# The Feud: Hollywood and Death by 42fish \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 19, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053 "2010-05-19T21:10:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/1 "2010-05-19T21:10:08Z")
**Object of the game:** Give the most popular answer for each category. **Rules:** 1. No reading the thread before answering. This is on the honor system. 2. Formatting rules must be followed (see below). 3. Joke answers will not be considered, as it is not fair to other players. 4. Google (etc.) is allowed, if you desire. 5. The game will end with 50 entrants, or when I get time to score it. 6. There is no Rule 6. 7. Special Rules for this particular Feud: None **Formatting rules:** To make semi-automated scoring possible, and my job easier, make you post look exactly like this: 1. answer 2. answer 3. answer 4. answer No double spacing, do not use the “list” function, no smilies, no urls, no periods, no quote marks, and no punctuation if it is not necessary. Put “pass” if you want to leave an answer blank. If you feel you must qualify your answer, do it AFTER THE LIST! If you don’t format like this, your answers might be DISQUALIFIED. **Scoring:** With 50 entrants, an answer with a match is worth 2x the number of people matching it. If 4 people match, they each get 8 points for that answer. No matches = 0 points. Formula: Score = 100 / (# of entrants) x (# of matches) Good luck! If any of you have ideas for Feuds -and would like me to score them- PM me. If anyone wants to run their own Feud, feel free. I will help any way I can. **Read the rules! Special Rules for this particular Feud: None** (Since it worked so well with rock stars) 1. Name a movie star who died from a mishap involving drugs or alcohol. 2. Name a movie star who died in a motor vehicle accident. 3. Name a movie star who died from cancer. 4. Name a movie star who was murdered. 5. Name a movie star who committed suicide. 6. Name a movie star who died too young from a cause not given in Questions 1-5. 7. Other than O.J. Simpson, name a movie star who killed somebody, either deliberately or accidentally. 8. Other than Farrah Fawcett, name a movie star whose death was overshadowed by another celebrity’s. 9. Name an actor or actress that you’re surprised is currently alive. 10. Name an actor or actress better remembered for his or her death than his or her acting career. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/2 "2010-05-19T21:46:17Z")
1. John Belushi 2. Jayne Masfield 3. John Wayne 4. Sal Mineo 5. Brian Keith 6. Natasha Richardson 7. Robert Blake 8. Merlin Olsen 9. Ernest Borgnine 10. Vic Morrow ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/3 "2010-05-19T22:23:37Z")
1. Heath Ledger 2. James Dean 3. Humphrey Bogart 4. George Reeves 5. Margaux Hemingway 6. Aaliyah 7. Robert Blake 8. Dom DeLuise 9. Robert Downey, Jr. 10. River Phoenix ---
**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:** [May 19, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/4 "2010-05-19T22:36:31Z")
1. Judy Garland 2. Jane Mansfield 3. John Wayne 4. Sal Mineo 5. Marilyn Monroe 6. Carole Lombard 7. Robert Blake 8. Merlin Olsen 9. Mickey Rooney 10. Vic Morrow ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/5 "2010-05-19T22:37:36Z")
1. Heath Ledger 2. James Dean 3. Patrick Swayze 4. Sal Mineo 5. Marilyn Monroe 6. Elvis Presley 7. Robert Blake 8. Ed McMahon 9. Betty White 10. Vic Morrow ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/6 "2010-05-19T22:51:41Z")
1. Marilyn Monroe 2. James Dean 3. Paul Newman 4. Sal Mineo 5. George Reeves 6. Heather O’Rourke 7. Robert Blake 8. Dominick Dunne 9. Abe Vigoda 10. Jayne Mansfield 11. The little girl in Poltergeist 12. He died the same day as Ted Kennedy, who isn’t a celebrity but it’s all I could come up with. 13. Name two of her movies, or even one – but everyone remembers that she was supposedly decapitated. I wonder if age will make a difference here – especially for 1-5. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/7 "2010-05-19T23:08:06Z")
1. John Belushi 2. James Dean 3. John Wayne 4. Sharon Tate 5. Marilyn Monroe 6. Natalie Wood 7. Robert Blake 8. Sammy Davis Jr. 9. Mickey Rooney 10. Sharon Tate /8. Overshadowed by Jim Henson ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/8 "2010-05-20T00:21:56Z")
1. Heath Ledger 2. James Dean 3. John Wayne 4. Bob Crane 5. Marilyn Monroe 6. David Carradine 7. Robert Blake 8. Ed McMahon 9. Abe Vigoda 10. Brandon Lee ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/9 "2010-05-20T01:02:17Z")
1. John Belushi 2. James Dean 3. Yul Brynner 4. John Lennon 5. David Carradine 6. Natalie Wood 7. Robert Blake 8. Groucho Marx 9. Mickey Rooney 10. Bob Crane 11. [Video of an anti-smoking PSA he made](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNjunlWUJJI) 12. He did appear in a few films with the Beatles, right? 13. Although he may not have been trying to kill himself, this fairly recent incident was the first to pop into my mind 14. Acquitted, but later found civilly liable 15. Elvis died three days earlier, and was still being mourned when Groucho passed away 16. A popular Death Pool pick, although not one of mine 17. Tossup between him and George Reeves – let’s see if I chose wisely ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/10 "2010-05-20T02:02:09Z")
1. Heath Ledger 2. Jayne Mansfield 3. John Wayne 4. Sal Mineo 5. Marilyn Monroe 6. Natalie Wood 7. Robert Blake 8. Fred Astaire 9. Abe Vigoda 10. Vic Morrow \*8, who died around the same time as Elvis. ETA: Shit! I was thinking of Groucho. Fred Astaire died around the same time as my mother. The mind is a funny thing, ain’t it? ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/11 "2010-05-20T03:22:24Z")
1. Heath Ledger 2. James Dean 3. John Wayne 4. Sharon Tate 5. Marilyn Monroe 6. Natalie Wood 7. Robert Blake 8. Groucho Marx 9. Abe Vigoda 10. Sharon Tate Notes: 6. By drowning 8. Died a few days after Elvis ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/12 "2010-05-20T03:37:16Z")
1. Chris Farley 2. James Dean 3. Patrick Swayze 4. Phil Hartman 5. David Carradine 6. Brittany Murphy 7. Fatty Arbuckle 8. Fay Wray 9. Ed Asner 10. Vic Morrow 11. Died five days before Julia Child ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/13 "2010-05-20T11:25:25Z")
1. John Belushi 2. James Dean 3. John Wayne 4. Sharon Tate 5. Marilyn Monroe 6. Natalie Wood 7. Robert Blake 8. Groucho Marx 9.Mickey Rooney 9. Sharon Tate ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/14 "2010-05-20T12:42:34Z")
1. John Belushi 2. James Dean 3. John Wayne 4. Sharon Tate 5. Marilyn Monroe 6. Natalie Wood 7. Robert Blake 8. Groucho Marx 9. Abe Vigoda 10. Vic Morrow ---
**Author:** ![VanLandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eb9ed0/32.png) [@VanLandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanLandry)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/15 "2010-05-20T12:59:33Z")
1. Heath Ledger 2. James Dean 3. Farrah Fawcett 4. Phil Hartman 5. Charles Rocket 6. Vic Morrow 7. Robert Blake 8. Groucho Marx 9. Dick Van Dyke 10. Rebecca Schaeffer ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/16 "2010-05-20T13:19:51Z")
1. Corey Haim 2. James Dean 3. Patrick Swayze 4. Sharon Tate 5. Freddie Prinze 6. Christopher Reeves 7. Robert Blake 8. Corey Haim 9. Lindsey Lohan 10. John Belushi 11. No idea, just throwing this one out there ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/17 "2010-05-20T13:27:15Z")
1. River Phoenix 2. James Dean 3. John Wayne 4. Sharon Tate 5. Marilyn Monroe 6. Brendan Lee 7. Robert Blake 8. Groucho Marx 9. Mickey Rooney 10. River Phoenix ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/18 "2010-05-20T14:02:43Z")
1. Marilyn Monroe 2. James Dean 3. Farrah Fawcett 4. Sharon Tate 5. Chris Farley 6. Heather O’Rourke 7. Fatty Arbuckle 8. Karl Malden 9. Mickey Rooney 10. Sharon Tate \*Fatty Arbuckle was acquitted, but it was the first thing I thought of. 8. I looked up Gene Hackman to see when he died, and was surprised to see he was still alive (I should have used him for #9!). But I think I was mis-remembering the reports of his retirement. Malden died within a week of Jackson and Fawcett. ETA: Aww, crap, how could I forget Robert Blake? I’m too old. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/19 "2010-05-20T14:50:18Z")
1. Marilyn Monroe 2. James Dean 3. John Wayne 4. Sal Mineo 5. George Reeves 6. Jean Harlow (kidney failure) 7. Fatty Arbuckle (though he was innocent and probably had nothing to do with the death). 8. Roger Bowen (the day after McLean Stevenson, who was best known for playing the role Bowen had originated: Henry Blake in **MASH** ). 9. Mickey Rooney 10. Lupe Velez ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053/20 "2010-05-20T15:08:23Z")
1. Marilyn Monroe 2. James Dean 3. John Wayne 4. Sharon Tate 5. Marilyn Monroe 6. Natalie Wood 7. Fatty Arbuckle 8. Yul Brynner 9. Abe Vigoda 10. James Dean 11. He died on the same day as Orson Welles. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-hollywood-and-death-by-42fish-game-over/540053.md?page=2)