# 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:** 35
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/681 "2013-02-12T14:31:56Z")
Oh yeah, we are a bunch of sick bastards. (That was funny, **Hoopy**.) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/682 "2013-02-12T22:12:20Z")
[Rick Huxley](http://todayentertainment.today.com/_news/2013/02/12/16938867-dave-clark-five-co-founder-dies-at-72?lite), bass player for the Dave Clark Five, no longer glad all over at 72. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/683 "2013-02-13T01:53:53Z")
Tom Aspell of NBC News. Age 62. Lung cancer. Reported on NBC Nightly News just now. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/684 "2013-02-13T03:31:09Z")
A minor celebrity but someone could have been on him as a unique pick (it would make sense in a Death Pool manner:eek:). [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC0QqQIoADAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boston.com%2Fdailydose%2F2013%2F02%2F12%2Fheart-attack-grill-spokesman-dies-yes-heart-attack%2FbsjboUeL9MTxfmdWSXD3LM%2Fstory.html&ei=2AcbUaGPOMOg2AXggIGoBg&usg=AFQjCNG6CZEm34n3FBLurlHXaQPk7RXMhA&sig2=PrysSeZlB9r-7wqriH4F2w&bvm=bv.42261806,d.b2I](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC0QqQIoADAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boston.com%2Fdailydose%2F2013%2F02%2F12%2Fheart-attack-grill-spokesman-dies-yes-heart-attack%2FbsjboUeL9MTxfmdWSXD3LM%2Fstory.html&ei=2AcbUaGPOMOg2AXggIGoBg&usg=AFQjCNG6CZEm34n3FBLurlHXaQPk7RXMhA&sig2=PrysSeZlB9r-7wqriH4F2w&bvm=bv.42261806,d.b2I) John Alleman, the unofficial spokesman for the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas, has died of a heart attack. He was 52… ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/685 "2013-02-13T05:11:10Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Oh yeah, we are a bunch of sick bastards. (That was funny, **Hoopy**.) Thank you. > [@smithsb](#): > > John Alleman, the unofficial spokesman for the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas, has died of a heart attack. He was 52… No comment needed, that one just writes itself. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/686 "2013-02-15T17:46:39Z")
There’s no need to fear! (The guy who created) \*Underdog \*is here! [http://todaynews.today.com/\_news/2013/02/15/16975006-underdog-cartoons-co-creator-dies-at-85?lite](http://todaynews.today.com/_news/2013/02/15/16975006-underdog-cartoons-co-creator-dies-at-85?lite) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/687 "2013-02-15T18:10:22Z")
If Benedict XVI dies this year (after 2/28) do we still get credit for him? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/688 "2013-02-15T18:15:46Z")
well, yeah, he’d still be famous, only then for resigning ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/689 "2013-02-15T18:45:47Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > well, yeah, he’d still be famous, only then for resigning I meant that he’d no longer be Benedict XVI. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/690 "2013-02-15T18:46:14Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > well, yeah, he’d still be famous, only then for resigning I think the reference is to the fact that his name will likely go back to Joseph Ratzinger, though we would obviously get credit for him no matter what. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/691 "2013-02-15T19:07:34Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I think the reference is to the fact that his name will likely go back to Joseph Ratzinger, though we would obviously get credit for him no matter what. We simulposted, but this is what I meant. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/692 "2013-02-15T19:30:55Z")
I don’t suppose anyone had child-murderer [Subhan Anwar](http://news.sky.com/story/1052592/child-murderer-subhan-anwar-killed-in-jail) on their list? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/693 "2013-02-15T20:28:29Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I meant that he’d no longer be Benedict XVI. This brings up an issue from the OP of this thread. I asked that players use the most well known name a person uses, especially if it’s a titled name. I even called it “the Pope rule”. as is _“don’t call him Joseph Ratzinger, call him Pope Benedict XVI.”_ Yet some players persisted in including a celebrity named Joseph Ratzinger. Now, they would have eventually got their points if Benedict XVI had kicked off. But I would have awarded the points for Benny, and waited for the folks who had Joe to say, “Where’s _ **my** _ points, huh?” Hey, there’s two Billy Grahams and folks who used them would make sure I knew which one they meant. And there’s two Raul Castro’s as well. So please, I’m asking you, next year don’t make it harder for me by refusing to allow a well known person the title most know them by, especially when the two names are completely different. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/694 "2013-02-15T20:31:36Z")
Next year, all my picks are going to be pairs with the same names. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/695 "2013-02-15T21:05:17Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > If Benedict XVI dies this year (after 2/28) do we still get credit for him? People got credit for former President Gerald Ford. Granted, he didn’t change his name. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/696 "2013-02-15T21:17:44Z")
So, for 2014, we should use Joseph Ratzinger? ---
**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:** [February 15, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/697 "2013-02-15T21:19:36Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Next year, all my picks are going to be pairs with the same names. You trying to annoy Baker, or what? I want in! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/698 "2013-02-15T22:57:25Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You trying to annoy Baker, or what? > I want in! > > 🙂 Using pairs of the same names is fine, so long as the players distinguish between them, like Billy Graham the evangelist or the wrestler. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/699 "2013-02-15T23:11:10Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You trying to annoy Baker, or what? > I want in! > > 🙂 Bad **flytrap**! No cookies for you!😛 ---
**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:** [February 15, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/700 "2013-02-15T23:40:47Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Bad **flytrap**! No cookies for you!😛 Cookies? We ain’t got no cookies! I don’t have to show you no stinking cookies! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=36)