# 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:** 47
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/921 "2023-05-02T16:02:16Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84 > > [Gordon Lightfoot - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Lightfoot) Wow, that’s a loss. I grew up listening to his album _Sundown_, a favorite of my parents. And the haunting melodies of “The Wreck of the _Edmund Fitzgerald_” always make me nostalgic for my childhood in northeastern Ohio. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/922 "2023-05-03T04:40:24Z")
[Harold Kushner](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/harold-kushner/), rabbi who wrote the bestseller When Bad Things Happen to Good People (as well as a few other books). ---
**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:** [May 3, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/923 "2023-05-03T23:14:11Z")
Olympic gold medalist [Tori Bowie](https://www.registerguard.com/story/sports/olympics/2023/05/03/tori-bowie-olympic-medalist-and-world-champion-sprinter-found-dead/70178246007/?mibextid=Zxz2cZ) has died at 32. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/924 "2023-05-04T04:49:29Z")
> **[Robert Patrick Dies: ‘Kennedy’s Children’ Playwright And Off Off Broadway...](https://deadline.com/2023/04/robert-patrick-dead-broadway-playwright-kennedys-children-1235336309/)** > > Robert Patrick, a pioneering playwright in the Off Off Broadway movement who later won wider acclaim for the 1975 Broadway staging of his play Kennedy’s Children, died in his sleep at home in… ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/925 "2023-05-04T15:07:16Z")
At first I thought you meant [this Robert Patrick](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001598/). ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/926 "2023-05-04T15:41:51Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > At first I thought you meant [this Robert Patrick](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001598/) Took me a second, too. Thankfully, the T2 can not truly die. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/927 "2023-05-04T16:36:44Z")
He can, too! They melted him, just like the Wicked Witch of the West! ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/928 "2023-05-04T17:24:32Z")
Petr Klíma off to the great penalty box in the sky. > **[Petr Klíma](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Kl%C3%ADma)** > > Petr Klíma (23 December 1964 – 4 May 2023) was a Czech professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings, and the Pittsburgh Penguins. He also played part of a season with the IHL Cleveland Lumberjacks, and two seasons in the Czech league. > By the time Klíma was 20 years old, officials on his Dukla Jihlava team knew that the Detroit Red Wings were eager to bring the young star to the NHL. R... ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/929 "2023-05-04T18:15:21Z")
[Rosie’s Bar is closed for good now](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/mash-star-dies-of-cancer/ar-AA1aFpQX?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=dd3eb464fc1a49e0a07994ea670aec87&ei=19) Eileen Saki. 21 points. Doubt anybody had her, but maybe a MASH themed list? ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/930 "2023-05-04T19:56:40Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Eileen Saki. 21 points. Doubt anybody had her, but maybe a MASH themed list? I have the MASH list and she was not on it. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/931 "2023-05-04T22:24:47Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I have the MASH list and she was not on it. I’m sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/932 "2023-05-04T23:49:11Z")
I just found this for 7 points for myself: > **[Betty Boothroyd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Boothroyd)** > > Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, OM, PC (8 October 1929 – 26 February 2023) was a British politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000. A member of the Labour Party, she served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1992 to 2000. She was the first woman to have served as Speaker. By tradition, Boothroyd later sat as a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. > Boothroyd was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, in 1929, the only child... ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/933 "2023-05-05T02:10:49Z")
| 1 | phungi | 106 | 2 | 2 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | GIGObuster | 42 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 42 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | jeezums | 29 | 1 | 1 | | 4 | Happy Lendervedder | 29 | 1 | 0 | | 6 | zadscmc | 27 | 2 | 1 | | 7 | lel | 25 | 1 | 1 | | 8 | Stephe96 | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | Shoeless | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | Railer 13 | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | JohnT | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | J-P l | 16 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | Karl Gauss | 16 | 1 | 0 | | 14 | Allecher | 13 | 1 | 1 | | 15 | GuanoLad | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 15 | romansperson | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 17 | Biotop | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 17 | Borborygmi | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 17 | Spoiler Virgin | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 20 | commasense | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 20 | Paul Was in Saudi | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 22 | Baker | 0 | 1 | 1 | ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/934 "2023-05-05T02:26:40Z")
It is 2023 and I am in a tie with a couple other players for 23rd place. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/935 "2023-05-05T02:47:35Z")
**Kitten Mitten** , you are right. | 1 | phungi | 106 | 2 | 2 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | GIGObuster | 42 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 42 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | jeezums | 29 | 1 | 1 | | 4 | Happy Lendervedder | 29 | 1 | 0 | | 6 | zadscmc | 26 | 2 | 1 | | 7 | lel | 25 | 1 | 1 | | 8 | Stephe96 | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | Shoeless | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | Railer 13 | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | JohnT | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | J-P l | 16 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | Karl Gauss | 16 | 1 | 0 | | 14 | Allecher | 13 | 1 | 1 | | 15 | GuanoLad | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 15 | romansperson | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 17 | Biotop | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 17 | Borborygmi | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 17 | Spoiler Virgin | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 20 | commasense | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 20 | Paul Was in Saudi | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 22 | Baker | 0 | 1 | 1 | ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/936 "2023-05-05T08:35:45Z")
How did we not catch Betty’s passing? She was awesome - an absolutely legendary Speaker of the House. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/937 "2023-05-05T20:19:45Z")
> **[Linda Lewis, singer and famed backing vocalist, dies aged 72](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/04/linda-lewis-death-british-singer-and-famed-backing-vocalist-dies-aged-72?CMP=twt_a-culture_b-gdnculture)** > > British songwriter was known for her five-octave vocal range and work as a backing singer for the likes of David Bowie, Rod Stewart and Yusuf Islam ---
**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:** [May 7, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/938 "2023-05-07T17:00:30Z")
Former MLB MVP and 3-time World Series champion [Vida Blue](https://www.mlb.com/news/vida-blue-dies-at-73?partnerID=mlbapp-iOS_article-share) has died, leaving 27 runners on base. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/939 "2023-05-07T17:27:40Z")
That is the number of outs a pitcher has to get in one complete game – he missed his last game. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/940 "2023-05-07T19:58:37Z")
> **[Pamela Timmins, Press Secretary to Jacqueline Kennedy, Dies at 85](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/us/politics/pamela-timmins-dead.html)** > > She was the first person to hold the post for an American first lady, helping Mrs. Kennedy navigate times both dazzling and tragic. > **[Menahem Pressler, pianist and Beaux Arts Trio founder, dies at 99](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/06/menahem-pressler-pianist-indiana-beaux-arts-trio-dies/)** > > The lauded musician helped start the trio in 1955 and continued playing concerts long after it disbanded in 2008. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=48)