# 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:** 35
**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 8, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/681 "2023-03-08T05:23:14Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/03/02/greta-andersen-olympic-swimmer-dies/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/03/02/greta-andersen-olympic-swimmer-dies/) > > [Ricou Browning, actor with fins in cult classic 'Creature From the Black Lagoon,' dies](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) When a bunch of swimmers die close together is it more appropriate to say “floating like fish” rather than “dropping like flies”? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/682 "2023-03-08T09:03:54Z")
“Sleeping with the fishes” might work here. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/683 "2023-03-08T20:51:43Z")
> **[Jimmy Carter Beginning To Worry That He Will Never Die](https://www.theonion.com/jimmy-carter-beginning-to-worry-that-he-will-never-die-1850198184)** > > PLAINS, GA—Alarmed that he might live indefinitely, former President Jimmy Carter reportedly began to worry Tuesday that he might never die. “How much longer will I keep going on like this—another decade? Two?” said Carter, staring at his wrinkled,... ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/684 "2023-03-08T22:41:30Z")
Love the Onion, but what was announced was that he would stop pursuing active treatment. My mother did that in October 2004 and she lived until April 2005. Her oncologist said that the lack of stress on her might have allowed her to live longer than if she had thrown everything at the cancer. After all, chemotherapy is poison, hopefully it kills the cancer before killing the patient. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/685 "2023-03-09T03:50:07Z")
Another pointless loss of life. > **[Bert I. Gordon, Cult Filmmaker Behind ‘The Food of the Gods’ and ‘Empire of...](https://variety.com/2023/film/obituaries-people-news/bert-i-gordon-dead-village-of-the-giants-1235547694/)** > > Bert I. Gordon, an American filmmaker whose low-budget creature features brought super-sized monsters to drive-in cinemas in the mid-20th century, died Wednesday in Los Angeles after collapsing at … ---
**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 9, 2023, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/686 "2023-03-09T08:37:13Z")
> **[Chaim Topol, Tevye in Film and Stage Versions of ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ Dies...](https://variety.com/2023/theater/obituaries-people-news/chaim-topol-dead-fiddler-on-the-roof-1235547731/amp/)** > > Chaim Topol, who became professionally known solely by his last name in a career that included starring in “Fiddler on the Roof” on stage and screen and co-starring in the James Bond mo… ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/687 "2023-03-09T12:42:43Z")
> **[Mitch McConnell hospitalized after fall in hotel | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/09/politics/mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized/index.html)** > > Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized after a fall at a hotel in Washington, DC. Not dead, but old people falling and being hospitalized could be of interest to this thread. ---
**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 9, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/688 "2023-03-09T13:58:13Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > [Chaim Topol, Tevye in Film and Stage Versions of ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ Dies at 87](https://variety.com/2023/theater/obituaries-people-news/chaim-topol-dead-fiddler-on-the-roof-1235547731/amp/) Hats off for Dr Heinz Zarkov (formerly at NASA). ---
**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 9, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/689 "2023-03-09T18:33:04Z")
“A-ha! I thought it was one of the prime numbers of the Zenith series.” ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/690 "2023-03-09T19:04:10Z")
Chiam Topol is 13 points for me! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/691 "2023-03-09T19:59:05Z")
| 1 | GIGObuster | 42 | 1 | 0 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 42 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | lel | 25 | 1 | 1 | | 4 | JohnT | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | Railer 13 | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | Shoeless | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | Stephe96 | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | zadscmc | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 9 | Allecher | 13 | 1 | 1 | | 10 | Borborygmi | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 10 | Spoiler Virgin | 5 | 1 | 1 | ---
**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 9, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/692 "2023-03-09T21:30:36Z")
**Baker** it’s good to see you back at your keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/693 "2023-03-09T23:45:19Z")
Thanks! The oxycodone helps! 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/694 "2023-03-10T00:50:54Z")
> **[Robert Blake, Combustible Star of ‘In Cold Blood’ and ‘Baretta,’ Dies at 89](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-blake-dead-baretta-1235347379/)** > > The Emmy-winning actor faced real-life drama when he was accused of murdering his wife, a con artist, in 2001. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/695 "2023-03-10T03:22:41Z")
And Blake gets me on the board! ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/696 "2023-03-10T03:41:09Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Not dead, but old people falling and being hospitalized could be of interest to this thread. It’s true. My grandmother fell and broke her hip when she was eighty. And sure enough, she died just seventeen years later. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/697 "2023-03-10T13:08:56Z")
😃 I heard he had a concussion. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/698 "2023-03-10T15:53:24Z")
Baker. I have [a pick from Feb 16th](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/585) ---
**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 10, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/699 "2023-03-10T17:54:03Z")
Otis Taylor, wide receiver who played for the Chiefs, has caught his last pass at age 80. > **[Kansas City Chiefs legend Otis Taylor dies at 80](https://fox4kc.com/sports/chiefs/chiefs-legend-otis-taylor-dead-at-80/)** > > Otis Taylor, one of the most prolific wide receivers in Kansas City Chiefs history, has died at the age of 80 OT caught a short pass from Len Dawson and turned it into a TD that sealed the Super Bowl IV victory for KC. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FL7O3E4MDOo/maxresdefault.jpg "#45: Otis Taylor Breaks Tackles & Stiff Arms defender on 46-yard TD | Top 50 Clutch Super Bowl Plays") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7O3E4MDOo) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/700 "2023-03-10T21:02:02Z")
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