2022 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool

The Game Room
1163

Dang. I had a list a few years back of astronauts/cosmonauts and somehow I never had him on the list. He at least went to the moon even though they didn’t land until two missions later.

And not that it’s relevant you know why I think moon hoax theorists are crazy? I don’t believe that the faked film landing could be covered up. Call me cynical but someone would spill the beans.

1164

“The Bad Astronomer” (AKA Phil Plait) a doper from way back when:

…has an entire page debunking the Fox moon hoax special that came out long ago.

(He hasn’t updated the website since 2006 and he hasn’t posted on the Dope since 2004, but he was pretty prolific back in the day from what I remember.)

1165

Randy Cassingham has a good tribute to him:

https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/lenny-lipton/

1166

I hate to disillusion you, but Apollo 9, unlike Apollo 8 or Apollos 10-17, didn’t leave low Earth orbit. They used that mission to test out the lunar landing module on its own for the first time, making sure they could fly it independently of the command module and could rendezvous and dock the two. But they wanted to test that out in low Earth orbit before relying on being able to do it a quarter of a million miles away.

1167

Thanks. He sent me a copy of the book, since I had advised him on one chapter (unfortunately, he didn’t sign it for me), but I hadn’t noticed that dedication.

1168

Phil was on SyFy Wire up until two weeks ago. You can probably find archives of the 1500 or so articles he wrote there. Currently find his newsletter at:

1169

Shoot, I forgot that mission.

1170

It’s like that show is cursed:

1171

Or maybe people in their late 80’s and 90’s tend to die off at a pretty good clip.

1172

Tony Brown, former NBA referee, dead at 55. A unique pick, 45 points, and back in the lead for yours truly:

Rank Player Score Picks(Unique)
1 phungi 256 5(2)
2 Registered_at_Last 224 5(1)
3 Happy_Lendervedder 218 4(1)
4 RobotDevilDog 164 4
5 RTFirefly 161 4
6 Loach 156 3(1)
7 Little_Nemo 152 4
8 jeezums 148 3
9 Mahaloth 134 4
10 Reindeer_Flotilla 131 3
11 candide 127 3
11 It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery 127 3
13 WolfpackJeep 109 4(1)
14 imthjckaz 108 3(1)
15 Captain_Klutz 104 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 Mean_MrMustard 86 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 eschereal 21 1(1)
40 vivalostwages 18 1(1)
40 xizor 18 1(1)
42 commasense 17 3(1)
43 gwendee 16 2
44 Gyrate 15 2
44 kitap 15 2
44 ProfPepperwinkle 15 2
47 Lsura 14 2
48 Biotop 13 1(1)
48 Hatchie 13 1(1)
50 GuanoLad 12 1(1)
50 Hschardi 12 1
50 JohnT 12 1
53 truthseeker3 11 1
54 Mona_Lott 10 1
54 Railer13 10 1
54 Snowboarder_Bo 10 1
54 tuesdayweld 10 1
58 D_Anconia 9 1
58 SpoilerVirgin 9 1
58 Tristan 9 1
61 teelabrown 6 1
61 zadscmc 6 2(1)
63 Gatopescado 4 1
63 Paul_was_in_Saudi 4 1
63 Precambrianmollusc 4 1
63 rhl 4 1
63 RollOutTheBarrel 4 1
63 Shoeless 4 1
63 Skunkdog 4 1
63 Stephe96 4 1
71 Baker 1 3(2)
1173

Lucy Simon, singer/composer and sister of Carly Simon dies at 75 one day after their sister, opera singer and TV correspondent Joanna Simon dies at 82.

1174

Tony Brown: such a celebrity that Wikipedia doesn’t even mention him in their disambiguation

1175
1176

I guess it’s true; Red Bull really does give you wings.

1177

Nice! :laughing:

1178

@Dung_Beetle

Y’know, you really shouldn’t encourage me.

1179
1180
1181

I noted his age,because he’s less than four months younger than I.

1182

Six months older than me.