# 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:** 88
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1741 "2013-09-17T01:41:01Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Former Congressman [E. Clay Shaw](http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/09/11/3619756/former-congressman-e-clay-shaw.html) has died of cancer. He was 74. Assume he wasn’t related to the JFK asassination figure. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1742 "2013-09-17T15:52:58Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Assume he wasn’t related to the JFK asassination figure. That’s what \*they \*want you to think… ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1743 "2013-09-19T00:02:58Z")
[Ken Norton Sr. dead at age 30 points](http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-sp-sn-boxer-ken-norton-sr-dies-at-70-20130918,0,465488.story) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1744 "2013-09-19T02:35:27Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I am considering adding Mylie Cyrus to next year’s list based on her current behavior. Better wait another [seven years](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club). ---
**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:** [September 19, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1745 "2013-09-19T02:36:25Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Better wait another [seven years](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club). I thought there was a talent requirement to join that club. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1746 "2013-09-19T04:01:37Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > I thought there was a talent requirement to join that club. No, once they let Jim Morrison in they had to waive that. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1747 "2013-09-19T15:17:05Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > No, once they let Jim Morrison in they had to waive that. Boo! He had a talent. a talent for destroying himself. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1748 "2013-09-19T17:13:55Z")
Former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi has found his last power-up > **[Veteran Nintendo president and billionaire Hiroshi Yamauchi dies at 85](https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/09/veteran-nintendo-president-and-billionaire-hiroshi-yamauchi-dies-at-85/)** > > When he stepped down as president in 2002, he gave back his $11M retirement. Brian ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1749 "2013-09-19T17:38:52Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Better wait another [seven years](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club). I wouldn’t if I were you…See my score? big, fat goose egg…what’s my theme? oh, yeah, “The 27 Club” 🙂 LOL I think next year I’m going for the “quantity, not quality” award 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1750 "2013-09-19T20:53:42Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > I think next year I’m going for the “quantity, not quality” award 🙂 So far it seems to be working for me 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1751 "2013-09-19T21:05:08Z")
Well it’s not working for _ **ME** _!!!:mad: Not a one of my picks were under ninety-five. And only two of them have passed on, giving me a total of three points. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1752 "2013-09-20T01:10:40Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Well it’s not working for _ **ME** _!!!:mad: > > Not a one of my picks were under ninety-five. And only two of them have passed on, giving me a total of three points. …And your method is working 3 points better than mine 😃 and as we all know, points is points 😉 ---
**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:** [September 22, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1753 "2013-09-22T15:59:12Z")
Director Richard Sarafian, who directed Vanishing Point, as well as the creepy Talky Tina episode of The Twilight Zone, dead at 83. > **['Vanishing Point' director Richard Sarafian dies at 83](https://www.nbcnews.com/entertainment/vanishing-point-director-richard-sarafian-dies-83-4B11226051)** ---
**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:** [September 29, 2013, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1754 "2013-09-29T12:03:21Z")
Anyone growing up in metropolitan Detroit in the '60’s knew the Gator. RIP Gates Brown [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/sports/baseball/gates-brown-tigers-clutch-pinch-hitter-is-dead-at-74.html?\_r=0](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/sports/baseball/gates-brown-tigers-clutch-pinch-hitter-is-dead-at-74.html?_r=0) ---
**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:** [September 30, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1755 "2013-09-30T23:04:08Z")
[L.C. Greenwood](http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2013-09-29/former-steelers-de-l-c-greenwood-dies-at-67)dead at 67. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1756 "2013-09-30T23:33:47Z")
A lot of deaths, but not of picked celebrities. _sigh_ ---
**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:** [October 1, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1757 "2013-10-01T04:48:09Z")
Wow, September was completely dry in the pool? You could just quote post #1707 for convenience, to repost the standings. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1758 "2013-10-01T09:54:43Z")
Not quite dry. Frederik Pohl died 9/2. But still, a slow month. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1759 "2013-10-02T14:13:38Z")
Publishers Weekly on Twitter is reporting the death of Tom Clancy. The Hunt for Dead October. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1760 "2013-10-02T14:25:46Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Publishers Weekly on Twitter is reporting the death of Tom Clancy. The Hunt for Dead October. Damn. He’s been on my B list for several years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=89)