# 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:** 110
**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 28, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2181 "2023-12-28T23:50:26Z")
I may have misunderstood your notation, but I think you just mistyped **Mahalot** ’s score: 26 points with 2 picks, 3 of which are unique is a contradiction. And still two days to go, I don’t think the Final Hours Award is settled. We can do better 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2182 "2023-12-29T00:06:30Z")
As I’ve said before, I’m glad to have all you folks to check up on me | 1 | Happy Lendervedder | 201 | 4 | 2 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | phungi | 171 | 3 | 2 | | 3 | candide | 144 | 2 | 1 | | 4 | GIGObuster | 135 | 3 | 0 | | 5 | jeezums | 127 | 3 | 1 | | 6 | Hoopy Frood | 126 | 3 | 0 | | 6 | RTFirefly | 126 | 3 | 0 | | 8 | Registered at Last | 65 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | Cazzle | 65 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | critter42 | 65 | 1 | 0 | | 11 | McDeath the Mad | 61 | 2 | 0 | | 12 | Railer 13 | 58 | 3 | 1 | | 13 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 54 | 2 | 0 | | 14 | Pardel-Lux | 49 | 2 | 1 | | 15 | Flik the Blue | 47 | 2 | 1 | | 16 | zadscmc | 45 | 5 | 1 | | 17 | Reindeer Flotilla | 44 | 1 | 0 | | 17 | tuesdayweld | 44 | 1 | 0 | | 19 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 42 | 1 | 0 | | 20 | WolfpackJeep | 39 | 2 | 0 | | 21 | smithsb | 38 | 1 | 1 | | 22 | Stephe96 | 36 | 2 | 0 | | 23 | precambrianmollusc | 35 | 2 | 0 | | 23 | Bayaker | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 25 | GuanoLad | 34 | 3 | 2 | | 26 | KittenMitten | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 26 | RobotDevilDog | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 28 | Jegpeg | 32 | 2 | 1 | | 28 | ataraxy22 | 32 | 2 | 0 | | 30 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 28 | 1 | 0 | | 31 | Mahaloth | 26 | 2 | 2 | | 32 | lel | 25 | 1 | 1 | | 33 | Jack Batty | 24 | 1 | 1 | | 33 | Suntan Lotion | 24 | 1 | 1 | | 35 | Shoeless | 23 | 2 | 0 | | 36 | Lord Feldon | 22 | 4 | 0 | | 37 | Bad Wiring | 21 | 2 | 0 | | 37 | kayT | 21 | 2 | 0 | | 37 | Loach | 21 | 1 | 0 | | 37 | NotherYinzer | 21 | 2 | 1 | | 41 | JohnT | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 41 | RollOutTheBarrel | 19 | 1 | 1 | | 43 | teela brown | 18 | 1 | 1 | | 44 | J-P L | 17 | 2 | 0 | | 44 | Superdude | 17 | 2 | 1 | | 46 | Karl Gauss | 16 | 1 | 0 | | 46 | Paul Was in Saudi | 16 | 6 | 0 | | 48 | Allecher | 13 | 1 | 1 | | 49 | romansperson | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 49 | xizor | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 51 | D Anconia | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 51 | kitap | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 53 | commasense | 8 | 2 | 0 | | 54 | gwendee | 7 | 1 | 0 | | 54 | Ponch8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | | 56 | Biotop | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 56 | Borborygmi | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 56 | Spoiler Virgin | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 59 | Catamount | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 60 | Baker | 1 | 2 | 1 | | 60 | Dr. Girlfriend | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 60 | imthjckaz | 1 | 2 | 0 | | 60 | journeyfan | 1 | 2 | 0 | | 60 | Mrs. E | 1 | 1 | 0 | ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2183 "2023-12-29T00:22:10Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > And still two days to go, I don’t think the Final Hours Award is settled. Sheesh, I’m depending on it at this point. 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2184 "2023-12-29T00:41:28Z")
You may be the latest Final Hours winner, but I’m not sure. I won it once on 12/27; you are a day later. ---
**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 29, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2185 "2023-12-29T00:47:30Z")
You mean me? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2186 "2023-12-29T01:04:07Z")
I’m so confused. Maybe someone else witll drop. Yes you, I let my fingers type before I remember to check. And Wildmon was one I wasn’t sorry to see go. ---
**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 29, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2187 "2023-12-29T01:54:20Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > And Wildmon was one I wasn’t sorry to see go. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2188 "2023-12-29T05:14:27Z")
I keep telling myself, _“People die every day! Just hang in there!”_ ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2189 "2023-12-29T05:26:53Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > > [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > > > And still two days to go, I don’t think the Final Hours Award is settled. > > Sheesh, I’m depending on it at this point. 🤨 Me too! And don’t people remember how last year ended with a flurry of point-earning deaths on the last 3 days? Pele Dec 29, Barbara Walters Dec 30, Jeremiah Green and Pope Benedict on Dec 31. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2190 "2023-12-29T19:25:22Z")
I’m still rooting for a small space rock expertly timed and placed. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2191 "2023-12-30T04:36:18Z")
> **[Gil de Ferran, Indianapolis 500 winner and Brazilian icon, dies at 56](https://apnews.com/article/gil-de-ferran-obit-indianapolis-500-448d622535ce8d978b1fc01cdf2185a7)** > > Gil de Ferran, the 2003 Indy 500 winner, died Friday while racing with his son at The Concourse Club in Florida, multiple former colleagues confirmed to The Associated Press. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2192 "2023-12-30T05:08:03Z")
In these here final hours of 2023, I’d like to wish the best of health to: Andy Taylor John Williams Gene Hackman Celine Dion Hunter Biden Robert Redford Simon Cowell Val Kilmer Shannen Doherty James Earl Jones Bill Clinton See you all next year with maybe a few substitutions here and there! ---
**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 30, 2023, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2193 "2023-12-30T05:24:32Z")
That’s a shame. I hadn’t heard or thought about Gil in a long time, but he was a great driver in CART and IndyCar. Always a great sportsman, which is one of my top criteria for choosing what drivers I’ll consider myself a fan of. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2194 "2023-12-30T13:52:47Z")
Former WWF wrestler Killer Khan has died at 76. > **[Killer Khan](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Khan)** > > Masashi Ozawa (小沢 正志, Ozawa Masashi, March 6, 1947 – December 29, 2023) was a retired Japanese professional wrestler. Popularly known as Killer Khan, he was billed from Mongolia and had numerous high-profile matches with André the Giant in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) during the 1980s, including a high profile "Mongolian stretcher match". Khan used Asian mist against opponents. > Ozawa started wrestling under his true name in 1971 in Japan. In 1977 he wrestled in the Toronto area as Kim ... ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2195 "2023-12-30T15:08:20Z")
> **[Richard Romanus, Actor in ‘Mean Streets,’ Dies at 80](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/richard-romanus-dead-mean-streets-1235776623/)** > > After portraying the loan shark Michael Longo, he voiced a cab driver in ‘Heavy Metal,’ starred on ‘Strike Force’ and was Jennifer Melfi’s husband on ‘The Sopranos.’ ---
**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:** [December 30, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2196 "2023-12-30T19:48:21Z")
> **[Full Monty actor Tom Wilkinson dies aged 75](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/30/full-monty-actor-tom-wilkinson-dies-aged-75)** > > Family of Oscar-nominated British announced his death on 30 December in a statement ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2197 "2023-12-30T20:13:32Z")
[https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nhra/a46254226/nhra-team-owner-tuner-roland-leong-dies/](https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nhra/a46254226/nhra-team-owner-tuner-roland-leong-dies/) Legendary NHRA Funny Car and Top Fuel team owner and engine tuner Roland Leong—known throughout the sport for more than three decades as both “The Hawaiian” and “The Flyin’ Hawaiian”—died Friday at the age of 79. Leong had reportedly been in declining health in recent months. He passed away just hours before reports of the death of retired IndyCar driver and 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner Gil de Ferran. Leong’s colorful nicknames were tributes to his birthplace in the Hawaiian Islands. The native of Honolulu also had sponsorship from both Hawaiian Punch and King’s Hawaiian Bread, two additional tributes to his native land. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2198 "2023-12-30T20:32:07Z")
Another possible contestant for the “Final Hours” award - [Maurice Hines, 20 points](https://www.npr.org/2023/12/30/1222286906/broadway-actor-dancer-and-choreographer-maurice-hines-dies-at-80). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2199 "2023-12-30T20:58:37Z")
Unless I’ve made an error Hines was not picked by anyone so he wouldn’t be a Final Hours contestant. ---
**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 30, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2200 "2023-12-30T21:39:04Z")
Geez, I just about forgot about him. That machine really works. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=109) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=111)