# 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:** 64
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1261 "2023-07-03T05:59:49Z")
Okay, **Gatopescado** thinks they may hold the record. For how many years have you played? Then, can anybody top them? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1262 "2023-07-03T13:15:27Z")
I started playing in 2009. It looks like I’ve only gone scoreless in 2010 and 2019. Interestingly, according to my records, in 2010, both my alternates bought the farm, but none on my main list did. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1263 "2023-07-03T13:48:39Z")
I haven’t scored since 2021, with two picks, one of which was Rush Limbaugh. 2022 and 2023 are all politicians who must have a deal with the devil or something. They’re all old for Pete’s sake! One of them _ **HAS TO** _ kick the bucket this year. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1264 "2023-07-03T18:19:52Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > It’s my greatest fear. My grandmother died of Alzheimer’s disease and at the end it was absolutely heart-breaking. She was like a frighten child, afraid of everyone, barely existing in hospice. My dad has his moments of telling me a joke twice in five minutes or asking me when I got a new tattoo that I’ve had for twenty years. I fear he’s next, and then me. My mother died in May from cancer. I am thankful that at 89 she is as a sharp as she was at 59. There were bad times in the three years she was fighting not but during those years she was able to enjoy her books, her mystery shows and her family. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1265 "2023-07-03T18:35:14Z")
> **[Dick Biondi, Chicago Radio Legend, Dies at 90](https://variety.com/2023/music/obituaries-people-news/dick-biondi-dead-chicago-radio-beatles-1235660103/amp/)** > > Dick Biondi, an acclaimed Chicago radio personality and Radio Hall of Fame member who was the first American DJ to play the Beatles on air, died June 26. He was 90. The Chicago Tribune confirmed hi… ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1266 "2023-07-03T19:08:00Z")
> **[Robert De Niro’s Grandson Leandro Dies at 19](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/robert-de-niro-grandson-dead-leandro-de-niro-rodriguez-1235528647/)** > > Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, who appeared in such films as 2018's 'A Star Is Born,' was remembered by his mother, Drena De Niro, and grandfather. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1267 "2023-07-03T19:36:40Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > [Dick Biondi, Chicago Radio Legend, Dies at 90](https://variety.com/2023/music/obituaries-people-news/dick-biondi-dead-chicago-radio-beatles-1235660103/amp/) I remember listening to Dick Biondi on WLS, 890 on your AM radio. We could only get it at night, when (supposedly) they somehow boosted their signal. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1268 "2023-07-03T19:45:54Z")
AM signals are stronger at night, and there were regional “superstations” (WPTF in Raleigh and WSM in Nashville are the two I know), which would boost their signals at night. My father said he could listen to The Grand Ol’ Opry in Winston-Salem growing up. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1269 "2023-07-03T21:32:35Z")
Does anyone know what happened to DeNiro’s grandson? Tragic beyond all imagining. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1270 "2023-07-03T21:43:10Z")
I don’t know if it’s accurate, but there was a blurb in that article which has Robert De Niro saying something like, “I hope the person how sold him the fentanyl knows what he took from us,” or along those lines. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1271 "2023-07-03T21:50:09Z")
Exact quote: “To the person who sold Leo, the fentanyl laced drugs that took him away from us I hope every day you will think of me and my family you killed us all.” ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1272 "2023-07-04T02:35:43Z")
Frank Field leaves nothing on the board. > **[Pioneering Former WNBC Meteorologist Frank Field Dies at 100](https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/pioneering-former-wnbc-meteorologist-dr-frank-field-dies-at-100/4471040/?amp=1)** > > He was also known for his remarkable health reporting and his frequent appearances on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1273 "2023-07-04T14:18:19Z")
Vince Tobin, former head coach of the Arizona Cardinals, calls his final time-out at age 79. > **[Vince Tobin, former Cardinals head coach, dies at 79](https://www.nfl.com/news/vince-tobin-former-cardinals-head-coach-dies-at-79)** > > Vince Tobin, a former Cardinals head coach who led one of the franchise's most memorable playoff wins, died Monday morning, the team announced. He was 79. My Themed list is former NFL head coaches. Unfortunately for me, Tobin was too young for my list. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1274 "2023-07-05T05:20:49Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > AM signals are stronger at night… Mexican Radio, I Heard It On The X ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1275 "2023-07-05T18:41:45Z")
> **[Coco Lee, Disney ‘Mulan’ Star, Dies at 48](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/coco-lee-dead-disney-mulan-star-dies-suicide-1235529610/)** > > The Asian pop diva’s family said Lee, who battled depression, died in a hospital on Wednesday after a failed suicide attempt on July 2. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1276 "2023-07-05T19:28:34Z")
Doesn’t sound like it failed to me. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1277 "2023-07-06T02:41:39Z")
> **[Joseph Pedott, entrepreneur who made Chia Pets and the Clapper household...](https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/joseph-pedott-chia-pets-the-clapper-obituary/)** > > You may not recognize the Chicago native's name, but chances are you know the work of Joseph Pedott. > **[Pioneering breast cancer surgeon Susan Love dies at 75](https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2023-07-05/pioneering-breast-cancer-surgeon-susan-love-dies-at-75)** > > Dr. Susan Love encouraged patients to take an active role in their care and created a comprehensive guide to breast cancer long before the internet. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1278 "2023-07-07T00:38:23Z")
> **[George Tickner, co-founder of Journey, dies at 76 | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/06/entertainment/george-tickner-journey-guitarist-death-cec/index.html)** > > Tickner, a founding member of the rock group Journey who left the band to attend medical school, has died at 76, his bandmate Neal Schon said. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1279 "2023-07-07T19:23:48Z")
[Nikki McCray-Peterson](https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/37974296/women-basketball-star-coach-nikki-mccray-penson-51-dies), who led the USA to the first of its seven consecutive Olympic gold medals in women’s basketball (in 1996), played in the WNBA, was a former head women’s basketball coach at Old Dominion, and was, at the time of her death, the assistant basketball coach at Rutgers University, has died at 51. (Yes, I like run-on sentences) ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1280 "2023-07-11T17:27:18Z")
> **[Leon Gautier, last surviving French D-day commando, dies at 100](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/03/leon-gautier-last-surviving-french-d-day-commando-dies-at-100)** > > Gautier was one of 177 green berets in the Kieffer unit which stormed the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=65)