# 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:** 24
**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, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/461 "2023-01-25T19:01:37Z")
> **[Yardbirds guitarist Anthony 'Top' Topham dies aged 75](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11676501/Yardbirds-guitarist-Anthony-Topham-dies-aged-75-just-two-weeks-death-Jeff-Beck.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline)** > > Anthony 'Top' Topham, founding guitarist of the Yardbirds, left the band before their commercial breakthrough and was succeeded by Eric Clapton, then Jeff Beck and finally Jimmy Page. ---
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/462 "2023-01-25T20:44:06Z")
> **[Lloyd Morrisett, co-creator of beloved TV series 'Sesame Street,' dies](https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2023-01-25/lloyd-morrisett-co-creator-of-beloved-tv-series-sesame-street-dies)** > > Morrisett helped change children's educational TV with Elmo, Cookie Monster and other fuzzy 'Sesame Street' creatures. ---
**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 25, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/463 "2023-01-25T20:47:13Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > tattooed on his throat was the phrase _ **I Will Never Die** _ Oh man. I bet his face is red! ---
**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, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/464 "2023-01-25T21:08:19Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > [Yardbirds guitarist Anthony 'Top' Topham dies aged 75 just two weeks after death of Jeff Beck | Daily Mail Online](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11676501/Yardbirds-guitarist-Anthony-Topham-dies-aged-75-just-two-weeks-death-Jeff-Beck.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline) The Yardbirds curse. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/465 "2023-01-25T21:11:39Z")
Actually, it is slightly grey with perhaps a touch of blue. ---
**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 25, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/466 "2023-01-25T21:45:21Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > at the magical age of 27 Was he a musician? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/467 "2023-01-25T23:58:48Z")
Actor Lance Kerwin has died at 62 (15x4+2). > **[Lance Kerwin](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Kerwin)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Lance M. Kerwin (November 6, 1960 – January 24, 2023) was an American actor, known primarily for roles in television and film during his childhood and teen years in the 1970s. He played lead roles in the TV series James at 15, and the made-for-TV films The Loneliest Runner and Salem's Lot. > Kerwin was raised in Lake Elsinore, California. His father was an acting coach, who brought home scripts for his son to read. His mother was also a performer ... ---
**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 26, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/468 "2023-01-26T01:16:24Z")
Ah, HAH! I think I’ve figured out why some of us are seeing “Pages for logged out editors learn more”. Y’all are posting links to the mobile site for Wikipedia. We’re looking at those links on computers, not mobiles. Something about the rendering of the mobile page on a non-mobile browser might be doing this. Also, dang. Kerwin was young. I had a bit of a crush on him when he was on James at 15/16. ---
**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 26, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/469 "2023-01-26T01:31:41Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Y’all are posting links to the mobile site for Wikipedia. We’re looking at those links on computers, not mobiles. I see it on my iPad, though. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/470 "2023-01-26T02:35:03Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I see it on my iPad, though. - And I see it on my cell phone. ---
**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 26, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/471 "2023-01-26T02:51:09Z")
> **[Victor Navasky, journalist and historian, dies at 90](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/25/victor-navasky-dies-nation-editor-00079368)** > > He was known for his books on political and cultural history, including “Naming Names" and "Kennedy Justice." ---
**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 26, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/472 "2023-01-26T03:29:27Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I see it on my iPad, though. > [@needscoffee](#): > > And I see it on my cell phone. Well, nuts. That’s not it then. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/473 "2023-01-27T12:41:18Z")
> **[Former Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Jessie Lemonier dies...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/27/sport/jessie-lemonier-death-nfl-spt-intl/index.html)** > > Former Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Jessie Lemonier died on Thursday aged 25, according to a statement from the Lions. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/474 "2023-01-27T13:13:16Z")
Basketball analyst Billy Packer runs out the clock at 82. > **[Billy Packer](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Packer)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Anthony William Packer, born Anthony William Paczkowski, (February 25, 1940 – January 26, 2023) was an American sportscaster and a published author. Packer spent more than three decades as a color analyst for television coverage of college basketball. > Packer was born Anthony William Paczkowski in Wellsville, New York. His parents subsequently changed the Polish surname from Paczkowski to Packer. His father Tony was an outstanding athlete in foo... ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/475 "2023-01-27T16:43:54Z")
After last November’s car explosion that caused him burns and now this, I should consider Jay Leno as a candidate for next year. > **[Jay Leno's very bad week: He breaks several bones in motorcycle crash as CNBC...](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jay-leno-breaks-bones-motorcycle-crash-cnbc-jay-lenos-garage-163042213.html?guccounter=1)** > > The comedian isn't having the best 2023 so far, after a series of unfortunate events. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/476 "2023-01-27T16:49:39Z")
Plus CNBC just announced they are canceling Jay Leno’s Garage. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/477 "2023-01-28T03:18:58Z")
I’m not even sure this guy qualifies as a celebrity but I figured I’d pass this article along, if only for the gruesome detail that he died of six (!) self-inflicted wounds. Yikes. > **[Son of novelist Graham Greene killed himself in grounds of his home](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11686089/The-son-novelist-Graham-Greene-85-killed-grounds-Devon-home.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline)** > > Francis Greene, who was his father's literary executor for many years, had been diagnosed with two potentially life threatening illnesses including prostate cancer shortly before his death. ---
**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 28, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/478 "2023-01-28T03:28:25Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > I figured I’d pass this article along Interesting, but, not only was he not a celebrity, > [@linked article](#): > > _Francis Greene, who was his father’s literary executor for many years, had been diagnosed with two potentially life threatening illnesses including prostate cancer_ shortly before **his death in May last year**. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/479 "2023-01-28T03:39:14Z")
Oh well. ---
**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 28, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/480 "2023-01-28T04:34:48Z")
> **[Novelist Paul La Farge Dies](https://bookriot.com/paul-la-farge-dies/)** > > Novelist Paul La Farge passed away from cancer on January 18th at the age of 52. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=25)