# 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:** 76
**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:** [July 6, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1501 "2013-07-06T02:00:05Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > Just wait 'til next year, the Sophomore Slump is a bitch. 😃 > > Says the lady who has 13 apparently perfectly healthy sports stars on her list… The Senior Slump ain’t so great, either. 🙂 Nineteenth! I was tied for No.2 for a bit. I coulda been a contenda! ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1502 "2013-07-06T02:05:10Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The Senior Slump ain’t so great, either. 🙂 > > Nineteenth! I was tied for No.2 for a bit. > I coulda been a contenda! It’s only early July. Plenty of time left ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1503 "2013-07-07T02:16:54Z")
**cp** , Voldem **a** rt? “Flight from Groceries?” ---
**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:** [July 7, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1504 "2013-07-07T04:59:33Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > **cp** , Voldem **a** rt? > > “Flight from Groceries?” Say what? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1505 "2013-07-07T05:10:44Z")
“Voldemort” is French for “flight from death.” How come you have the Dark Lord’s name misspelled? [apologies for hijack] ---
**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:** [July 7, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1506 "2013-07-07T12:36:34Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > “Voldemort” is French for “flight from death.” > > How come you have the Dark Lord’s name misspelled? > > [apologies for hijack] A typo. Thank you for pointing it out. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 7, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1507 "2013-07-07T15:01:10Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > How come you have the Dark Lord’s name misspelled? He whose name cannot be spelled. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1508 "2013-07-07T15:33:15Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > He whose name cannot be spelled. You mean Lord MoldyFart? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1509 "2013-07-07T17:46:59Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > **cp** , Voldem **a** rt? “Shop smart. Shop Volde-Mart”. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1510 "2013-07-07T18:04:24Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > “Shop smart. Shop Volde-Mart”. Oh, the shame! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1511 "2013-07-08T00:12:58Z")
Looks like I picked a hell of a year to move [Theresa Heinz Kerry](http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/john-kerry-wife-93799.html) to my B list. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1512 "2013-07-08T03:46:12Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Looks like I picked a hell of a year to move [Theresa Heinz Kerry](http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/john-kerry-wife-93799.html) to my B list. Does anyone have Momma T on their list? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1513 "2013-07-08T10:13:06Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Looks like I picked a hell of a year to move [Theresa Heinz Kerry](http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/john-kerry-wife-93799.html) to my B list. You had her for at least the last two years! See what giving up does? ---
**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:** [July 8, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1514 "2013-07-08T13:25:52Z")
From the “Karma’s a bitch” dept.: [Bone snatcher Michael Mastromarino dies of bone cancer](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/body-snatcher-michael-mastromarino-dead-article-1.1392503) ---
**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:** [July 8, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1515 "2013-07-08T22:54:52Z")
Country singer Randy Travis is hospitalized in critical condition with a viral heart infection,[his publicist said Monday.](http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/08/showbiz/randy-travis-hospitalized/index.html) ---
**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:** [July 9, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1516 "2013-07-09T01:59:40Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > From the “Karma’s a bitch” dept.: [Bone snatcher Michael Mastromarino dies of bone cancer](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/body-snatcher-michael-mastromarino-dead-article-1.1392503) \HA-ha!\ ---
**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:** [July 9, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1517 "2013-07-09T19:58:59Z")
[AltaVista](http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/07/08/yahoo-shuts-down-internet-relic-altavista/2499419/), dead at 20. (Although there might be some obscure rule preventing points here…) ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1518 "2013-07-09T21:13:59Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > _“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!“_ > > Well, here we go for 2013! I’m **Baker** , your Death Mistress, with the power of life and death over the choices made here. Nothing much has _ **really** _ changed with the rules, but it never hurts to list them all again. > > The Rules: > 3. Valid picks are not: > > a. already dead > b. a fictional character > c. \*\* non-human \*\* > d. under age 18 at death > e. a registered member of the SDMB, 'cause that would be weird > f. political prisoners, 'cause we’re macabre but not THAT macabre. > g. famous solely as a result of their illness or associated actions/events. See bolded part ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1519 "2013-07-10T03:45:38Z")
Good Night John-Boy Good Night [Mr Godsey](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/waltons-actor-joe-conley-dies-581742) Joe Conley, Ike Godsey on the Waltons, dies at age 85. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1520 "2013-07-10T04:41:09Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Good Night John-Boy Probably should be Jim-Bob. I think he worked at the Store. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=75) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=77)