# 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:** 49
**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:** [August 26, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/963 "2022-08-26T01:44:38Z")
[https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/vietnam-war-photographer-tim-page-dies-australia-78-88831153](https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/vietnam-war-photographer-tim-page-dies-australia-78-88831153) ---
**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:** [August 30, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/964 "2022-08-30T04:19:49Z")
> **[Lauded trumpeter and composer jaimie branch dies at 39](https://www.npr.org/2022/08/24/1119174908/jaimie-branch-trumpet-obituary)** > > A rising star in the world of improvised music with her group FLY or DIE, branch died on Monday at her home in Brooklyn, N.Y. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/965 "2022-08-30T13:13:24Z")
([2022 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool - #940 by notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/940)) A little prod for our esteemed DeathShroom: I had Tom W on my list for a few years and unlike Oliva N-J I didn’t take him off my list this year. Points! (And why can I not figure out how to properly quote replies in the "new"ish system?) ---
**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:** [August 30, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/966 "2022-08-30T18:19:14Z")
Highlight the post you want to quote. A “quote” button appears and click that. Then write anything you want to in the new reply box that contains the quote. I’m on a laptop, I’m not sure if this is how you do it on a phone. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/967 "2022-08-30T18:27:08Z")
Ooooh it works! Thank you so much! Except that the system deleted the quote it since I quoted the whole post lol. But I saw it in the preview. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/968 "2022-08-30T19:00:57Z")
Somebody named Charlbi Dean died at 32. Never heard of them, but that’s a butt-load of points. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/969 "2022-08-30T19:01:18Z")
Sorry about that: 21 Points and a Unique Pick: | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | phungi | 211 | 4(1) | | 2 | Registered\_at\_Last | 190 | 4(1) | | 3 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 169 | 3 | | 4 | RobotDevilDog | 164 | 4 | | 5 | Loach | 156 | 3(1) | | 6 | jeezums | 148 | 3 | | 7 | Reindeer\_Flotilla | 131 | 3 | | 8 | It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery | 127 | 3 | | 8 | Little\_Nemo | 127 | 3 | | 8 | RTFirefly | 127 | 3 | | 11 | Captain\_Klutz | 104 | 2 | | 11 | imthjckaz | 104 | 2(1) | | 13 | candide | 102 | 2 | | 14 | Mahaloth | 100 | 2 | | 14 | Maus\_Magill | 100 | 2 | | 14 | WolfpackJeep | 100 | 3(1) | | 17 | Bayaker | 94 | 2 | | 17 | Hoopy\_Frood | 94 | 2 | | 17 | Kitten\_Mitten | 94 | 2 | | 17 | Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace | 94 | 2 | | 21 | GIGObuster | 92 | 3 | | 22 | Catamount | 73 | 2 | | 23 | ataraxy22 | 67 | 1 | | 23 | Superdude | 67 | 1 | | 25 | Allecher | 38 | 2 | | 25 | DrGirlfriend | 38 | 2 | | 27 | Dung\_Beetle | 33 | 2(1) | | 27 | gkster | 33 | 2 | | 27 | irritant | 33 | 1 | | 30 | Borborygmi | 29 | 1(1) | | 31 | amarinth | 27 | 1 | | 31 | Cazzle | 27 | 1 | | 31 | critter42 | 27 | 1 | | 31 | J-P\_L | 27 | 1 | | 31 | kingEabe | 27 | 1 | | 31 | Mean\_MrMustard | 27 | 1 | | 31 | NurseCarmen | 27 | 1 | | 31 | Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle | 27 | 1 | | 39 | eschereal | 21 | 1(1) | | 40 | vivalostwages | 18 | 1(1) | | 40 | xizor | 18 | 1(1) | | 42 | Biotop | 13 | 1(1) | | 42 | commasense | 13 | 2(1) | | 42 | Hatchie | 13 | 1(1) | | 45 | GuanoLad | 12 | 1(1) | | 45 | Hschardi | 12 | 1 | | 45 | JohnT | 12 | 1 | | 48 | Gyrate | 11 | 1 | | 48 | kitap | 11 | 1 | | 48 | ProfPepperwinkle | 11 | 1 | | 48 | truthseeker3 | 11 | 1 | | 52 | gwendee | 6 | 1 | | 52 | teelabrown | 6 | 1 | | 52 | zadscmc | 6 | 2(1) | | 55 | Baker | 1 | 3(2) | ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/970 "2022-08-30T20:31:58Z")
> ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/971 "2022-08-30T20:32:50Z")
Gorbachev was 92, in case anyone had him. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/972 "2022-08-30T20:32:51Z")
> Kyiv Independent is picking up those reports as well. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/973 "2022-08-30T20:33:36Z")
91, actually. Birthdate 3/2/1931. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/974 "2022-08-30T20:37:59Z")
Correction noted. Gorbachev is obviously best known for his Pizza Hut commercial. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/975 "2022-08-30T20:46:11Z")
Mikhail Gorbachev: 9 Points for 7 players ( **ataraxy22, D\_Anconia, gkster, Mahaloth, SpoilerVirgin, Tristan, WolfpackJeep** ) | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | phungi | 211 | 4(1) | | 2 | Registered\_at\_Last | 190 | 4(1) | | 3 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 169 | 3 | | 4 | RobotDevilDog | 164 | 4 | | 5 | Loach | 156 | 3(1) | | 6 | jeezums | 148 | 3 | | 7 | Reindeer\_Flotilla | 131 | 3 | | 8 | It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery | 127 | 3 | | 8 | Little\_Nemo | 127 | 3 | | 8 | RTFirefly | 127 | 3 | | 11 | Mahaloth | 109 | 3 | | 11 | WolfpackJeep | 109 | 4(1) | | 13 | Captain\_Klutz | 104 | 2 | | 13 | imthjckaz | 104 | 2(1) | | 15 | candide | 102 | 2 | | 16 | Maus\_Magill | 100 | 2 | | 17 | Bayaker | 94 | 2 | | 17 | Hoopy\_Frood | 94 | 2 | | 17 | Kitten\_Mitten | 94 | 2 | | 17 | Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace | 94 | 2 | | 21 | GIGObuster | 92 | 3 | | 22 | ataraxy22 | 76 | 2 | | 23 | Catamount | 73 | 2 | | 24 | Superdude | 67 | 1 | | 25 | gkster | 42 | 3 | | 26 | Allecher | 38 | 2 | | 26 | DrGirlfriend | 38 | 2 | | 28 | Dung\_Beetle | 33 | 2(1) | | 28 | irritant | 33 | 1 | | 30 | Borborygmi | 29 | 1(1) | | 31 | amarinth | 27 | 1 | | 31 | Cazzle | 27 | 1 | | 31 | critter42 | 27 | 1 | | 31 | J-P\_L | 27 | 1 | | 31 | kingEabe | 27 | 1 | | 31 | Mean\_MrMustard | 27 | 1 | | 31 | NurseCarmen | 27 | 1 | | 31 | Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle | 27 | 1 | | 39 | eschereal | 21 | 1(1) | | 40 | vivalostwages | 18 | 1(1) | | 40 | xizor | 18 | 1(1) | | 42 | Biotop | 13 | 1(1) | | 42 | commasense | 13 | 2(1) | | 42 | Hatchie | 13 | 1(1) | | 45 | GuanoLad | 12 | 1(1) | | 45 | Hschardi | 12 | 1 | | 45 | JohnT | 12 | 1 | | 48 | Gyrate | 11 | 1 | | 48 | kitap | 11 | 1 | | 48 | ProfPepperwinkle | 11 | 1 | | 48 | truthseeker3 | 11 | 1 | | 52 | D\_Anconia | 9 | 1 | | 52 | SpoilerVirgin | 9 | 1 | | 52 | Tristan | 9 | 1 | | 55 | gwendee | 6 | 1 | | 55 | teelabrown | 6 | 1 | | 55 | zadscmc | 6 | 2(1) | | 58 | Baker | 1 | 3(2) | ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/976 "2022-08-30T21:46:35Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Join us in the handbasket, we have cookies! > [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/NOMG07HellHandbasketKidsWagon.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/NOMG07HellHandbasketKidsWagon.jpg) Right there in the handbasket with you! It’s my 1st year playing this game and have to say that it really feels better to score points with a person I don’t like. When I picked up points with Olivia Newton-John and Sidney Poitier I felt bad for them. But Gorbachev? No qualms at all. So it’s time to start working on my “wish list” candidates for next year! And I looked up the Pizza Hut commercial. If I ever saw it, I’d completely forgotten it, since I never watched much TV in the 90s. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/977 "2022-08-30T22:41:20Z")
Honestly, I thought Gorbachev died years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/978 "2022-08-30T22:53:08Z")
Same… wonder who I was thinking of? ---
**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:** [August 30, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/979 "2022-08-30T23:08:08Z")
Boris Yeltsin? ---
**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:** [August 31, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/980 "2022-08-31T01:56:51Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > Same… wonder who I was thinking of? Obviously you were thinking of [Nelson Mandela](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory#Mandela_Effect). ---
**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:** [August 31, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/981 "2022-08-31T03:37:04Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > Except that the system deleted the quote it since I quoted the whole post lol. But I saw it in the preview. The system also likes to delete the quote if you’re quoting the post directly previous to yours. Anyway… [Clayton Jacobson II](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/clayton-jacobson-ii/), inventor of the Jet Ski died in Australia at 88. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/982 "2022-08-31T06:03:37Z")
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