# 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:** 20
**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 13, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/381 "2023-01-13T19:28:16Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > My guess is not famous enough to warrant news stories about his cancer. Or just kept his illness private. This is probably it. He didn’t come up on my search “daredevil + cancer”. ---
**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 14, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/382 "2023-01-14T02:03:01Z")
We’re only two weeks into the year, and this seems like an unprecedented number of deaths so far. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/383 "2023-01-14T02:22:07Z")
But most of them have been pointless. Only two have mattered, really. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/384 "2023-01-14T02:46:20Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Only two have mattered, really. What a chilling thing to say! ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/385 "2023-01-14T03:07:47Z")
Don’t be cruel. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/386 "2023-01-14T03:17:03Z")
…to a heart that’s true. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/387 "2023-01-14T22:02:56Z")
[Ex-Yankees foe dead at 53 - nj.com](https://www.nj.com/yankees/2023/01/ex-yankees-foe-dead-at-53.html) Lee Tinsley ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/388 "2023-01-15T00:24:32Z")
Sorry, duplicate post. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/389 "2023-01-15T16:17:07Z")
I just saw an article that one of my picks is in poor health. Here is a new article about him, he’s worthy of notice, Ben Ferencz. > **[‘A treasure of humanity’: 102-year-old Nazi prosecutor is still pushing for...](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-treasure-of-humanity-102-year-old-nazi-prosecutor-is-still-pushing-for-peace/ar-AA16mN3e?cvid=274f85ad23f14464b21c0421d64fedef)** > > Ben Ferencz secured the convictions of 22 Nazi death squad leaders 75 years ago in what was billed “the biggest murder trial in history.” ---
**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 15, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/390 "2023-01-15T21:59:12Z")
> **[Paul Johnson, UK historian and champion of Thatcher, dies](https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-international/ap-paul-johnson-uk-historian-and-champion-of-thatcher-dies/)** > > LONDON (AP) — British author, historian and journalist Paul Johnson, who shifted his allegiances from the left to support Margaret Thatcher and Conservative causes, died Thursday after a long illne… > **[Opinion: Remembering poet Charles Simic](https://www.npr.org/2023/01/14/1149214853/opinion-remembering-poet-charles-simic)** > > NPR's Scott Simon remembers Charles Simic, former U.S. poet laureate who was born in Belgrade right before World War II. He died this week after a long career of writing and teaching. > **[Why have most of us never heard of Tatjana Patitz who died last week](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11635903/why-never-heard-Tatjana-Patitz-died-week-just-56.html)** > > To millions, her face was instantly familiar, its feline aquamarine eyes and cut-glass cheekbones feted by fashion designers. Her name, however, was not. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/391 "2023-01-15T22:20:44Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Paul Johnson, UK historian and champion of Thatcher, dies I didn’t necessarily agree with his politics, but he was a wonderful writer. I strongly recommend _The Birth of the Modern_ and _A History of the Jews_ among his many books. ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/392 "2023-01-16T02:57:02Z")
Al Brown, an actor best known for his work on _The Wire_, has [died after a battle with Alzheimer’s](https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/15/the-wire-star-al-brown-dead-dies-stan-valchek/). He was 83. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/393 "2023-01-16T03:18:30Z")
I think Alzheimer’s scares me more than cancer. To lose the sense of oneself is so sad. ---
**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 16, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/394 "2023-01-16T03:36:42Z")
I’m terrified of it. And I think about how many times in my life I’ve had that “I didn’t say [n], I said [y],” “no, you said [n]” conversations, and wonder if that is how it starts. ---
**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 16, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/395 "2023-01-16T03:46:07Z")
You are still you. Your sense of being you does not change. You mental function is just faulty some of the time. ---
**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 16, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/396 "2023-01-16T03:52:46Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > You mental function is just faulty some of the time. Until it’s faulty all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/397 "2023-01-16T04:56:34Z")
Count me as petrified of it as well. My paternal grandmother died of it and at the end it was heartbreaking. My dad has a habit lately of telling the same joke twice in a five minute period, or asking about a tattoo that I’ve had for ten years and things like that. It’s not debilitating or anything, but I fear for the signs. ---
**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 16, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/398 "2023-01-16T13:22:14Z")
Gina Lollobrigida dies at 95. > **[Gina Lollobrigida: Italian screen star dies at 95](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64292026)** > > She was a big star in the 1950s and '60s, and her life story was as exotic as the roles she played. ---
**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 16, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/399 "2023-01-16T13:38:51Z")
I thought she’d died years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/400 "2023-01-16T13:39:58Z")
A unique pick for **Spoiler Virgin**. | 1 | GIGObuster | 42 | 1 | 0 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 42 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | lel | 25 | 1 | 1 | | 4 | Spoiler Virgin | 5 | 1 | 1 | I remember her in a movie “Solomon and Sheba” with Yul Brynner. Filming had not been long started when Tyrone Powere, playing Solomon, died. So Brynner was cast and they reshot the scenes already made. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=21)