# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/121 "2019-12-09T00:01:12Z")
I’m claiming 21 points for Rene Auberjonois, Star Trek alum, who passed today. Tied for 8th place. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/122 "2019-12-10T01:17:07Z")
> [@Dancer\_Flight](#): > > I’m claiming 21 points for Rene Auberjonois, Star Trek alum, who passed today. Tied for 8th place. 21 Points and a spot on the board: ```auto Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) Theme 1 Registered@Last 87 2(2) The Canadians 2 Bayaker 65 3(2) The Mary Tyler Moore Show Universe 3 Wallet 52 1(1) Evil and its Minions 4 GIGObuster 39 1(1) Pro Wrestlers and Wrestlemania critters 5 Old_Wench 35 2(1) Carol Burnett and Friends 6 Dr. Girlfriend 30 1(1) 8th Annual All-Star Sports Edition 7 Andrew 21 24 1(1) Music 8 commasense 21 1(1) Destroyers of Democracy 8 Dancer_Flight 21 1(1) Dflights's (Recycled) Star Trek Alumni List 10 Shoeless 20 1 Actors/actresses from MTM Enterprises TV shows 11 kopek 16 1(1) A Bridge Too Far --- Over the River Styx 12 Happy Lndrvdr 14 1(1) 1968 World Champion Detroit Tigers 13 Icarus 10 2(2) 1969 TV Wayback 14 Kitten Mitten 8 1(1) former basketball coaches ``` ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/123 "2019-12-10T12:15:20Z")
> [@Dancer\_Flight](#): > > I’m claiming 21 points for Rene Auberjonois, Star Trek alum, who passed today. Tied for 8th place. Hey! Quit shoving! ---
**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:** [December 13, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/124 "2019-12-13T01:32:21Z")
I’ll probably do one more health-check come December 29th but then I put all my hopes on next year. C’MON GRIM REAPER!!! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/125 "2019-12-14T12:37:18Z")
Yeah, I just Googled all of my BASE jumpers, and AFAICT they’re all still alive and well. So another goose-egg year in the themed list. (Not gonna complain, though, given how I’m doing in the main Death Pool. :D) For 2020, do I keep on contributing to their safety and well-being by re-using my 2019 themed list (which was also my 2018 themed list), or do I go with a new theme? Decisions, decisions. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/126 "2019-12-21T04:36:27Z")
As per Catamount’s post in the regular Celebrity Death Pool thread, Junior Johnson has gone to the big NASCAR track in the sky. That’s 12 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:** [December 22, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/127 "2019-12-22T14:14:18Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > As per Catamount’s post in the regular Celebrity Death Pool thread, > Junior Johnson has gone to the big NASCAR track in the sky. > > That’s 12 points for me. And a spot on the leaderboard for eternity: ```auto Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) Theme 1 Registered@Last 87 2(2) The Canadians 2 Bayaker 65 3(2) The Mary Tyler Moore Show Universe 3 Wallet 52 1(1) Evil and its Minions 4 GIGObuster 39 1(1) Pro Wrestlers and Wrestlemania critters 5 Old_Wench 35 2(1) Carol Burnett and Friends 6 Dr. Girlfriend 30 1(1) 8th Annual All-Star Sports Edition 7 Andrew 21 24 1(1) Music 8 commasense 21 1(1) Destroyers of Democracy 8 Dancer_Flight 21 1(1) Dflights's (Recycled) Star Trek Alumni List 10 Shoeless 20 1 Actors/actresses from MTM Enterprises TV shows 11 kopek 16 1(1) A Bridge Too Far --- Over the River Styx 12 Happy Lndrvdr 14 1(1) 1968 World Champion Detroit Tigers 13 J-P-L 12 1(1) Former Race Car Drivers 14 Icarus 10 2(2) 1969 TV Wayback 15 Kitten Mitten 8 1(1) former basketball coaches ``` ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Anne_s_Lace)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/128 "2019-12-31T13:38:41Z")
After checking google for these actors, it appears that all these Shawshank actors made the simple choice to Get Busy Living in 2019 as none of them died. Here’s a wish for another year of good health for them in 2020. > [@Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](#): > > “I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying.” > > Tim Robbins 10/16/58 Andy Dufresne “How can you be so obtuse?” > Morgan Freeman 6/1/37 Ellis Boyd ‘Red’ Redding “It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made those walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free.” > Bob Gunton 11/15/45 Warden Samuel Norton “Salvation lies within” > William Sadler 4/13/50 Heywood “The Count of Monte Crisco… …by Alexandree Dumb-ass.” “And it’s fat ass by a nose!” > Clancy Brown 1/5/59 Captain Byron Hadley “Drink up while it’s cold, ladies.” > Gil Bellows 6/28/67 Tommy Williams “Hey, c’mon, old boys? You’re movin’ like molasses! Makin’ me look bad!” > Mark Rolston 12/7/56 Bogs Diamond “Now I’m going to open my fly…….” > Frank Medrano 5/20/58 Fat Ass “I don’t belong here! I want to go home! I want my mother!” > Don McManus 11/8/59 Guard Wiley - guard who congratulates Andy on receiving funding for library and then was on toilet when Andy plays Marriage of Figaro > David Proval 5/20/42 Snooze “Oh, man, Andy came down by me and asked for a rope?” > Gary Lee Davis 1/2/46 Rooster - one of the 3 sisters whose nose that Andy broke > Jeffrey DeMunn 4/25/47 DA who prosecuted Andy “And that also is very convenient, isn’t it, Mr. Dufresne?” > Bill Bolender 11/14/40 Elmo Blatch - real murderer of Andy’s wife & her lover > > Alternates: > Paul Kennedy 7/1/62 1967 Food-Way Manager - told Red he didn’t need to ask permission to take a piss > Brian Libby unknown Floyd “That’s ‘Cristo’ you dumb shit.” > Dion Anderson unknown Head Bull Haig “You better be sick or dead in there, I shit you not!” > > In Memory: > James Whitmore 10/1/21 2/6/09 Brooks Hatlen “And then Andy says, ‘Mr. Dekins, do you want your sons to go to Harvard… or Yale?’” > James Kisicki 4/14/38 11/27/17 Bank Manager “I must say, I’m sorry to be losing your business. I hope you’ll enjoy living abroad.” > > Clean list of actors from one of the best movies ever: > > Tim Robbins > Morgan Freeman > Bob Gunton > William Sadler > Clancy Brown > Gil Bellows > Mark Rolston > Frank Medrano > Don McManus > David Proval > Gary Lee Davis > Jeffrey DeMunn > Bill Bolender > > Alternates: > Paul Kennedy > Brian Libby > Dion Anderson ---
**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:** [December 31, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444/129 "2019-12-31T23:14:39Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > I’ll probably do one more health-check come December 29th but then I put all my hopes on next year. C’MON GRIM REAPER!!! Did a check ------ no luck. Well, plenty of luck for the people I picked. Next year though ------- I have very high hopes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444.md?page=6)