# 2023 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831 "2022-12-01T04:02:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 101
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2001 "2023-11-30T03:21:35Z")
I first noticed her in a tiny role as Burt Reynold’s sister-in-law in the rom-com _Starting Over._ She had one joke in the entire movie, but her completely sincere, deadpan delivery got a bigger laugh than any other line. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2002 "2023-11-30T04:12:05Z")
Yayyy Points! At last thanks Henry. Well Point No point? ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2003 "2023-11-30T04:24:52Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Probably best known as Ma Clavin, but my i loved her as John Carter’s grandmother on ER. Why did she seem old 40 years ago? ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2004 "2023-11-30T04:35:19Z")
Mary Cleave dies at 76 [https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/29/world/mary-cleave-nasa-astronaut-obit-scn/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/29/world/mary-cleave-nasa-astronaut-obit-scn/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2005 "2023-11-30T06:39:28Z")
If you think about it, mankind in general gets points for Kissinger. I’m just glad he didn’t outlive Jimmy Carter. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2006 "2023-11-30T09:39:26Z")
[![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/435/972/fef) ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/435/972/fef) I guess he was, in the end. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2007 "2023-11-30T10:40:50Z")
So much for my dream of seeing Kissinger tried for war crimes at The Hague. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2008 "2023-11-30T11:14:39Z")
They say in Spanish that the Devil knows more because of how old he is than because he is the Devil. Guess the Devil thought it was time to learn a couple of new tricks. Welcome, Mr. Kissinger, [here is your accordion.](https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2209/2065578455_22915e81f3_z.jpg?zz=1) ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2009 "2023-11-30T12:10:47Z")
Shane McGowan has died. I think I had him on last year’s list. > **[Shane MacGowan, Pogues songwriter and Irish music legend, dies aged 65](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/30/shane-macgowan-pogues-singer-dies)** > > One of the all-time great bandleaders and writer of Christmas classic Fairytale of New York, MacGowan invigorated rock with the power of Irish folk music ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2010 "2023-11-30T12:41:23Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Shane McGowan has died. He spelled it M_ **a** _cGowan, and he left me 35 points! My only points this year (so far). ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2011 "2023-11-30T13:43:33Z")
Bah. Had him on next year’s list. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2012 "2023-11-30T14:04:12Z")
If Jimmy Carter dies, who are our 97-99 year old people we know about? Norman Lear is 101, I know about him, but who are the most famous people approaching 100? ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2013 "2023-11-30T14:08:44Z")
You could check out my 2023 list, from which we’ve only lost Harry Belafonte and Tony Bennett. > [@2023 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/99): > > Reprising my list of entertainers over 90 years old. I helped keep all but four of last year’s aged picks alive for another full year. In 2022 we lost the last of my over-100 picks (Marsha Hunt) and Angela Lansbury, Sidney Poitier, and Estelle Harris gave me a few points, but I’m hoping for a low score again this year to avoid losing any more of these great talents. (Well, I wouldn’t be terribly sad to see Clint Eastwood go.) As always, I’m playing the odds, not going for points. The maximum I … ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2014 "2023-11-30T15:18:59Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > who are our 97-99 year old people we know about? Dick Van Dyke will turn 98 two weeks from today. Mel Brooks is 97. Eva Marie Saint is 99. I’m sure there are more. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2015 "2023-11-30T15:21:29Z")
Oh, I have Shane MacGowan too! The second time I score points this year! (The first made me happier: Berlusconi). ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2016 "2023-11-30T15:42:24Z")
Buzz Aldrin is 93. John Astin is 93. David Attenborough is 97. Barbara Bain is 92. Warren Buffett is 93. Carol Burnett is 90. Ellen Burstyn is 90. Dick Button is 94. Michael Caine is 90. More here: [Who's Alive and Who's Dead](https://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/a/c.htm) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2017 "2023-11-30T15:46:34Z")
And I dropped the Pogue this year from my list to make space… Sorry Shane, RIP… ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2018 "2023-11-30T16:31:06Z")
Adding to the “just under” list: Bonnie Bartlett, 94, and William Daniels, 96 (married 72 years) Lee Grant, 98? (her year of birth is disputed) June Lockhart, 98 Estelle Parsons, 96 Joyce Randolph, 99 ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2019 "2023-11-30T16:40:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > David Attenborough is 97. Ouch, this is going to hurt assuming I outlive him(I’m 45). International treasure. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2020 "2023-11-30T16:41:11Z")
Bill Shatner is also over 90 now. He’s 92. Yikes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=100) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=102)