# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/441 "2023-01-21T22:51:35Z")
> **[Ex-Brewers GM Bando, 3x champ with A's, dies](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35497381/former-athletics-captain-brewers-gm-sal-bando-dies-78)** > > Sal Bando, who won three World Series titles and was a four-time All-Star with the A's before joining the Brewers, where he later became GM, has died at 78. ---
**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 22, 2023, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/442 "2023-01-22T04:20:16Z")
> **[Carl Hahn Boldly Advanced Volkswagen’s Global Reach](https://www.wsj.com/articles/carl-hahn-boldly-advanced-volkswagens-global-reach-11674226857)** > > Former CEO, who made his name marketing VW Beetles in the U.S., dies at 96. ---
**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 23, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/443 "2023-01-23T00:22:39Z")
Marshall Tucker was a real person, not just a band name. [Marshall Tucker, Namesake of Iconic Southern Rock Band, Has Died | Saving Country Music](https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/marshall-tucker-namesake-of-iconic-southern-rock-band-has-died/) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/444 "2023-01-23T12:46:13Z")
That is an awesome story! I knew that there was no “Marshall Tucker” in the band but had no idea he was a real person. One thing I don’t get, though - why would you need a warehouse for a piano tuning business? It seems like you would need to go where the pianos are. ---
**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 23, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/445 "2023-01-23T12:51:03Z")
I don’t get the need for a warehouse either. Piano tuning equipment isn’t that big. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/446 "2023-01-23T15:38:04Z")
I used to work with a guy that did piano tuning as a side job, and he would also buy and sell used pianos. He didn’t have a warehouse, but his two-car garage was jammed full of old pianos and piano parts. What used to be regular customers would no longer need his services when their piano-student kid grew up and moved away, and they now had an unused piano in the house. Sometimes he paid nothing for it - they were happy to have it gone without paying a removal company. Maybe Marshall Tucker did the same thing. Seems like a natural side-line for a piano tuner. ---
**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 23, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/447 "2023-01-23T20:03:15Z")
Good point. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/448 "2023-01-23T21:37:48Z")
> **[‘McHale’s Navy’ star Yoshio Yoda dead at 88](https://nypost.com/2023/01/23/mchales-navy-star-yoshio-yoda-dead-at-88/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=P6Twitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow)** > > Yoda who portrayed Fuji Kobiaji on the ABC sitcom, which also starred Ernest Borgnine. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/449 "2023-01-23T23:34:07Z")
[Joe Kittinger, US pilot who parachuted to Earth in 1960 from a record-breaking 19 miles](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/joe-kittinger-us-pilot-parachuted-142626163.html) above the Earth, has died at age 94. ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/450 "2023-01-24T01:06:40Z")
_That_ was a long free fall. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/451 "2023-01-24T01:33:00Z")
> **['Polo Polo,' popular Mexican comedian, dead at 78 | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/23/entertainment/polo-polo-death/index.html)** > > Mexican comedian Leopoldo Roberto Garcia Peláez Benitez, who performed as "Polo Polo," died on Monday, his family announced. ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/452 "2023-01-24T11:44:33Z")
Male model [Jeremy Ruehlemann](https://people.com/style/model-jeremy-ruehlemann-dead-at-27-he-was-one-of-my-muses-and-always-will-be-says-christian-siriano/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&mibextid=Zxz2cZ) has died at the age of 27. ---
**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 25, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/453 "2023-01-25T00:57:51Z")
> **[WXRT host Lin Brehmer dies at 68](https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2023/1/22/23566367/lin-brehmer-dies-wxrt)** > > Lin Brehmer worked at WXRT for more than three decades. He loved the Cubs, the music, theater and food scenes and touched many Chicagoans, though they never met him. > **[Author Marion Meade Dies at 88 | Kirkus Reviews](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/author-marion-meade-dies-at-88/)** > > The writer was known for her biographies of Buster Keaton, Dorothy Parker, and Woody Allen. ---
**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 25, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/454 "2023-01-25T10:53:04Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Male model [Jeremy Ruehlemann](https://people.com/style/model-jeremy-ruehlemann-dead-at-27-he-was-one-of-my-muses-and-always-will-be-says-christian-siriano/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&mibextid=Zxz2cZ) has died at the age of 27. Not the best sources but the Daily Mail and NY Post have direct quotes from his father stating it was an accidental drug overdose and that he’s been struggling with addiction for awhile. ---
**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 25, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/455 "2023-01-25T11:02:58Z")
Honestly, whenever I hear about someone younger than 35 dying, that’s my default assumption. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/456 "2023-01-25T12:04:21Z")
There has to be a way to find people like Ruehlemann _before_ they give up points. To anyone who had heard of him he had all the makings of a great Death Pool candidate: He had a history of being a druggo, he ‘socialized’ with the wealthy night-club going crowd, was at the magical age of 27, and the kicker: tattooed on his throat was the phrase _ **I Will Never Die** _ ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/457 "2023-01-25T14:17:18Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > There has to be a way to find people like Ruehlemann _before_ they give up points. > > To anyone who had heard of him he had all the makings of a great Death Pool candidate: He had a history of being a druggo, he ‘socialized’ with the wealthy night-club going crowd, was at the magical age of 27, and the kicker: tattooed on his throat was the phrase _ **I Will Never Die** _ I’m obviously not in tune with the world of high fashion. All the local media covered his death because he was a relatively local kid. I never heard of him until now. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/458 "2023-01-25T15:54:23Z")
Just out of curiosity because I’m sure nobody had Julian Sands, but at what point does a death become official? We’re talking about 35 sweet, sweet points in this particular case! > **[Julian Sands: Brother of missing actor has said his goodbyes](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-64397280?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_format=link&at_medium=social&at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_type=web_link&at_link_origin=BBCWorld&at_link_id=E45A1F84-9CC3-11ED-AE7B-E79A4744363C)** > > Julian Sands went missing while hiking in California on 13 January. ---
**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 25, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/459 "2023-01-25T16:35:43Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Just out of curiosity because I’m sure nobody had Julian Sands, but at what point does a death become official? We’re talking about 35 sweet, sweet points in this particular case! He didn’t kill himself, did he? He got lost hiking as far as we know? I would hold out hope unless they know for sure the area is unsurvivable while lost. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/460 "2023-01-25T18:30:49Z")
There was the issue with Steve Fossett – He disappeared in September 2007 but it was more than a year later that the plane wreckage was found. > **[Steve Fossett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Fossett)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > James Stephen Fossett (April 22, 1944 – September 3, 2007) was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and in a fixed-wing aircraft. He made his fortune in the financial services industry and held world records for five nonstop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist, as a sailor, and as a solo flight fixed-... Brian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=24)