# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/421 "2023-01-18T20:57:05Z")
Just want folks to know that I may be here only once a day or so, so if a death is not immediatley noted don’t worry. Yesterday afternoon I did it again. I tripped on the living room rug, and cracked my right kneecap. This darn leg brace will make my mobility awkward so I won’t be living online. It’s not as bad as 2021. I.m learning the hard way old ladies have more fragile bones. ---
**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 18, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/422 "2023-01-18T21:25:36Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I.m learning the hard way old ladies have more fragile bones. Damn, girl, get better soon! ---
**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 18, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/423 "2023-01-18T23:00:32Z")
> [@zadscmc](#): > > Chris Ford dies at 74. I did not know this fact: Chris Ford made the first 3-point shot in NBA history. > **[Chris Ford, first player to score 3-pointer in NBA, dies at 74 ](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nba/article-11650421/Chris-Ford-player-score-three-pointer-NBA-died-age-74.html)** > > The official cause of Ford's death is heart failure, according to National Sportswriters Hall of Famer Dick Weiss , while other reports claim Ford suffered a heart attack earlier this month. ---
**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, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/424 "2023-01-18T23:43:43Z")
Julian Sands has gone missing since Friday while hiking. > **[Julian Sands named as missing hiker at San Gabriel Mountains](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11651033/Julian-Sands-65-named-hiker-went-missing-San-Gabriel-Mountains.html)** > > British actor and 'A Room with a View' star Julian Sands, 65, has been named as one of two missing hikers in California's San Gabriel Mountains.  ---
**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 19, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/425 "2023-01-19T00:29:29Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Just want folks to know that I may be here only once a day or so, so if a death is not immediatley noted don’t worry. > > Yesterday afternoon I did it again. I tripped on the living room rug, and cracked my right kneecap. This darn leg brace will make my mobility awkward so I won’t be living online. It’s not as bad as 2021. I.m learning the hard way old ladies have more fragile bones. My advice to you is to stop doing that. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/426 "2023-01-19T02:33:51Z")
I hope he didn’t wander too far into…The Killing Fields. ---
**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 19, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/427 "2023-01-19T02:40:27Z")
Medically assisted suicide. > **[Former Second City actor-writer Michael Lehrer, who had ALS, dies at 44](https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/18/23558502/michael-lehrer-dead-als-comedy-kill-tony-obituary-second-city)** > > The performer, who continued to do comedy after developing the neurodegenerative disease, ‘died with dignity on his own terms,’ says his girlfriend and caretaker. ---
**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 19, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/428 "2023-01-19T02:49:11Z")
I first saw him last year on KillTony, a podcast that I never miss. This makes me sad, but I understand. ---
**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 19, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/429 "2023-01-19T06:41:58Z")
Yeah that’s where I knew him from. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/430 "2023-01-19T14:15:04Z")
hope you are doing ok, Dearest Mistress… let me know if you need any virtual assistance from the Shroom ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/431 "2023-01-19T22:12:33Z")
David Crosby of CSNY passed at 81yo: > ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/432 "2023-01-19T22:25:12Z")
And I’m on the board! _Ka-ching!_ Oh, and condolences to his family and friends. ---
**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 19, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/433 "2023-01-19T22:25:16Z")
Hate to see that. Déjà Vu will always be one of my favorite albums. Having said that…19 points for me! ---
**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 20, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/434 "2023-01-20T01:18:03Z")
> **[Jonathan Raban: his travel writing could pierce your heart](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/18/jonathan-raban-his-travel-writing-could-pierce-your-heart)** > > Author Philip Marsden on how Raban, who has died aged 80, brought us his darkly comic and sardonic view of the worldJonathan Raban, travel writer and novelist, dies aged 80 ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/435 "2023-01-20T16:00:22Z")
Crosby is gone, death stills another voice, we gnash our teeth as another dies too young. ---
**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 20, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/436 "2023-01-20T16:52:29Z")
He gave us so much joy. He will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/437 "2023-01-20T17:43:48Z")
I will defnitely take that to heart. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/438 "2023-01-20T18:05:09Z")
| 1 | GIGObuster | 42 | 1 | 0 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 42 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | lel | 25 | 1 | 1 | | 4 | JohnT | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | Railer 13 | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | Shoeless | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | Stephe96 | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | zadscmc | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 9 | Spoiler Virgin | 5 | 1 | 1 | Dive players had David Crosby. I think the rest were pointless My mom didn’t go for popular music but she liked “Turn, Turn, Turn” ---
**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 21, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/439 "2023-01-21T14:59:20Z")
I will admit that I had never heard of this gentleman, but his accomplishments are worth noting. He was the ONLY Black cast member on the Lawrence Welk show. > **[Arthur Duncan, who kept virtuoso tap dancing alive on 'Lawrence Welk Show,' dies](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-19/arthur-duncan-who-kept-virtuoso-tap-dancing-alive-on-the-lawrence-welk-show-dies)** > > The song-and-dance man started young, blazed trails as perhaps the first Black regular on a TV variety show and kept at it until his death at 97. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/440 "2023-01-21T21:24:22Z")
Sal Bando, baseball, dead at 78. Someone will be along with the reference soon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=23)