# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/223 "2022-01-03T17:49:53Z")
While we’re waiting for the macabre march to move on, I’ll just say I kind of wished I’d picked Robbie Coltrane for my list because I watched the Harry Potter reunion thing last night and Our Robbie is looking very, very unwell indeed. Although, actually, I’d rather he just got better. Because he’s lovely. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/224 "2022-01-03T18:13:15Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > I didn’t even know he was sick! Then you must not have been paying attention. Apparently, his kidney problems were chronic, plaguing him for years. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/225 "2022-01-03T20:56:41Z")
Apparently he’s been having bad osteoarthritis and he needed some knee surgery and he had to lose about 100 lbs before they would operate on his knee. So while he’s unlikely to die from his ill-health, he certainly isn’t having a pleasant go of it. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/226 "2022-01-04T12:09:07Z")
One of the [Bogdanoff twins](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/crypto-meme-twin-brothers-72-die-days-apart-from-covid-19/ar-AASp25P?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531) perhaps best known for their grotesque, bulging cheekbones, died on January 3 from complications from Covid. Igor was 72. His twin brother, Grichka, died on December 28, 2021, also from Covid. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/227 "2022-01-04T15:01:14Z")
Normal humans: Wow those twins died so close together. Death Poolers: those twins died in two different pools. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/228 "2022-01-04T15:33:20Z")
I love that I’m not the only person who has thoughts like that. We Dopers are a rare breed, and I look forward to all the company on my way to Hell, should it actually exist. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/229 "2022-01-04T15:56:14Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Normal humans: Wow those twins died so close together. > > Death Poolers: those twins died in two different pools. > [@Superdude](#): > > I love that I’m not the only person who has thoughts like that. We Dopers are a rare breed, and I look forward to all the company on my way to Hell, should it actually exist. Umm sorry, I was just polishing my handbasket. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/230 "2022-01-04T15:58:43Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I love that I’m not the only person who has thoughts like that. We Dopers are a rare breed, and I look forward to all the company on my way to Hell, should it actually exist. Say, nice handbasket. Where’re we headed? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/231 "2022-01-05T00:35:24Z")
That depends. Where’s the lotion? ---
**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 5, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/232 "2022-01-05T15:10:37Z")
regardless of the location, it puts the lotion in the basket… ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/233 "2022-01-05T15:36:49Z")
Lemming-like run off the cliff? 😃 ---
**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:** [January 5, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/234 "2022-01-05T16:42:47Z")
Oh, that would be a great day. 🌈 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/235 "2022-01-05T21:21:19Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > One of the [Bogdanoff twins](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/crypto-meme-twin-brothers-72-die-days-apart-from-covid-19/ar-AASp25P?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531) perhaps best known for their grotesque, bulging cheekbones, died on January 3 from complications from Covid. Igor was 72. > > His twin brother, Grichka, died on December 28, 2021, also from Covid. I had to look up the twins before surgery. They were handsome men and probably would have been distinguished looking older gentlemen without the surgery. Its a mystery to me. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/236 "2022-01-06T00:05:34Z")
Kind of like with Michael Jackson. He was a nice looking guy, maybe not drop dead handsome but still okay. Then he screwed his face up. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/237 "2022-01-06T02:21:24Z")
> **[Kim Mi-soo, Korean Actor in ‘Snowdrop,’ Dies at 29](https://variety.com/2022/global/actors/kim-mi-soo-dead-dies-korean-actor-snowdrop-1235147015/)** > > Kim Mi-soo, a Korean actor who had a supporting role in the recent series “Snowdrop,” has died. She was 29. “Kim suddenly left us on Jan. 5,” her agency Landscape said in a statement on Wednesday. … ---
**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:** [January 6, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/238 "2022-01-06T05:10:36Z")
> **[Browner, 2-time All-American at ND, dies at 67](https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32999399/ross-browner-2-all-american-notre-dame-dies-67)** > > Ross Browner, a two-time All-American at Notre Dame and one of four brothers who played in the NFL, has died. He was 67. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2022, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/239 "2022-01-06T05:11:59Z")
> **[Ex-Jets defensive coordinator Greg Robinson dead at 70](https://nypost.com/2022/01/05/ex-nfl-syracuse-coach-greg-robinson-dead-at-70/)** > > Former NFL defensive coordinator and Syracuse head coach Greg Robinson died Wednesday. He was 70. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/240 "2022-01-06T05:21:30Z")
Lawrence Brooks, who was both the oldest living American and the oldest American WWII veteran, has died at the age of 112. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/241 "2022-01-06T18:01:22Z")
Peter Bogdanovich has directed his last picture show. Age 82. > **[Peter Bogdanovich, Oscar-Nominated Director and Champion of Hollywood’s...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peter-bogdanovich-dead-last-picture-show-1235070769/)** > > He made a splash early in his career with 'The Last Picture Show,' 'What's Up, Doc?' and 'Paper Moon' and served as a surrogate film professor for a generation. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/242 "2022-01-06T18:03:50Z")
RIP Mr. Bogdanovich; you done good. Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=13)