# THEMED Celebrity Death Pool 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 2, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444 "2018-12-02T14:27:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/61 "2019-01-01T03:04:22Z")
Theme: 60s & 70s Sitcoms I Dream of Jeannie: Barbara Eden Happy Days: Marion Ross M_A_S\*H: Alan Alda The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Ed Asner The Brady Bunch: Maureen McCormick Gilligan’s Island: Tina Louise The Beverly Hillbillies: Max Baer Jr. The Addams Family: John Astin Hogan’s Heroes: Robert Clary Get Smart: Barbara Feldon The Flying Nun: Sally Field The Love Boat: Bernie Kopell The Munsters: Butch Patrick Clean list: Barbara Eden Marion Ross Alan Alda Ed Asner Maureen McCormick Tina Louise Max Baer Jr. John Astin Robert Clary Barbara Feldon Sally Field Bernie Kopell Butch Patrick ---
**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:** [January 1, 2019, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/62 "2019-01-01T03:07:13Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > Theme: Music > > Tony Bennett > Vivian Campbell > Cher > Eric Clapton > David Crosby > Neil Diamond > Daryl Dragon > Jerry Lee Lewis > Olivia Newton-John > Little Richard > Keith Richards > Ringo Starr > Bill Wyman > > Alternates: > Grace Slick > Charlie Watts > Pat Boone Revised list Theme: Music Tony Bennett Vivian Campbell Cher Eric Clapton David Crosby Neil Diamond Daryl Dragon Jerry Lee Lewis Joni Mitchell Olivia Newton-John Little Richard Keith Richards Ringo Starr Alternates: Grace Slick Charlie Watts Pat Boone ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/63 "2019-01-01T05:41:21Z")
VERY happy that no one on my list died this year. Let’s keep them alive for 2019! Back to the Future Michael J. Fox Christopher Lloyd Lea Thompson Thomas F. Wilson Crispin Glover Claudia Wells Elisabeth Shue Marc McClure James Tolkan Charles Fleischer Mary Steenburgen Robert Zemeckis Bob Gale Once again, in honor of the amazing Wendie Jo Sperber. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/64 "2019-01-01T16:28:27Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Reporters and journalists: > > Tom Brokaw (can’t believe he’s still here!) > Barbara Walters > Charlie Rose > Jesse Ventura (he’s on RT) > Don Lemon > Wolf Blitzer > Sean Hannity > Brian Lamb > Steve Kroft > Oprah Winfrey > Shaka Ssali (on VOA) > Dr. Sanjay Gupta > Lesley Stahl > Chris Matthews > > Alternates: > > Jim Cantore > Rachel Maddow (NOOOOOO!) > Dr. Sanjay Gupta Moved Gupta to “Alternate” ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/65 "2019-01-01T22:47:28Z")
45 Players, 539 celebrities, not a lot of overlap with respect to shared picks: ```auto Donald Trump 4 Barbara Feldon 3 Ed Asner 3 Maureen McCormick 3 Mike Pence 3 Valerie Harper 3 Barbara Bain 2 Barbara Eden 2 Betty White 2 Butch Patrick 2 Carol Burnett 2 Charo 2 Christopher Lloyd 2 Cloris Leachman 2 Ed Begley Jr 2 Elliott Gould 2 Eve Plumb 2 Gavin MacLeod 2 Ivanka Trump 2 Janet Jackson 2 Joni Mitchell 2 Keith Richards 2 Lara Parker 2 Lou Brock 2 Michael J Fox 2 Michael Moore 2 Michael Schumacher 2 Mitch McConnell 2 Nichelle Nichols 2 Paul McCartney 2 Paul Ryan 2 Ric Flair 2 Ringo Starr 2 Roy Moore 2 Sally Field 2 Tom Brokaw 2 Tommy Chong 2 Tommy Lasorda 2 Yoko Ono 2 All others solo picks ``` Here are the players and themes: ```auto Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) Theme 1 Andrew 21 0 0 Music 1 Annie-Xmas 0 0 I'm not a doctor, but I've played one on TV 1 Baker 0 0 Widowed Celebrities 1 Bayaker 0 0 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Universe 1 Biotop 0 0 Dark Shadows 1 BobLibDem 0 0 Game Shows 1 boffking 0 0 Retail Apocalypse 1 Borborygmi 0 0 Lawyers 1 Catamount 0 0 The Line of Succession 1 Cazzle 0 0 60s & 70s Sitcoms 1 commasense 0 0 Destroyers of Democracy 1 Czarcasm 0 0 Religious Leaders 1 Dancer_Flight 0 0 Dflights's (Recycled) Star Trek Alumni List 1 Dead Cat 0 0 British Boozers 1 Dr. Girlfriend 0 0 8th Annual All-Star Sports Edition 1 GIGObuster 0 0 Pro Wrestlers and Wrestlemania critters 1 GuanoLad 0 0 Double Initial Alphabet 1 Happy Lndrvdr 0 0 1968 World Champion Detroit Tigers 1 Icarus 0 0 1969 TV Wayback 1 J-P-L 0 0 Former Race Car Drivers 1 kayT 0 0 Tom Tom the Piper's Son 1 Kitten Mitten 0 0 former basketball coaches 1 Old_Wench 0 0 Carol Burnett and Friends 1 kopek 0 0 A Bridge Too Far --- Over the River Styx 1 kromdys 0 0 Televangelists 1 Little Nemo 0 0 You're still alive? 1 Loach 0 0 more or less 1 Mahaloth 0 0 Trump, his family, and his administration 1 Mean MrMustard 0 0 The Partridge Bunch 1 meghan 0 0 1960s Child Actors 1 melondeca 0 0 Fleetwood Mac 1 nearwildheaven 0 0 Reporters and journalists 1 phungi 0 0 NFL ALL-ALS/CTE Team 1 Queen Anne lace 0 0 actors from one of the best movies ever 1 Railer13 0 0 1968 World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals 1 Registered@Last 0 0 The Canadians 1 RobotDevilDog 0 0 Back to the Future 1 RTFirefly 0 0 BASE jumpers 1 Shoeless 0 0 Actors/actresses from MTM Enterprises TV shows 1 standard_dev 0 0 Soylent Green is People 1 Steph96 0 0 won't have such a fab 2019 1 Tangent 0 0 Adult film actresses 1 The Librarian 0 0 Dutch players in '70 world cup finals 1 The Vorlon 0 0 They Road the Fire: Saturn V/IB Mk2 mod0 1 Wallet 0 0 Evil and its Minions ``` Let the games begin… ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/66 "2019-01-01T22:57:34Z")
BTW: I am working on the ScoreKeeper (an Excel file that lets you input year of death and track the scores). For those with access, it is in a new “2019” folder in the Shared DropBox folder. For anyone interested, PM me your email address, so I can share the DropBox folder (or e-mail the file, but I post updated versions on DropBox as necessary). ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/67 "2019-01-02T00:59:36Z")
Rapper Feis Ecktuh shot dead. [Feis (rapper) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feis_Ecktuh) ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/68 "2019-01-02T15:13:19Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > 45 Players… > > [snip] > > Here are the players and themes: > > ```auto > > Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) Theme > 1 Andrew 21 0 0 Music > 1 Annie-Xmas 0 0 I'm not a doctor, but I've played one on TV > 1 Baker 0 0 Widowed Celebrities > 1 Bayaker 0 0 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Universe > 1 Biotop 0 0 Dark Shadows > 1 BobLibDem 0 0 Game Shows > 1 boffking 0 0 Retail Apocalypse > 1 Borborygmi 0 0 Lawyers > 1 Catamount 0 0 The Line of Succession > 1 Cazzle 0 0 60s & 70s Sitcoms > 1 commasense 0 0 Destroyers of Democracy > 1 Czarcasm 0 0 Religious Leaders > 1 Dancer_Flight 0 0 Dflights's (Recycled) Star Trek Alumni List > 1 Dead Cat 0 0 British Boozers > 1 Dr. Girlfriend 0 0 8th Annual All-Star Sports Edition > 1 GIGObuster 0 0 Pro Wrestlers and Wrestlemania critters > 1 GuanoLad 0 0 Double Initial Alphabet > 1 Happy Lndrvdr 0 0 1968 World Champion Detroit Tigers > 1 Icarus 0 0 1969 TV Wayback > 1 J-P-L 0 0 Former Race Car Drivers > 1 kayT 0 0 Tom Tom the Piper's Son > 1 Kitten Mitten 0 0 former basketball coaches > 1 Old_Wench 0 0 Carol Burnett and Friends > 1 kopek 0 0 A Bridge Too Far --- Over the River Styx > 1 kromdys 0 0 Televangelists > 1 Little Nemo 0 0 You're still alive? > 1 Loach 0 0 more or less > 1 Mahaloth 0 0 Trump, his family, and his administration > 1 Mean MrMustard 0 0 The Partridge Bunch > 1 meghan 0 0 1960s Child Actors > 1 melondeca 0 0 Fleetwood Mac > 1 nearwildheaven 0 0 Reporters and journalists > 1 phungi 0 0 NFL ALL-ALS/CTE Team > 1 Queen Anne lace 0 0 actors from one of the best movies ever > 1 Railer13 0 0 1968 World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals > 1 Registered@Last 0 0 The Canadians > 1 RobotDevilDog 0 0 Back to the Future > 1 RTFirefly 0 0 BASE jumpers > 1 Shoeless 0 0 Actors/actresses from MTM Enterprises TV shows > 1 standard_dev 0 0 Soylent Green is People > 1 Steph96 0 0 won't have such a fab 2019 > 1 Tangent 0 0 Adult film actresses > 1 The Librarian 0 0 Dutch players in '70 world cup finals > 1 The Vorlon 0 0 They Road the Fire: Saturn V/IB Mk2 mod0 > 1 Wallet 0 0 Evil and its Minions > > ``` > > Let the games begin… Yay! I’m tied for first! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/69 "2019-01-02T18:56:01Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Rapper Feis Ecktuh shot dead. [Feis (rapper) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feis_Ecktuh) Number 1 with a bullet in the Hit Parade? Someone had to say it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/70 "2019-01-03T13:24:28Z")
It doesn’t look like we have a list of rappers this year, but it seems Andrew21 wins the opening kickoff award for Daryl Dragon, reported in the other thread. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/71 "2019-01-03T15:00:57Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > It doesn’t look like we have a list of rappers this year, but it seems Andrew21 wins the opening kickoff award for Daryl Dragon, reported in the other thread. Well at least I’m still tied for second place. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/72 "2019-01-03T15:50:59Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Well at least I’m still tied for second place. 😉 And if you look at the list of players, my name is out of alphabetical order and right above yours (and based on past history, that’s where it will still be at this time next year). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/73 "2019-01-03T16:21:51Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > It doesn’t look like we have a list of rappers this year, but it seems Andrew21 wins the opening kickoff award for Daryl Dragon, reported in the other thread. 24 Points a Unique Pick, and Opening Kickoff for **Andrew21** : ```auto Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) Theme 1 Andrew21 24 1(1) Music 2 Everyone Else -- -- ``` ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/74 "2019-01-03T16:59:20Z")
I’m here in between hospital visits. Really, I expect to get at least one this year, even though she won’t give me points, just a unique pick. Roberta McCain is approaching her 107th birthday. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/75 "2019-01-03T18:47:12Z")
> [@Old\_Wench](#): > > And if you look at the list of players, my name is out of alphabetical order and right above yours (and based on past history, that’s where it will still be at this time next year). 😃 Two words ---- Uncle Joe. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/76 "2019-01-03T18:55:14Z")
> [@Old\_Wench](#): > > And if you look at the list of players, my name is out of alphabetical order and right above yours (and based on past history, that’s where it will still be at this time next year). 😃 glad you caught that one! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/77 "2019-01-07T14:55:32Z")
Score for Happy! [Lenny Green, a former outfielder and member of the 1968 Detroit Tigers, died yesterday on his 86th birthday, robbing me of a point.](https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2019/01/06/detroit-tigers-lenny-green-dies/2497716002/?fbclid=IwAR1Y4RAtyATM6YYjfEEqA9iMCvFte0bG1Hnl_yN8P7PWTfishxNaR4QPoas) ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/78 "2019-01-11T23:54:28Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Well at least I’m still tied for second place. 😉 Fourth place now 😛 Sincere condolences to the family of Gus Ganakas. [https://msuspartans.com/news/2019/1/11/m-basketball-former-spartan-head-coach-gus-ganakas-passes-away.aspx](https://msuspartans.com/news/2019/1/11/m-basketball-former-spartan-head-coach-gus-ganakas-passes-away.aspx) 8 points for me! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/79 "2019-01-13T14:57:02Z")
And then there were three: ```auto Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) Theme 1 Andrew 21 24 1(1) Music 2 Loach 14 1(1) more or less 3 Kitten Mitten 8 1(1) former basketball coaches ``` ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/80 "2019-01-14T03:26:14Z")
I think you’ve entered the wrong name for the 14 pointer. Should be me ('68 Tigers), not Loach. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444.md?page=5)