# 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:** 16
**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 4, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/301 "2023-01-04T02:13:11Z")
Goddammit. I went with a few Apollo 13 astronauts. ---
**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 4, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/302 "2023-01-04T02:48:35Z")
well, that is just Apolling ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/303 "2023-01-04T02:55:27Z")
Not as Apolling as the Grissom fate of the Apollo 1 astronauts ---
**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 4, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/304 "2023-01-04T03:08:13Z")
delete ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/305 "2023-01-04T03:44:56Z")
> **[Dave And Buster's Co-Founder James "Buster" Corley Dies At 72](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/dave-and-buster-s-co-founder-james-buster-corley-dies-at-72/ar-AA15Wv1Q?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=e1e68d74749b4f2f878ed7772a7e68e3)** > > James "Buster" Corley, the co-founder of Dave and Buster's, has reportedly died in an apparent suicide. He was 72. ---
**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 4, 2023, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/306 "2023-01-04T05:07:16Z")
> **[Remembering Wack Packer Fred the Elephant Boy | Howard Stern](https://www.howardstern.com/news/2023/01/03/remembering-wack-packer-fred-the-elephant-boy/)** > > “He was a good-hearted guy and whenever we asked him to do something he was so thrilled to be a part of the radio show,” Howard says of longest serving Wack Packer in Stern Show history ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/307 "2023-01-04T07:02:51Z")
> **[Chris Ledesma, Longtime Music Editor on ‘The Simpsons,’ Dies at 64](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-ledesma-dead-simpsons-music-editor-1235290524/amp/)** > > The onetime Universal Studios tour guide worked on the first 734 episodes of the show, from its premiere in 1989 through an installment that aired in November. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2023, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/308 "2023-01-04T11:03:17Z")
> **[Art McNally, 'father of instant replay' and Hall of Fame NFL official, dies...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/02/sport/nfl-hall-of-fame-official-art-mcnally-dies-spt/index.html)** > > Art McNally, the "father of instant replay" and the first game official inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died at 97 of natural causes at a Pennsylvania hospital near his home Sunday, his son Tom McNally said Monday in a statement from the... ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/309 "2023-01-04T12:00:04Z")
Damn! It looks like 2023 is ramping up to be another 2016. Fasten your seatbelts, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/310 "2023-01-04T13:58:15Z")
I’m starting to freak out a little that a lot of these celebrities are my age. I’m 64! ---
**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:** [January 4, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/311 "2023-01-04T14:58:45Z")
Well, we still need you, and I’m sure _someone_ will feed you. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/312 "2023-01-04T15:01:35Z")
Nice to know! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/313 "2023-01-04T17:02:24Z")
I just turned 68, don’t remind me. ---
**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 4, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/314 "2023-01-04T17:15:33Z")
I only turned a mere ? a few days before that. ---
**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 4, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/315 "2023-01-04T20:17:44Z")
James D Brubaker Walter Cunningham James ‘Buster’ Corley Fred (the Elephant Boy) Schreiber Chris Ledesma Art McNally All appear to be ‘pointless’ deaths. Condolences to their loved ones. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/316 "2023-01-04T23:57:59Z")
English author Fay Weldon leaves 9 points on the table. [Fay Weldon Dies - Bing News](https://www.bing.com/news/search?q=Fay+Weldon+Dies&qpvt=fay+weldon+dies&FORM=EWRE) ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/317 "2023-01-06T11:04:29Z")
Gianluca Vialli dead at 58. Who mentioned that the entrants in this competition are approaching our age? > **[Gianluca Vialli, former Italy, Juventus and Chelsea striker, dies aged 58](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jan/06/gianluca-vialli-former-italy-juventus-and-chelsea-striker-dies-aged-58)** > > The former Italy striker Gianluca Vialli, who had been undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer, has died at the age of 58 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/318 "2023-01-06T12:14:33Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Who mentioned that the entrants in this competition are approaching our age? Ah, but from which direction? 😁 ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/319 "2023-01-06T14:08:28Z")
Well, RIP Gianluca Vialli, and the first points for me and a few others that copycatted me. 🧐 😉 ---
**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 6, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/320 "2023-01-06T17:02:27Z")
looks like its you and Its Not Rocket Surgery; however, their post was #192 and yours was #242 so ??? I tried googling celebrities with pancreatic cancer and this gentleman did not come up. oh well. Well done you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=17)