# 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:** 66
**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:** [May 17, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1301 "2013-05-17T14:09:01Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Oh, so it’s like … no, I don’t get it. Probably a reference to a social disease. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1302 "2013-05-17T23:22:47Z")
[Ken Venturi](http://www.cbssports.com/golf/blog/eye-on-golf/22260415/former-pga-golfer-cbs-broadcaster-ken-venturi-died-on-friday), former US Open Golf Champion and CBS Golf Announcer, dead at 82. Sadly, his long time partner in the golf broadcast booth was Pat Summerall. He was just inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame less than two weeks ago He nearly died of heat exhaustion when he won the 1964 US Open in the Washington DC area. He overcame stuttering to be a well respected golf announcer on CBS for many, many years. I had a golf themed list, but Ken Venturi was not one of my picks. RIP Kenny “Whoa Down” ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1303 "2013-05-18T12:06:33Z")
I doubt anyone had him, but I was dismayed to find out Aubrey Woods died a couple weeks ago. Most well known for playing the candy shop owner and singer of “Candy Man” in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Not an actor most people would know by name (I didn’t), but by face and description, probably fairly well known. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1304 "2013-05-18T12:29:10Z")
Nobody had Aubrey Woods. Several games ago I had a voice actor, Thurl Ravenscroft. He was a unique pick for me when he passed away. Mr. Ravenscroft was a prolific worker, probably best known for two roles. He was the voice of Tony the Tiger, from the beginning of the character, and he sang the song “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”, in _How the Grinch Stole Christmas_ Voice actors rarely get the credit they deserve. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1305 "2013-05-19T16:38:24Z")
Ravenscroft also sang the bass part in the “Grim Grinning Ghosts” song for the Haunted Mansion rides at Disney theme parks. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1306 "2013-05-19T17:56:12Z")
Got one for you to use next year Baker. Alan Young (Wilbur Post from Mr. Ed), who has been the voice of Scrooge McDuck, age 93. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1307 "2013-05-19T21:48:58Z")
Thanks **CAMJAY77** Believe it or not I already had him in standby mode. When I was doing research I listed folks who were at least 95, but kept on going for a couple years less than that, so that if many die I won’t have to look as hard this coming December. Here is how I have Alan Young listed: Alan Young, actor, he was Wilbur. Do I have to explain who Wilbur was? > **[Alan Young - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949241/)** > > Alan Young. Actor: Mister Ed. Alan Young was born in Northern England in 1919, but his Scots father moved the family to Edinburgh, Scotland, when Young was a toddler and then to Canada when Young was about 6 years old. As a boy, he suffered from... With all the old celebrities I listed I really thought I had a chance this year. But so far I have only one point, for Rise Stevens. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1308 "2013-05-20T02:10:19Z")
I know Alan Young more from _The Time Machine_, where he has the same Scottish accent he uses for Scrooge. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1309 "2013-05-20T03:04:04Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Thanks **CAMJAY77** > > Believe it or not I already had him in standby mode. When I was doing research I listed folks who were at least 95, but kept on going for a couple years less than that, so that if many die I won’t have to look as hard this coming December. Here is how I have Alan Young listed: > > Alan Young, actor, he was Wilbur. Do I have to explain who Wilbur was? > [Alan Young - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949241/) > > With all the old celebrities I listed I really thought I had a chance this year. But so far I have only one point, for Rise Stevens. Do you have the Best Actress Academy Award winning sisters who are 95 and 96 years old, or the 103 year old who was the first woman to win two Academy Awards, first actor to win multiple Academy Awards and the first person to win them consecutively? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1310 "2013-05-20T04:21:46Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Voice actors rarely get the credit they deserve. June Foray is 95 and still performing. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1311 "2013-05-20T10:19:13Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > June Foray is 95 and still performing. I had June Foray on my list too, but somebody else also picked her so I took her off. All my selections are at least ninety-five, and are unique picks. > [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Do you have the Best Actress Academy Award winning sisters who are 95 and 96 years old, or the 103 year old who was the first woman to win two Academy Awards, first actor to win multiple Academy Awards and the first person to win them consecutively? Since I’m using unique picks only that’s why I don’t have Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland. And I don’t have the 103 year old because my search was for between ninety-five and one hundred. Of course, now that Douglas Slocombe, the cinematographer has reached one hundred I’ll have to decide whether or not to keep him on the list in December. Doug, go to the light! ---
**Author:** ![jeezums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jeezums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeezums)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1312 "2013-05-20T21:38:33Z")
[Ray Manzarek of the Doors dies at age 74](http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/publicist-ray-manzarek-founding-member-of-the-doors-dies-at-74-from-cancer/2013/05/20/2dec0d86-c193-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_story.html) ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1313 "2013-05-20T21:38:58Z")
Ray Manzarek no longer asking baby to light his fire.[http://www.tmz.com/2013/05/20/ray-manzarek-dead-the-doors-cancer/](http://www.tmz.com/2013/05/20/ray-manzarek-dead-the-doors-cancer/) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1314 "2013-05-20T21:52:28Z")
> [@jeezums](#): > > [Ray Manzarek of the Doors dies at age 74](http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/publicist-ray-manzarek-founding-member-of-the-doors-dies-at-74-from-cancer/2013/05/20/2dec0d86-c193-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_story.html) NOOOOOOOOooooooo!!! ---
**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:** [May 20, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1315 "2013-05-20T22:26:29Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > NOOOOOOOOooooooo!!! I didn’t know that I was that old. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1316 "2013-05-20T22:43:25Z")
> [@jeezums](#): > > [Ray Manzarek of the Doors dies at age 74](http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/publicist-ray-manzarek-founding-member-of-the-doors-dies-at-74-from-cancer/2013/05/20/2dec0d86-c193-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_story.html) I guess he broke on through… ---
**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:** [May 21, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1317 "2013-05-21T01:31:18Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I didn’t know that I was that old. Tell me about it!!! Dang! The Doors, one of my favorite rock bands of all time. _Light My Fire_ one of my favorite songs of all time! ---
**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:** [May 21, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1318 "2013-05-21T01:46:03Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Tell me about it!!! Dang! The Doors, one of my favorite rock bands of all time. _Light My Fire_ one of my favorite songs of all time! I dated a woman in [Tull, Arkansas.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tull,_Arkansas) There are single lane bridges, with drunkards returning to a dry county racing to get across the bridges. A curve near one of these is so steep that I couldn’t see anything over the hood of my Grand Torino except water. Driving home once at 1:00 AM, the radio station played _The End._ It was scary. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 21, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1319 "2013-05-21T03:32:26Z")
At least it was not _Last Kiss_ ---
**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:** [May 21, 2013, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1320 "2013-05-21T11:17:11Z")
> [@For You](#): > > At least it was not _Last Kiss_ Good point. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=67)