# 2022 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 3, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443 "2021-12-03T13:46:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 3, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1 "2021-12-03T13:46:52Z")
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, when we open the window to submit your prognostications. **The Rules:** 1. You pick 13 celebrities (that’s thirteen, not ten) whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2022. If any of your celebrities dies, you score 100 points minus their age at death. Whoever has the most points at the end of the year wins the undying snort admiration of the SDMB. 2. List item All picks must be time- and date-stamped by midnight Chicago time, Dec. 31st, 2021. (That’s U.S. Central time, which is six hours behind Greenwich.) 3. Valid picks are not: a. already dead b. a fictional character c. non-human d. under age 18 at death, 'cause we’re macabre but not THAT macabre. e. a registered member of the SDMB, 'cause that would be weird f. hostages held by terrorist organizations g. famous solely as a result of their illness or associated actions/events. h. listed as “any member of whatever group” It’s really hard to define “celebrity” Best we can do is someone who’s death is rather widely reported in major media outlets, because of something they’ve done, be it art, politics, athletics, science, music, the military, or even serial murder. It’s not going to be your Aunt Mabel who was in the local paper because her apple pie won first place in the county fair. **HOWEVER** , if you **DO** have a question about whether or not someone else’s choice qualifies, please, I’d prefer a PM about it to start off with, rather than thrashing it out in public and possibly causing resentment. Remember, people, it’s only a game! It’s supposed to be fun, Fun FUN!!! 1. You can pick people who are 100 or more years old but you won’t score points for them. See the “Quantity Not Quality” award, below. 2. If we are uncertain about the celebrity’s age at death, we will go by the higher age (lower score). 3. Prisoners held on death row will be valid for scoring points only if they die by means other than official execution. I call this the “Whitey Bulger“.rule. 4. Any poster who kills or otherwise contributes to the death of any celebrity mentioned in this thread is disqualified. It’s just a game, people. The only exceptions to this rule would be deaths caused by those posters serving as members of the police or armed forces of any country, in the line of duty. 5. Editing your choices: be careful! You can make changes to your list before the end of the year, but it has to be clear which names are your final choices. It might be advisable to submit one or more “alternates” with your list, in the event that one of your picks dies during December 2020. If you have no alternates, and one of your picks has died the remaining twelve will be all you have. You may have no more than 13 picks. If you pick more than 13, or if any of your picks is otherwise invalid, I may ask for clarification. Otherwise, I will submit the first 13 names on your list. Do me a favor: check twice, post once. 6. Sharing news of celebrities in ill health and whatnot is up to individual posters. 7. If a poster playing the game gets banned during the year, this does not invalidate their entry, although they won’t be able to gloat in the thread if and/or when they do get points. 8. If a player changes their username at some point, post this news on the thread, or PM me, so I know who you are. 9. Players who pass away themselves during the year will still have their points counted, and will receive a special award, or notice, when the year is over. 10. Some celebrities have common, identical or similar names. It is helpful to be specific. 11. Spelling counts! Please try to spell celebrities’ names correctly. Names that weren’t originally spelled in English can be tricky, I know, but if you aren’t sure of a name, try looking at what a major news outlet, like CNN or the BBC, uses. 12. While all deaths garnering points must occur during the calendar year, I know that a death might go unreported for a day or so. So, I will not post official total points for at least 24 hours after 12/31/2021. If you find that one of your picks died, say, late on 12/31/2021, and you didn’t hear about it until late on Jan. 1, 2022 (this is a not so subtle hint to check your lists) then post a cite at once, and you will get your points. After that you will be out of luck. 13. Additional awards: - The “Opening Kickoff” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who pick the first listed celebrity to die in 2022. - The “Quantity Not Quality” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who pick the greatest number of celebrities who died, regardless of their actual point value. - The “Inside Track With the Grim Reaper” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who had the most unique picks that died. - The “Robbing the Cradle” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who pick the youngest celebrity to die in 2022, but see rule 3.d. - The “Final Hours” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who pick the last listed celebrity to die in 2022. 1. List Format: I have a spreadsheet that allows me to post game standings and produce various other statistics. The pain is “loading” the data into the sheets. I can do each list in a single cut and paste if you do the following two things. First, please observe, what Baker refers to as the “Pope” rule, that is, use the name a celebrity is most commonly known by. It isn’t necessarily their birth name. If a person is known primarily by a titled name, please use that. So it wouldn’t be Jorge Bergoglio, it would be Pope Francis. And don’t put down Elizabeth Windsor, put down Queen Elizabeth II. For all I know there are other celebrities with the plain names. If you do pick George or Lizzy, under their lesser known names, I might not notice it, to give you those points if and when they shuffle off this mortal coil and go to join the choir invisible. And please, let me mention again, check your spelling of names!!! 2. No spaces or periods in names, please YES: George HW Bush NO: George H. W. Bush 3. Post your list in a plain format. An example of a plain list follows here: Sam Brownback Jeff Colyer Pat Roberts Jerry Moran Tim Huelskamp Mike Pompeo Kevin Yoder Derek Schmidt Kris Kobach Ron Estes Ken Selzer Donald Trump Mike Pence That said: _ **"it’s good to be the Death-Shroom"!** _ ---
**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 3, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/2 "2021-12-03T14:08:12Z")
(Missed the edit window). Note: This is Baker’s baby, and I am merely filling in… I haven’t been in contact with her, but wanted to get the pool going for 2022… should the DeathMistress return, I will humbly pass the baton. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/3 "2021-12-03T14:23:29Z")
Thank you, @phungi. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/4 "2021-12-03T19:01:33Z")
Gonna get these in now, still need to work on my themed list. Only had to replace one name from last year. Queen Elizabeth II Donald Trump Pope Benedict XVI Jimmy Carter Shannen Doherty Olivia Newton-John Bob Barker Mick Jagger John Travolta Harrison Ford Bill O’Reilly Nichelle Nichols Ringo Starr Alternate: Tom Brokaw William Shatner ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/5 "2021-12-03T19:22:25Z")
What’s snort admiration ? ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/6 "2021-12-04T00:35:22Z")
Only two of my picks for this year have shuffled off their mortal coils. Here’s my 2022 List: Betty White Tom Cruise Jimmy Carter Benjamin Netanyahu Bob Dylan Bob Newhart Barbara Eden Mike Nesmith Dan Rather Burt Ward Mel Brooks Britney Spears Alec Baldwin Alternates: Queen Elizabeth II Angela Lansbury ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/7 "2021-12-04T02:12:59Z")
For my first try at this, OANN personnel. I’m hoping for a plane crash to or from CPAC in February. Oh, and in the OP, point 15 needs to have the years bumped. Tomi Lahren Robert Herring Sr Tey Yingst Jack Posobiec Kristian Brunovich Rouz Chanel Rion Christina Bobb Liz Wheeler Pearson Sharp Jerome Corsi Stephanie Powers Elma Aksalic Stephanie Myers Alternates: Mike Dinow Lilia Fifield Alex Salvi ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/8 "2021-12-04T02:43:40Z")
Donald Trump Queen Elizabeth Mitch McConnell Charlie Sheen Nichelle Nichols Bob Woodward Paula Deen Patrick Stewart Mary Berry Lorne Michaels Alternates: Dick Butkus Ernie Hudson John Laroquette ---
**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:** [December 4, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/9 "2021-12-04T05:42:55Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > Betty White You are aware that White will be turning 100 on January 17 and will not earn any points if she dies after that? ---
**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:** [December 4, 2021, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/10 "2021-12-04T05:44:48Z")
You need 13 names on your primary list. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/11 "2021-12-04T05:53:05Z")
Thanks Death Shroom for doing this, I hope we will see our illustrious Death Mistress back soon. Looks like I’ll be recycling a lot of this years lust, minus a couple. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/12 "2021-12-04T06:10:37Z")
Donald Trump Queen Elizabeth II Mitch McConnell Charlie Sheen Nichelle Nichols Bob Woodward Paula Deen Patrick Stewart Mary Berry Lorne Michaels Vladimir Zelenskiy Nicolas Maduro Clint Eastwood Alternates: Dick Butkus Ernie Hudson John Laroquette ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/13 "2021-12-04T13:38:43Z")
I will make my list, but was wondering if anyone ever picked someone young and healthy and unexpectedly won with that ---
**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 4, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/14 "2021-12-04T14:28:18Z")
One pick does not a Death Pool win… ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/15 "2021-12-04T15:27:13Z")
Yeesh. Is she that old? Looks like I need a new celeb for her slot. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/17 "2021-12-04T16:29:52Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > It’s supposed to be fun, Fun FUN!!! 'Til her daddy takes her T-Bird away. Yes, I do have a song for practically everything. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/18 "2021-12-04T19:00:20Z")
Okay, here’s my REVISED 2022 List: Warren Buffett Tom Cruise Jimmy Carter Benjamin Netanyahu Bob Dylan Bob Newhart Barbara Eden Mike Nesmith Dan Rather Burt Ward Mel Brooks Britney Spears Alec Baldwin Alternates: Queen Elizabeth II Angela Lansbury ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/19 "2021-12-04T23:50:20Z")
These guys are old wrestlers, not a themed list but they tend to drop early. Clean List real names: Eldridge Wayne Coleman Robert Louis Backlund Anthony Gareljich Richard Vigneault Jozef Bednarski Adnan Bin AbdulKareem Ahmed Alkaissy El Farthie Anthony White Lawrence Whistler James George Janos Kenneth Wayne Patera John Rodriguez John Stanley Hansen Terry Eugene Bollea Francis Huntington Richard Cheney Henry Kissinger Clean List Wrestling Names: Billy Graham superstar Bob Backlund Tony Garea Rick Martel Ivan Putski Billy White Wolf Tony Atlas Larry Zbyszko Jesse Ventura Ken Patera Johnny Rodz Stan Hansen Hulk Hogan Jules Strongbow Richard Cheney Henry Kissinger ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/20 "2021-12-05T00:32:48Z")
Henry Kissinger Bob Dole Angela Lansbury Yoko Ono Pete Wilson Bob Uecker Frankie Valli Bill Gothard Anita Bryant Dick Cheney Bob Dylan Mitch McConnell Harrison Ford alternates: Pat Sajak Vanna White ---
**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:** [December 5, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/21 "2021-12-05T00:37:46Z")
Had very little luck this year, so my list remains largely the same. I trim off anyone over 90yrs. Maybe I shouldn’t, but there you go. **2022 List** Quentin Blake Raymond Briggs Ruth Buzzi Billy Connolly Shannen Doherty Barry Humphries James Earl Jones David McCallum Liza Minnelli Randy Newman William Shatner Roger Whittaker John Williams **BACKUPS** Glenn Fabry Timothy Omundson [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=2)