# The Celebrity Death Pool 2013

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**Created:** [December 1, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655 "2012-12-01T05:59:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/2138 "2014-01-01T12:59:54Z")

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Anyone have any of these end-of-2013 deaths that a poster misplaced in the 2014 thread?

> [@Celebrity Death Pool 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/439):
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> Mike O’Connor, Advocate for Mexican Journalists, Dies at 67.  
> Mike O’Connor, a longtime foreign correspondent who had worked in recent years to protect journalists in Mexico, died on Sunday in Mexico City. He was 67.  
> His death was confirmed by the Committee to Protect Journalists, where he worked as the representative for Mexico. He died from a fatal heart attack while sleeping in his apartment, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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> [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/01/world/americas/mike-oconnor-advocate-for-mexican-journalists-dies-at-67.html?\_r=0](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/01/world/americas/mike-oconnor-advocate-for-mexican-journalists-dies-at-67.html?_r=0)

> [@Celebrity Death Pool 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/440):
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> Indie guitarist Benjamin Curtis, 35, dies of cancer.
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> [School of Seven Bells, Secret Machines guitarist Curtis dies of cancer - UPI.com](http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Music/2013/12/31/Indie-guitarist-Benjamin-Curtis-35-dies-of-cancer/UPI-55521388544057/)

> [@Celebrity Death Pool 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/441):
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> Final bow: Actor Joseph Ruskin is dead at 89 back on **12/23**. Any impact on 2013 pool?  
> [http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/31/showbiz/joseph-ruskin-obit/](http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/31/showbiz/joseph-ruskin-obit/)

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