# 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:** 33
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/643 "2022-05-06T20:42:09Z")
Kurt Russell: there is a God, and he loves me. Mike Haggerty: you’re not going to shave your head, are ya? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/644 "2022-05-06T21:28:46Z")
Is this from a movie? ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/645 "2022-05-06T21:35:29Z")
_Overboard_ ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/646 "2022-05-07T15:20:31Z")
He hasn’t died yet but this announcement certainly doesn’t bode well for his future: > **[‘Leave It to Beaver’ Star Tony Dow Announces His Cancer Has Returned: ‘Truly...](https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/leave-it-to-beaver-tony-dow-cancer-1235260872/amp/)** > > Tony Dow, the actor who starred as Wally Cleaver on “Leave It to Beaver,” has once again been diagnosed with cancer. Dow’s wife, Lauren Shulkind, broke the news on the actor’s official … ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/647 "2022-05-07T17:24:50Z")
{updates 2023 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:** [May 7, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/648 "2022-05-07T17:40:43Z")
[peeks off of @Catamount’s list and copies names] ---
**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:** [May 7, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/649 "2022-05-07T22:46:25Z")
In the category of people I thought were dead already, Mickey Gilley is dead at 86. Country music star and cousin to both Jerry Lee Lewis and preacher Jimmy Swaggert. > **[Mickey Gilley, country star and Urban Cowboy inspiration, dies at 86](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10793325/amp/Mickey-Gilley-country-music-hitmaker-inspiration-Urban-Cowboy-dead-86.html)** > > Mickey Gilley, the country music singer with a string of hits in the 1970s and '80s, has died at age 86. The Mayor of Pasadena, Texas, Jeff Wagner announced that the singer had died on Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/650 "2022-05-07T22:55:36Z")
George Perez finally succumbs at 67 > **[George Pérez, Influential and Dynamic Comic Book Artist, Dead at 67](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/george-perez-icomic-book-artist-wonder-woman-dead-obit-1350368/?msclkid=9efac026ce5811ecbd139397805d3771)** > > Prolific penciler’s work on Wonder Woman and Crisis on Infinite Earths was the perfect storytelling canvas,” DC Comics said ---
**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:** [May 7, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/651 "2022-05-07T23:00:40Z")
That’s points for a handful of us, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/652 "2022-05-08T01:22:53Z")
Kenneth Welsh, Twin Peaks’ Windom Earle, dead at 80. > **[Kenneth Welsh](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Welsh)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Kenneth Welsh, CM (March 30, 1942 – May 5, 2022) was a Canadian film and television actor. He was best known as the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle in Twin Peaks, for his roles in the films The Day After Tomorrow, Adoration, Survival of the Dead, and, as the father of Katharine Hepburn (portrayed by Cate Blanchett), in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator. > Welsh was born in Edmonton, Alberta, to a father who worked for the Canadian National Railway. ... ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/653 "2022-05-08T10:22:20Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > In the category of people I thought were dead already, Mickey Gilley is dead at 86. Gilley appeared on TV shows like Larry’s Country Diner or Country’s Family Reunion a few times over the last decade or so, and I said “I thought he was dead!” _Every_ time ---
**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:** [May 9, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/654 "2022-05-09T02:30:51Z")
> **[Marcus Leatherdale, Photographer of the NYC Downtown Scene, Dies at 69](https://extratv.com/2022/04/23/marcus-leatherdale-obituary-madonna/)** > > Marcus Leatherdale, whose stark black-and-white portraiture of NYC artists and glitterati landed his work in museums including the Art Institute of Chicago, died Friday. He was 69. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2022, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/655 "2022-05-09T09:00:18Z")
UK actor Dennis Waterman has died, aged 74. There were three shows he was most known for, a cop show from the seventies called _The Sweeney_, a comedy drama, and pop cultural institution, from the 80s called _[Minder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minder_(TV_series))_ (which he also sung the theme tune for), and more recently in the 2000s a show about older characters from the Cold Case squad called _New Tricks_. > **[Dennis Waterman: a streetwise natural in three great British TV series](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/may/08/dennis-waterman-a-streetwise-natural-in-three-great-british-tv-series)** > > The co-star of The Sweeney, Minder and New Tricks was a born performer who brought working-class south London edge to the small screen ---
**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:** [May 9, 2022, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/656 "2022-05-09T09:30:51Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > UK actor Dennis Waterman has died, aged 74. There were three shows he was most known for, a cop show from the seventies called _The Sweeney_ , a comedy drama, and pop cultural institution, from the 80s called _[Minder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minder_(TV_series))_ (which he also sung the theme tune for), and more recently in the 2000s a show about older characters from the Cold Case squad called _New Tricks_ . He also sang the theme to _New Tricks_ IIRC. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/657 "2022-05-09T15:48:55Z")
George Lopez: 33 Points for **candide, irritant, It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery, jeezums, GIGObuster, Happy\_Lendervedder, Little\_Nemo, Mahaloth, Maus\_Magill, phungi, Registered\_at\_Last, RobotDevilDog, RTFirefly** | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | phungi | 211 | 4(1) | | 2 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 169 | 3 | | 3 | jeezums | 148 | 3 | | 4 | RobotDevilDog | 137 | 3 | | 5 | Registered\_at\_Last | 136 | 2 | | 6 | Captain\_Klutz | 104 | 2 | | 6 | imthjckaz | 104 | 2(1) | | 6 | Reindeer\_Flotilla | 104 | 2 | | 9 | candide | 102 | 2 | | 10 | It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery | 100 | 2 | | 10 | Little\_Nemo | 100 | 2 | | 10 | Mahaloth | 100 | 2 | | 10 | Maus\_Magill | 100 | 2 | | 10 | RTFirefly | 100 | 2 | | 15 | WolfpackJeep | 89 | 2(1) | | 16 | GIGObuster | 81 | 2 | | 17 | Catamount | 73 | 2 | | 18 | ataraxy22 | 67 | 1 | | 18 | Bayaker | 67 | 1 | | 18 | Hoopy\_Frood | 67 | 1 | | 18 | Kitten\_Mitten | 67 | 1 | | 18 | Loach | 67 | 1 | | 18 | Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace | 67 | 1 | | 18 | Superdude | 67 | 1 | | 25 | irritant | 33 | 1 | | 26 | vivalostwages | 18 | 1(1) | | 27 | commasense | 13 | 2(1) | | 27 | Hatchie | 13 | 1(1) | | 29 | gkster | 6 | 1 | | 29 | gwendee | 6 | 1 | | 29 | teelabrown | 6 | 1 | | 32 | zadscmc | 5 | 1(1) | | 33 | Baker | 0 | 2(2) | ---
**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:** [May 9, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/658 "2022-05-09T16:19:49Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > George Lopez: 33 Points for **candide, irritant, It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery, jeezums, GIGObuster, Happy\_Lendervedder, Little\_Nemo, Mahaloth, Maus\_Magill, phungi, Registered\_at\_Last, RobotDevilDog, RTFirefly** George Perez. Still 33 points. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/659 "2022-05-10T01:35:41Z")
I may have no points but I have two unique picks, lol. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/660 "2022-05-10T09:25:12Z")
Still keeping everyone on my list alive. But do I get any thanks? No… ---
**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:** [May 10, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/661 "2022-05-10T16:21:48Z")
Well, not from _us_. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/662 "2022-05-10T16:58:32Z")
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