2022 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool

The Game Room
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https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/vietnam-war-photographer-tim-page-dies-australia-78-88831153

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(2022 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool - #940 by notfrommensa)

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?)

966

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.

967

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.

968

Somebody named Charlbi Dean died at 32. Never heard of them, but that’s a butt-load of points.

969

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)
970
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Gorbachev was 92, in case anyone had him.

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Kyiv Independent is picking up those reports as well.

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91, actually. Birthdate 3/2/1931.

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Correction noted.

Gorbachev is obviously best known for his Pizza Hut commercial.

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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)
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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.

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Honestly, I thought Gorbachev died years ago.

978

Same… wonder who I was thinking of?

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Boris Yeltsin?

980

Obviously you were thinking of Nelson Mandela.

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The system also likes to delete the quote if you’re quoting the post directly previous to yours.

Anyway…

Clayton Jacobson II, inventor of the Jet Ski died in Australia at 88.

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That was a crazy read.