# 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:** 92
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1821 "2013-10-20T20:43:55Z")
_::shakes fist at the remaining people on my list::_ Die, you bastards, die! ---
**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 20, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1822 "2013-10-20T22:11:12Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > _::shakes fist at the remaining people on my list::_ Die, you bastards, die! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1823 "2013-10-21T01:38:00Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > _::shakes fist at the remaining people on my list::_ Die, you bastards, die! > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > :eek: It could be worse. anyrose could be setting out to take them out personally. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1824 "2013-10-21T01:52:26Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > It could be worse. anyrose could be setting out to take them out personally. :rolleyes: Nah, that is against the rules, so she wouldn’t get any points. ---
**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 21, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1825 "2013-10-21T02:02:09Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > Nah, that is against the rules, so she wouldn’t get any points. Proof, we would have to have proof. I mean, people have be known to, as it were, get away with, you know … ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1826 "2013-10-21T03:53:45Z")
“But your honor, she was worth 74 points!” ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1827 "2013-10-21T03:54:02Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > Nah, that is against the rules, so she wouldn’t get any points. Maybe a couple of Dopers could make a “Strangers on a Train” type of deal, where Doper A takes out the people on my… er, Doper B’s list, and Doper B does the same for Doper A. ---
**Author:** ![BACI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1828 "2013-10-21T03:56:45Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > “But your honor, she was worth 74 points!” Great. Now I’ve got coffee coming out my nose… ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1829 "2013-10-21T04:35:08Z")
Former U of Washington football coach Don James [http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/eye-on-college-football/24112588/washington-announces-death-of-longtime-coach](http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/eye-on-college-football/24112588/washington-announces-death-of-longtime-coach) was on my list as a possible for 2014, but probably wouldn’t have used him (too old) ---
**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 21, 2013, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1830 "2013-10-21T11:30:17Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > Maybe a couple of Dopers could make a “Strangers on a Train” type of deal, where Doper A takes out the people on my… er, Doper B’s list, and Doper B does the same for Doper A. They would both be disqualified. > [@Baker](#): > > The Rules: > 8. Any poster who kills or otherwise contributes to the death of any celebrity mentioned in this thread is disqualified. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1831 "2013-10-21T17:22:41Z")
Per my Twitter feed: Bud Adams has died. ---
**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 21, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1832 "2013-10-21T18:11:42Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Per my Twitter feed: > > Bud Adams has died. [NFL confirms for ten points.](http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000267395/article/tennessee-titans-owner-bud-adams-passes-away-at-90) ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1833 "2013-10-21T20:34:37Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > 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. > [@etv78](#): > > Per my Twitter feed: > > Bud Adams has died. They were together for 7 years ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1834 "2013-10-23T16:38:12Z")
Man, people (or, at least, celebs on Dopers’ Deathpool lists) just aren’t kicking the bucket the way they were during the first half of the year. Through July 4, 121 players had scored a collective 7,681 points, if I got everything into Excel without screwing up. Since then, with the same caveat, only 11 players have scored at all, for 475 points between them. And (without going back through the thread to check) those points must’ve come from only five or six deaths. For the past few months, it seems, the best way for a celeb to stay alive is to be on _any_ Doper’s list. :eek: ---
**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:** [October 23, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1835 "2013-10-23T17:09:52Z")
I would expect more deaths in the first half of the year than the last, because many players are now choosing celebs who are sick. Very sick people die sooner than later. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1836 "2013-10-23T19:59:37Z")
[Gypie Mayo not feeling good anymore.](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/gypie-mayo-dr-feelgood-guitarist-dead-at-62-20131023) Dead at 62 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1837 "2013-10-23T23:32:55Z")
NY Sportscaster [Bill Mazer](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/sports/bill-mazer-a-sports-fixture-of-new-york-radio-and-tv-dies-at-92.html?_r=0) dies at 8 points. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1838 "2013-10-24T18:51:14Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I would expect more deaths in the first half of the year than the last, because many players are now choosing celebs who are sick. Very sick people die sooner than later. Sure, you’d expect some tailing off as the year goes along, but this was more like falling off a cliff. 41 points a day through July 4, and 4 points a day since then. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1839 "2013-10-24T19:11:41Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Sure, you’d expect some tailing off as the year goes along, but this was more like falling off a cliff. 41 points a day through July 4, and 4 points a day since then. Would not the fact that half the celebrities are one year older in the second half the year account for some of the dropoff? :eek::D;):smack: ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1840 "2013-10-25T18:48:43Z")
Bill Sharman (Celtics player, Laker coach) Dead at 13 points. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=91) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=93)