# 2022 \[THEMED\] Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 3, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444 "2021-12-03T14:00:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 7
**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 29, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/121 "2022-12-29T22:55:12Z")
Sorry about that. Pelé was a Unique Pick for **Dr. Girlfriend,** on the _11th annual All-Star Sports Edition_ list ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/122 "2022-12-29T23:20:44Z")
No harm done, except for **Dr.Girlfriend** overtaking me. Con **grrrr** atulations! he said, through clenched teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/123 "2022-12-30T00:28:25Z")
Thanks! Final Hours award, perhaps? Off to update my 2023 list… ---
**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:** [December 31, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/124 "2022-12-31T19:43:07Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > What a great theme! I’m going to be very interested in how you do with this list. The answer is “poorly”. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/125 "2022-12-31T20:04:50Z")
Looks like you and I had about the same “success” this year. I’m going to re-use my _women writers mostly mysteries_ theme again in 2023; are you re-using yours? Sooner or later some of these folks must leave us, no? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/126 "2022-12-31T20:08:42Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Looks like you and I had about the same “success” this year. I’m going to re-use my _women writers mostly mysteries_ theme again in 2023; are you re-using yours? Sooner or later some of these folks must leave us, no? No, if I had reused my 2021 list I’d have done just as poorly; nobody on that list died in 2022 either. I’ve decided to keep a different group of people alive through the upcoming year. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/127 "2023-01-01T15:33:45Z")
Congrats to **Happy\_Lendervedder** , our 2022 THEMED Death Pool Champion. Award winners are as follows: _“Opening Kickoff” Award:_ **mahaloth** (Sally Kellerman, February 24th) _“Quantity Not Quality” Award:_ **Dr.Girlfriend** (3 picks) _“Inside Track With the Grim Reaper” Award:_ **Dr.Girlfriend** (3 unique picks) _“Robbing the Cradle” Award:_ **Happy\_Lendervedder** (BOTH Lenny Johnrose and Doddie Weir, age 52) _“Final Hours” Award:_ **Dr.Girlfriend** (Pelé, December 31st) Final Rankings below, for all participants. See you in the 2023 Thread! phil/phungi | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 96 | 2(2) | | Lou Gehrig | | 2 | Dr.Girlfriend | 54 | 3(3) | | 11th annual All-Star Sports Edition | | 3 | Registered\_at\_Last | 52 | 2(2) | | The Canadians | | 4 | Pardel-Lux | 38 | 2(2) | | German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups | | 5 | GuanoLad | 36 | 2(2) | | British Sitcom Stars | | 6 | Mahaloth | 16 | 1(1) | | MASH (movie or show) living cast members: | | 7 | Railer13 | 13 | 1(1) | | 1960s St. Louis Cardinals World Series | | 8 | Biotop | 12 | 1(1) | | Dark Shadows | | 9 | Dancer\_Flight | 11 | 1(1) | | Star Trek IV | | 10 | Shoeless | 1 | 1(1) | | Guest stars from the original Twilight Zone | | 11 | amarinth | 0 | 0 | | Sitcom Moms | | 11 | Baker | 0 | 0 | | Born on New Year’s Eve | | 11 | Bashorian | 0 | 0 | | Rock Bassists | | 11 | Bayaker | 0 | 0 | | The Mary Tyler Moore Show universe: | | 11 | billiefan2000 | 0 | 0 | | Televangelists | | 11 | Borborygmi | 0 | 0 | | Lawyers | | 11 | candide | 0 | 0 | | A List About Nothing | | 11 | Catamount | 0 | 0 | | Doctor Who vs. The Master | | 11 | Cazzle | 0 | 0 | | It’s The End of the World As They Know It. | | 11 | commasense | 0 | 0 | | Destroyers of Democracy V | | 11 | FlikTheBlue | 0 | 0 | | Associated with the Ukraine | | 11 | GIGObuster | 0 | 0 | | “hall of the infamous” | | 11 | J-P\_L | 0 | 0 | | Former Race Car Drivers | | 11 | kayT | 0 | 0 | | Women Writers (mostly Mysteries) | | 11 | Kitten\_Mitten | 0 | 0 | | Favorite Singers and Musicians | | 11 | Little\_Nemo | 0 | 0 | | Last Survivor | | 11 | Mean\_Mr.Mustard | 0 | 0 | | Lawyer Up! | | 11 | phungi | 0 | 0 | | NFL/FIFA ALL-ALS/CTE Team | | 11 | Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace | 0 | 0 | | Old Talented Babes (who I’ve been entertained by): | | 11 | Rebo | 0 | 0 | | People we wish would disappear off the face of the planet | | 11 | RobotDevilDog | 0 | 0 | | Back to the Future | | 11 | RTFirefly | 0 | 0 | | 1969 Washington Senators | | 11 | smithsb | 0 | 0 | | Republican Cultists | | 11 | Stephe96 | 0 | 0 | | Beatles | | 11 | Wallet | 0 | 0 | | Evil and its Minions (IMHO) | | 11 | xizor | 0 | 0 | | Crooners | ---
**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:** [January 1, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/128 "2023-01-01T16:02:09Z")
I’m more excited about this victory than i probably should be. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/129 "2023-01-01T18:01:02Z")
Nice job! I was a little too excited about my awards so… 😆 ---
**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:** [January 1, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/130 "2023-01-01T18:19:37Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > _“Opening Kickoff” Award:_ **mahaloth** (Sally Kellerman, February 24th) :bows: ---
**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:** [January 1, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/131 "2023-01-01T20:08:14Z")
Two knocked off the list is a great achievement. I am pleased with that. Though, RIP those great talents, of course… ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/132 "2023-01-01T21:29:04Z")
Shoot, missed Top 10 by only the slimmest of margins. My congratulations to the winners, and much gratitude to **phungi** for expertly running both DPs in 2022. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/133 "2023-01-02T01:08:50Z")
Congratulations to **Happy\_Lendervedder** for the grand prize! And to **Mahaloth** & **Dr.Girlfriend** for the other assorted awards. As always thanks to our **DeathShroom** for running the Death Pools this year! See you all in the new threads. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/134 "2023-01-02T02:33:46Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > _“Final Hours” Award:_ **Dr.Girlfriend** (Pelé, December 31st) That was a surprisingly contested award this year. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/135 "2023-01-02T02:35:24Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > Shoot, missed Top 10 by only the slimmest of margins. I managed to get 11th place in both deathpools this year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444.md?page=6)