# 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:** 34
**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 4, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/661 "2023-03-04T01:06:07Z")
He has his own thread in CS. World class musician David Lindley dead at 78. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/662 "2023-03-04T01:12:42Z")
> [@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 bet the warranty on your body has already expired, too! Take care of yourself, ok? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/663 "2023-03-04T01:45:09Z")
Yeah, I’m 68. If everybovy who sees a celeb they picked mentions that in the post that will help. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/664 "2023-03-04T02:16:13Z")
Bummer. I loved his stuff. _Running on Empty_ introduced me and El Rayo-X hooked me. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/665 "2023-03-04T03:48:41Z")
> **[‘Saving Private Ryan’ actor Tom Sizemore dead at 61 after brain aneurysm](https://nypost.com/2023/03/03/actor-tom-sizemore-dead-at-61-following-brain-aneurysm/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow)** > > The star was fighting for his life in the hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm at his LA home on Feb. 18. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/666 "2023-03-04T04:49:50Z")
I wondered how long he’d last once the machines were turned off. Sweet! I got post #666 in this thread! ---
**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:** [March 4, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/667 "2023-03-04T12:37:07Z")
I think that means you’re guaranteed one dead celebrity off next year’s list. Congrats! ---
**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:** [March 4, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/668 "2023-03-04T12:46:01Z")
I’ll make sure to thank you in my acceptance speech. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/669 "2023-03-04T14:20:03Z")
It seems also that Jimmy Carter is lasting longer than you’d think after they ended treatment. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/670 "2023-03-04T14:33:07Z")
Reading between the lines, I felt it was a matter of weeks with Carter but it was only going to be a matter of hours with Sizemore once they took him off life support. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/671 "2023-03-04T21:52:59Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > [Actor Tom Sizemore dead at 61 following brain aneurysm](https://nypost.com/2023/03/03/actor-tom-sizemore-dead-at-61-following-brain-aneurysm/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow) May I interrupt this regularly scheduled thread to be my pedantic self and correct all the media people who have said (and keep saying), “Tom Sizemore dead after suffering a brain aneurysm” or similar statements. I can guarantee he’s had the aneurysm for years. What killed him was when the aneurysm ruptured! /pedantry ---
**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 5, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/672 "2023-03-05T01:15:27Z")
Pedantry is what keeps the SDMB going. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/673 "2023-03-05T02:48:30Z")
Robert Haimer, aka Artie Barnes of “Barnes and Barnes”. 69. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/674 "2023-03-05T14:48:05Z")
> **[Judy Heumann, disability rights activist, dies at age 75](https://apnews.com/article/judy-heumann-disability-rights-dies-fcecc5f0cf58cfc8da7ea72da929af77)** > > WASHINGTON (AP) — Judy Heumann, a renowned activist who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people, has died at age 75. The news of her passing on Saturday in Washington, D.C., was posted on her website and social media... ---
**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:** [March 6, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/675 "2023-03-06T01:23:40Z")
Gary Rossington was the last living original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd. > **[LYNYRD SKYNYRD Guitarist GARY ROSSINGTON Dead At 71](https://bravewords.com/news/lynyrd-skynyrd-guitarist-gary-rossington-dead-at-71)** > > Guitarist Gary Rossington was the last remaining original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Sadly, he passed away today, March 5th, at the age of 71. A statement from Lynyrd Skynyrd reads:  > "It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to... ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/676 "2023-03-06T11:29:38Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > It seems also that Jimmy Carter is lasting longer than you’d think after they ended treatment. Hospice care can go on for some time. For my father, they said it could be 6 months, it could be days. It ended up being about 6 weeks - and only then because he pulled his feeding tube out and he and my mother decided not to have it put back in. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/677 "2023-03-06T23:20:04Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Gary Rossington was the last living original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Looks like they’ll have to cancel the 2076 tour now. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/678 "2023-03-07T19:21:18Z")
> **[Ed Fury, Bodybuilder and Star of ‘Sword and Sandal’ Films, Dies at 94](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ed-fury-dead-bodybuilder-sword-and-sandal-films-1235342900/)** > > He played the warrior Ursus in three Italian epics after appearing on Broadway and in Hollywood classics including 'The Country Girl,' 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' and 'South Pacific.' ---
**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 8, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/679 "2023-03-08T04:01:13Z")
He also ran for President of the US. ---
**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 8, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/680 "2023-03-08T04:03:37Z")
> **[Greta Andersen, Olympic gold medalist and marathon swimmer, dies at 95](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/03/02/greta-andersen-olympic-swimmer-dies/)** > > After winning a gold medal at the 1948 Olympics, Ms. Andersen became the world’s greatest marathon swimmer, regularly trouncing men. > **[Ricou Browning, actor with fins in cult classic 'Creature From the Black...](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-03-06/ricou-browning-actor-with-fins-in-cult-classic-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-dies)** > > Ricou Browning, skilled swimmer who played the Gill Man in "Creature From the Black Lagoon" and helped write "Flipper," dies at 93 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=35)