# 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:** 108
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2141 "2023-12-22T21:12:40Z")
All I need is for you to find 202 votes. That’s one more than I need. ---
**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 22, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2142 "2023-12-22T22:58:17Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > All I need is for you to find 202 votes. That’s one more than I need Sir, I believe our constitution prevents you from playing next year. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2143 "2023-12-23T00:11:35Z")
But I won the Death Pool. ---
**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 23, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2144 "2023-12-23T00:22:28Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > But I won the Death Pool No, I can prove you didn’t. It was a free, fair, and accurate Death Pool and the results were accurately counted. I’ve seen them. ---
**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 23, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2145 "2023-12-23T00:23:00Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > But I won the Death Pool. Who had you, and how many points did they get? ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2146 "2023-12-23T05:27:21Z")
> **[Economist Robert Solow Dies at 99](https://time.com/6550070/robert-solow-nobel-economist-dies/)** > > Solow won the Nobel Prize in economics in 1987 for his analysis of how technology drives economic growth in developed nations. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2147 "2023-12-23T14:39:56Z")
Ryan Minor, former MLB infielder, died of cancer at age 49. Minor had a brief and rather unremarkable career, except that he was the guy that started in place of Cal Ripken on September 20, 1998, thus ending Ripken’s consecutive games streak. Minor started at third base that day, which was the first time in his career that he started at that position. > **[Ryan Minor, Orioles 3B who replaced Cal Ripken at the end of his...](https://apnews.com/article/ryan-minor-dead-baltimore-orioles-cal-ripken-04e773918bf35940087d4fe68b35f969)** > > Former Baltimore Orioles infielder Ryan Minor has died at age 49. Minor became part of baseball history when he replaced Cal Ripken at the end of his record-setting consecutive games streak in 1998. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2148 "2023-12-23T17:37:24Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > > > But I won the Death Pool. > > Who had you, and how many points did they get? Everyone had me. It was a perfect list. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2149 "2023-12-23T20:06:09Z")
> **[Dixie Chicks founding member Laura Lynch dies at 65 in Texas car crash](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12897057/Dixie-Chicks-founding-member-Laura-Lynch-dies-65-tragic-head-collision-Texas-serving-superstar-country-groups-lead-vocalist.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline)** > > Laura Lynch, one of the founding members of the country music juggernaut the Dixie Chicks, has in a car crash outside of El Paso, Texas, after a passing vehicle reportedly hit her car head on. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2150 "2023-12-24T02:47:57Z")
> **[Antonio Negri, 90, Philosopher Who Wrote a Surprise Best Seller, Dies](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/world/europe/antonio-negri-dead.html)** > > He became famous twice: first in 1979, for his imprisonment related to the murder of a former Italian premier, and then 20 years later, for his influential book “Empire.” ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2151 "2023-12-24T11:57:44Z")
He was going to be on my 2024 list. So much for those 51 points! ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2152 "2023-12-24T22:47:51Z")
> **[Mike Nussbaum, prolific Chicago stage actor with film roles including 'Field...](https://www.wcvb.com/article/mike-nussbaum-prolific-chicago-stage-actor-with-film-roles-including-field-of-dreams-dies-99/46219131?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot#)** > > His daughter says he died at his home on Saturday of old age. He was just days shy of his 100th birthday. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2153 "2023-12-25T18:47:36Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > He was going to be on my 2024 list. So much for those 51 points! He was on my list already, will make some changes soon. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2154 "2023-12-25T19:58:12Z")
> **[Opera star Mildred Miller, founder of Pittsburgh Festival Opera, dies at age 98](https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/mildred-miller-founder-of-pittsburgh-festival-opera-dies/)** > > Opera star Mildred Miller, who founded what is now known as the Pittsburgh Festival Opera, has died at age 98. ---
**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 25, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2155 "2023-12-25T23:21:36Z")
> **['One Life To Live' Star Kamar de los Reyes Dies at 56](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/one-life-live-star-kamar-202232592.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall)** > > Kamar De Los Reyes, who had filmed a role in Marvel's upcoming "Daredevil" series and was a dad of three, died after a "brief battle with cancer," a representative confirmed. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2156 "2023-12-26T01:14:54Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Eric Montross has scored his last basket. > > [Eric Montross, former UNC basketball star and NBA player, dies of cancer at 52](https://sports.yahoo.com/eric-montross-dies-age-52-cancer-former-unc-basketball-star-and-nba-player-152021707.html) > **[George McGinnis (1950–2023), Hall of Fame basketball great](https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/george-mcginnis-1950-2023-hall-of-fame-basketball-great/)** > > George McGinnis, Indiana basketball legend and a Hall of Fame ABA and NBA player, died December 14 of cardiac arrest in Indiana at the age of 73. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2157 "2023-12-26T18:10:28Z")
I didn’t know too much about her, but fascinating life story. > **[Paula Murphy, Once ‘the Fastest Woman on Wheels,’ Dies at 95](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/26/sports/autoracing/paula-murphy-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.I00.oiOP.Y4qb6S8O7hWe&smid=url-share)** > > She proved that women could gain fame as speed demons on land by setting records on the Bonneville Salt Flats and on the nation’s racetracks. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2158 "2023-12-27T03:18:03Z")
> **[Actress Casey Kramer, daughter of famed director Stanley Kramer, dead at 67](https://www.boston25news.com/news/trending/actress-casey-kramer-daughter-famed-director-stanley-kramer-dead-67/PPQBJAKNEBD2HKG6MVT655THVA/?taid=658b96cb4a445e00015999d4&utm_campaign=trueAnthem_manual&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter)** > > She made her film debut in 1979 in “The Runner Stumbles,” which was directed by her father. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2159 "2023-12-27T03:19:29Z")
He played the father of the rich family in Parasite. > **[Lee Sun-kyun: Parasite actor found dead, say reports](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67825665?at_bbc_team=editorial&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_link_origin=BBCWorld&at_format=link&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_type=web_link&at_medium=social&at_link_id=8954D9B6-A466-11EE-BC59-53D7413A1DFE&at_campaign_type=owned)** > > Lee had been under investigation for illegal drug use since early this year. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2160 "2023-12-27T04:21:34Z")
> **[Bossa nova pioneer Carlos Lyra at 90: ‘We wrote songs about our reality: the...](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/16/bossa-nova-pioneer-carlos-lyra-at-90-we-wrote-songs-about-our-reality-the-beach-sun-and-love-stories)** > > Lyra was at the genre’s 1950s birth in Rio beachside jams, bringing sensuality to Brazil’s serious music scene. He explains how he shaped bossa’s stunning melodies – and gave it a social conscience [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=107) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=109)