# 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:** 53
**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:** [March 26, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1041 "2013-03-26T22:07:38Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I’d say you gained some ground. You’re in second place now! dammit. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1042 "2013-03-26T22:17:20Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I’d say you gained some ground. You’re in second place now! Gained no points on first place is what I meant. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1043 "2013-03-26T22:35:51Z")
[Virgil Trucks,](http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9097185/virgil-trucks-threw-2-no-hitters-1952-dies-95) who pitched two no-hitters for the Detroit Tigers during the 1952 season, has died at the age of 95. Trucks won only five games that year as the Tigers lost 104 times, but had helped Detroit win the 1945 World Series over the Chicago Cubs, and then won 20 games the year after he accomplished his “double no-hit” feat. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1044 "2013-03-26T22:36:06Z")
Bernadette “Bernie” Nolan is in hospice and doesn’t have much time left. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1045 "2013-03-27T01:38:42Z")
**CAMJAY** , if Nolan dies before her birthday in October you would be in the lead by three points. Of course that’s assuming none of Registered at Last’s other picks die before hand. ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1046 "2013-03-27T17:42:06Z")
Awaiting an official link, but WSCR in Chicago is reporting that former Chicago Bulls player and broadcaster Tom Boerwinkle has died at age 66. ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1047 "2013-03-27T17:55:42Z")
The link to Boerwinkle’s death: [http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2013-03-27/tom-boerwinkle-dies-tennessee-volunteers-all-american-passes-away](http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2013-03-27/tom-boerwinkle-dies-tennessee-volunteers-all-american-passes-away) And he was 67, not 66. ---
**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 29, 2013, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1048 "2013-03-29T11:17:36Z")
Uncle Vernon will trouble Harry Potter no more. [Richard Griffiths, aged 65](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21973505). And as a side note… I can’t believe he was only 65. He’s been old forever. ---
**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 29, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1049 "2013-03-29T12:55:42Z")
Screenwriter Don Payne died of cancer at 48. He wrote scripts for _The Simpsons_ and several super-hero movies: _My Super Ex-Girlfriend_, _Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer_, and _Thor_. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1050 "2013-03-29T13:22:12Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Uncle Vernon will trouble Harry Potter no more. > [Richard Griffiths, aged 65](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21973505). > And as a side note… I can’t believe he was only 65. He’s been old forever. ☹ Very, very sad to hear of this. He is more than Uncle Vernon. He’s in a ton of things. Sleepy Hollow Hitchhiker’s Guide Many others. I guess he had heart surgery and died. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1051 "2013-03-29T20:49:43Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Uncle Vernon will trouble Harry Potter no more. > [Richard Griffiths, aged 65](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21973505). > And as a side note… I can’t believe he was only 65. He’s been old forever. I could have sworn somebody had picked this guy but I’ve checked and nobody had selected him. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1052 "2013-03-29T20:56:53Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I could have sworn somebody had picked this guy but I’ve checked and nobody had selected him. Oh, you just forgot, baker. East to do. Say, I forgot your Pay Pal address. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1053 "2013-03-29T23:39:09Z")
I think I had him last year, but not this year. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1054 "2013-03-30T07:02:00Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > I think I had him last year, but not this year. I checked back on my last year’s data and yep, you had Griffiths _ **last year** _! ☹ ---
**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 30, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1055 "2013-03-30T14:42:39Z")
Professional wrestler Reid Flair, son of Ric Flair, [dead at 75 points.](http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/21829867/reid-flair-dead-ric-flair-fliehr-wrestling-hotel-charlotte) ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1056 "2013-03-30T17:11:58Z")
Per [Billboard](http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/1555083/producer-phil-ramone-dead-at-72), legendary music producer Phil Ramone has died at 72. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1057 "2013-03-30T20:38:43Z")
Your link now says 79. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1058 "2013-03-30T21:52:17Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Professional wrestler Reid Flair, son of Ric Flair, [dead at 75 points.](http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/21829867/reid-flair-dead-ric-flair-fliehr-wrestling-hotel-charlotte) **candide** picked the wrong Flair. The father, Ric, would be a unique pick. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1059 "2013-03-30T22:09:02Z")
: pencils Ric Flair in on my list for next year : Reason for Editing: because :pencils ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1060 "2013-04-01T13:47:56Z")
A bunch of peeps just died at the age of 0. A tragic waste of 100 points. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=54)