# 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:** 28
**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, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/541 "2013-01-12T19:50:13Z")
God, that’s sad. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/542 "2013-01-13T08:12:17Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [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) Maha upvotes to the left? :eek: I should not be surprised, but I am. (Does he even lift?) ---
**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 13, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/543 "2013-01-13T13:50:53Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Maha upvotes to the left? :eek: I should not be surprised, but I am. (Does he even lift?) 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/544 "2013-01-13T15:01:18Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > 😕 Reddit refrences, both. ---
**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 13, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/545 "2013-01-13T21:45:47Z")
> [@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) Pfffft. amatuer. My DP lists go back to the late 80’s. It didn’t get serious until mid 90’s. Mostly those lists are a gift of life, however. Keith Richards will never die. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/546 "2013-01-13T23:52:33Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Pfffft. amatuer. > > My DP lists go back to the late 80’s. It didn’t get serious until mid 90’s. Mostly those lists are a gift of life, however. Keith Richards will never die. I didn’t keep stuff like that back then. It became trash. ---
**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 15, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/547 "2013-01-15T04:13:40Z")
> [@](#): > > ESPN anchor Stuart Scott has announced that his cancer has returned. [ESPN’s Stuart Scott announces on Twitter that his cancer has returned - Yahoo Sports](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/the-turnstile/espn-stuart-scott-announces-cancer-returned-030452684.html) Will he last until 2014 to make someone’s list? ---
**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 15, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/548 "2013-01-15T14:43:35Z")
What a generous group… when I find an ailing celebrity, I tuck that info away in a secret file, and break it out in December! ---
**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 15, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/549 "2013-01-15T15:31:27Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > What a generous group… when I find an ailing celebrity, I tuck that info away in a secret file, and break it out in December! Some of us share. Probably in order that we will not feel guilty at selecting someone else pick. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/550 "2013-01-15T19:30:22Z")
No, it’s to make sure we have friends with us in Hell. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/551 "2013-01-15T20:22:59Z")
[Enzo Hernandez](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/01/14/enzo-hernandez-shortstop-dies-venezuela/1832891/), who played shortstop for the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers during the 1970’s, has apparently committed suicide at the age of 62. ---
**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 15, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/552 "2013-01-15T22:54:19Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Some of us share. Probably in order that we will not feel guilty at selecting someone else pick. 🙂 Some of us take this much more seriously. What about the riches and glory for the winner? ---
**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 15, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/553 "2013-01-15T23:04:36Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Some of us take this much more seriously. What about the riches and glory for the winner? Yeah, really. The winner earns the hottest seat in Hell. ---
**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 15, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/554 "2013-01-15T23:10:49Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Some of us take this much more seriously. What about the riches and glory for the winner? It’s an excuse for only being number 12 last year. 🙂 BTW, have you heard about Hugo Chavez? ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/555 "2013-01-15T23:15:48Z")
Tanya Angus, a victim of Gigantism is dead at 34. Link: [Gigantism victim Tanya Angus dead at 34 ](http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/gigantism-victim-tanya-angus-dead-34-article-1.1240277) Not unknown, but not really well known. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/556 "2013-01-16T16:14:46Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Some of us take this much more seriously. What about the riches and glory for the winner? Yeah … what about those riches anyway? > [@swampbear](#): > > Yeah, really. The winner earns the hottest seat in Hell. Ahhh so that why it’s so hot in here … damn! ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/557 "2013-01-16T18:15:13Z")
What choo talking about? Conrad Bain is dead: > **[Conrad Bain of 'Diff'rent Strokes' dead at 89](https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2013/01/16/conrad-bain-of-diffrent-strokes-dead-at-89)** > > US News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. Track elected officials, research health conditions, and find news you can use in politics, business, health, and education. Brian ---
**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 16, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/558 "2013-01-16T18:21:16Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Conrad Bain is dead: Yeah, that’s what they’d _like_ you to believe. ---
**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 16, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/559 "2013-01-16T18:31:59Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > What choo talking about? Conrad Bain is dead: > [http://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2013/01/16/conrad-bain-of-diffrent-strokes-dead-at-89](http://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2013/01/16/conrad-bain-of-diffrent-strokes-dead-at-89) > > Brian Word is he died from Disparate Cerebrovascular Accident. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/560 "2013-01-16T18:39:47Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > What choo talking about? Conrad Bain is dead: > [http://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2013/01/16/conrad-bain-of-diffrent-strokes-dead-at-89](http://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2013/01/16/conrad-bain-of-diffrent-strokes-dead-at-89) > > Brian You could have gotten big odds in the late 80’s that the last surviving major cast member of Diff’rent Strokes would be Todd Bridges! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=29)