# 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:** 51
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1001 "2013-03-17T01:04:18Z")
Former Washington state [governor Booth Gardner](http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020576771_gardnerobitxml.html) – decent guy but also a bit of a twit – leaves 24 points up in the air. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1002 "2013-03-17T03:27:59Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Yes, I didn’t agree with a lot of Bush, Sr. politics, but I respected him as I did not respect his son. Easy for you to say. He made you Secretary of State. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1003 "2013-03-17T19:41:00Z")
The inspiration for the crazed fan in the \*Natural \*passed away last December. This was just reported today. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1004 "2013-03-18T20:12:48Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > The inspiration for the crazed fan in the \*Natural \*passed away last December. This was just reported today. [Here is an obituary](http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/sports&id=9031629) of the woman, Ruth Ann Steinhagen, who was 83 when she died. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1005 "2013-03-18T21:12:45Z")
Well, nobody last year had her, sorry to say. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1006 "2013-03-19T00:56:51Z")
Are You Being Served? has lost its final original cast member, Frank Thornton, at the age of 92. Frank played Captain Peacock, and not only would I have guessed that he had died years ago, but I would never have thought he’d be the last cast member standing. [http://m.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/are-you-being-served-actor-thornton-dies-20130319-2gc75.html](http://m.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/are-you-being-served-actor-thornton-dies-20130319-2gc75.html) ---
**Author:** ![BACI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1007 "2013-03-19T01:47:14Z")
I hope Mrs Slocombe’s pussy is not too upset… ---
**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:** [March 19, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1008 "2013-03-19T02:14:54Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Are You Being Served? has lost its final original cast member, Frank Thornton, at the age of 92. Frank played Captain Peacock, and not only would I have guessed that he had died years ago, but I would never have thought he’d be the last cast member standing. > [Are You Being Served? actor Thornton dies](http://m.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/are-you-being-served-actor-thornton-dies-20130319-2gc75.html) Nicholas Smith (Mr Rumbold) is still alive. Surprisingly, Smith was only a month older than Trevor Bannister. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1009 "2013-03-19T02:32:56Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Nicholas Smith (Mr Rumbold) is still alive. > > Surprisingly, Smith was only a month older than Trevor Bannister. That’s what I get for trusting an Australian publication 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1010 "2013-03-19T03:36:49Z")
Former [Oklahoma QB Steve Davis](http://www.blatanthomerism.com/2013-articles/march/legendary-oklahoma-quarterback-steve-davis-dies-in-plane-crash.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed), age 60, died in Plane Crash Sunday Night in Indiana. > [@](#): > > A product of Sallisaw, Okla., he came to OU in 1971 and was eighth among eight quarterbacks on the roster. Two years later he beat out four others to become the starting quarterback. Davis started 34 games for the Sooners from 1973-75 and helped Oklahoma to national championships in 1974 and 1975. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1011 "2013-03-19T21:00:53Z")
Bobby Smith, lead singer of The Spinners, [dies at 76.](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/03/19/spinners-lead-singer-bobby-smith-dies/2000219/) ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1012 "2013-03-19T23:56:06Z")
[Michael Roarty, This Bud’s for you](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-michael-roarty-20130319,0,1738497.story) ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1013 "2013-03-20T00:46:24Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Nicholas Smith (Mr Rumbold) is still alive. > > Surprisingly, Smith was only a month older than Trevor Bannister. They even quote Smith in the article! So long, Captain Peacock. RIP. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1014 "2013-03-20T21:49:05Z")
[Harry Reems](http://todayentertainment.today.com/_news/2013/03/20/17389752-deep-throat-star-harry-reems-dies-at-65?lite), not just another pretty face, dead at 65. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1015 "2013-03-21T08:20:28Z")
[James Herbert, 69.](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/2013/03/21/04/53/british-horror-author-james-herbert-dies) ---
**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:** [March 21, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1016 "2013-03-21T13:45:34Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > [Harry Reems](http://todayentertainment.today.com/_news/2013/03/20/17389752-deep-throat-star-harry-reems-dies-at-65?lite), not just another pretty face, dead at 65. That would be 35 inches. I mean points, 35 points. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1017 "2013-03-21T14:38:44Z")
[Rena Golden, former CNN news anchor](http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/21/world/rena-golden-obit/index.html?hpt=hp_t5). She was 51. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1018 "2013-03-21T16:31:51Z")
It’s kind of sad, all these recent deaths and the points are going to waste because nobody had them!☹ ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1019 "2013-03-21T19:02:09Z")
Yes, that is sad. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tarfu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tarfu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarfu)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1020 "2013-03-22T13:22:54Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > [Harry Reems](http://todayentertainment.today.com/_news/2013/03/20/17389752-deep-throat-star-harry-reems-dies-at-65?lite), not just another pretty face, dead at 65. He just came and went… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=52)