# 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:** 91
**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:** [October 12, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1801 "2013-10-12T17:57:57Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > At least, they are healthy, some of mine (Sharon & Gabor) are already on their deathbed and yet, they refuse to go. They can’t be worth much point-wise. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1802 "2013-10-13T19:36:31Z")
Gabor is 96, and Sharon is 85. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2013, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1803 "2013-10-14T07:33:27Z")
Reality show contestant Josh Marks has died, an apparent suicide, at age 26. He was on _MasterChef_ last year. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1804 "2013-10-16T00:33:05Z")
> **[Haribo boss Hans Riegel dies at 90](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24539012)** > > The boss of German gummi bear maker Haribo, Hans Riegel, dies aged 90. Hans Riegel, the son of the sweet maker’s founder, died of heart failure in Bonn, the company said in a statement. Mr Riegel was in charge of marketing and distribution for Haribo and invented its “kids and adults love it so” slogan. He was 90. Gummi bears jokes to follow. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1805 "2013-10-17T02:25:37Z")
[Ed Lauter](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/veteran-character-actor-ed-lauter-dies-age-74-20593333) for 26 points. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2013, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1806 "2013-10-17T10:37:43Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Ed Lauter](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/veteran-character-actor-ed-lauter-dies-age-74-20593333) for 26 points. After reading that article I submit it as more proof that if you want to be a truly successful actor you need to forget being the star and aim for being “Hey it’s that guy!” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1807 "2013-10-17T13:12:49Z")
I didn’t think I’d know Ed Lauter but I sure enough did. I’ve seen a bunch of stuff he’s been in (especially Girls Just Want to Have Fun, about 20 times). ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1808 "2013-10-17T13:48:31Z")
I could have sworn he did more than one episode of CSI ---
**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:** [October 18, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1809 "2013-10-18T03:52:13Z")
[Kumar Pallana](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/character-actor-kumar-pallana-dead-calif-94-20601729) dead at 6 points. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2013, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1810 "2013-10-18T10:38:03Z")
We’re working on a character actor trifecta here. Who’s next? ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1811 "2013-10-18T16:18:45Z")
Former Speaker of the House [Tom Foley](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/10/18/former-house-speaker-tom-foley-has-died/) rises no more. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1812 "2013-10-18T20:51:13Z")
Well, there goes the trifecta. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1813 "2013-10-18T22:27:02Z")
> [@booklover](#): > > Former Speaker of the House [Tom Foley](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/10/18/former-house-speaker-tom-foley-has-died/) rises no more. After the events of the last three weeks, he probably died of embarrassment. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1814 "2013-10-18T22:54:28Z")
I know Foley wasn’t the only sitting SoH to lose reelection. It last happened in the 19th C. anyone know who it was? ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1815 "2013-10-18T23:03:39Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I know Foley wasn’t the only sitting SoH to lose reelection. It last happened in the 19th C. anyone know who it was? Galusha Grow ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1816 "2013-10-18T23:13:28Z")
TY **Andy**! ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1817 "2013-10-19T04:39:00Z")
Former Houston Oilers coach [Bum Phillips](http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24103625/former-oilers-saints-coach-bum-phillips-dies-at-90)kicked the field goal at 90. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1818 "2013-10-20T18:08:05Z")
[Carolyn Cassady](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Cassady), wife of Neil Cassady, lover of Jack Kerouac and all around beat generation muse, dead at 90 on September 20, 2013. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1819 "2013-10-20T19:00:55Z")
**I have the power!!!** No more… > **[R.I.P. Filmation Co-Founder Lou Scheimer, ‘He-Man’ & ‘She-Ra’ Toon Producer](https://deadline.com/2013/10/r-i-p-filmation-lou-scheimer-he-man-she-ra-615859/)** > > Lou Scheimer, Emmy award-winning co-founder of Saturday morning cartoon specialists Filmation, died Thursday. He was 84. The producer, composer, and frequent voice actor formed animation studio Filmation in 1962 with Norm Prescott and Hal Sutherland;... > [@](#): > > Lou Scheimer, Emmy award-winning co-founder of Saturday morning cartoon specialists Filmation, died Thursday. He was 84. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1820 "2013-10-20T20:38:09Z")
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