Why isn't this script working?

Before I say anything you guys should know that my game is a game where there is one person who is "it" and they have to try to kill everybody else. What I want to happen in this piece of code is to create a table of the players, and remove them from the table if they die OR leave the game. The players seem to get removed when they leave the game, but if they are kill by the person whos it, they don't seem to be removed from the table. Help?!

    local localtimer = roundtime
    activecontestants = {unpack(contestants)}
    while true do
            wait(1)
            localtimer = localtimer - 1
            status.Value = localtimer
        if localtimer < 2 or #activecontestants == 1 then
            break
        end
    end
    for index, player in pairs(activecontestants) do -- Set up the Died event.
        if player.Character and player.Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
            player.Character.Humanoid.Died:connect(function()
                for index2, player2 in pairs(activecontestants) do
                    -- This second loop is a precaution because the table may have changed by the time they died.
                    if player2 == player then
                        table.remove(activecontestants, index2)
                    end
                end
            end)
        end
    end
    game.Players.PlayerRemoving:connect(function(p) -- Set up the PlayerRemoving event.
        for index, player in pairs(activecontestants) do
            if player == p then
                table.remove(activecontestants, index)
            end
        end
    end)