# 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:** 24
**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:** [February 25, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/463 "2022-02-25T15:01:52Z")
the only “Don’s” picked are as follows: > Don Cherry > Don West > Don Wildmon > Donald Sutherland > Donald Trump > Donald Trump Jr ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/464 "2022-02-25T17:17:21Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan finally resigns her commission: [Sally Kellerman has died at 84.](https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-m-a-s-h-star-sally-kellerman-1848591996) Damn, I have the wrong Hot Lips on my list. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/465 "2022-03-01T01:36:30Z")
Actor and professional “that guy” Ned Eisenberg has [died](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/law-order-svu-star-ned-eisenberg-dies-at-65/ar-AAUqZyi?ocid=msedgntp) at 65. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/466 "2022-03-02T13:36:37Z")
Sister Maud Hudson, singer and wife of Garth Hudson, dead at 82. I saw it on some official Facebook pages but the websites I found were ones my phone doesn’t like. Since Robbie Robertson posted about it I’m sure it’s true. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/467 "2022-03-02T21:46:01Z")
Alan Ladd Jr, the Exec who endorsed _Star Wars_ giving it a chance to live, has died at age 84. > **[Alan Ladd Jr., Who Greenlit ‘Star Wars’ and Produced ‘Braveheart,’ Dies at 84](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/alan-ladd-jr-dead-braveheart-1235194351/)** > > Oscar-winning producer and influential motion picture executive Alan Ladd Jr., who ushered in the “Star Wars” era of motion pictures, died Wednesday. He was 84. “With the heaviest of hearts, … ---
**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:** [March 2, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/468 "2022-03-02T23:26:34Z")
[David Boggs](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/david-boggs/), co-inventor of Ethernet network protocol. Also… > **[Leonard Kessler, author whose books for children endured, dies at 101](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/02/25/leonard-kessler-childrens-author-dead/)** > > He created more than 200 books for young readers as a writer and an illustrator. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/469 "2022-03-03T00:15:08Z")
> **[Stanford Women's Soccer Star Katie Meyer Dead At 22](https://www.tmz.com/2022/03/02/stanford-womens-soccer-star-katie-meyer-dead-at-22/?adid=social-twa)** > > Stanford women's soccer star Katie Meyer has tragically died, the school announced Tuesday. She was just 22 years old. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/470 "2022-03-03T01:55:48Z")
Actress [Farrah Forke](https://people.com/tv/farrah-forke-dead-at-54-after-cancer-battle/), known for her roles in _Wings_ and _Lois & Clark_, dies at 54 ---
**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:** [March 3, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/471 "2022-03-03T16:50:37Z")
Silas Alexander, R&B “DJ/icon” [dead at 58](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-rb-radio-icon-silas-siman-baby-alexander-dies-from-pancreatic-cancer)… Unique Pick and joy in shroomville: | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | phungi | 111 | 2(1) | | 2 | candide | 69 | 1 | | 2 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 69 | 1 | | 2 | Registered\_at\_Last | 69 | 1 | | 5 | GIGObuster | 48 | 1 | | 5 | jeezums | 48 | 1 | | 7 | Captain\_Klutz | 37 | 1 | | 7 | Reindeer\_Flotilla | 37 | 1 | | 7 | RobotDevilDog | 37 | 1 | | 10 | WolfpackJeep | 22 | 1(1) | | 11 | vivalostwages | 18 | 1(1) | | 12 | Hatchie | 13 | 1(1) | | 13 | Catamount | 6 | 1 | | 13 | commasense | 6 | 1 | | 13 | gkster | 6 | 1 | | 13 | gwendee | 6 | 1 | | 13 | teelabrown | 6 | 1 | | 18 | Baker | 0 | 1(1) | ---
**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:** [March 4, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/472 "2022-03-04T02:18:27Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Actress [Farrah Forke](https://people.com/tv/farrah-forke-dead-at-54-after-cancer-battle/), known for her roles in _Wings_ and _Lois & Clark_, dies at 54 She made my young heart flutter back in the day. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/473 "2022-03-04T03:12:48Z")
Same here. On _Wings_, her character Alex said that she was in a _Playboy_ issue when she was in college. My dumb teenage ass went on a quest to find it. I did locate the movie _Kate’s Addiction_, however, when I heard she had a nude scene in it. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2022, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/474 "2022-03-04T05:52:10Z")
Ditto. I was late teens when she joined Wings. Oh, and on an unrelated note: > **[Autherine Lucy Foster, University of Alabama’s first Black student, dies](https://www.al.com/news/2022/03/autherine-lucy-university-of-alabamas-first-black-student-dies.html)** > > She was in Tuscaloosa last week to celebrate the renaming of the College of Education building in her honor. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/475 "2022-03-04T18:24:21Z")
Another old cricketer leaves tie crease > **[Legendary cricketer Shane Warne dies at 52 in Thailand](https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/australian-warne-dies-suspected-heart-attack-report-2022-03-04/)** > > Australian cricketer Shane Warne, one of the finest spin bowlers of all time whose talent and personality transcended the sport, died aged 52 on Friday. that is like, what, 8 overs (pointwise)? ---
**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:** [March 4, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/476 "2022-03-04T19:19:04Z")
Whoa, that’s a surprise. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/477 "2022-03-04T20:16:00Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Another old cricketer leaves tie crease > > [Legendary cricketer Shane Warne dies at 52 in Thailand | Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/australian-warne-dies-suspected-heart-attack-report-2022-03-04/) > > that is like, what, 8 overs (pointwise)? If 52 is an old cricketer, cricket is a rougher sport than I thought. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/478 "2022-03-04T20:30:55Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > If 52 is an old cricketer I was riffing an old song title. Roy Harper IIRC. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/479 "2022-03-05T15:32:53Z")
[Kirk Bailey](https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/kirk-bailey-dead-dies-salute-your-shorts-1235194406/), possibly best known as Kevin “Ug” Lee on _Salute Your Shorts_, has died at 59. Also, [Mitchell Ryan](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0752751/), who played Greg’s father on _Dharma and Greg_, and was Jim Carrey’s boss in _Liar, Liar_ (as well as playing Picard’s dad on _ST:TNG_), has died at 88. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/480 "2022-03-06T03:16:15Z")
[Johnny Brown, best known as the building superintendent on Good Times](https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/05/entertainment/johnny-brown-good-times-actor-death/index.html), strapped on his tool belt for the last time at age 84. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/481 "2022-03-06T06:20:47Z")
No! Not Buffalo Butt! ---
**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:** [March 6, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/482 "2022-03-06T14:53:16Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Also, [Mitchell Ryan](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0752751/), who played Greg’s father on _Dharma and Greg_, and was Jim Carrey’s boss in _Liar, Liar_ (as well as playing Picard’s dad on _ST:TNG_), has died at 88. Funny, he doesn’t look French. He played Riker’s dad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=25)