# 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:** 68
**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 26, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1341 "2013-05-26T04:25:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Oddly enough, the stroke was 10 months ago and he has been undergoing therapy since then. Sounds like things are going well.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tim-curry-recovering-stroke-558335) That is some stellar reporting there :smack: ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1342 "2013-05-26T05:21:46Z")
So was the accident last week though? ---
**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:** [May 26, 2013, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1343 "2013-05-26T05:51:29Z")
It appears there was some confusion. Curry had a stroke last July and has been recovering. Then he had an accident and collapsed last week. And in some of the reports of the accident, it was reported that he had had a major stroke. Some reports then combined these two pieces of information and said that he had a stroke and collapsed last week. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1344 "2013-05-26T10:37:59Z")
The media really sucks in its reporting, at least some of it. Have they always been this bad or has it gotten worse only recently? I know some initial reporting on past stories has been wrong, but, for example, the reporting on the Conn school shootings last year was terrible beyond belief. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1345 "2013-05-26T13:14:30Z")
It’s the Coked Up Orangutan effect. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1346 "2013-05-26T15:47:35Z")
Johnny Carson and Doc Severinsen’s drummer [Ed Shaughnessy](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ed-shaughnessy-20130526,0,6466298.story) dead at age 84. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1347 "2013-05-27T01:18:43Z")
> [@computergeek](#): > > The media really sucks in its reporting, at least some of it. Have they always been this bad or has it gotten worse only recently? I know some initial reporting on past stories has been wrong, but, for example, the reporting on the Conn school shootings last year was terrible beyond belief. I started a thread on this gem from March: The headline: _Former Playmate Welcomes Baby Boy_ The opening lines of the story: \*Holly Madison has some bunny new to love! The former Girls Next Door star and her boyfriend Pasquale Rotella welcomed a daughter on Tuesday, March 5 in Las Vegas, a source confirms to PEOPLE.\* ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1348 "2013-05-27T02:17:17Z")
**Nemo** -Please explain the problem. Or do you just disdain _People_? ---
**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 27, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1349 "2013-05-27T02:19:52Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **Nemo** -Please explain the problem. Or do you just disdain _People_? The headline says “baby boy” while the story says they had a daughter. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1350 "2013-05-27T02:22:51Z")
That makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1351 "2013-05-27T12:04:41Z")
Wow, that’s pretty bad editing ---
**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:** [May 28, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1352 "2013-05-28T20:18:45Z")
Shades of David Carradane! Author and former NASA staffer Paul Muller dies of autoerotic asphyxiation in Thailand at age 76. [Story here](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/352183/us-author-former-nasa-staffer-paul-muller-dies-in-thailand) ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1353 "2013-05-28T20:46:36Z")
[Robert Dennerly](http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Robert-Dennerly-director-Plymouth-Argyle-died/story-19015473-detail/story.html), former director of Plymouth Argyle FC, dead at 65, has helped push **CAMJAY77** & me further ahead of the pack. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1354 "2013-05-28T21:25:28Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Shades of David Carradane! Author and former NASA staffer Paul Muller dies of autoerotic asphyxiation in Thailand at age 76. > > [Story here](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/352183/us-author-former-nasa-staffer-paul-muller-dies-in-thailand) Someone forgot to bring a spotter… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1355 "2013-05-28T22:35:43Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > [Robert Dennerly](http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Robert-Dennerly-director-Plymouth-Argyle-died/story-19015473-detail/story.html), former director of Plymouth Argyle FC, dead at 65, has helped push **CAMJAY77** & me further ahead of the pack. Dennerly was the last selection you two had in common. From here on out your choices will benefit only yourself when it comes to scoring. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1356 "2013-05-29T00:35:47Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Dennerly was the last selection you two had in common. From here on out your choices will benefit only yourself when it comes to scoring. I can handle that ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1357 "2013-05-29T21:58:17Z")
The death of science fiction writer Jack Vance, at the age of 4 points, lifts **ataraxy22** from a tie for 116th place to a tie for 113th place. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1358 "2013-05-29T23:14:39Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > I can handle that I’m lulling you into a false sense of security. ---
**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 29, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1359 "2013-05-29T23:17:09Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’m lulling you into a false sense of security. Good man. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1360 "2013-05-30T12:56:27Z")
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