# 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:** 27
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/521 "2023-02-04T01:16:26Z")
Ralphie’s mom died? Oh, fuuuuuuuuuudge! ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/522 "2023-02-04T04:07:53Z")
> **[‘He was a part of us’: Friends, family, Guardians pay respects to John Adams](https://fox8.com/news/he-was-a-part-of-us-friends-family-guardians-pay-respects-to-john-adams/)** > > People from across NE Ohio are paying their final respects to Cleveland baseball’s number one fan, John Adams. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/523 "2023-02-04T04:51:35Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > [Melinda Dillon Dead: ‘Close Encounters,’ ‘Christmas Story’ Star Was 83 – The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/melinda-dillon-dead-close-encounters-christmas-story-1235317335/) “Hey Hanrahan!” -rest of quote redacted- ---
**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:** [February 5, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/524 "2023-02-05T00:28:29Z")
RIP Chinese Balloon. Your fame was brief but you rose to great heights. Pretty sure it was under 18 years old so no points. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/525 "2023-02-05T00:48:26Z")
I was hoping it would pass near enough that I could run outside and flip it off. \>:( It was spotted over Charlotte, so that’s something. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/526 "2023-02-05T19:10:21Z")
Actor Charles Kimbrough dead at 86. > **[Charles Kimbrough, Anchor Jim Dial on ‘Murphy Brown,’ Dies at 86](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/charles-kimbrough-dead-murphy-brown-1235317871/)** > > The Minnesotan was an original castmember in Sondheim's 'Company' and the voice of Victor in 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame.' ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/527 "2023-02-05T19:20:37Z")
He was 79. > **[Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf dies in Dubai | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/05/asia/pervez-musharraf-former-pakistan-president-dies-intl-hnk/index.html)** > > Pakistan's former President General Pervez Musharraf has died in Dubai after a prolonged illness at Dubai American Hospital, according to a statement from the Pakistani military. He was 79 years old. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/528 "2023-02-05T19:52:26Z")
> **[Carin Goldberg, designer of book covers and Madonna’s first album, dies at 69](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/02/01/carin-goldberg-designer-of-madonna-album-cover-and-thousands-of-book-covers/)** > > John Updike called her book covers -- which numbered in the thousands -- “bold and festive." > **[Paco Rabanne obituary](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/feb/05/paco-rabanne-obituary)** > > Designer of radical metal and plastic garments, who later became known for his bestselling perfumes ---
**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:** [February 6, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/529 "2023-02-06T04:28:51Z")
Don’t touch that Dial! Oops, too late. [Murphy Brown’s Jim Dial dies at 86](https://www.thewrap.com/charles-kimbrough-murphy-brown-dies-86-obit/) ---
**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:** [February 6, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/530 "2023-02-06T04:42:53Z")
please read the thread first ---
**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:** [February 6, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/531 "2023-02-06T14:48:01Z")
I did. I missed that one. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/532 "2023-02-06T17:25:33Z")
Bob Born, “Father of Peeps,” has died at 98. > **[Bob Born, Father of PEEPS®, passes away at 98 years old | Just Born](https://www.justborn.com/uncategorized/2023/bob-born-father-of-peeps-passes-away-at-98-years-old/)** > > Bob Born, Father of PEEPS®, passes away at 98 years old Bethlehem, PA. — January 30, 2023 – Just Born Quality Confections announced today that Ira “Bob” Bor ... ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/533 "2023-02-06T19:31:31Z")
I love those candies. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/534 "2023-02-06T19:52:28Z")
> [@Old\_Wench](#): > > Bob Born, “Father of Peeps,” has died at 98. > > [Bob Born, Father of PEEPS®, passes away at 98 years old | Just Born](https://www.justborn.com/uncategorized/2023/bob-born-father-of-peeps-passes-away-at-98-years-old/) Does his name get changed now? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/535 "2023-02-06T20:29:07Z")
His tombstone can read “Born Dead” ---
**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:** [February 6, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/536 "2023-02-06T21:35:59Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I love those candies. I have never seen them. Pictures, but not the actual things – never even knew they existed until about 25 years ago. We have these things called “Circus Peanuts” that I believe are similar in composition. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/537 "2023-02-06T22:25:31Z")
Similar in composition, sure. Both use gelatin and contain sugar and emulsifiers. But that’s where the similarity ends. Circus peanuts are the texture of Styrofoam that has a mostly indescribable flavor with a vague nuttiness to it. They are quite possibly the most unpleasant readily available confection. Even candy corn is better. Peeps are gooey marshmallow coated in crystallized sugar. I’m not particularly a fan because I’ve never really liked marshmallows on their own, but peeps are a fine replacement for regular marshmallows in most things. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/538 "2023-02-06T23:06:00Z")
Besides, you can [blow up Peeps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRT1f5luywU) in a microwave. [Circus peanuts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRT1f5luywU) as well, but it just isn’t the same. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/539 "2023-02-06T23:30:14Z")
Peeps jousting in the microwave is fun, but I don’t think many people would bother to try jousting with circus peanuts [https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=peeps+jousting](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=peeps+jousting) ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/540 "2023-02-07T00:22:20Z")
After having him as one of my entries in at least one death pool for many years now, I am finally able to collect. He gets the last laugh, though, for being worth only 5 points by now. [Harry Whittington, the guy shot in the face by Dick Cheney, dies at 95](https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/05/harry-whittington-dick-cheney/). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=28)