# 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:** 80
**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 31, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1581 "2013-07-31T22:01:07Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > [Ali Maow Maalin](http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/07/31/206947581/last-person-to-get-smallpox-dedicated-his-life-to-ending-polio), the last man on Earth who survived smallpox, dead at 59. > > Now no one living has ever had smallpox. Think about that. Cool! ---
**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:** [August 1, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1582 "2013-08-01T02:14:27Z")
[Oscar Schectman](http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/oscar-ossie-schectman-dies-at-94-scored-first-nba-basket/2013/07/31/6f3a6568-f9f5-11e2-9bde-7ddaa186b751_story.html), scorer of the first NBA basket, dead at 94. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1583 "2013-08-01T04:53:15Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Oscar Schectman](http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/oscar-ossie-schectman-dies-at-94-scored-first-nba-basket/2013/07/31/6f3a6568-f9f5-11e2-9bde-7ddaa186b751_story.html), scorer of the first NBA basket, dead at 94. On a non-death parallel: The 1st man to ever bat in MLB history went into Cooperstown this past week. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1584 "2013-08-01T15:56:04Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > [Ali Maow Maalin](http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/07/31/206947581/last-person-to-get-smallpox-dedicated-his-life-to-ending-polio), the last man on Earth who survived smallpox, dead at 59. > > Now no one living has ever had smallpox. Think about that. It appears that a Bengali woman, Rahima Banu Begum, contracted the Variola Major strain in '83 at age 2 and she is still alive. So, almost. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1585 "2013-08-01T19:56:13Z")
Probably pushing the definition of celebrity but Robbie Robertson put a nice statement on his page announcing the death of Rick Danko’s widow Elizabeth. Made me sad.☹ ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1586 "2013-08-02T05:51:31Z")
[Robert Bellah, preeminent American sociologist of religion, dies at 86](http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/08/01/robert-bellah-obit/) Not so much a celebrity as a known academic, but I still read “Bowling Alone” probably two or three times. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1587 "2013-08-03T02:12:51Z")
[Michael Ansara](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/03/arts/michael-ansara-actor-who-played-cochise-and-kang-dies-at-91.html?_r=0). Among other things, former husband of Barbara Eden, has died at 9 points. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1588 "2013-08-03T02:53:16Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > [Michael Ansara](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/03/arts/michael-ansara-actor-who-played-cochise-and-kang-dies-at-91.html?_r=0). Among other things, former husband of Barbara Eden, has died at 9 points. I remember his reprising the role of Kang on DS9, but not Voyager. Someone please refresh my memory. And, dammit, I didn’t have him. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1589 "2013-08-03T10:05:39Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > And, dammit, I didn’t have him. ☹ Neither did anyone else, and that surprises me, he was pretty well known. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1590 "2013-08-03T11:36:40Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I remember his reprising the role of Kang on DS9, but not Voyager. > Someone please refresh my memory. > And, dammit, I didn’t have him. ☹ Season 3, episode 2, “Flashback” Captain Janeway participates in a mind-meld with Tuvok reliving his experiences on the SS Excelsior under the command of Captain Sulu at the time of the “Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country” movie. > **["Star Trek: Voyager" Flashback (TV Episode 1996) ⭐ 7.7 | Action, Adventure,...](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708897/)** > > 46m | TV-PG (I don’t remember it either) Brian ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1591 "2013-08-03T19:57:03Z")
[Whizzer White - 16 points if anyone had him](http://www.azcentral.com/sports/asu/articles/20130802asu-football-legend-wilford-whizzer-white-dies-84-years-old.html) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1592 "2013-08-03T22:13:52Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > [Whizzer White - 16 points if anyone had him](http://www.azcentral.com/sports/asu/articles/20130802asu-football-legend-wilford-whizzer-white-dies-84-years-old.html) The “other” Whizzer White. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1593 "2013-08-05T00:58:31Z")
Per Twitter: Art Donovan dead at age 89 ---
**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:** [August 5, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1594 "2013-08-05T12:44:20Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Per Twitter: > > Art Donovan dead at age 89 [NFL confirms.](http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000226150/article/art-donovan-baltimore-colts-legend-dies-at-age-of-89) ---
**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:** [August 5, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1595 "2013-08-05T13:27:32Z")
Okay - [This](http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/02/world/asia/thailand-king-leaves-hospital) is just rude. I thought I’d had a unique pick, too. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1596 "2013-08-05T14:05:35Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > [Ali Maow Maalin](http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/07/31/206947581/last-person-to-get-smallpox-dedicated-his-life-to-ending-polio), the last man on Earth who survived smallpox, dead at 59. > > Now no one living has ever had smallpox. Think about that. Didn’t necessarily want to, but, thanks? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1597 "2013-08-05T19:13:49Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Okay - [This](http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/02/world/asia/thailand-king-leaves-hospital) is just rude. I thought I’d had a unique pick, too. Sometimes people want to die at home. Heck, if you’ve been in the hospital for four years, like the king has, I’ll bet it’s either that, or some political move. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1598 "2013-08-06T18:17:54Z")
[Jazz icon George Duke dies at 67](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/08/06/jazz-icon-george-duke-dies-at-67/2623265/) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1599 "2013-08-07T02:06:44Z")
[Shawn Burr, former Detroit Red Wing, dies from a fall at home. Also had leukemia.](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2013/08/05/shawn-burr-dies-at-47/2621921/) Age 53 points(47 years old). ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1600 "2013-08-07T17:07:53Z")
[Cosmo Allegretti](http://www.mercurynews.com/tv/ci_23812710/cosmo-allegretti-captain-kangaroo-character-dies) has died at age 86. Not a household name, but if you ever watched \*Captain Kangaroo \*as a kid, you’ve seen his puppeteering work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=81)