# 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:** 63
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1241 "2013-04-26T15:49:20Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [Country music star George Jones has died at age 81](http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/26/showbiz/music/obit-george-jones/index.html). He stopped loving her today. ARRGH! Ninjaed! ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1242 "2013-04-26T15:57:56Z")
They hung a wreath upon his door. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1243 "2013-04-26T18:40:43Z")
1 Registered at Last 300 9 1 2 CAMJAY77 219 6 0 3 CowPatty 155 4 1 4 Ms Whatsit 151 5 0 5 zoog 150 4 1 6 Fear Itself 149 3 1 7 Duckster 141 4 0 7 phungi 141 4 0 9 Captain Klutz 138 4 0 9 carnivorousplant 138 4 1 11 5 time champ 135 5 0 12 Dusty Rose 133 4 0 12 Sarabellum1976 133 4 0 14 jeezums 129 4 1 15 Walkabout 119 3 0 16 Tangent 116 4 0 17 bowlergirl 103 3 0 17 computergeek 103 3 0 17 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 103 3 0 17 Jack Batty 103 3 0 21 Dung Beetle 95 3 0 21 Tit Whistle 95 3 0 21 VunderBob 95 3 0 21 Wheelz 95 3 0 25 tarfu 94 3 0 26 Loach 91 3 0 27 Kolak of Twilo 86 3 0 27 Tamex 86 3 0 29 GIGObuster 84 3 0 30 12543 73 2 0 30 42fish 73 2 0 30 a35362 73 2 0 30 Captain Lance Murdoch 73 2 0 30 imthjckaz 73 2 0 30 Mahaloth 73 2 0 30 Mona Lott 73 2 0 30 popejt 73 2 0 30 Squonk 73 2 0 39 Hoopy Frood 72 2 0 39 irritant 72 2 0 39 J-P L 72 2 0 39 Little Nemo 72 2 0 39 Suburban Plankton 72 2 0 44 Cumbrian 71 2 0 45 Mehitabel 67 3 0 46 MadTheSwine 66 2 0 46 Shirley Ujest 65 3 0 48 booklover 64 2 0 49 Dolores Reborn 61 2 0 49 Happy Lendervedder 61 2 0 51 anyrose 55 2 0 51 BobArrgh 55 2 0 51 Boozahol Squid, P.I. 55 2 0 51 Cicero 55 2 0 51 Fiendish Astronaut 55 2 0 51 Monstera deliciosa 55 2 0 51 Quartz 55 2 0 51 santorum 55 2 0 59 Allecher 44 2 0 60 Eleanor of Aquitaine 43 2 0 61 appleciders 42 1 0 61 BACI 42 1 0 61 Bewildebeest 42 1 0 61 Boxermom 42 1 0 61 Chimera 42 1 0 61 Disheavel 42 1 0 61 Enuma Elish 42 1 0 61 Hockey Monkey 42 1 0 61 Jeep’s Phoenix 42 1 0 61 Kalea 42 1 0 61 Library1900 42 1 0 61 Long Time First Time 42 1 0 61 Mustardseed 42 1 0 61 orderfire 42 1 0 61 Premislaus 42 1 0 61 Qin Shi Huangdi 42 1 0 61 RandMcnally 42 1 0 61 Rico 42 1 0 61 tarragon918 42 1 0 61 tim-n-va 42 1 0 61 Wallet 42 1 0 82 Sternvogel 41 2 0 83 Andrew21 37 4 1 84 Clothilde 31 1 0 84 Mean Mr. Mustard 31 1 0 84 minionkat 31 1 0 84 pojonen 31 1 0 88 chargerrich 30 1 0 88 NotherYinzer 30 1 0 88 rucciface 30 1 0 88 Small Hen 30 1 0 88 Spoiler Virgin 30 1 0 93 Spiff 29 1 0 94 Borborygmi 24 1 0 94 NurseCarmen 24 1 0 96 Maus Magill 22 1 0 97 gwendee 19 1 0 97 Lok 19 1 0 97 missred 19 1 0 97 Spazcat 19 2 1 101 garygnu 18 1 0 102 bassett hound 13 1 0 102 cazwhatever 13 1 0 102 D-bear 13 1 0 102 For You 13 1 0 102 Johnny L.A. 13 1 0 102 Kasper1014 13 1 0 102 Locrian 13 1 0 102 mdcastleman 13 1 0 102 Paul Parkhead 13 1 0 102 Zeke N. Destroi 13 1 0 112 CreaseMunky 12 1 0 112 kayT 12 1 0 114 batsto 11 1 1 115 etv78 8 1 0 115 Tazmanian Devil 8 1 0 115 zamboniracer 8 1 0 118 Baker 1 1 1 ---
**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 26, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1244 "2013-04-26T19:34:06Z")
And soon they’ll carry him away. Anybody get points for George Jones? Not me, of course. All my picks are doing much better now. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1245 "2013-04-26T20:13:33Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > And soon they’ll carry him away. > > Anybody get points for George Jones? Not me, of course. All my picks are doing much better now. HOLY CRAP! I have him! I GOT POINTS!! 🙂 But the Possum is gone now. ☹ ---
**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 26, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1246 "2013-04-26T21:04:02Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > HOLY CRAP! I have him! I GOT POINTS!! 🙂 > > But the Possum is gone now. ☹ He’s havin’ some corn squeezin’s with his pappy right now. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1247 "2013-04-26T21:52:57Z")
Five players had Jones, Lok, missred, gwendee, CowPatty, and Sternvogel. CowPatty is now in 3rd place, thanks to George. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1248 "2013-04-26T22:29:08Z")
Who’s gonna fill his shoes? Not the way I wanted to get kicked off this year. ☹ RIP Possum ---
**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:** [April 28, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1249 "2013-04-28T17:48:46Z")
Former Atlanta Brave pitcher Rick Camp died April 25 at age 59. The highlight of his career was in 1985, where he hit a home run in the 18th inning of a 19 inning game: > **[Rick Camp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Camp)** > > Rick Lamar Camp (June 10, 1953 – April 25, 2013), was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for a total of nine seasons with the Atlanta Braves between 1976 and 1985. > Camp was born in Trion, Georgia, and was best known for hitting a game-tying 18th-inning home run on a game that began on July 4, 1985, and ended on July 5th, against the New York Mets with two outs and an 0-2 count off Tom Gorman; this was the only home run of his twelve-season pro car... ---
**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 30, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1250 "2013-04-30T13:41:52Z")
[Tim Taylor, 71; led Olympic team, top coach for Yale](http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_14_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNFws_BmOwa55GsdSxQ5jeGLi3gZZQ&cid=52778135598186&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bostonglobe.com%2Fmetro%2F2013%2F04%2F29%2Ftim-taylor-yale-winningest-hockey-coach-headed-olympic-hockey-squad%2FXqviMTsyWIg5gFH9ZfSwyH%2Fstory.html&ei=lMd_UaitMpSztweSpAE&sig2=vuoCXZp6H6ACBH_8rLiVUA&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&did=-7773826131741598732&sid=en_us%3As&ssid=s) Lifelong hockey player, coach and leader. Prostate cancer. Died the 27th of April. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2013, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1251 "2013-05-01T10:54:25Z")
Deanna Durbin, at 91, has died. 9 points don’t make me feel less sad at the passing of a woman I put on my very first list because she was so old… 12 years ago. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1252 "2013-05-01T12:09:47Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Deanna Durbin, at 91, has died. 9 points don’t make me feel less sad at the passing of a woman I put on my very first list because she was so old… 12 years ago. And here’s a link: [http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/2013/05/01/18/05/deanna-durbin-dead-at-91](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/2013/05/01/18/05/deanna-durbin-dead-at-91) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1253 "2013-05-01T16:19:00Z")
D.D. is a unique pick for **Eliahna**. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1254 "2013-05-02T03:02:26Z")
[Chris Kelly, half of Kris Kross, has died in Atlanta at the age of 34.](http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news%2Fentertainment&id=9087334) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1255 "2013-05-02T05:48:17Z")
Was he the Mac Daddy or the Daddy Mac? I’ll wear my clothes backwards tomorrow in his memory. Jump, jump! ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1256 "2013-05-02T14:30:50Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Was he the Mac Daddy or the Daddy Mac? > > I’ll wear my clothes backwards tomorrow in his memory. > > Jump, jump! He was Mac Daddy. Kris Kross will make you drop! drop! Mac Daddy will make you drop! drop! O.D.s will make you drop! drop! ---
**Author:** ![jeezums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jeezums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeezums)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1257 "2013-05-03T00:07:31Z")
[Slayer Guitarist Jeff Hanneman Dead at 49](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1560534/slayer-guitarist-jeff-hanneman-dead-at-49) ---
**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:** [May 3, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1258 "2013-05-03T14:43:33Z")
Did any one have the guy from Slayer? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1259 "2013-05-03T22:42:56Z")
Nope, they didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1260 "2013-05-04T03:59:43Z")
[Andrew J. Offut](http://www.sfwa.org/2013/05/in-memoriam-andrew-j-offutt/), science fiction and fantasy writer, has died. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=64)