# 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:** 15
**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 1, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/281 "2023-01-01T17:37:21Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > neat trick for an [hombre born in 1968](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felipe_VI) I thought he was born in 382 BC. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Anne_s_Lace)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/282 "2023-01-01T17:38:09Z")
GIGO, you had 14 on your last list posted at #242 so I think that Baker will just likely delete Jeremiah instead of elevating Arnold ---
**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:** [January 1, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/283 "2023-01-01T18:14:50Z")
Jeremiah and the Pope croaked off my list, and I had only one alternate. Am I out of the game then? I suppose it doesn’t matter. It’s not like I was going to win. ---
**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, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/284 "2023-01-01T18:21:35Z")
@Baker So many died late, I may not have had an alternate. If I am allowed one, I will submit **Jeff Bridges** as my 13th pick. If not, that’s fair. We had such a large amount of late deaths, it was a bit nuts, so if you can do it, thanks and if not(or if it isn’t fair), I’m OK with that as well. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/285 "2023-01-01T19:13:04Z")
I finally have the 2023 list cleaned up, as best I can tell. Ninety three players this year, some came back just to play and a few brand new players making their first posts in this thread! I regret to say that four players have only twelve picks, having no alternates when Jeremiah Green died suddenly. But they are still in the game. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/286 "2023-01-01T23:06:07Z")
Possibly some quick early points for someone. > **[Three 6 Mafia's Gangsta Boo Dead at 43, Possible Overdose](https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/01/three-6-mafia-gangsta-boo-dead-dies/)** > > Pioneering female rapper Gangsta Boo has passed away at the age of 43. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/287 "2023-01-01T23:17:31Z")
Well done on navigating the chaos of the final 48 or so hours of the entry period! This feels unprecedented. I have often thought three alts seemed unnecessary because it seemed improbable to lose even two before deadline. I humbly stand corrected. ---
**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 1, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/288 "2023-01-01T23:35:25Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Possibly some quick early points for someone. > > [Three 6 Mafia's Gangsta Boo Dead at 43, Possible Overdose](https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/01/three-6-mafia-gangsta-boo-dead-dies/) > [@](#): > > … confirmed by her former labelmate [**DJ Paul**](https://www.tmz.com/people/dj-paul/) – who threw up a [**photo of her on IG**](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm46vY0PMiO/) … Yeah, you gotta chase those photos with a good bit of fixer or you will never be able to keep them down. And, a quick thread search does not show any early points. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/289 "2023-01-02T00:02:25Z")
Yay, thank you! I don’t know why it makes me happy but it does. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/290 "2023-01-02T04:12:58Z")
It appears both my jailed activist alternates have popped into my main list after the deaths of both the Pope and the drummer. Sure, last year I had like 5 alternates and no one on my list dies before the beginning of the year. This year, I only had two alternates and managed to have two of my picks die before the year started. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/291 "2023-01-02T04:45:46Z")
Huh. He’s not dead, but talk about an ominous start to the year. 2023 is shaping up to be a bloodbath. > **[Jeremy Renner In 'Critical But Stable' Condition After Accident While Plowing...](https://radaronline.com/p/jeremy-renner-critical-stable-condition-snow-plowing-accident/)** > > Sources say the actor was airlifted to the hospital. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/292 "2023-01-02T17:56:47Z")
The Reaper is setting up the chess board. > **[Tennis great Martina Navratilova diagnosed with throat and breast cancer | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/02/tennis/martina-navratilova-throat-breast-cancer-wta-spt-intl/index.html)** > > Tennis great Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with both stage one throat and breast cancer, her agent told CNN in an email Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/293 "2023-01-02T18:45:38Z")
2023 getting off to a roaring start. > **[Earth, Wind & Fire Drummer Fred White Dead at 67](https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/02/earth-wind-and-fire-drummer-fred-white-dead-dies/?adid=social-twa)** > > Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White is dead at 67. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/294 "2023-01-02T18:54:58Z")
Gansta Boo was very young. 43.😟 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/295 "2023-01-02T23:54:43Z")
From what I’ve read, it was an OD. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/296 "2023-01-03T03:17:02Z")
> **[Rally Car Driver Ken Block Dead At 55, Snowmobile Accident](https://amp.tmz.com/2023/01/02/rally-car-driver-ken-block-dead/)** > > Ken Block, rally car driving champion, action sports star, and DC Shoes co-founder is dead at the age of 55 following a snowmobile accident in Utah, TMZ Sports has learned. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2023, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/297 "2023-01-03T06:37:26Z")
Anita Pointer’s neutrons aren’t doing much dancing anymore. > **[Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters dies at 74](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anita-pointer-pointer-sisters-dies-74-rcna63854)** > > Anita was the second oldest of the four sisters who rose to fame with hits in the 1970s and ’80s, including “I’m So Excited.” ---
**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 3, 2023, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/298 "2023-01-03T07:06:41Z")
She counts as last year’s. > [@2022 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/1481): > > Could be the final points (Pointer points?) of 2022: ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/299 "2023-01-03T20:20:55Z")
> **[James D. Brubaker, Producer on ‘The Right Stuff,’ Rocky Movies, Dies at 85](https://variety.com/2023/film/news/james-d-brubaker-dead-rocky-1235477918/)** > > James D. Brubaker, who started out as a driver for John Wayne movies and went on to amass producing credits on high-profile titles including “The Right Stuff,” “Cobra” and &… ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/300 "2023-01-03T23:29:05Z")
> **[Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dead at 90](https://www.wcvb.com/article/walter-cunningham-apollo-astronaut-dead-at-90/42389580?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot)** > > Cunningham was one of three astronauts aboard the 1968 Apollo 7 mission, an 11-day spaceflight that beamed live television broadcasts as they orbited Earth, paving the way for the moon landing less than a year later. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=16)