# 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:** 48
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/941 "2023-05-07T20:20:21Z")
Don “Bones” January, PGA Tour Golfer, Major Champion, has died at age 93. > **[Major champion Don January dies at 93 - PGA TOUR](https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2023/05/07/don-january-dies-age-93-major-champion-obituary)** > > January, whose most notable triumph came at the 1967 PGA Championship died on Sunday May 7, 2023 at age 93. ---
**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, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/942 "2023-05-07T21:29:38Z")
True, but if you subtract his age (73) from 100, as we do to determine the score for that listee, you get 27. ---
**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, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/943 "2023-05-07T23:14:54Z")
Right: that is the 27 outs that he failed to get (a whole game). ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/944 "2023-05-09T20:57:17Z")
FORMER Louisville coach Denny Crum has died at 86. > **[Denny Crum](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_Crum)** > > Denzel Edwin Crum (March 2, 1937 – May 9, 2023) was an American men's college basketball coach at the University of Louisville from 1971 to 2001, compiling a 675–295 (.696) record. He guided the Cardinals to two NCAA championships (1980, 1986) and six Final Fours. Honored in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame since 1994, Crum was one of the major figures in the history of sports in Kentucky and in college basketball. > As the head coach at U of L, Crum was widely credited with pioneerin... ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/945 "2023-05-09T21:37:01Z")
And cartoonist S. Gross has died at 89. He made me laugh many a time. > **[Sam Gross](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Gross)** > > Sam Gross (August 7, 1933 – May 6, 2023) was an American cartoonist, specializing in single-panel cartoons. He contributed to an array of publications, including The New Yorker. > Born in The Bronx, New York City, Gross was the son of Max and Sophie, who were Jewish immigrants to America. His mother was born in Iași, Romania and his father was born in Lithuania. His parents came to the United States as children around 1905. Gross' ability to draw came from his mother's artistic side of the family.... ---
**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 9, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/946 "2023-05-09T22:31:00Z")
Despite the courage of the fearless crew, former FCC chairman [Newt Minow](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/newt-minow/) has been lost to the vast wasteland. (Yes, the S.S. Minnow was named for him.) Also… > **[Ronald Steel, acclaimed historian and Walter Lippmann biographer, dies at 92](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/08/ronald-steel-historian-writer-lippmann-dead/)** > > Mr. Steel, a foreign policy expert and much-published essayist, won the National Book Award and the Bancroft Prize for his study of Lippmann, a towering figure in journalism. > **[Demon Headmaster actor Terrence Hardiman dies aged 86](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65530652)** > > The actor also appeared in shows like the Crown, Wallander and Doctor Who. ---
**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 9, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/947 "2023-05-09T23:43:35Z")
Man, the local media is going to be unbearable for the next week. Too many front page and special tributes to Crum. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/948 "2023-05-10T02:21:12Z")
Former Vikings Quarterback Joe Kapp has _passed_ (get it??). He was 85 (actually, for the Vikings, he was #11) > **[Joe Kapp, former Vikings star QB who led team to Super Bowl, dead at 85](https://www.foxnews.com/sports/joe-kapp-former-vikings-star-qb-led-team-super-bowl-dead.amp)** > > Joe Kapp, a former star quarterback with the Minnesota Vikings, has died after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, his son told the San Francisco Chronicle. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/949 "2023-05-10T19:01:22Z")
I loved his cartoons when I was a regular reader of the National Lampoon. The “frog legs” cartoon is a classic! ---
**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 10, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/950 "2023-05-10T22:31:34Z")
Oh right - _that_ “S. Gross”. Absolute legend. [![](https://i0.wp.com/www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/stop-and-think.webp?w=550&ssl=1) ](https://i0.wp.com/www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/stop-and-think.webp?w=550&ssl=1) ---
**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:** [May 10, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/951 "2023-05-10T23:52:21Z")
I recognize the name now as well. I had a subscription to National Lampoon back in college. I always looked forward to his stuff. ---
**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 11, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/952 "2023-05-11T04:01:37Z")
> **[Trailblazing opera star Grace Bumbry dies at age 86](https://www.npr.org/2023/05/09/1159000347/trailblazing-opera-star-grace-bumbry-dies-at-age-86)** > > The celebrated singer, who led an illustrious, jet-setting career, broke the color barrier as the first Black artist to perform at Germany's Bayreuth Festival. ---
**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 11, 2023, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/953 "2023-05-11T06:53:52Z")
_General Hospital_ actress [Jacklyn Zeman](https://www.tmz.com/2023/05/10/general-hospital-star-jaclyn-zeman-dead-dies-70/) has died at 70. ---
**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 11, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/954 "2023-05-11T11:43:32Z")
I haven’t watched General Hospital in years and years! I remember Bobbie Spencer very well. RIP Jacklyn. ---
**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 11, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/955 "2023-05-11T18:13:46Z")
> **[Mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, known as Dooce to fans, dead at 47](https://apnews.com/article/dooce-heather-armstrong-dead-83c8f4812bda1766301793ea3afb02cb)** > > The pioneering mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, known as Dooce to fans, has died at home in Salt Lake City. She was 47. Her live-in partner, Pete Ashdown, confirmed her death by suicide. He said he found her Tuesday night. Armstrong had laid bare her... ---
**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 11, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/956 "2023-05-11T19:35:09Z")
I didn’t know her work, but that article is very, very sad. RIP, Heather. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/957 "2023-05-11T20:11:20Z")
Ditto. I’d have probably liked her. ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/958 "2023-05-12T15:54:04Z")
[Sonia Pizarro](https://movieweb.com/sonia-pizarro-dead/), who appeared on the show _Operation: Repo_, passed away on May 3 at the age of 60. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/959 "2023-05-13T20:14:01Z")
Don Denkinger, longtime MLB umpire, has missed his last call at age 86. > **[Longtime MLB umpire Don Denkinger dies at 86](https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/longtime-mlb-umpire-don-denkinger-dies-at-86/ar-AA1b7G2G)** > > Longtime American League umpire Don Denkinger has died at 86, MLB announced Friday. Denkinger blew a call at first base in Game 6 of the 1985 Series that very well may have cost the Cards a championship. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/960 "2023-05-13T20:23:39Z")
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