# 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:** 72
**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 14, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1421 "2013-06-14T09:52:13Z")
Jiroemon Kimura, the oldest man in human history (at least of verifiable age) has died. No points as he was 116 years old. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1422 "2013-06-18T23:45:18Z")
Journalist [Michael Hastings](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29), killed in a car crash at 33. Don’t know if he’s well-known enough to be considered a celebrity, but it’s been a quiet few days for celeb deaths, so what the hey. ---
**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 19, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1423 "2013-06-19T16:29:32Z")
News Flash! Slim Whitman still alive! At least until recently. Now he’s dead at 90. Who knew? > **[Country legend Slim Whitman dies at age 90](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/country-legend-slim-whitman-dies-at-age-90)** > > His son-in-law, Roy Beagle, says Whitman died Wednesday of heart failure. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1424 "2013-06-19T17:09:50Z")
I saw Slim Whitman in concert! about 30 yrs ago. Did he really more popular than Elvis in England? as the commercials claim? RIP Slim. RoOoOOoOOOOose Marie ---
**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 19, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1425 "2013-06-19T17:54:22Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Journalist [Michael Hastings](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29), killed in a car crash at 33. Don’t know if he’s well-known enough to be considered a celebrity, but it’s been a quiet few days for celeb deaths, so what the hey. Any sign of conspiracy theories? He’s the guy who “outed” Gen. McCrystal for disparraging comments about Afghan war policy from the Obama administration? ---
**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 19, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1426 "2013-06-19T17:55:36Z")
[Best-selling author Vince Flynn dies at age 47](http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/national/Bestselling-author-Vince-Flynn-dies-at-age-47_39097822) ---
**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 19, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1427 "2013-06-19T18:50:55Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Any sign of conspiracy theories? He’s the guy who “outed” Gen. McCrystal for disparraging comments about Afghan war policy from the Obama administration? That is really shitty conspiracy. “To stop you from publishing we will kill you 3 years after your article is published and no one remembers it or cares about it anymore.” ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1428 "2013-06-19T18:55:46Z")
Former NY Football Giants punter, [Dave Jennings](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-giants-punter-dave-jennings-180144741--nfl.html) has passed away at 61 ---
**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 19, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1429 "2013-06-19T19:56:46Z")
> [@FuriousGeorge](#): > > Former NY Football Giants punter, [Dave Jennings](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-giants-punter-dave-jennings-180144741--nfl.html) has passed away at 61 Shit.:mad: I’m a big Giants fan and he was one of the good guys. I thought he did a good job on the radio too. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1430 "2013-06-19T23:32:36Z")
Looking for confirmation, but apparently [James Gandolfini](http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/19/james-gandolfini-dead-dies-italy/) stopped believin’. ---
**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 19, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1431 "2013-06-19T23:47:09Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Looking for confirmation, but apparently [James Gandolfini](http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/19/james-gandolfini-dead-dies-italy/) stopped believin’. Confirmed by CNN. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1432 "2013-06-20T00:09:50Z")
Aw, geez, he’s got an eight month old daughter. 51 is too young. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1433 "2013-06-20T00:12:47Z")
> [@FuriousGeorge](#): > > Former NY Football Giants punter, [Dave Jennings](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-giants-punter-dave-jennings-180144741--nfl.html) has passed away at 61 > [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Looking for confirmation, but apparently [James Gandolfini](http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/19/james-gandolfini-dead-dies-italy/) stopped believin’. [Jimmy Hoffa’s](http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/19/us/michigan-hoffa-search/index.html?hpt=hp_t2) not in Michigan, he’s gptta be at Giants Stadium, to complete the New Jersey trifecta for today. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1434 "2013-06-20T00:41:26Z")
God fuckin’ damn it, apparently the secret to a long and healthy life is to be in my death pool. And on a serious note, if that’s permitted here, Gandolfini was too damn young. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1435 "2013-06-20T01:59:03Z")
The reports are saying they think it was a heart attack. And yes, too damn young. He was only a year older than me. ---
**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 20, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1436 "2013-06-20T03:39:22Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Confirmed by CNN. Here’s the link:[http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/19/showbiz/james-gandolfini-obituary/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/19/showbiz/james-gandolfini-obituary/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1437 "2013-06-20T15:19:07Z")
I guess the Sopranos reunion movie is now scrapped. 😉 too soon? :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1438 "2013-06-20T16:04:50Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I guess the Sopranos reunion movie is now scrapped. 😉 > > too soon? :eek: 😃 Not at all, at least AFAIAC. Of course, when John Lennon was shot, the very first thought through my head when I heard the news was basically “so much for all the talk of the Beatles ever getting back together.” So I may not be exactly representative… ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1439 "2013-06-20T19:30:38Z")
Make room for me in that handbasket. Second thing I thought (after “WHAAAAAAA?!”) was “So now there’ll never be a Sopranos movie.” I know it sounds cold, but when you get down to it, an actor is a product. A lot of actors would do well to remember that. ---
**Author:** ![BACI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1440 "2013-06-20T23:49:17Z")
Renowned Australian painter and resident of Tuscany [Jeffrey Smart](http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/jeffrey-smart-dead-at-91-20130621-2omk1.html) will paint no more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=71) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=73)