# 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:** 59
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1161 "2013-04-09T04:32:22Z")
Tied for 2nd to last! (among players w/pts) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1162 "2013-04-09T21:35:20Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > They just announced on the radio Annette Funiciello dead at 30 points - I had her on my list for years, but not this year, dammit. > [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Who’s the leader of the club that has flat EKGs? > > A-N-N-E-T-T-E is dead, you see! Multiple…starts with “M” Scolerois…and an “S” MS did her in. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1163 "2013-04-09T22:55:00Z")
Wow. This week has been busy with Ebert passage and the Iron Lady. Ebert will be missed. I have no feelings about Maggie dying either way. It’s just business. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1164 "2013-04-11T07:10:38Z")
Nobel prize winner [Sir Robert Edwards](http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/10/health/obit-edwards-ivf/), IVF pioneer, has died at 87. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1165 "2013-04-11T22:53:34Z")
I should be happy because I have more points than last year. I should be happy. I shouldn’t wish for any deaths. Even if they are old and have lived a full life. Even if they are assholes and the world would be better without them. Even if . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goddammit, I hate (love) this game. :smack: ---
**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:** [April 11, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1166 "2013-04-11T23:02:26Z")
> [@Enuma\_Elish](#): > > Goddammit, I hate (love) this game. > > :smack: Chill out, you’re gonna bust somethin’. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1167 "2013-04-11T23:08:27Z")
I live in Wisconsin. The average daily temperature this time of year is 52 degrees F. It has been in the 20s and 30s and rainy/icy/snowy for the last 3 weeks. I’m a bit on edge. :eek: ---
**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:** [April 11, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1168 "2013-04-11T23:12:48Z")
> [@Enuma\_Elish](#): > > I live in Wisconsin. The average daily temperature this time of year is 52 degrees F. It has been in the 20s and 30s and rainy/icy/snowy for the last 3 weeks. > > I’m a bit on edge. :eek: So, pick Wisconsin celebrities next year. 🙂 You gotta have slippery roads around there. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1169 "2013-04-12T00:10:34Z")
I picked Brett Favre last year and Bart Starr this year. Until I get a small return on my investment, I’m not willing to put more in the pot.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1170 "2013-04-12T17:25:42Z")
[Jonathan Winters](http://www.tmz.com/2013/04/12/jonathan-winters-dies-dead/) would have been good for 13 points. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1171 "2013-04-12T18:02:20Z")
What a waste of such a talent ---
**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:** [April 12, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1172 "2013-04-12T19:21:16Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > What a waste of such a talent Not to mention 13 points I still don’t have. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1173 "2013-04-12T21:12:31Z")
[Former New York City Ballet prima ballerina Maria Tallchief dies in Chicago at **…**](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/former-new-york-city-ballet-prima-ballerina-maria-tallchief-dies-in-chicago-at-age-88/2013/04/12/c9b5dbdc-a395-11e2-bd52-614156372695_story.html) 88. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1174 "2013-04-12T22:23:10Z")
> [@Allecher](#): > > [Jonathan Winters](http://www.tmz.com/2013/04/12/jonathan-winters-dies-dead/) would have been good for 13 points. One of the funniest men ever. And another Mad, Mad, World cast member has gone. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1175 "2013-04-12T23:05:09Z")
I loved Winters in _The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming!_ _We’ve got to get organized!_ ---
**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:** [April 13, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1176 "2013-04-13T02:02:24Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I loved Winters in _The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming!_ > > _We’ve got to get organized!_ One of the best movies of ever 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1177 "2013-04-13T02:07:02Z")
> [@For You](#): > > One of the best movies of ever 😃 I even loved the corny ending. Does anyone have a translation of the Russian dialogue I wonder? there were no subtitles. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1178 "2013-04-13T21:50:51Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I loved Winters in _The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming!_ > > _We’ve got to get organized!_ > [@For You](#): > > One of the best movies of ever 😃 As always, there are major differences between the movie (_TRACTRAC_) and the book it was based on (_The Off-Islanders_, by Nathaniel Benchley). The book is every bit as screwy as the movie, though, so while Hollywood didn’t stick to the story exactly they at least kept to the spirit of it. This is one of the few cases I can think of where I like the movie as much as I do the book, and will heartily recommend both. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1179 "2013-04-14T01:35:12Z")
Baker - on this site [The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966) - Reference View - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060921/combined) if you scroll down to the section called: Do You Know, there are translations of the subtitles. (I don’t know if this is complete - but there seem to be a a lot.) ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1180 "2013-04-14T15:26:59Z")
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