# 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:** 73
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1443 "2022-12-30T00:29:28Z")
That sucks. Ian & Sylvia were just a little before my time, but “Four Strong Winds” was a great song. ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1444 "2022-12-30T01:36:34Z")
Some fashion maven from Tintwistle, [Vivienne Westwood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivienne_Westwood), dons a shroud. ---
**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 30, 2022, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1445 "2022-12-30T05:23:35Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > ['9-1-1: Lone Star' Actor Tyler Sanders Dead at 18](https://www.tmz.com/2022/06/17/actor-tyler-sanders-dead-dies/?adid=social-twa) Just an update on this. It appears to have been a [fentanyl](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/9-1-1-lone-star-actor-tyler-sanders-death-due-fentanyl-effects-accordi-rcna63614?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&mibextid=Zxz2cZ) overdose. ---
**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 30, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1446 "2022-12-30T14:31:36Z")
a good reminder for everyone to check their lists in the next 48hrs. 17 points and a Unique Pick for **Hoopy\_Frood** : | 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 | Hoopy\_Frood | 161 | 4(1) | | 7 | RTFirefly | 161 | 4 | | 9 | Loach | 156 | 3(1) | | 10 | Little\_Nemo | 152 | 4 | | 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 | Borborygmi | 47 | 2(1) | | 27 | DrGirlfriend | 42 | 3 | | 27 | gkster | 42 | 3 | | 29 | J-P\_L | 41 | 3 | | 30 | eschereal | 39 | 2(1) | | 31 | Allecher | 38 | 2 | | 32 | Dung\_Beetle | 33 | 2(1) | | 32 | irritant | 33 | 1 | | 34 | critter42 | 31 | 2 | | 34 | kingEabe | 31 | 2 | | 36 | amarinth | 27 | 1 | | 36 | Cazzle | 27 | 1 | | 36 | NurseCarmen | 27 | 1 | | 36 | Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle | 27 | 1 | | 40 | Hatchie | 24 | 2(2) | | 41 | JohnT | 22 | 2(1) | | 41 | Shoeless | 22 | 2(1) | | 43 | Pardel-Lux | 18 | 1 | | 43 | vivalostwages | 18 | 1(1) | | 43 | xizor | 18 | 1(1) | | 46 | commasense | 17 | 4(1) | | 47 | gwendee | 16 | 2 | | 48 | Gyrate | 15 | 2 | | 48 | kitap | 15 | 2 | | 48 | ProfPepperwinkle | 15 | 2 | | 51 | Lsura | 14 | 2 | | 52 | Biotop | 13 | 1(1) | | 52 | kayT | 13 | 1(1) | | 54 | GuanoLad | 12 | 1(1) | | 54 | Hschardi | 12 | 1 | | 54 | zadscmc | 12 | 3(2) | | 57 | truthseeker3 | 11 | 1 | | 58 | Mona\_Lott | 10 | 1 | | 58 | Railer13 | 10 | 1 | | 58 | Snowboarder\_Bo | 10 | 1 | | 58 | tuesdayweld | 10 | 1 | | 62 | D\_Anconia | 9 | 1 | | 62 | SpoilerVirgin | 9 | 1 | | 62 | Tristan | 9 | 1 | | 65 | teelabrown | 6 | 1 | | 66 | Gatopescado | 4 | 1 | | 66 | Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi | 4 | 1 | | 66 | Precambrianmollusc | 4 | 1 | | 66 | rhl | 4 | 1 | | 66 | RollOutTheBarrel | 4 | 1 | | 66 | Skunkdog | 4 | 1 | | 66 | Stephe96 | 4 | 1 | | 73 | Baker | 2 | 4(2) | ---
**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 30, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1447 "2022-12-30T15:17:34Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > a good reminder for everyone to check their lists in the next 48hrs. Why, did Dick Cheney die and I missed it? ---
**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 30, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1448 "2022-12-30T16:25:16Z")
No luck, still in (checks list) 74th place. ---
**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 30, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1449 "2022-12-30T16:47:52Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > No luck … I have not been feeling so well, please put me on your 2023 list. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Anne_s_Lace)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1450 "2022-12-30T17:04:20Z")
while waiting for my shingles shot this morning, I was googling and found another one of the people on my 2022 list, Clare Marx, passed on November 27 at age 68. So this should catapult me back into the Top Ten 🙂 [Dame Clare Marx obituary](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/12/dame-clare-marx-obituary) ---
**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 30, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1451 "2022-12-30T17:19:03Z")
A Unique Pick and good for 6th place: | 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 | Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace | 174 | 4(1) | | 7 | RobotDevilDog | 164 | 4 | | 8 | Hoopy\_Frood | 161 | 4(1) | | 8 | RTFirefly | 161 | 4 | | 10 | Loach | 156 | 3(1) | | 11 | Little\_Nemo | 152 | 4 | | 12 | Mahaloth | 143 | 5(1) | | 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 | Borborygmi | 47 | 2(1) | | 27 | DrGirlfriend | 42 | 3 | | 27 | gkster | 42 | 3 | | 29 | J-P\_L | 41 | 3 | | 30 | eschereal | 39 | 2(1) | | 31 | Allecher | 38 | 2 | | 32 | Dung\_Beetle | 33 | 2(1) | | 32 | irritant | 33 | 1 | | 34 | critter42 | 31 | 2 | | 34 | kingEabe | 31 | 2 | | 36 | amarinth | 27 | 1 | | 36 | Cazzle | 27 | 1 | | 36 | NurseCarmen | 27 | 1 | | 36 | Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle | 27 | 1 | | 40 | Hatchie | 24 | 2(2) | | 41 | JohnT | 22 | 2(1) | | 41 | Shoeless | 22 | 2(1) | | 43 | Pardel-Lux | 18 | 1 | | 43 | vivalostwages | 18 | 1(1) | | 43 | xizor | 18 | 1(1) | | 46 | commasense | 17 | 4(1) | | 47 | gwendee | 16 | 2 | | 48 | Gyrate | 15 | 2 | | 48 | kitap | 15 | 2 | | 48 | ProfPepperwinkle | 15 | 2 | | 51 | Lsura | 14 | 2 | | 52 | Biotop | 13 | 1(1) | | 52 | kayT | 13 | 1(1) | | 54 | GuanoLad | 12 | 1(1) | | 54 | Hschardi | 12 | 1 | | 54 | zadscmc | 12 | 3(2) | | 57 | truthseeker3 | 11 | 1 | | 58 | Mona\_Lott | 10 | 1 | | 58 | Railer13 | 10 | 1 | | 58 | Snowboarder\_Bo | 10 | 1 | | 58 | tuesdayweld | 10 | 1 | | 62 | D\_Anconia | 9 | 1 | | 62 | SpoilerVirgin | 9 | 1 | | 62 | Tristan | 9 | 1 | | 65 | teelabrown | 6 | 1 | | 66 | Gatopescado | 4 | 1 | | 66 | Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi | 4 | 1 | | 66 | Precambrianmollusc | 4 | 1 | | 66 | rhl | 4 | 1 | | 66 | RollOutTheBarrel | 4 | 1 | | 66 | Skunkdog | 4 | 1 | | 66 | Stephe96 | 4 | 1 | | 73 | Baker | 2 | 4(2) | ---
**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 30, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1452 "2022-12-30T19:06:30Z")
My bid for the Final Hours prize. 41 points for me. [https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/former-tnaimpact-announcer-don-west-passes-away?amp](https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/former-tnaimpact-announcer-don-west-passes-away?amp) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1453 "2022-12-30T22:10:31Z")
You and me both ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1454 "2022-12-31T00:16:11Z")
That puts you into the lead. But like other games, don’t relax. ---
**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 31, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1455 "2022-12-31T01:12:20Z")
I think Registered At Last had him too. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1456 "2022-12-31T01:48:51Z")
He does, i checked. 😩 ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1457 "2022-12-31T02:09:04Z")
You had a good run. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1458 "2022-12-31T02:38:07Z")
Barbara Walters dead at 93 - ABC News > **[Barbara Walters, trailblazing TV icon, dies at 93](https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/barbara-walters-trailblazing-tv-icon-dies-93/story?id=41435083&cid=social_twitter_abcn)** > > Barbara Walters, the trailblazing news broadcaster, has died at 93. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1459 "2022-12-31T02:50:12Z")
Edit: I messed up. ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1460 "2022-12-31T02:51:52Z")
try the 2023 thread ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1461 "2022-12-31T02:52:11Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Another list, this time without Barbara Walters. I guess this should be in the 2023 thread ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1462 "2022-12-31T07:48:10Z")
I do not like this ‘everyone gets last minute points in the final few days but me’ development. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=72) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=74)