# 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:** 70
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1381 "2013-06-01T22:35:53Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Who’d I get? > > Also, what do the 1 and 0 mean? You had Margaret Thatcher. The 1 means you have 1 death so far. The 0 means that none of your picks are unique. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1382 "2013-06-02T00:29:23Z")
Thanks, **etv78** and **Baker**. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1383 "2013-06-02T16:45:19Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > When I was Googling to try to come up with a date of birth for her, I noticed that there was nothing about her in the news since December. However, between having missed her 15 minutes of fame in December, and having been too busy yesterday to devote any time to learning details about her situation, I didn’t think much of it. > > Most scammers of the attention-getting sort can’t resist coming back to the well for more, so to me her having dropped out of sight suggests a greater likelihood of legitimacy. It’s always possible that she never really had cancer, and took the money from “Smile” and decided that was enough. But maybe the targeted therapies she said she was raising money for were real, and have kept her alive this long. > > The absence of any followup stories in the British press is kinda weird, though. Maybe they’ve come to suspect they were played but don’t have solid proof, and as a result, really can’t report further one way or the other. She occasionally posts on twitter (not very often) and has an online blog with more. [HERE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnkX--8RJJY&list=HL1368375269&feature=mh_lolz) she is at “Isle of Man’s Got Talent” show on May 11th. She also has a concert scheduled in June and a BIG EPIC concert in the Villa Marina in October. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1384 "2013-06-03T02:02:25Z")
Some ‘famous’ [Tornado Hunters](http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/02/us/midwest-weather/index.html) got blown away last week while chasing storms. > [@](#): > > Tim Samaras, his son Paul Samaras and Carl Young were killed Friday while following a tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma, relatives told CNN on Sunday. Their work tracking tornadoes was featured on the former Discovery Channel show “Storm Chasers.” ages not given in the article. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1385 "2013-06-03T02:30:45Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Some ‘famous’ [Tornado Hunters](http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/02/us/midwest-weather/index.html) got blown away last week while chasing storms. > > ages not given in the article. This article tells that they were: Tim Samaras was 55 and his son Paul was 24. Carl Young was 45 and was from South Lake Tahoe, which straddles the California - Nevada border.[http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/colorado-storm-chaser-tim-samaras-killed-in-oklahoma-tornado-along-with-son-longtime-partner](http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/colorado-storm-chaser-tim-samaras-killed-in-oklahoma-tornado-along-with-son-longtime-partner) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1386 "2013-06-03T15:24:23Z")
NJ [Sen. Frank Lautenberg](http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/06/03/18722718-new-jerseys-frank-lautenberg-dies-at-age-89?lite), dead at 89. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1387 "2013-06-04T10:09:55Z")
NFL defensive lineman Deacon Jones, [sacked by the Grim Reaper at 74](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBN_OBIT_DEACON_JONES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-06-04-02-27-50) ---
**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:** [June 5, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1388 "2013-06-05T21:18:24Z")
Indian-American actress Jiah Khan dead, in an apparent suicide, at age 25. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1389 "2013-06-06T14:22:47Z")
John Noel, reporter on NBC’s New York affiliate, has died from brain cancer. No age yet as this news comes from my sister, who works at the hospice in which he passed away. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1390 "2013-06-06T14:43:41Z")
Jefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington [killed in a car crash at age 67](http://www.today.com/entertainment/jefferson-airplane-drummer-joey-covington-dies-car-crash-6C10223330). ---
**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:** [June 6, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1391 "2013-06-06T16:49:32Z")
[Tom Sharpe, satirical novelist of ‘Wilt’ and ‘Porterhouse Blue,’ dies at 85](http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/486dcd24c90f427381782ddd48f14602/EU-Britain-Obit-Sharpe) ---
**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:** [June 6, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1392 "2013-06-06T17:55:05Z")
Esther Williams down the drain at 91. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1393 "2013-06-06T21:10:33Z")
Busy day. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1394 "2013-06-06T21:26:42Z")
I guess the Grim Reaper is making up for all those times he leaves us hanging and deathless. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1395 "2013-06-07T01:01:54Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Esther Williams down the drain at 91. I had no idea she was still alive! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1396 "2013-06-07T16:18:25Z")
The Grim Reaper has successfully stalk serial Killer Richard Ramirez. Can’t find a working link, but it is all over twitter-verse. He was 53. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1397 "2013-06-07T16:54:13Z")
[Article](http://news.kron4.com/news/night-stalker-dead-of-natural-causes/) to Night Stalker’s death. Trivia factoid. He was born on Feb 29th. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1398 "2013-06-07T18:08:06Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [Article](http://news.kron4.com/news/night-stalker-dead-of-natural-causes/) to Night Stalker’s death. Trivia factoid. He was born on Feb 29th. Does that mean he was actually 212 years old? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1399 "2013-06-08T13:08:41Z")
Nelson Mandela hospitalized in serious condition. > **[World News: Latest International Headlines, Video, and Breaking Stories From...](https://www.nbcnews.com/world?lite)** > > Get the latest news, updates, and video from around the globe. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1400 "2013-06-08T16:29:12Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Nelson Mandela hospitalized in serious condition. > > [http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/\_news/2013/06/08/18839518-mandela-94-hospitalized-in-serious-condition-with-lung-infection?lite](http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/08/18839518-mandela-94-hospitalized-in-serious-condition-with-lung-infection?lite) I wouldn’t get my hopes up, he apparently drinks from the same well Zsa Zsa does… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=71)