# 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:** 30
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/581 "2013-01-18T22:01:34Z")
[Actor Robert Chew, best known as Proposition Joe from “The Wire,” has died at 52.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bal-proposition-joe-the-wire-robert-chew-dead-at-52-20130118,0,2016217.story) ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/582 "2013-01-19T15:36:45Z")
Baseball Great Earl Weaver dead at 82 ☹ > **[Earl Weaver dead at 82: Legendary Baltimore Orioles manager was one of...](https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/earl-weaver-dead-82-article-1.1243096)** > > Earl Weaver, the feisty Hall-of-Fame Baltimore Orioles manager and persistent Yankee nemesis died early Saturday morning of an apparent heart attack while on an Orioles’ fantasy cruise in the Caribbean. ---
**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 19, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/583 "2013-01-19T16:02:44Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Baseball Great Earl Weaver dead at 82 ☹ > > [Earl Weaver dead at 82: Legendary Baltimore Orioles manager was one of baseball’s most colorful characters – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/earl-weaver-dead-82-article-1.1243096) When asked one time by Orioles outfielder Pat Kelly if he wanted to participate in team chapel and “walk with the lord,” Weaver famously replied: “No thanks. I’d rather walk with the (bleeping) bases loaded.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/584 "2013-01-20T01:06:11Z")
Stan MUsial gone at 92. Unique pick for me ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/585 "2013-01-20T01:31:14Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Stan MUsial gone at 92. Unique pick for me Umm, no, five players have Musial. ---
**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 20, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/586 "2013-01-20T01:46:39Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Umm, no, five players have Musial. Yeah, but how many have MUsial? ---
**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 20, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/587 "2013-01-20T02:24:54Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Umm, no, five players have Musial. But it was a unique pick for etv78 because he only picked Musial once. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/588 "2013-01-20T04:01:59Z")
My Musial post was supposed to end in question mark. I am posting on my cell for 1st time. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/589 "2013-01-21T01:42:55Z")
Dammit! Baseball players are falling left and right! Get on the wagon, Koufax! ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/590 "2013-01-21T14:33:10Z")
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21123532](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21123532) Michael Winner has died. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/591 "2013-01-21T18:13:45Z")
He got his wish… (Getting into basket. etc. etc) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/592 "2013-01-21T19:18:24Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > Dammit! Baseball players are falling left and right! Get on the wagon, Koufax! I need some coaches to start kicking off! ---
**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 21, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/593 "2013-01-21T23:46:20Z")
[Dammit](http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/21/hugo-chavez-gaining-strength), say far too many of us this year compared to last. ---
**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 22, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/594 "2013-01-22T03:01:29Z")
More good news, if he isn’t on your list, or[bad](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/hugo-chavez-head-back-venezuela-cancer-surgery-brother-article-1.1244387), if he is. _Dammit._ ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/595 "2013-01-22T03:42:31Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > More good news, if he isn’t on your list, or[bad](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/hugo-chavez-head-back-venezuela-cancer-surgery-brother-article-1.1244387), if he is. > > _Dammit._ He ain’t out of the woods yet. _Please, please, please._ ---
**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 22, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/596 "2013-01-22T03:44:28Z")
> [@computergeek](#): > > He ain’t out of the woods yet. Neither is Ariel Sharon. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/597 "2013-01-23T02:36:07Z")
You may already know about it, but [here is a wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2013) that lists all of the deaths this year. ---
**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 23, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/598 "2013-01-23T02:45:36Z")
> [@Allecher](#): > > You may already know about it, but [here is a wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2013) that lists all of the deaths this year. If only I had known about this a month ago… ---
**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 23, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/599 "2013-01-23T04:44:32Z")
Encouraging news for all of us on the Assad bandwagon - the Russians have begun evacuating their citizens out of Syria. Russia’s been the main supporter of the Assad regime so it looks like the end may be approaching. ---
**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 26, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/600 "2013-01-26T00:40:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Actor **Burt Reynolds** is in intensive care in a Florida hospital, where he went for treatment of flu symptoms, one of his representatives said Friday. Reynolds was dehydrated when he went to the hospital, and was eventually transferred to its intensive care unit, his representative Erik Kritzer told CNN. Kritzer declined to divulge what hospital the actor was in, saying, “He would like that (kept) private.” > > “He is doing better at this time,” Kritzer said late Friday afternoon of the 76-year-old actor. “We expect, as soon as he gets more fluids, he will be back in a regular room.” [http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/25/showbiz/florida-burt-reynolds-hospitalized/index.html?hpt=hp\_t3](http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/25/showbiz/florida-burt-reynolds-hospitalized/index.html?hpt=hp_t3) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=31)