# 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:** 36
**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 24, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/703 "2022-05-24T03:24:01Z")
> **[Bob Neuwirth, Singer-Songwriter and Bob Dylan Collaborator, Dies at 82](https://pitchfork.com/news/bob-neuwirth-singer-songwriter-and-bob-dylan-collaborator-dies-at-82/)** > > Neuwirth was a member of Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue band, recorded Last Day on Earth with John Cale, and co-wrote with Janis Joplin ---
**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 25, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/704 "2022-05-25T03:51:33Z")
[Colin Cantwell](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/colin-cantwell/), concept artist who created Star Wars’s X-Wing and Y-Wing, conceived of the “Dawn of Man” opening for Kubrick’s 2001, worked on Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and created the computer graphics used in the climatic scene of Wargames where WOPR learns the only way to win nuclear war is not to play, is dead 90 from Alzheimers. And… > **[Robert J. Vlasic Dies at 96; Made a Fortune by Making Pickles Funny](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/21/business/bob-vlasic-dead.html)** > > His company took a lighthearted approach to its products, with a wisecracking stork as its mascot, and became the market leader. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/705 "2022-05-25T12:51:14Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > Woohoo!! Im in 35th place! I’m right there with ya! Why can’t we have any current politicians kick the bucket? ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/706 "2022-05-25T13:42:50Z")
Had no idea Bob Vlasic was still alive. Michigan(my state) native and apparently was at one point selling 24% of the nations pickles. Hey, you find one thing and do it well. He did. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/707 "2022-05-26T01:07:34Z")
Just today I decided to begin making my 2023 Themed List. So far I have nine names, and I’m researching three others. All politicians. Greg Abbott Gov of Texas Don McLaughlin mayor of Uvalde. Texas Ken Paxton AG of Texas Ted Cruz US Sen TX John Cornyn US Sen TX Rep. Tony Gonzales. TX Florida Rep. Randy Fine Paul Gosar Arizona Congressman Darrell Issa California Rep. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2022, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/708 "2022-05-26T06:47:54Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Why can’t we have any current politicians kick the bucket? My list was all Fox News and OANN personnel. I was hoping for a plane crash to or from CPAC last February but it didn’t happen. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/709 "2022-05-26T16:15:36Z")
> **[Ray Liotta Dies: ‘Goodfellas’ Star & ‘Field Of Dreams’ Actor Was 67](https://deadline.com/2022/05/ray-liotta-dies-67-goodfellas-1235033521/)** > > A shocker. Ray Liotta, the terrific actor whose career breakout came in the 1990 Martin Scorsese crime classic Goodfellas after co-starring in Field of Dreams, has died. He was 67. Deadline hears t… ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/710 "2022-05-26T17:25:49Z")
Noooo! Not Shoeless Joe Jackson! Aw man… ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/711 "2022-05-26T17:44:06Z")
> **[Alan White, Drummer for Yes and John Lennon, Dies at 72](https://ultimateclassicrock.com/alan-white-yes-drummer-dies/)** > > Prog band's longest-tenured member also played with George Harrison, Joe Cocker and Ginger Baker. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/712 "2022-05-26T18:54:35Z")
Two heroes in a row, shock… ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/713 "2022-05-26T21:17:17Z")
> **[Depeche Mode Keyboardist Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher Dead at 60](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/depeche-mode-andy-fletch-fletcher-dead-1359207/)** > > Rock Hall of Fame musician co-founded the group in 1980 and remained with them for more than 40 years ---
**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 27, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/714 "2022-05-27T12:34:21Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Depeche Mode Keyboardist Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher Dead at 60](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/depeche-mode-andy-fletch-fletcher-dead-1359207/) No comment I see. Words are very unnecessary. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/715 "2022-05-28T21:03:16Z")
> **[Bo Hopkins, Actor in ‘American Graffiti’ and Sam Peckinpah Classics, Dies at 80](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/bo-hopkins-dead-american-graffiti-the-wild-bunch-1235280660/)** > > Bo Hopkins, the actor who has appeared in classics like “American Graffiti,” “The Wild Bunch,” “Midnight Express” and “The Getaway,” died Friday. He … ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/716 "2022-05-29T21:18:03Z")
> **[Rocker Ronnie Hawkins, dies at 87, patron of Canadian rock](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-elvis-presley-conway-twitty-jerry-lee-lewis-arkansas-14e27228b9e253f18457d62325c91807?utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow)** > > Ronnie Hawkins, a brash rockabilly star from Arkansas who became a patron of the Canadian music scene after moving north and recruiting a handful of local musicians later known as the Band, has died. ---
**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 30, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/717 "2022-05-30T22:01:05Z")
> **[Cardinal Angelo Sodano, longtime Vatican power broker, dies at 94 | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/28/europe/angelo-sodano-death-intl/index.html)** > > Cardinal Angelo Sodano died Friday at the age of 94 in Rome, according to Vatican News. > **[Morton Janklow, Groundbreaking Literary Agent, Dies at 91](https://variety.com/2022/biz/news/mort-janklow-dead-literary-agent-1235278127/)** > > Morton Janklow, one of the nation’s most powerful literary agents who elevated the power of the profession in advocating for authors, died Wednesday morning of heart failure at his home in Wa… ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/718 "2022-05-31T14:53:19Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > [Rocker Ronnie Hawkins, dies at 87, patron of Canadian rock | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-elvis-presley-conway-twitty-jerry-lee-lewis-arkansas-14e27228b9e253f18457d62325c91807?utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow) The original Moonwalker. Ok maybe not the actual first but he was doing it a couple of decades before Michael Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/719 "2022-05-31T20:11:26Z")
> **[Charles Siebert, Actor on ‘Trapper John, M.D.,’ Dies at 84](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/charles-siebert-dead-trapper-john-md-1235156654/)** > > The Wisconsin native also appeared six times on Broadway and was a charter member of the famed American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/720 "2022-06-01T05:05:36Z")
> **[Kenny Moore, Olympian and Masterful Writer on Running, Dies at 78](https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a39864735/kenny-moore-dies-at-78/)** > > He finished fourth in the marathon at the 1972 Olympics, and his writing on great runners was unparalleled. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/721 "2022-06-02T04:00:31Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > 10 Marion Barber- Dallas Cowboys Well Loach really picked up some points (he was only 38): > **[Former Dallas Cowboys RB Marion Barber found dead in his apartment by Frisco...](https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/article262044907.html)** > > Barber was a Pro Bowler in 2007 after rushing for 975 yards with 10 touchdowns in a season that he didn’t start a game for Dallas. [https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/01/sport/nfl-marion-barber-obit/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/01/sport/nfl-marion-barber-obit/index.html) ---
**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:** [June 2, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/722 "2022-06-02T05:40:36Z")
Damn. That one may win a prize this year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=37)