# 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:** 45
**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:** [April 26, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/881 "2023-04-26T04:01:10Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > > [@Stephe96](#): > > > > Points incoming for somebody, I’m sure: > > > > [Harry Belafonte dead at 96: Barrier-breaking singer and actor passes away at home in Manhattan  | Daily Mail Online](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12011757/Singer-Harry-Belafonte-dead-96.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailceleb) > > Of course he waits until he’s off my list to die. Same here, I had him on my list last year but replaced him with some wish list picks this year. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/882 "2023-04-26T10:33:55Z")
I forgot he was on my list until I saw my name on the tote board. First points of the year. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/883 "2023-04-26T11:44:43Z")
And the politicians keep on keepin’ on… :sigh: 😦 ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/884 "2023-04-27T14:26:48Z")
Maybe his family will pay the undertaker with a check… > **[Jerry Springer, legendary talk show host, dead at 79](https://www.wcvb.com/article/jerry-springer-dead/43722221)** > > Jerry Springer, legendary talk show host and former mayor of Cincinnati , has died, according to a statement from his family. He was 79. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/885 "2023-04-27T14:32:22Z")
I saw Jerry Springer when I was in Chicago in 2007. He was down in a cafe reading a book. I was with my students and some said hi. He said hello and kept reading his book. Seemed nice enough. I heard a great NPR story about Jerry a long time ago, specifically about how he was an incredible hope for Democrats when he was young and how after his political scandal, he just turned it all in to make garbage television. He could still speak eloquently about liberal causes, but at some point he decided to just get paid to make trash. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/886 "2023-04-27T14:47:10Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I saw Jerry Springer when I was in Chicago in 2007. He was down in a cafe reading a book. I was with my students and some said hi. He said hello and kept reading his book. Seemed nice enough. > > I heard a great NPR story about Jerry a long time ago, specifically about how he was an incredible hope for Democrats when he was young and how after his political scandal, he just turned it all in to make garbage television. He could still speak eloquently about liberal causes, but at some point he decided to just get paid to make trash. His scandal certainly hurt his political career but didn’t end it. He was re-elected after it happened. He became mayor of Cincinnati a few years later then was crushed in the primary for Governor ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/887 "2023-04-27T14:59:01Z")
Remind me of his scandal, please. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/888 "2023-04-27T15:03:06Z")
Soliciting a prostitute while on the Cincinnati city council. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/889 "2023-04-27T15:57:13Z")
Wrote a check, too, so very traceable. I mean, come on. I think he wrote a straight-up personal check and that left zero wiggle room to pretend he didn’t do it. Then again, Trump is still trying to wiggle out of that Stormy Daniels thing and his name, at least I think, is on some kind of check to her. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/890 "2023-04-27T16:03:17Z")
Hookers take checks? Who knew? ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/891 "2023-04-27T16:06:02Z")
Yeah, it was either a personal check or even worse, a check from the city. I believe it was a personal check from the account of Jerry Springer, but I am at work and dare not be googling Jerry’s specific situation from back then because…well, I’m in a school and it is not good. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/892 "2023-04-27T16:06:44Z")
Note: my aside about his scandal is not intended to tear him down. Despite his show and scandal, I actually think he was a smart, intelligent, and eloquent guy. I wish he had done a bit more, but I’m no all-star. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/893 "2023-04-27T16:08:24Z")
First thing I wondered was who will throw out the ceremonial first chair at his funeral. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/894 "2023-04-27T16:11:49Z")
My votes is for Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve! ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/895 "2023-04-27T16:13:30Z")
I saw him years ago on one of the celebrity DNA shows. He came across very well and thoughtful. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/896 "2023-04-27T16:42:47Z")
I think I heard him in an interview say that his show added superfluous bleeps to make it seem even more salacious. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/897 "2023-04-27T17:12:49Z")
“One Week” by Weird Al (based on the BareNaked Ladies song) > **[Jerry Springer (Parody of "One Week" by BareNaked Ladies)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbfiEfVfo4M%2F)** > > Provided to YouTube by VolcanoJerry Springer (Parody of "One Week" by BareNaked Ladies) · "Weird Al" YankovicRunning With Scissors℗ 1999 Volcano Entertainmen... Brian ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/898 "2023-04-27T17:23:25Z")
She lied, a man died. > **[Carolyn Bryant Donham, the White woman whose accusation set off Emmett Till's...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carolyn-bryant-donham-dead-emmett-tills-lynching/)** > > Till's lynching fueled a growing civil rights movement. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/899 "2023-04-27T17:42:45Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I saw him years ago on one of the celebrity DNA shows. He came across very well and thoughtful. He was. I think he just took the huge pile of cash and didn’t care if it was “the worst show in television history” or whatever they bragged about. I presume he filmed it in very large chunks, only having to work a few months a year. Like a gameshow. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/900 "2023-04-27T19:54:44Z")
All these replies about Springer and nobody had him for points. 😪 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=46)