# 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:** 41
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/803 "2022-07-08T23:27:21Z")
> **[‘Sopranos’ actor Tony Sirico dead at 79](https://nypost.com/2022/07/08/sopranos-actor-tony-sirico-dead-at-79/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=P6Twitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow)** > > “Tony was like no one else: he was as tough, as loyal and as big hearted as anyone i’ve ever known,” said his former co-star, Michael Imperioli, on Instagram. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/804 "2022-07-09T02:35:11Z")
If his cause of death is anything other than getting whacked, or eating tainted [gabagool](https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/a25837043/what-is-gabagool-sopranos/), there’s just no justice in this world. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/805 "2022-07-09T04:05:33Z")
Well, I had Turkel as an alternate for two years in my perennial lists of famous performers over 90. But I always found others more famous than him. RIP, Mr. Turkel. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/806 "2022-07-09T13:22:18Z")
Maybe he forgot to wash his hands after being in a men’s room then retieing his shoelaces. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/807 "2022-07-09T14:35:22Z")
If I had had Turkel and Storch on this year’s list of performers over 90, I’d be up a massive seven points and all the way up to 27th place from my current lowly 29th. Dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/808 "2022-07-09T20:56:34Z")
> **[Vernon Winfrey, Oprah's Father and Longtime Nashville Councilman, Dies at 89](https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/vernon-winfrey-oprahs-father-and-longtime-nashville-councilman-dies-at-89/3010395/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_DFWBrand)** > > Earlier this week, Oprah surprised her father by throwing him a surprise barbecue in Nashville on the Fourth of July, dubbed “Vernon Winfrey Appreciation Day." ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/809 "2022-07-09T22:22:44Z")
> **[Actor L.Q. Jones Dead at 94](https://www.tmz.com/2022/07/09/actor-lq-jones-dead-dies/?adid=social-twa)** > > L.Q. Jones -- a versatile character actor whose career dates back to the 1950s -- has died. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/810 "2022-07-11T14:50:45Z")
> **[Bond theme composer Monty Norman dies at 94](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-62122982?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_custom3=%40BBCNews&at_custom4=7FB979BE-0126-11ED-9806-1EB94744363C&at_campaign=64&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom1=%5Bpost%2Btype%5D&at_medium=custom7)** > > The man behind the famous James Bond theme tune has died, his family confirms to the BBC. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/811 "2022-07-11T20:00:49Z")
In case anyone needs a reminder. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G94imXdANc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G94imXdANc) ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/812 "2022-07-11T23:18:48Z")
Gary Moeller 81 [Disgraced former UM coach who got thrown out of the Excalibur Restaurant for drunken behavior](https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2022/07/11/michigan-football-detroit-lions-coach-gary-moeller-dies/10033857002/) ---
**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:** [July 12, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/813 "2022-07-12T05:13:18Z")
> **[Novelist and former Guardian journalist Susie Steiner dies at 51](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/03/novelist-and-former-guardian-journalist-susie-steiner-dies-aged-51)** > > Author of Manon Bradshaw detective series was diagnosed with a brain tumour three years ago ---
**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:** [July 14, 2022, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/814 "2022-07-14T04:12:25Z")
> **[Adam Wade, Singer and History-Making Game Show Host, Dies at 87](https://people.com/tv/adam-wade-dead/)** > > Adam Wade was the first Black host of a network game show and had three consecutive Billboard Top 10 hits ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/815 "2022-07-14T19:37:53Z")
Reports coming out that Ivana Trump, Donald Trump’s first wife, has died at 73. > **[Ivana Trump, ex-wife of former President Trump, died from fall: Medical examiner](https://abcnews.go.com/US/pub-ivana-trump-wife-president-trump-dies-age/story?id=86834496&cid=social_twitter_abcn)** > > Ivana Trump, the ex-wife of former President Donald Trump, has died at age 73, the family told ABC News. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/816 "2022-07-14T19:41:37Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Reports coming out that Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump’s first wife, has died at 73 Ivana, not Ivanka. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/817 "2022-07-14T19:45:06Z")
Oops. Fixed, with link added. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/818 "2022-07-14T22:11:51Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Reports coming out that Ivana Trump, Donald Trump’s first wife, has died at 73. A swing and a miss, universe. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/819 "2022-07-14T22:34:50Z")
I wonder how Donald worked the stolen election into his public statement about 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:** [July 15, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/820 "2022-07-15T03:42:42Z")
> **[Legendary Tattoo Artist Spider Webb Dies at 78, NASA Releases More James Webb...](https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/spider-webb-dead-nasa-webb-morning-links-1234634054/)** > > Here’s what we’re reading this morning. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/821 "2022-07-17T00:41:32Z")
Comedian-actor Jak Knight dies at 28. > **[Comedian Jak Knight dies at 28](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/comedian-jak-knight-dies-28-rcna38547)** > > His family confirmed his death in a statement released on Friday night. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/822 "2022-07-17T19:51:55Z")
Baen books announced that science fiction author Eric Flint has died. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=42)