# 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:** 33
**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:** [February 24, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/641 "2023-02-24T12:37:15Z")
Former Wisconsin Governor Tony Earl eats his last cheese: > **[Tony Earl, Wisconsin's 41st governor who championed the environment, equal...](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/23/former-wisconsin-gov-tony-earl-dies-at-age-86-after-suffering-stroke/69924369007/)** > > Tony Earl is remembered as a gracious public servant who fought hard for his principles yet retained friends on both sides of the political aisle. Brian ---
**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 24, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/642 "2023-02-24T22:37:27Z")
> **[Rick Newman Dies: Founder Of Influential Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club Was 81](https://deadline.com/2023/02/rick-newman-dead-catch-a-rising-star-comedy-club-founder-was-81-1235270148/)** > > Rick Newman, the founder of New York City’s hugely influential Catch a Rising Star comedy club that provided a training ground for the stand-up comics who would change the landscape of entert… ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/643 "2023-02-26T16:27:03Z")
> **[Madonna's older brother dies](https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/madonna-brother-anthony-ciccone-dies-alcohol-problems/)** > > Madonna's older brother Anthony Ciccone, who faced a battle with alcoholism and spent time homeless, has died aged 66. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/644 "2023-02-27T23:15:15Z")
Terry Holland has called his last play. Holland was probably best-known for coaching Ralph Sampson. > **[Terry Holland, who transformed Virginia basketball, dies](https://apnews.com/article/indiana-pacers-sports-virginia-cavaliers-north-carolina-tar-heels-obituaries-0d84b709b123c54b6e9d19f5617f1832)** > > Terry Holland, who elevated Virginia basketball to national prominence during 16 seasons as coach and later had a distinguished career as an athletic administrator, has died, the school announced Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/645 "2023-02-28T02:12:23Z")
Looks like there’ll be no saving Private Sizemore. > **[Tom Sizemore’s Family ‘Deciding End of Life Matters’ After Brain Aneurysm,...](https://variety.com/2023/film/news/tom-sizemore-end-of-life-decision-family-brain-aneurysm-1235537985/)** > > Tom Sizemore’s family is “deciding end of life matters” for the actor after he suffered a brain aneurysm on Feb. 18, Sizemore’s manager Charles Lago confirmed to Variety. Ac… ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/646 "2023-02-28T05:01:18Z")
Vyacheslav Rovneiko, Russian oligarch, but not on MY list, dammit. > **[Ex-Putin spy & Vlad ally found dead hours apart in latest mystery Russia...](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21489838/russian-oligarch-found-dead-moscow-mystery/)** > > A MAJOR Russian oligarch and a former politician in Putin’s party have been found dead hours apart in the latest mystery deaths to hit Russia’s elite. The body of Vyacheslav Rovneiko, 5… ---
**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:** [February 28, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/647 "2023-02-28T13:43:25Z")
Feb 16th: [2023 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool - #585 by phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/585) ---
**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 28, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/648 "2023-02-28T23:05:06Z")
> **[James Abourezk, 1st Arab American US Senator, Dies at 92](https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/02/25/james-abourezk-1st-arab-american-us-senator-dies-92.html)** > > Abourezk served four years in the U.S. Navy following World War II. > **[2-time Olympic pole vault champion Bob Richards dies at 97](https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/2-time-olympic-pole-vault-champion-bob-richards-97521875)** > > Bob Richards, a two-time Olympic pole vault gold medalist who also became an ordained minister, has died ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/649 "2023-03-01T02:33:47Z")
I grew up with Bob Richards on my box of Wheaties, but I can’t find a single image of him pole-vaulting on the box. Instead I get junk like this. [![](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/jKIN7BWUGhsX7yhQaRq1AQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTk0NDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/quartz.com/ea75a105ab4ffaf3dec420bccf467a8f) ](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/jKIN7BWUGhsX7yhQaRq1AQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTk0NDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/quartz.com/ea75a105ab4ffaf3dec420bccf467a8f) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/650 "2023-03-01T13:14:54Z")
I like his title per the box, “Director, Wheaties Sports Federation.” My WAG is that the ‘federation’ was just him. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/651 "2023-03-02T06:27:51Z")
> **[Linda Kasabian, Former Manson Family Member Who Helped Take Down Its Leader,...](https://jezebel.com/linda-kasabian-manson-girl-dead-1850173262)** > > Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi called Kasabian his “star witness” and described her as “brutally frank” in his 1974 true-crime opus Helter Skelter. Age 73. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/652 "2023-03-02T17:13:37Z")
> **[Wayne Shorter, Jazz Titan and Saxophonist of Weather Report, Dies at 89](https://variety.com/2023/music/news/wayne-shorter-dead-saxophonist-weather-report-1235541025/)** > > Saxophonist Wayne Shorter, one of the most distinctive voices of his jazz generation as a soloist, composer and bandleader, died Thursday at a hospital in Los Angeles, The New York Times reports. H… ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/653 "2023-03-02T19:57:17Z")
> **[Pulp Bassist Steve Mackey Dead at 56](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pulp-bassist-steve-mackey-dead-obit-1234689575/)** > > Mackey appeared on Britpop band’s classic Nineties albums in addition to his own production and remix work ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/654 "2023-03-02T22:26:58Z")
> **[Chuck Jackson, Singer of Burt Bacharach’s ‘Any Day Now,’ Dies at 85](https://variety.com/2023/music/news/chuck-jackson-dead-burt-bacharach-1235530488/)** > > Chuck Jackson, a vocalist of the doo-wop group Del-Vikings and the singer in Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard’s “Any Day Now,” died on Feb. 16 in Atlanta. He was 85. News of his passing was confirme… > **[Some Like It Hot and West Side Story Producer Walter Mirisch...](https://people.com/movies/some-like-it-hot-and-west-side-story-producer-walter-mirisch-dead-at-101/)** > > Walter Mirisch has died at 101 years old, according to multiple reports. The legendary film producer of classics such as 'West Side Story' and 'Some Like It Hot' was honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in a statement praising... ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/655 "2023-03-02T23:00:22Z")
Folka, I have mentioned my broken kneecap but I have had xrays due to back pain and I find I also now have a break in my L4 lumbar vertabrae, But I’m not forgetting the game, just a littleslower getting to the computer. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/656 "2023-03-03T00:40:47Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Folka, I have mentioned my broken kneecap but I have had xrays due to back pain and I find I also now have a break in my L4 lumbar vertabrae, But I’m not forgetting the game, just a littleslower getting to the computer. I didn’t realize how rough this game is. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/657 "2023-03-03T01:53:49Z")
@Baker , you concentrate on getting better. We’ll still be here. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/658 "2023-03-03T02:20:49Z")
😱 We can keep up with the dead famous people. Take care of yourself, **Baker**! ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/659 "2023-03-03T07:23:30Z")
> **[Panthers founder Jerry Richardson dies at 86](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35769622/carolina-panthers-founder-jerry-richardson-dies-86)** > > Panthers founder Jerry Richardson, one of the NFL's most influential owners until sexual and racial workplace allegations forced him to sell the team in 2017, has died at 86. Good riddance, condolences to anyone he might have helped and liked him. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/660 "2023-03-03T23:22:32Z")
Looks like 8 gone to waste here > **[Gordon Pinsent, Canadian acting icon, dead at 92 | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gorden-pinsent-actor-icon-1.6760868)** > > The prolific Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent, known for everything from Babar to Due South to his internationally lauded performance in Sarah Polley's Away From Her, has died. He was 92. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=34)