# 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:** 52
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1023 "2022-09-08T20:51:01Z")
I’d have to say my favorite headline is from Fark: Queen Reunites with Freddie Mercury ---
**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:** [September 8, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1024 "2022-09-08T21:07:22Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > I’ve finally gotten on the board! Me too! Six way tie for 58th place! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1025 "2022-09-08T21:59:09Z")
And I;m still behind you! ---
**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:** [September 9, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1026 "2022-09-09T02:41:05Z")
And in other death news, long time CNN anchor Bernard Shaw signs off for the last time. > **[Bernard Shaw, CNN's chief anchor for 20 years, dies at 82](https://www.nbcnews.com/media/bernard-shaw-cnns-chief-anchor-20-years-dies-82-rcna46837)** > > The veteran broadcast television journalist was CNN's first chief anchor, a position that earned him the trust of millions of viewers across the country. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1027 "2022-09-09T03:08:14Z")
I had her as an alternate. Does that count? ---
**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:** [September 9, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1028 "2022-09-09T03:47:19Z")
> **[Anne Garrels, intrepid war correspondent for NPR, dies at 71](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/09/08/anne-garrels-npr-correspondent-dies/)** > > Her dispatches from Baghdad during the U.S. airstrikes and ground assault in 2003 brought vivid accounts of the war's toll and the Pentagon's future struggles. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1029 "2022-09-09T04:21:38Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I can’t believe I didn’t have her, but I kept thinking she’d make 100+ like her mum did. That’s why I didn’t have her either–thinking that if her mother made it to 100+, then she would too. This article says that Covid could have shortened her life: [Queen Elizabeth II Dies at 96 After a Series of Health Issues](https://www.healthline.com/health-news/queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-at-96-after-a-series-of-health-issues) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1030 "2022-09-13T13:24:35Z")
Jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis has died. # Ramsey Lewis, Jazz Pianist Who Became a Pop Star, Dies at 87, multiple sources, I’m a phone luddite, so not much else when i try to post from it. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1031 "2022-09-13T13:49:11Z")
[Link for confirmation](https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-jazz-legend-ramsey-lewis-dies-at-age-87/). ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1032 "2022-09-13T13:53:16Z")
Fade-to-black for French movie director Jean-Luc Godard at age 91: > **[Jean-Luc Godard, Enfant Terrible of Modern French Cinema, Dies at 91](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jean-luc-godard-dead-french-director-1235219353/)** > > In the wake of 'Breathless,' New Waves that sprang up across the planet, from Brazil to Czechoslovakia to Japan, owed a major debt to him, as did generations of American directors, including Scorsese, De Palma and Tarantino. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1033 "2022-09-13T14:07:52Z")
Spanish novelist Javier Marías dies in Madrid hospital aged 70 Javier Marías: modern literature’s great philosopher of everyday absurdity. > **[Like a poet writing thrillers: why you should read Javier Marías](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/13/like-a-poet-writing-thrillers-why-you-should-read-javier-marias)** > > The Spanish author’s death has robbed us of his unique, riddling investigations into reality [whew, back on actual computer] ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1034 "2022-09-13T20:42:53Z")
> **[Ken Starr, prosecutor in Clinton Whitewater probe, dies at 76](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/13/ken-starr-prosecutor-in-clinton-whitewater-probe-dies-at-76.html#:~:text=POLITICS-,Ken%20Starr%2C%20prosecutor%20in%20Clinton%20Whitewater%20probe%2C%20dies%20at%2076,-PUBLISHED%20TUE%2C%20SEP)** > > Ken Starr, who led the Whitewater investigation into former President Bill Clinton, has died at 76, his family said. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1035 "2022-09-13T21:42:28Z")
It doesn’t break my heart to read about Ken Starr. He was the guy who recruited Brett Kavanaugh to his Clinton Whitewater investigative team. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1036 "2022-09-13T22:06:03Z")
Disgusting. I had no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1037 "2022-09-13T22:10:42Z")
Yeah, this is definitely disgusting. One of our Supremes. > **[Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote a sexually explicit memo 'in a fog of sleep...](https://www.businessinsider.com/kavanaugh-wrote-sexually-explicit-starr-memo-sleep-deprived-atlantic-2021-5)** > > The memo, resurfaced during Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings, had a list of racy, graphic suggested questions for former President Bill Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1038 "2022-09-14T00:15:53Z")
Good riddance to bad rubbish. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1039 "2022-09-14T00:41:01Z")
Ken Starr’s most recent action has been widely praised. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1040 "2022-09-14T02:38:19Z")
Ms Lewinsky reminds us that this must be difficult for his family, > ---
**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:** [September 14, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1041 "2022-09-14T04:48:23Z")
> **[Wine Industry Iconoclast Fred Franzia Dies at 79](https://www.winespectator.com/articles/wine-industry-iconoclast-fred-franzia-dies-at-79)** > > The co-founder of Bronco Wine Company was known for launching "Two Buck Chuck" and for his outspoken opinions of the wine industry ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1042 "2022-09-14T05:36:16Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > Fade-to-black for French movie director Jean-Luc Godard at age 91 Definitely one of those “He was alive?” moments for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=53)