# 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:** 60
**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:** [June 14, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1181 "2023-06-14T15:03:47Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > …will exercise his right to remain silent indefinitely now. I know I shouldn’t laugh, but _DAMN_! This is funny! ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1182 "2023-06-14T18:52:08Z")
> **[John Romita Sr., renowned Marvel Comics artist, dead at 93 | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/style/article/john-romita-sr-marvel-death-scli-intl/index.html)** > > Comic artist John Romita Sr., best known for his work on “The Amazing Spider-Man” and co-creating characters such as Wolverine, has died at the age of 93. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1183 "2023-06-14T22:28:45Z")
Are literary editors celebrities? Hey why not! > **[Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro,...](https://apnews.com/article/robert-gottlieb-editor-dies-671aa1363c6144e4adc3bc79a87b0201)** > > One of the greatest literary editors in modern times, Robert Gottlieb, has died. He was 92. Gottlieb died Wednesday and had one of the most remarkable runs of any editor after World War II, helping shape the modern publishing canon. His projects... ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1184 "2023-06-15T11:34:40Z")
Glenda Jackson, actress, former politician, and Muppet Show guest star, has died aged 87. > **[Oscar-winning actress and ex-Labour MP Glenda Jackson dies after 'brief illness'](https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-oscar-winning-actress-glenda-30238646)** > > Former Labour MP and Academy Award winning actress Glenda Jackson died after a 'brief illness' at her home in Blackheath, south-east London, her agent said ---
**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:** [June 15, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1185 "2023-06-15T12:49:39Z")
At least she lived long enough to see Luton FC back in the Premier League. [![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/976x549_b/p03945ks.jpg) ](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/976x549_b/p03945ks.jpg) Yes, I know it was Eric who was the Luton fan, but just go with it. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1186 "2023-06-15T12:59:25Z")
> **[Olympic ski jumper Patrick Gasienica dies at 24 after motorcycle crash | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/15/sport/patrick-gasienica-ski-jumper-dies-intl-spt/index.html?utm_content=2023-06-15T12%3A54%3A06&utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social)** > > Olympic ski jumper Patrick Gasienica died at the age of 24 on Monday, USA Nordic has announced. ---
**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 15, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1187 "2023-06-15T16:37:18Z")
> **[Cormac McCarthy, 'The Road' and 'No Country for Old Men' author, dies at 89](https://ew.com/books/cormac-mccarthy-dead-the-road-no-country-for-old-men-author-dies-89/)** > > Cormac McCarthy, the celebrated author known for eloquent meditations on the darkness of the human spirit in books such as 'The Road' and 'No Country for Old Men,' has died at 89. > **[Jacques Rozier Dies: Last Surviving Member Of French New Wave Was 96](https://deadline.com/2023/06/jacques-rozier-dies-french-new-wave-96-obituary-1235408761/)** > > Director Jacques Rozier, who was regarded as the last surviving member of the French New Wave, has died. He was 96. French media reported that a close acquaintance of the filmmaker had confirmed hi… ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1188 "2023-06-15T22:53:33Z")
> **[Ray Lewis' Son, Ray Lewis III, Dead At 28](https://www.tmz.com/2023/06/15/ray-lewis-son-ray-lewis-iii-dead-28/?adid=social-tw)** > > Former college football player Ray Lewis III -- the son of Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Lewis -- has tragically passed away, TMZ Sports has confirmed. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1189 "2023-06-16T19:07:30Z")
> **[Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower, dead at 92](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-papers-whistleblower-daniel-ellsberg-dead-92/story?id=100149179&cid=social_twitter_abcn)** > > Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst who became infamous for leaking the Pentagon Papers to news outlets in 1971, has died, according to his family. ---
**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 16, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1190 "2023-06-16T19:23:52Z")
They finally got to him. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1191 "2023-06-16T23:05:04Z")
Ellsberg was getting too close to the truth. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1192 "2023-06-16T23:19:15Z")
But what about the shrink? I was young at the time, but all I ever remember hearing was “… _the office of Daniel Ellsberg’s Psychiatrist_ …” ---
**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 17, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1193 "2023-06-17T21:30:36Z")
Ellsberg’s memoir is one of the best books I’ve ever read. He had such a unique perspective on the war in Vietnam - he was both a Marine who braved firefights and a defense analyst with access to the highest levels of government. And understanding his story definitely helps to better understand Watergate. Nixon’s plumbers were first directed at going after the leak that Ellsberg engendered. He was a noble man. [https://www.ellsberg.net/secrets-a-memoir-of-vietnam-and-the-pentagon-papers/](https://www.ellsberg.net/secrets-a-memoir-of-vietnam-and-the-pentagon-papers/) ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1194 "2023-06-18T03:28:11Z")
> **[Carol Higgins Clark Dies: Best-Selling Author And Actress Was 66](https://deadline.com/2023/06/carol-higgins-clark-dies-best-selling-author-and-actress-was-66-obituary-1235419674/amp/)** > > Carol Higgins Clark, author of the best-selling Regan Reilly series and an actress in several television series and made-for-TV movies, died June 12 in New York of appendix cancer. She was 66. Clar… ---
**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:** [June 18, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1195 "2023-06-18T04:39:49Z")
Cancer of the appendix has to be one of the rarer forms of cancer. I didn’t even know it was a possibility. ---
**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 18, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1196 "2023-06-18T17:29:31Z")
In honor of the death, Orca have decided to have a 24-hour moratorium on attacking yachts. > **[Roger Payne obituary](https://www.theguardian.com/global/2023/jun/16/roger-payne-obituary)** > > Biologist and environmentalist whose research into whale song brought about a new awareness of the animals’ plight ---
**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 19, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1197 "2023-06-19T23:22:53Z")
I’m guessing he hasn’t been living off the land for months. > **[Search for Julian Sands resumes, months after his disappearance while hiking](https://ew.com/celebrity/julian-sands-search-resumes-months-after-disappearance/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=6490de77ef81bc00012d4273&fbclid=IwAR2eRskJsiDCZykId-elrBHTmO1Wz5eXAKPSIL6H-awLGvN0kbYsPBtAoSY_aem_th_Afqgxe8SP82ZFSkohDM5UbMJdBVuqXEI-ToR2G-2IvDyW8mmiVCx4t_ugoiOUBhUaik&mibextid=Zxz2cZ)** > > The San Bernardino county sheriff's department is resuming the search for actor Julian Sands, who disappeared in January while hiking Mt. Baldy. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1198 "2023-06-19T23:31:32Z")
Snerk, that’s a good one. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1199 "2023-06-20T01:11:39Z")
Another British tourist, rich person [Hamish Harding is missing](https://www.reuters.com/world/titanic-tourist-submersible-goes-missing-rescue-efforts-under-way-2023-06-19/), while attempting to get selfies at the wreck of the Titanic. ---
**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 20, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1200 "2023-06-20T03:01:02Z")
If you need someone to play a snooty Englishman you have to go find someone else. > **[Paxton Whitehead, Stage Veteran and ‘Back to School’ Actor, Dies at 85](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/paxton-whitehead-theater-veteran-back-to-school-1235518889/amp/)** > > The Englishman appeared 17 times over a half-century on Broadway, earning a Tony nomination for 'Camelot,' and recurred on 'Mad About You' and 'Friends.' [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=61)