# 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:** 98
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1941 "2013-11-28T20:13:13Z")
I’ve already decided that all I’m going to do is re-submit this year’s list of immortals for next year’s CDP. Somebody’s gotta drop dead sooner or later, right? ---
**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:** [November 28, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1942 "2013-11-28T20:22:16Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 56 hours and 12 minutes! Shouldn’t that have been 58 hours and 12 minutes? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1943 "2013-11-28T20:51:03Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > Shouldn’t that have been 58 hours and 12 minutes? we go by Chicago time ---
**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:** [November 28, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1944 "2013-11-28T22:18:12Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I’ve already decided that all I’m going to do is re-submit this year’s list of immortals for next year’s CDP. Somebody’s gotta drop dead sooner or later, right? I’ve been saying that about Ariel Sharon for seven years. Man’s immortal I tells ya. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1945 "2013-11-29T21:41:37Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 101 hours and 45 minutes until the next Death Pool!! AKA **Baker** ’s Baker’s Dozen! (OK, it’s not, but it _should_ be, dammit!) > [@](#): > > Am I macabre or what? Yes, but we like you that way. 🙂 ETA: Yeah, I’m gonna have to jump in and do a list this year, no matter how crappy it might be. Watching from the sidelines has gotten me hooked, and I want some skin in the game in 2014. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1946 "2013-11-29T22:09:20Z")
I recommend politicians or elected officials from countries with a lot of conflict. One year, on a whim, I put Benazir Bhutto’s name on my list, and by golly she came through for me on December 27th, getting my first and only points that year, and the Final Hours award. Check out Siam Sam’s “There’s Rioting in Our Streets” thread, for starters. ETA: 32 hours and 50 minutes! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1947 "2013-11-30T11:16:07Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I recommend politicians or elected officials from countries with a lot of conflict. One year, on a whim, I put Benazir Bhutto’s name on my list, and by golly she came through for me on December 27th, getting my first and only points that year, and the Final Hours award. > > Check out Siam Sam’s “There’s Rioting in Our Streets” thread, for starters. > > ETA: 32 hours and 50 minutes! That’s good advice - I can think of a few obvious candidates off the top of my head. But I’m sure there’s more good prospects that haven’t occurred to me, so I’ll check out the thread. But I think I’ll trust in **SpazCat** ’s ability to keep Ariel Sharon alive. 😉 But I also think I need a couple of young celebs with dissolute lifestyles, just to have a chance of nabbing the next Amy Winehouse. Gotta have a couple of longshots with the chance of scoring big. So that if one of them scores for me, I’ll be thinking, “this is easy!” and be repeatedly disappointed when I fail to replicate my initial success for several years. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 30, 2013, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1948 "2013-11-30T11:20:48Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > But I also think I need a couple of young celebs with dissolute lifestyles, just to have a chance of nabbing the next Amy Winehouse. Gotta have a couple of longshots with the chance of scoring big. So that if one of them scores for me, I’ll be thinking, “this is easy!” and be repeatedly disappointed when I fail to replicate my initial success for several years. 🙂 Also known as the “Lindsey Lohan Effect.” ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1949 "2013-11-30T11:22:56Z")
Just for the hell of it, I Googled “Celebrities most likely to die in 2014.” This thread was the third link in the list. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1950 "2013-11-30T12:41:16Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Just for the hell of it, I Googled “Celebrities most likely to die in 2014.” This thread was the third link in the list. 🙂 This means we have work to do people! We should be number one! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1951 "2013-11-30T13:51:41Z")
16 hours and eight minutes! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1952 "2013-11-30T14:10:43Z")
I have a secret strategy for 2014. \ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1953 "2013-11-30T21:46:31Z")
we’re all so bust counting down til the new thread, we missed the passing of [Trixie Norton](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/29/jane-kean-dead-dies_n_4359633.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment) ---
**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:** [November 30, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1954 "2013-11-30T22:27:31Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I have a secret strategy for 2014. \ Let me guess. It involves picking celebrities who are sick and have cancer. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1955 "2013-11-30T22:56:46Z")
I didn’t know Conrad Bain and “Dear Abby” Pauline Phillips had died this year! ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1956 "2013-12-01T00:39:16Z")
I’m basically reusing my list from this year, minus the 3 who have died already (so far). I have some extras to swap in just in case anyone from my main list kick the bucket before the end of the year. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1957 "2013-12-01T01:52:49Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Let me guess. It involves picking celebrities who are sick and have cancer. Is that not redundant, or is it explainative? Is explainative a word? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1958 "2013-12-01T02:35:43Z")
Actor [Paul Walker](http://globalgrind.com/2013/11/30/paul-walker-dead-car-explosion-fast-furious-actor-40-photos-details/) reportedly died in a car explosion according to Twitter reports. Age 40. The car must have been too Fast and Furious. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1959 "2013-12-01T02:47:32Z")
I’m not seeing legit news site reporting on Walker’s death. Mostly it’s gossip sites following TMZ’s lead. Anyone have more legit sources? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/1960 "2013-12-01T02:57:50Z")
> [@computergeek](#): > > I’m not seeing legit news site reporting on Walker’s death. Mostly it’s gossip sites following TMZ’s lead. Anyone have more legit sources? I have been reading Twitter and I have determined that Paul Walker is Schrodinger’s Cat. He is either alive, or he isn’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=97) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=99)