# 2023 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831>\
**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:** 4\
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**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 18, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2261 "2024-01-18T03:37:58Z")

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PDQ Bach, real name Peter Schickle, has died. Age: 88

> **[Peter Schickele](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schickele)**
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> Johann Peter Schickele (/ˈʃɪkəli/; July 17, 1935 – January 16, 2024) was an American composer, musical educator, and parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, which he presented as being composed by the fictional P. D. Q. Bach. He also hosted a long-running weekly radio program called Schickele Mix.
> From 1990 to 1993, Schickele's P. D. Q. Bach recordings earned him four consecutive wins for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.
> Johann Peter Schickele was born on July 17, 1...

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**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:** [January 18, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2262 "2024-01-18T04:04:55Z")

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but, he waited until '24

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2263 "2024-01-19T21:19:02Z")

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Wrong thread, I think.

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2264 "2024-06-14T23:17:52Z")

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A link to this incredibly tragic story came up in my “Memories” feed, and this story, published after her autopsy report was complete, goes into a LOT more detail. Apparently, she had long battled bipolar disorder, and this story says she was behaving very erratically in the days before her death, but not quite erratically enough to be committed. She also did not trust doctors, and planned to have her baby at home but hadn’t contacted the midwife. Her cause of death was ruled to be eclampsia. RIP, Tori and Ariana. You deserved better.

> **[Olympic champ Tori Bowie's mental health struggles were no secret inside...](https://apnews.com/article/tori-bowie-mental-health-autopsy-track-olympics-90be47d587501a42c6931096bb9425b6)**
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> Olympic gold medalist Tori Bowie’s autopsy included an easy-to-overlook notation beneath the heading “Medical History:” Bipolar disorder.

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