# THEMED Celebrity Death Pool 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 2, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277 "2019-12-02T16:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/121 "2020-10-07T19:23:27Z")
Nobody? The _youngest_ guy on my list is seventy-four. How are none of them dying? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/122 "2020-10-07T23:18:38Z")
I don’t know about that. I once posted a list in which all were over ninety-five. Got three points that year. I think someones once said that when you are that old, you have got very, very good at living, and don’t want to stop. I wonder if I want to live as long as my maternal grandmother, who was less than a month short of her 108th b-day when she passed. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/123 "2020-10-08T13:01:17Z")
A good reminder to check your picks. 32 Points for **standard\_deviation** : 1 Dr. Girlfriend. 113 4(2) 9th Annual All-Star Sports Edition 2 GIGObuster 61 2(2) Wrestlers 3 Happy Lender 60 1(1) Lou Gehrig List 4 J-P L 44 1 Former Race Car Drivers 5 Railer13 35 2(1) Members of the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals World Series 6 standard\_dev 32 1(1) To be perfectly Frank 7 Mahaloth 28 1(1) Living cast of MASH 8 kayT 25 1 Tom Tom the Piper’s Son 9 Loach 25 1 1969 Miracle Mets 10 Biotop 19 2 (2) Dark Shadows 11 phungi 17 1(1) NFL ALL-ALS/CTE Team 12 RegistAtLast 16 1(1) The Canadians: 13 Vorlon 12 1 (1) They Road the Fire: Saturn V/IB Mk3 mod0 14 Catamount 0 1(1) Oldest Living Oscar Winners ---
**Author:** ![candide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@candide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candide)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/124 "2020-10-29T01:28:41Z")
Two of my Hall of Famers, Larry Wilson (18 pts.) and Gayle Sayres (23 pts.) died in September. My alternate, Willie Davis (15 pts.), inducted into the Hall of Fame in the next year after my list, 1981, died in April. I noticed Gayle Sayres on the regular list and that got me to remember that I had put this list in. So I checked it… ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/125 "2020-10-29T11:49:31Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > BACKUPS > Alan Alda > Bobby Ball > Cathy Lee Crosby Stalwart British comedian [Bobby Ball](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54731384) has died of COVID-19, aged 76. Known as part of a double-act (Cannon and Ball) and solo, including acting in sitcoms, he was a very popular and apparently genuinely nice man. He was in my backup list. Missed out on points. Darn it. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/126 "2020-10-29T15:03:55Z")
Thanks for checking, **candide** … good for 41 points and 5th place: 1 Dr. Girlfriend 113 4(2) 9th Annual All-Star Sports Edition 2 GIGObuster 61 2(2) Wrestlers 3 Happy Lender 60 1(1) Lou Gehrig List 4 J-P L 44 1 Former Race Car Drivers 5 candide 41 2(2) NFL Hall of Famers from 1970 to 1980 6 Railer13 35 2(1) Members of the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals World Series 7 standard\_dev 32 1(1) To be perfectly Frank 8 Mahaloth 28 1(1) Living cast of MASH 9 kayT 25 1 Tom Tom the Piper’s Son 10 Loach 25 1 1969 Miracle Mets 11 Biotop 19 2 (2) Dark Shadows 12 phungi 17 1(1) NFL ALL-ALS/CTE Team 13 RegistAtLast 16 1(1) The Canadians: 14 Vorlon 12 1 (1) They Road the Fire: Saturn V/IB Mk3 mod0 15 Catamount 0 1(1) Oldest Living Oscar Winners ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/127 "2020-11-01T13:58:40Z")
Sean Connery, dead at 10 points, putting **kopek** on the board: 1 Dr. Girlfriend 113 4(2) 9th Annual All-Star Sports Edition 2 GIGObuster 61 2(2) Wrestlers 3 Happy Lender 60 1(1) Lou Gehrig List 4 J-P L 44 1 Former Race Car Drivers 5 candide 41 2(2) NFL Hall of Famers from 1970 to 1980 6 Railer13 35 2(1) Members of the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals World Series 7 standard\_dev 32 1(1) To be perfectly Frank 8 Mahaloth 28 1(1) Living cast of MASH 9 kayT 25 1 Tom Tom the Piper’s Son 10 Loach 25 1 1969 Miracle Mets 11 Biotop 19 2 (2) Dark Shadows 12 phungi 17 1(1) NFL ALL-ALS/CTE Team 13 RegistAtLast 16 1(1) The Canadians: 14 Vorlon 12 1 (1) They Road the Fire: Saturn V/IB Mk3 mod0 15 kopek 10 1(1) A Bridge Too Far Over the River Styx 16 Catamount 0 1(1) Oldest Living Oscar Winners ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/128 "2020-11-01T15:48:52Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Re-posting my NFL ALL-ALS/CTE Team from last year > > Steve Smith August 30, 1964 > Rickey Dixon December 26, 1966 > Kerry Goode July 28, 1965 > Steve Gleason March 19, 1977 > OJ Brigance September 29, 1969 > Tim Shaw March 27, 1984 > Tim Green December 16, 1963 > Tony Dorsett April 7, 1954 > Gale Sayers 30-May-43 > Jim McMahon 21-Aug-59 > Wayne Clark May 30, 1971 > Willy Wood December 23, 1936 > Leonard Marshall October 22, 1961 Good time for everyone to check their lists… Looking over mine list, [Ricky Dixon](https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29580401/college-hall-famer-former-sooners-db-rickey-dixon-dies-als-battle) (53) and [Gale Sayers](https://www.npr.org/2020/09/24/916413772/gale-sayers-who-inspired-tv-movie-brians-song-dies-at-77) (77) both died. 1 Dr. Girlfriend 113 4(2) 9th Annual All-Star Sports Edition 2 phungi 87 3(2) NFL ALL-ALS/CTE Team 3 GIGObuster 61 2(2) Wrestlers 4 Happy Lender 60 1(1) Lou Gehrig List 5 J-P L 44 1 Former Race Car Drivers 6 candide 41 2(2) NFL Hall of Famers from 1970 to 1980 7 Railer13 35 2(1) Members of the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals World Series 8 standard\_dev 32 1(1) To be perfectly Frank 9 Mahaloth 28 1(1) Living cast of MASH 10 kayT 25 1 Tom Tom the Piper’s Son 11 Loach 25 1 1969 Miracle Mets 12 Biotop 19 2 (2) Dark Shadows 13 RegistAtLast 16 1(1) The Canadians: 14 Vorlon 12 1 (1) They Road the Fire: Saturn V/IB Mk3 mod0 15 kopek 10 1(1) A Bridge Too Far Over the River Styx 16 Catamount 0 1(1) Oldest Living Oscar Winners ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/129 "2020-11-09T15:42:56Z")
Two Canadians icons this weekend, only one on my list: [Alex Trebek](https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/alex-trebek-obituary-1.5794540) 80, of pancreatic cancer [Howie Meeker](https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/howie-meeker-death-hockey-night-in-canada-nhl-1.5794606) 97, of being 97. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/130 "2020-11-10T14:13:15Z")
Unlike the main pool, Alex Trebek is a Unique Pick, good for 20 for **Registered\_At\_Last:** 1 Dr. Girlfriend 113 4(2) 9th Annual All-Star Sports Edition 2 phungi 87 3(2) NFL ALL-ALS/CTE Team 3 GIGObuster 61 2(2) Wrestlers 4 Happy Lender 60 1(1) Lou Gehrig List 5 J-P L 44 1 Former Race Car Drivers 6 candide 41 2(2) NFL Hall of Famers from 1970 to 1980 7 RegistAtLast 36 2(2) The Canadians: 8 Railer13 35 2(1) Members of the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals World Series 9 standard\_dev 32 1(1) To be perfectly Frank 10 Mahaloth 28 1(1) Living cast of MASH 11 kayT 25 1 Tom Tom the Piper’s Son 12 Loach 25 1 1969 Miracle Mets 13 Biotop 19 2 (2) Dark Shadows 14 Vorlon 12 1 (1) They Road the Fire: Saturn V/IB Mk3 mod0 15 kopek 10 1(1) A Bridge Too Far Over the River Styx 16 Catamount 0 1(1) Oldest Living Oscar Winners ---
**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:** [December 11, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/131 "2020-12-11T02:07:49Z")
And I’m back! > **[Barbara Windsor, star of Carry On films and EastEnders, dies at 83](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/barbara-windsor-star-of-eastenders-and-carry-on-films-dies-at-83)** > > Husband says ‘final weeks were typical of how she lived … full of humour, drama and a fighting spirit’ Kenny Rogers may have eluded me, but I got Barbara Windsor! ---
**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 11, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/132 "2020-12-11T14:16:38Z")
Unique Pick and 17 points for **Cazzle** : 1 Dr. Girlfriend 113 4(2) 9th Annual All-Star Sports Edition 2 phungi 87 3(2) NFL ALL-ALS/CTE Team 3 GIGObuster 61 2(2) Wrestlers 4 Happy Lender 60 1(1) Lou Gehrig List 5 J-P L 44 1 Former Race Car Drivers 6 candide 41 2(2) NFL Hall of Famers from 1970 to 1980 7 RegistAtLast 36 2(2) The Canadians: 8 Railer13 35 2(1) Members of the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals World Series 9 standard\_dev 32 1(1) To be perfectly Frank 10 Mahaloth 28 1(1) Living cast of MASH 11 kayT 25 1 Tom Tom the Piper’s Son 12 Loach 25 1 1969 Miracle Mets 13 Biotop 19 2 (2) Dark Shadows 14 Cazzle 17 1(1) Barbie and Ken 15 Vorlon 12 1 (1) They Road the Fire: Saturn V/IB Mk3 mod0 16 kopek 10 1(1) A Bridge Too Far Over the River Styx 17 Catamount 0 1(1) Oldest Living Oscar Winners ---
**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:** [December 18, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/133 "2020-12-18T20:37:52Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Sean Connery, dead at 10 points, putting **kopek** on the board: > > 1 Dr. Girlfriend 113 4(2) 9th Annual All-Star Sports Edition > 2 GIGObuster 61 2(2) Wrestlers > 3 Happy Lender 60 1(1) Lou Gehrig List > 4 J-P L 44 1 Former Race Car Drivers > 5 candide 41 2(2) NFL Hall of Famers from 1970 to 1980 > 6 Railer13 35 2(1) Members of the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals World Series > 7 standard\_dev 32 1(1) To be perfectly Frank > 8 Mahaloth 28 1(1) Living cast of MASH > 9 kayT 25 1 Tom Tom the Piper’s Son > 10 Loach 25 1 1969 Miracle Mets > 11 Biotop 19 2 (2) Dark Shadows > 12 phungi 17 1(1) NFL ALL-ALS/CTE Team > 13 RegistAtLast 16 1(1) The Canadians: > 14 Vorlon 12 1 (1) They Road the Fire: Saturn V/IB Mk3 mod0 > 15 kopek 10 1(1) A Bridge Too Far Over the River Styx > 16 Catamount 0 1(1) Oldest Living Oscar Winners In case you’re not aware, **Kopek** passed away in February (I’m Mrs. Kopek). I was just checking his picks in both this and the regular pool and saw that he had Sean Connery. He would be so damn happy to finally have points in both pools while I still don’t have any points in either one! I would never hear the end of it – and damn, do I wish I could never hear the end of it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/134 "2020-12-19T13:47:40Z")
It’s too bad he didn’t have Connery on both boards. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/135 "2020-12-21T16:36:17Z")
I was just doing a wellness check on the late Kopek’s and my picks and had totally forgotten that Helen Reddy died on September 29 at age 78. She’s on my “Carol Burnett and Friends” list, so that’s 22 points and a unique pick 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 21, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/136 "2020-12-21T19:27:22Z")
Good for 22 Points, and 11th place for **Old\_Wench** 1 Dr. Girlfriend 113 4(2) 9th Annual All-Star Sports Edition 2 GIGObuster 61 2(2) Wrestlers 3 Happy Lender 60 1(1) Lou Gehrig List 4 J-P L 44 1 Former Race Car Drivers 5 candide 41 2(2) NFL Hall of Famers from 1970 to 1980 6 Railer13 35 2(1) Members of the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals World Series 7 standard\_dev 32 1(1) To be perfectly Frank 8 Mahaloth 28 1(1) Living cast of MASH 9 kayT 25 1 Tom Tom the Piper’s Son 10 Loach 25 1 1969 Miracle Mets 11 OldWench 22 1(1) Carol Burnett and Friends 12 Biotop 19 2 (2) Dark Shadows 13 phungi 17 1(1) NFL ALL-ALS/CTE Team 14 RegistAtLast 16 1(1) The Canadians: 15 Vorlon 12 1 (1) They Road the Fire: Saturn V/IB Mk3 mod0 16 kopek 10 1(1) A Bridge Too Far Over the River Styx 17 Catamount 0 1(1) Oldest Living Oscar Winners ---
**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 21, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/137 "2020-12-21T19:39:24Z")
I recommend everyone check their lists as the year comes to a close. Also, not sure why the last post was using the wrong ranks, updated below: 1 Dr. Girlfriend 113 4(2) 9th Annual All-Star Sports Edition 2 phungi 87 3(2) NFL ALL-ALS/CTE Team 3 GIGObuster 61 2(2) Wrestlers 4 Happy Lender 60 1(1) Lou Gehrig List 5 J-P L 44 1 Former Race Car Drivers 6 candide 41 2(1) NFL Hall of Famers from 1970 to 1980 7 RegistAtLast 36 2(2) The Canadians: 8 Railer13 35 2(1) Members of the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals World Series 9 standard\_dev 32 1(1) To be perfectly Frank 10 Mahaloth 28 1(1) Living cast of MASH 11 kayT 25 1 Tom Tom the Piper’s Son 11 Loach 25 1 1969 Miracle Mets 13 Old\_Wench 22 1(1) Carol Burnett and Friends” 14 Biotop 19 2(2) Dark Shadows 15 Cazzle 17 1(1) Barbie and Ken 16 Vorlon 12 1(1) They Road the Fire: Saturn V/IB Mk3 mod0 17 kopek 10 1(1) A Bridge Too Far Over the River Styx 18 Catamount 0 1(1) Oldest Living Oscar Winners ---
**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, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/138 "2021-01-01T16:24:08Z")
Final Standings are above. Dr. Girlfriend takes first place with 113 points. “Awards” Below: The “Opening Kickoff” Award: Dr Girlfriend (Don Larsen, Jan 20th) The “Quantity Not Quality” Award: Dr Girlfriend (4 total picks) The “Grim Reaper” Award: TIE: Dr. Girlfriend, phungi, GIGObuster, RegisteredAtLast (2 Unique Picks) The “Robbing the Cradle” Award: phungi (Ricky Dixon, 53) The “Final Hours” Award: Cazzle (Barbara Windsor, December 11th) ---
**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 1, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/139 "2021-01-01T16:56:17Z")
I believe this is the first year that the late Kopek and I got points on this list. He would have been so happy – and I would have really enjoyed gloating that I got more points than he did! Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277/140 "2021-01-02T17:51:31Z")
Woo-hoo! My first Death Pool win! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277.md?page=6)