# 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:** 37
**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 14, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/721 "2023-03-14T03:32:56Z")
100 point baseline, take one point for every year under 100 they die, person with the most points left wins. They must start at age 95 and below, otherwise everyone would pick people 99.99 years old. ---
**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 14, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/722 "2023-03-14T04:07:47Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Would a LIFE pool get any traction here? Might finally kill Keith Richards. Nah, who am I kidding? ---
**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 14, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/723 "2023-03-14T04:40:05Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Might finally kill Keith Richards. _Every time you masturbate, Og ~~kills a kitten~~ adds another year to Keith Richards’ life_. ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/724 "2023-03-14T05:43:46Z")
May already have been posted but here goes again: God boomed, “Adam, this is Eve. You are to love her forever!” Adam replied, “Okay, but who is he?” God shrugged, “Oh, that’s Keith Richards. He was here when I got here.” ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/725 "2023-03-14T13:56:51Z")
So you’re saying Keith Richards will survive the heat death of the Universe? ---
**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 14, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/726 "2023-03-14T22:07:31Z")
Keith Richards _is_ the heat death of the universe. ---
**Author:** ![ThatCanadianGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@ThatCanadianGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatCanadianGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/727 "2023-03-14T23:07:28Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Would a LIFE pool get any traction here? I’ve thought about a “last pick standing” pool. Check the players and their picks from years past and whoever has the last pick that’s still alive, wins. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/728 "2023-03-15T01:50:08Z")
At age 90, author John Jakes is history. > **[John Jakes Dies: ‘North And South’, ‘The Bastard’ Author Was 90](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/john-jakes-dies-north-south-193700623.html)** > > John Jakes, the bestselling author of historical novels whose books The Bastard and North And South were adapted into highly rated TV movies and miniseries in the 1970s and ’80s, died Saturda… ---
**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 15, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/729 "2023-03-15T03:44:34Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Gatopescado](#): > > > > Might finally kill Keith Richards. > > _Every time you masturbate, Og ~~kills a kitten~~ adds another year to Keith Richards’ life_. But Keith’s not really a bad guy. Henry Kissinger would be a much better choice here. ---
**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 15, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/730 "2023-03-15T03:45:25Z")
> **[Former US Rep. Patricia Schroeder dies at 82 | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/14/politics/patricia-schroeder-colorado-congresswoman-dies/index.html)** > > Former US Rep. Patricia Schroeder of Colorado, a longtime Democratic congresswoman who championed women's rights, has died. She was 82. ---
**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 15, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/731 "2023-03-15T13:26:03Z")
Figures. I go on vacation with no wifi and people start dropping like flies. None of _my_ people, of course. Grumble grumble grumble. ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/732 "2023-03-15T14:01:50Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > I go on vacation with no wifi and people start dropping like flies. You say vacation. But the rest of us are hearing killing spree. ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/733 "2023-03-15T14:02:32Z")
Go again, I don’t have any points either! ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/734 "2023-03-15T14:41:47Z")
No reason one can’t combine them! I mean, who hasn’t? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/735 "2023-03-15T17:27:36Z")
Might as well earn a few bucks to cover gas, hotels, etc. ---
**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 15, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/736 "2023-03-15T18:34:31Z")
THAT IS AGAINST THE RULES. If you get caught. (I/we will disavow any knowledge… ) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/737 "2023-03-15T19:34:14Z")
> **[Leon Hughes, founding member of The Coasters, dies at 92](https://ktla.com/news/local-news/leon-hughes-founding-member-of-the-coasters-dies-at-92/)** > > Leon Hughes, the last original member of the 1950s rhythm and blues hitmaker, The Coasters, has died at age 92. Hughes died peacefully at his home in Watts on March 1 from natural causes, family me… ---
**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 15, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/738 "2023-03-15T19:45:01Z")
> **[Bobby Caldwell, 'What You Won't Do For Love' singer and songwriter, dead at 71...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/entertainment/bobby-caldwell-death/index.html)** > > Bobby Caldwell, the soulful singer and songwriter behind R&B hits like "What You Won't Do For Love" and "Open Your Eyes," has died, according to a statement from his wife, Mary Caldwell. ---
**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 15, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/739 "2023-03-15T19:45:35Z")
@Reeses_Monkey strikes again? ---
**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 15, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/740 "2023-03-15T20:07:56Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > THAT IS AGAINST THE RULES. > > If you get caught. (I/we will disavow any knowledge… ) _Jan had told him many times,_ _"It was you to me who taught:_ _In Jersey, anything’s legal_ _As long as you don’t get caught"_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=38)