# 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:** 58
**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:** [June 10, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1141 "2023-06-10T17:27:23Z")
Huh, I thought he died years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1142 "2023-06-10T18:20:55Z")
**RollOutTheBarrel** gets on the board for Ted. | 1 | phungi | 106 | 2 | 2 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | Happy Lendervedder | 57 | 2 | 0 | | 3 | GIGObuster | 42 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 42 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | Stephe96 | 36 | 2 | 0 | | 6 | jeezums | 29 | 1 | 1 | | 7 | ataraxy22 | 28 | 1 | 0 | | 7 | Hoopy Frood | 28 | 1 | 0 | | 7 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 28 | 1 | 0 | | 10 | zadscmc | 26 | 2 | 1 | | 11 | lel | 25 | 1 | 1 | | 12 | JohnT | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | Railer 13 | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | RollOutTheBarrel | 19 | 1 | 1 | | 12 | Shoeless | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 16 | Bad Wiring | 17 | 1 | 0 | | 16 | kayT | 17 | 1 | 0 | | 16 | McDeath the Mad | 17 | 1 | 0 | | 19 | J-P l | 16 | 1 | 0 | | 19 | Karl Gauss | 16 | 1 | 0 | | 21 | Allecher | 13 | 1 | 1 | | 22 | GuanoLad | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 22 | Mahaloth | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 22 | Paul Was in Saudi | 11 | 2 | 0 | | 22 | romansperson | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 26 | NotherYinzer | 7 | 1 | 0 | | 26 | Ponch8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | | 28 | Biotop | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 28 | Borborygmi | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 28 | Spoiler Virgin | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 31 | commasense | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 32 | Baker | 0 | 1 | 1 | ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1143 "2023-06-11T14:22:08Z")
Anyone else hearing unconfirmed reports that the Unabomber committed suicide? He was very ill I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1144 "2023-06-11T14:36:36Z")
I wouldn’t be surprised, but I haven’t heard any rumors. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy, it will ensure him his spot in Hell. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1145 "2023-06-11T14:43:23Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Anyone else hearing unconfirmed reports that the Unabomber committed suicide? It’s been reported that this is the prevailing theory. > **[Kaczynski Is Said to Have Died by Suicide in Prison](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/10/us/politics/kaczynski-unabomber-suicide-prison.html)** > > The man known as the “Unabomber” had been transferred to a federal prison medical center in 2021 after more than 25 years at a maximum security facility. Maybe he really _was_ bummed about Pat Robertson’s death. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1146 "2023-06-11T15:11:18Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > It’s been reported that this is the prevailing theory. It is worth pointing out that Kacynski’s father killed himself when he received a terminal lung cancer diagnosis. Ted was very ill, I think terminally so, as well. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1147 "2023-06-12T00:41:15Z")
We all joke about what would happen if a serial killer was found who had our name, like if we had been named Jeffrey Dahmer. I’m not kidding, this is what happened to the husband of one of my Mom’s co-workers. His name, and not a single letter was different, is: Ted Kaczynski I remember when the Unabomber was caught; my Mom was talking about it because this poor husband-of-her-friend was realizing his name just became infamous. Still, what an uncommon name to become famous for the wrong reason. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1148 "2023-06-12T01:08:36Z")
Sorta like [Joel Rifkin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSVlrH9LAQ). ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1149 "2023-06-12T01:53:53Z")
I had an uncle named Gary Cooper. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1150 "2023-06-12T01:57:27Z")
> **[Harald zur Hausen, who found virus link to cervical cancer, dies at 87](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/31/harald-hausen-hpv-cancer-dies/)** > > Dr. zur Hausen was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2008 for his work that later gave the foundations for the HPV vaccine. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1151 "2023-06-12T02:53:52Z")
Well, on one list I have a Nobel Prize winner, but it;s not that one. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1152 "2023-06-12T08:56:53Z")
Fourteen points for me! > **[Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian prime minister, dies aged 86](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/12/silvio-berlusconi-former-italian-prime-minister-dies)** > > Health of flamboyant media tycoon who led three Italian governments had deteriorated markedly in recent years Not a bad start, though a bit of a late one. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1153 "2023-06-12T13:56:41Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Fourteen points for me! > [Silvio Berlusconi, scandal-ridden former Italian prime minister, dies aged 86 | Silvio Berlusconi | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/12/silvio-berlusconi-former-italian-prime-minister-dies) > Not a bad start, though a bit of a late one. Don’t rub it in. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1154 "2023-06-12T14:11:55Z")
| 1 | phungi | 106 | 2 | 2 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | Happy Lendervedder | 57 | 2 | 0 | | 3 | GIGObuster | 42 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 42 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | Stephe96 | 36 | 2 | 0 | | 6 | jeezums | 29 | 1 | 1 | | 7 | ataraxy22 | 28 | 1 | 0 | | 7 | Hoopy Frood | 28 | 1 | 0 | | 7 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 28 | 1 | 0 | | 10 | zadscmc | 26 | 2 | 1 | | 11 | lel | 25 | 1 | 1 | | 12 | JohnT | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | Railer 13 | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | RollOutTheBarrel | 19 | 1 | 1 | | 12 | Shoeless | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 16 | Bad Wiring | 17 | 1 | 0 | | 16 | kayT | 17 | 1 | 0 | | 16 | McDeath the Mad | 17 | 1 | 0 | | 19 | J-P l | 16 | 1 | 0 | | 19 | Karl Gauss | 16 | 1 | 0 | | 21 | Pardel-Lux | 14 | 1 | 1 | | 22 | Allecher | 13 | 1 | 1 | | 23 | GuanoLad | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 23 | Mahaloth | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 23 | Paul Was in Saudi | 11 | 2 | 0 | | 23 | romansperson | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 27 | NotherYinzer | 7 | 1 | 0 | | 27 | Ponch8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | | 29 | Biotop | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 29 | Borborygmi | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 29 | Spoiler Virgin | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 32 | commasense | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Baker | 0 | 1 | 1 | ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1155 "2023-06-12T14:37:53Z")
Aside from my rookie Death Pool season when I went 0-for-2014, this is easily the latest in the year that I’ve been scoreless. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1156 "2023-06-12T15:18:06Z")
I went to December one year and then, I think, Chris Hitchens and Kim Jon Il both died, two days apart. Not enough to put me high on the list, but I went from zero deaths to two. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1157 "2023-06-12T15:25:58Z")
Me too! Do we have anyone in common on our lists? We should focus our evil intentions. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1158 "2023-06-12T16:03:40Z")
Looks like we’ve both got Andy Taylor of Duran Duran. Stage 4 prostate cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1159 "2023-06-12T16:11:49Z")
As I have mentioned before I once got on the board on December 27, for Benazir Bhutto. I am on this year’s board but have no points, just a unique pick. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1160 "2023-06-12T16:25:59Z")
Who died 100 or older? I see Normal Lear will be turning 101 in a month or so, God willing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=59)