, and have no idea of her continuing plans for this class of lose…late comers. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/531 "2013-01-11T19:29:55Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Our Esteemed, Intelligent, Benevolent and Beloved of G-d Death Mistress, Baker, has a “Lose…”, er, “Late Comers Corner” just to keep track, not for points, so that we may point and say, “Thou are a lose…Late Comer!” I am a mere worm crawling in camel dung, and have no idea of her continuing plans for this class of lose…late comers. I love the way carnivorousplant is such a suckup! And yes, I have two players in the LateComers corner, with the game still ending 12/31 however. If Sario wants to play against those two folks, they sure can! ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/532 "2013-01-11T19:36:01Z")
Lets give it a try Total bandwagon list George H.W. Bush Hugo Chavez Lindsay Lohan Fidel Castro Bonnie Franklin Muhammad Ali Bashar al-Assad Zsa Zsa Gabor Margaret Thatcher Nelson Mandela Billy Graham Roger Ebert Nancy Reagan Billy G the preacher, and the former first lady ETA- Any comments on the motto? I’d vote for it ---
**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 11, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/533 "2013-01-11T20:06:38Z")
Death Mistress Baker’s cuneiform [spreadsheet.](http://www.nilemuse.com/kyobi/bod148i.gif) Our Death Mistress determining how many points [Michael Jackson](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7VNGBckGw8M/TmgjiTspMzI/AAAAAAAAEAE/S3CzyMiqEvY/s1600/Egyptian+Book+of+the+Dead+7.jpg) was worth. Players attempting to bribe the Death Mistress with [chocolate](http://www.visitmuseums.com/_images/32/1c/321cd4aa688372fb4b2436ccfc2f0991/440x298.jpg). Players submit their [lists.](http://store.sandtique-rare-prints.com/content/200671/BOOK_OF_THE_DEAD/ws_-DEATH_BOOK_025.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/534 "2013-01-11T21:48:24Z")
The sound of **carnivorousplant** [sucking up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjpOM55tbBQ) to our peerless Death Mistress. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/535 "2013-01-11T22:47:59Z")
> [@Sario](#): > > Lets give it a try > > Total bandwagon list > > George H.W. Bush > Hugo Chavez > Lindsay Lohan > Fidel Castro > Bonnie Franklin > Muhammad Ali > Bashar al-Assad > Zsa Zsa Gabor > Margaret Thatcher > Nelson Mandela > Billy Graham > Roger Ebert > Nancy Reagan > > Billy G the preacher, and the former first lady > > ETA- Any comments on the motto? I’d vote for it Too late to enter for this year, but you’re welcome to play along at home. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/536 "2013-01-11T23:27:18Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Too late to enter for this year, but you’re welcome to play along at home. I have told Sario I’m keeping a list of latecomers to play against each other. So far there are three. They won’t be official winners but I don’t mind keeping track of them. And it will keep them coming back to the thread and will help remind them when it’s time to play next year. ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/537 "2013-01-12T01:10:00Z")
As this is my first death pool, I do have one question- Whats up with the 27 club thing? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/538 "2013-01-12T01:22:28Z")
> [@Sario](#): > > As this is my first death pool, I do have one question- Whats up with the 27 club thing? [Wikipedia entry on the 27 club](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club). Basically, there were a few prominent musicians who all died at the age 27, and when someone noticed this, the idea took off and became a thing. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/539 "2013-01-12T15:07:39Z")
If anyone is interested, Baker generously shared with me the spreadsheet listing the 2013 entries, and I have created a Excel-based “scorekeeper” that automatically updates the rankings when you enter a celebrity death. If anyone would like a copy, PM me your e-mail. I am out of town, but will be back Sunday and reply on Monday to those requesting a copy. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/540 "2013-01-12T19:49:24Z")
[Aaron Swartz, who helped make RSS and Reddit, hanged himself today. 26 years old.](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/technology/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=28)