# 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:** 70
**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:** [December 13, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1383 "2022-12-13T15:28:24Z")
What would have been next years low hanging fruit if he held on, Mike Leach dead at 61. > **[Mississippi State University football coach Mike Leach dies at 61](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna61451)** > > Leach was known for his pass-happy offenses, wide-ranging interests and rambling, off-the-cuff news conferences. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1384 "2022-12-13T16:23:13Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > [Stuart Margolin, Emmy-Winning Actor on ‘The Rockford Files,’ Dies at 82](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/stuart-margolin-dead-rockford-files-1235280888/amp/) Does that make him an Angel now? ---
**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:** [December 13, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1385 "2022-12-13T19:20:46Z")
Wow, Julee Cruise back in June and now Badalamenti. Not a good year for people who made the music for “Twin Peaks”. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1386 "2022-12-14T04:38:27Z")
> **[Ex-Phillies ace, Whiz Kid Simmons dies at 93](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35245704/last-1950-phillies-whiz-kids-team-p-curt-simmons-dies)** > > Former Philadelphia Phillies ace Curt Simmons, the last of the 1950 Whiz Kids team, died Tuesday at his Ambler, Pennsylvania, home at the age of 93. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1387 "2022-12-14T14:49:36Z")
> **['Ellen' DJ Stephen 'tWitch' Boss Dead at 40 by Suicide](https://amp.tmz.com/2022/12/14/stephen-twitch-boss-dead-dies-dj-ellen-degeneres-so-you-think-you-can-dance/)** > > Stephen "tWitch" Boss, the famed DJ on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show, is dead ... and TMZ has learned it appears to be a suicide. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1388 "2022-12-14T21:34:16Z")
[Joseph Kittinger](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/joseph-kittinger/) is permanently grounded after spending so much of his life airborne. Also… > **[Star Wars Actor Gary Friedkin Dead at 70 from COVID Complications: 'He Was a...](https://people.com/movies/actor-gary-friedkin-dead-at-70/)** > > The late actor's family 'encourages everyone to get vaccinated and boosted to protect their family and community' > **[Herb Deutsch, Moog Synthesizer Co-Inventor, Dies at 90](https://pitchfork.com/news/herb-deutsch-moog-synthesizer-co-inventor-dies-at-90/)** > > Alongside Bob Moog, Deutsch helped design the first Moog synthesizer and regularly taught how they worked at seminars ---
**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:** [December 15, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1389 "2022-12-15T00:15:14Z")
Just going to throw in a fun fact here: “Moog” rhymes with “vogue”. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1390 "2022-12-15T02:40:22Z")
Don’t wreck the pun! [![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2231/7305/products/3861028-2644975_540x.jpg?v=1657953784) ](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2231/7305/products/3861028-2644975_540x.jpg?v=1657953784) ---
**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:** [December 15, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1391 "2022-12-15T02:56:40Z")
that is low ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1392 "2022-12-15T03:28:53Z")
I thought it was flat. Maybe a major flaw. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1393 "2022-12-15T20:02:04Z")
> **[Pioneering Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes dies at 84](https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-gloria-steinem-d5c11ee749bfc94f4834622b28b2bcc4)** > > NEW YORK (AP) — Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a pioneering Black feminist, child welfare advocate and lifelong community activist who toured the country speaking with Gloria Steinem in the 1970s and appears with her in one of the most iconic photos of the... ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1394 "2022-12-16T03:13:03Z")
> **[Women's basketball pioneer Billie Moore has died at 79 | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/sport/basketball-pioneer-billie-moore-dies-spt/index.html)** > > Billie Moore -- the head coach of the first US women's Olympic basketball team, the first head coach to lead two schools to national championships in women's basketball and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame -- died Wednesday... ---
**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:** [December 16, 2022, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1395 "2022-12-16T07:52:30Z")
Social media influencer Alexandra Dulin, better known as Ali Spice, was killed in an [automobile accident](https://people.com/crime/social-media-influencer-ali-spice-dead-at-21-killed-by-wrong-way-driver-alongside-2-others/) at the age of 21. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1396 "2022-12-17T02:47:39Z")
In the process of editing my list for next year, I think I have found someone on my list gone: I should have: Ciriaco Di Mita (6 pt) Larry Storch (1 pt) June Brown (5 pt) This should accelerate me to the top of the leaderboard, I am sure. NOT. -Charlie… ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1397 "2022-12-17T03:09:14Z")
> **[Dino Danelli, drummer for N.J. band the Rascals, dead at 78. ‘One of the...](https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/12/dino-danelli-drummer-for-nj-band-the-rascals-dead-at-78-one-of-the-greatest-of-all-time.html)** > > 'In the '60s, Dino Danelli was literally considered the greatest rock drummer in the world.' ---
**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:** [December 18, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1398 "2022-12-18T04:36:33Z")
> **[Marijane Meaker obituary](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/09/marijane-meaker)** > > Groundbreaking author, initially of lesbian-themed fiction including the 1952 bestseller Spring Fire ---
**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:** [December 18, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1399 "2022-12-18T15:04:34Z")
An excellent reminder for everyone to check their lists. Updated standings: | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | phungi | 256 | 5(2) | | 2 | Registered\_at\_Last | 224 | 5(1) | | 3 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 218 | 4(1) | | 4 | jeezums | 196 | 4 | | 5 | candide | 177 | 4 | | 6 | RobotDevilDog | 164 | 4 | | 7 | RTFirefly | 161 | 4 | | 8 | Loach | 156 | 3(1) | | 9 | Little\_Nemo | 152 | 4 | | 10 | Hoopy\_Frood | 144 | 3 | | 11 | Mahaloth | 143 | 5(1) | | 12 | Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace | 142 | 3 | | 13 | Mean\_MrMustard | 134 | 4 | | 14 | Reindeer\_Flotilla | 131 | 3 | | 15 | It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery | 127 | 3 | | 16 | WolfpackJeep | 109 | 4(1) | | 17 | imthjckaz | 108 | 3(1) | | 18 | Captain\_Klutz | 104 | 2 | | 19 | Maus\_Magill | 100 | 2 | | 20 | Bayaker | 94 | 2 | | 20 | Kitten\_Mitten | 94 | 2 | | 22 | GIGObuster | 92 | 3 | | 23 | Catamount | 81 | 4 | | 24 | ataraxy22 | 76 | 2 | | 25 | Superdude | 71 | 2 | | 26 | DrGirlfriend | 42 | 3 | | 26 | gkster | 42 | 3 | | 28 | J-P\_L | 41 | 3 | | 29 | Allecher | 38 | 2 | | 30 | Dung\_Beetle | 33 | 2(1) | | 30 | irritant | 33 | 1 | | 32 | critter42 | 31 | 2 | | 32 | kingEabe | 31 | 2 | | 34 | Borborygmi | 29 | 1(1) | | 35 | amarinth | 27 | 1 | | 35 | Cazzle | 27 | 1 | | 35 | NurseCarmen | 27 | 1 | | 35 | Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle | 27 | 1 | | 39 | JohnT | 22 | 2(1) | | 39 | Shoeless | 22 | 2(1) | | 41 | eschereal | 21 | 1(1) | | 42 | vivalostwages | 18 | 1(1) | | 42 | xizor | 18 | 1(1) | | 44 | commasense | 17 | 4(1) | | 45 | gwendee | 16 | 2 | | 46 | Gyrate | 15 | 2 | | 46 | kitap | 15 | 2 | | 46 | ProfPepperwinkle | 15 | 2 | | 49 | Lsura | 14 | 2 | | 50 | Biotop | 13 | 1(1) | | 50 | Hatchie | 13 | 1(1) | | 50 | kayT | 13 | 1(1) | | 53 | GuanoLad | 12 | 1(1) | | 53 | Hschardi | 12 | 1 | | 53 | zadscmc | 12 | 3(2) | | 56 | truthseeker3 | 11 | 1 | | 57 | Mona\_Lott | 10 | 1 | | 57 | Railer13 | 10 | 1 | | 57 | Snowboarder\_Bo | 10 | 1 | | 57 | tuesdayweld | 10 | 1 | | 61 | D\_Anconia | 9 | 1 | | 61 | SpoilerVirgin | 9 | 1 | | 61 | Tristan | 9 | 1 | | 64 | teelabrown | 6 | 1 | | 65 | Gatopescado | 4 | 1 | | 65 | Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi | 4 | 1 | | 65 | Precambrianmollusc | 4 | 1 | | 65 | rhl | 4 | 1 | | 65 | RollOutTheBarrel | 4 | 1 | | 65 | Skunkdog | 4 | 1 | | 65 | Stephe96 | 4 | 1 | | 72 | Baker | 2 | 4(2) | ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1400 "2022-12-19T14:43:49Z")
Frank “Cadillac” Salemme, Boston mob guy, [dead at 11 points](https://apnews.com/article/cadillac-frank-salemme-dies-prison-new-england-mafia-bulger-fb0800a8f692407b5fe258a3e921735e), a Unique Pick for **Hatchie** | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | phungi | 256 | 5(2) | | 2 | Registered\_at\_Last | 224 | 5(1) | | 3 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 218 | 4(1) | | 4 | jeezums | 196 | 4 | | 5 | candide | 177 | 4 | | 6 | RobotDevilDog | 164 | 4 | | 7 | RTFirefly | 161 | 4 | | 8 | Loach | 156 | 3(1) | | 9 | Little\_Nemo | 152 | 4 | | 10 | Hoopy\_Frood | 144 | 3 | | 11 | Mahaloth | 143 | 5(1) | | 12 | Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace | 142 | 3 | | 13 | Mean\_MrMustard | 134 | 4 | | 14 | Reindeer\_Flotilla | 131 | 3 | | 15 | It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery | 127 | 3 | | 16 | WolfpackJeep | 109 | 4(1) | | 17 | imthjckaz | 108 | 3(1) | | 18 | Captain\_Klutz | 104 | 2 | | 19 | Maus\_Magill | 100 | 2 | | 20 | Bayaker | 94 | 2 | | 20 | Kitten\_Mitten | 94 | 2 | | 22 | GIGObuster | 92 | 3 | | 23 | Catamount | 81 | 4 | | 24 | ataraxy22 | 76 | 2 | | 25 | Superdude | 71 | 2 | | 26 | DrGirlfriend | 42 | 3 | | 26 | gkster | 42 | 3 | | 28 | J-P\_L | 41 | 3 | | 29 | Allecher | 38 | 2 | | 30 | Dung\_Beetle | 33 | 2(1) | | 30 | irritant | 33 | 1 | | 32 | critter42 | 31 | 2 | | 32 | kingEabe | 31 | 2 | | 34 | Borborygmi | 29 | 1(1) | | 35 | amarinth | 27 | 1 | | 35 | Cazzle | 27 | 1 | | 35 | NurseCarmen | 27 | 1 | | 35 | Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle | 27 | 1 | | 39 | Hatchie | 24 | 2(2) | | 40 | JohnT | 22 | 2(1) | | 40 | Shoeless | 22 | 2(1) | | 42 | eschereal | 21 | 1(1) | | 43 | vivalostwages | 18 | 1(1) | | 43 | xizor | 18 | 1(1) | | 45 | commasense | 17 | 4(1) | | 46 | gwendee | 16 | 2 | | 47 | Gyrate | 15 | 2 | | 47 | kitap | 15 | 2 | | 47 | ProfPepperwinkle | 15 | 2 | | 50 | Lsura | 14 | 2 | | 51 | Biotop | 13 | 1(1) | | 51 | kayT | 13 | 1(1) | | 53 | GuanoLad | 12 | 1(1) | | 53 | Hschardi | 12 | 1 | | 53 | zadscmc | 12 | 3(2) | | 56 | truthseeker3 | 11 | 1 | | 57 | Mona\_Lott | 10 | 1 | | 57 | Railer13 | 10 | 1 | | 57 | Snowboarder\_Bo | 10 | 1 | | 57 | tuesdayweld | 10 | 1 | | 61 | D\_Anconia | 9 | 1 | | 61 | SpoilerVirgin | 9 | 1 | | 61 | Tristan | 9 | 1 | | 64 | teelabrown | 6 | 1 | | 65 | Gatopescado | 4 | 1 | | 65 | Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi | 4 | 1 | | 65 | Precambrianmollusc | 4 | 1 | | 65 | rhl | 4 | 1 | | 65 | RollOutTheBarrel | 4 | 1 | | 65 | Skunkdog | 4 | 1 | | 65 | Stephe96 | 4 | 1 | | 72 | Baker | 2 | 4(2) | ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1401 "2022-12-19T19:02:05Z")
Getting closer to the coveted ‘Last one in Hell’s Handbasket’ award. The ONLY thing i can win at this point. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1402 "2022-12-20T01:24:36Z")
> **[Veteran CNN investigative journalist Drew Griffin dead at 60 | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/us/drew-griffin-obit-invs/index.html)** > > Drew Griffin, CNN's award-winning Senior Investigative Correspondent, known for getting even the cagiest of interview subjects to engage in a story, died Saturday after a long battle with cancer, his family said. He was 60. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=71)