# 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:** 65
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1281 "2023-07-11T22:22:51Z")
Oh my word, I hope he gets a fine funeral, he deserves it. An uncle of mine was not there on the first day, but in a tank unit that arrived the second day. Uncle Larry was such a quiet, mild mannered guy. I can only imagine what all the soldiers saw. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1282 "2023-07-12T13:04:08Z")
American Surfer Mikala Jones dies in freak accident. > **[American surfer Mikala Jones, 44, dies in freak accident while surfing in...](https://www.foxnews.com/sports/american-surfer-mikala-jones-dies-freak-accident-surfing-indonesia)** > > Professional surfer Mikala Jones died Sunday after his femoral artery was severed by a surfboard fin in an accident while suffering in the Mentawai Islands. He was 44. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1283 "2023-07-12T13:22:42Z")
Milan Kundera, author, finds continued being unbearable. > **[Milan Kundera, reclusive literary giant and author of 'The Unbearable...](https://www.cnn.com/style/article/milan-kundera-obituary-intl/index.html)** > > Milan Kundera, the Czech writer who became one of the 20th century’s most influential novelists but spent much of his life in seclusion, rarely engaging with the public, died in Paris on Tuesday, according to the Moravian Library in Brno. He was 94. ---
**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 12, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1284 "2023-07-12T14:43:05Z")
Probably didn’t find it very light, either. Every time I see the title of that book, I can’t help but think of John Cusack in _High Fidelity_: “Hey, I’m not the smartest guy in the world, but I’m certainly not the dumbest. I mean, I’ve read books like _The Unbearable Lightness of Being_ and _Love in the Time of Cholera_,and I think I’ve understood them. They’re about girls, right? Just kidding.” ---
**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 14, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1285 "2023-07-14T00:55:55Z")
Andrea Evans has ended the one life she was allowed to live… > **[Andrea Evans, Star of 'One Life to Live' and 'The Young and the Restless',...](https://people.com/andrea-evans-dead-7558803)** > > Andrea Evans, who rose to fame playing teenager Tina Lord on 'One Life to Live' and later starred on 'The Young and the Restless,' died of cancer on July 9 Also… > **[Ellen Hovde, Documentarian Who Co-Directed ‘Grey Gardens,’ Dies at 97](https://www.indiewire.com/news/obituary/grey-gardens-ellen-hovde-dead-1234883285/)** > > Hovde co-directed the 1975 documentary about East Hampton shut-ins Edie Beale and her mother, Edith Beale, with the Maysles brothers. She died in February, but her passing was shared July 11 by The… > **[Ruth Fitzpatrick, who fought to ordain female priests, dies at 90](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/06/22/ruth-fitzpatrick-who-fought-to-ordain-female-priests/)** > > “We will not accept men telling women they can’t be priests because that’s the way God wants it,” Ms. Fitzpatrick once said. “She does not!” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1286 "2023-07-14T01:04:50Z")
😭 All pointless ---
**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:** [July 14, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1287 "2023-07-14T01:24:47Z")
I know, it’s just senseless and wrong! 😭 ---
**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 14, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1288 "2023-07-14T21:08:18Z")
Jesse Jackson(ALIVE!) steps down from his organization. Always a concern. > **[Jesse Jackson to step down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH](https://apnews.com/article/jesse-jackson-rainbow-push-32c15322afcfc7e5e607d09a41b0cbc7)** > > The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971. A spokesperson for Rep. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1289 "2023-07-14T21:25:26Z")
I think his relevance has slipped. Not a sincle person has him in the game. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1290 "2023-07-14T22:54:52Z")
This is what wikithingy says, > [@](#): > > In August 2021, (Jesse Jackson) and his wife were hospitalized with COVID-19 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. On August 27, it was reported that he had been transferred to a rehab facility while his wife had been transferred to the ICU. On September 4, his wife was released from the hospital, while he continued to receive care for his Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s tends to be quite debilitating when you get under 20 points. ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1291 "2023-07-15T14:05:26Z")
It looks like we missed one: Jeffrey Carlson, an actor who played the first transgender character on daytime television (“Zoe Luper” on _All My Children_), has [died](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-carlson-dead-at-age-48-all-my-children-actor/) at the age of 48. No other info has been released that I could find. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1292 "2023-07-15T14:59:57Z")
Too bad it was pointless. The only Carlson anybody playing has selected it Tucker. Should have been the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1293 "2023-07-16T02:18:45Z")
After 46 years of developing some of the most exciting cars on the planet, Callaway Cars founder Reeves Callaway died aged 75 on Tuesday, July 11. He passed away at his home in Newport Beach, California, from injuries sustained after a fall. From humble beginnings in 1977, Callaway grew his company into a performance icon bearing his name. > **[Reeves Callaway, Founder of Callaway Cars and Builder of High-Speed...](https://www.thedrive.com/news/reeves-callaway-founder-of-callaway-cars-and-builder-of-high-speed-corvettes-dies-at-75)** > > The automotive pioneer, best known for incredible modified versions of America's sports car, was 76 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1294 "2023-07-16T08:10:32Z")
The image and awareness of the 410km/h Callaway Sledgehammer never left me, after reading about the car in 1988. That’s Bugatti Veyron speed, in a street-legal, perfectly usable roadtrip car, in the 80’s! ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1295 "2023-07-16T14:50:46Z")
> **[Actress, singer and style icon Jane Birkin dies in Paris at age 76](https://apnews.com/article/jane-birkin-death-french-76ebee062687450bc834c946b74d9aaf)** > > Actress, singer and style icon Jane Birkin has died in France, a country she charmed with her English grace and accented French and made her home. She was 76. ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1296 "2023-07-16T21:12:33Z")
> **[Evelyn Witkin, who studied how cells repair DNA, dies at 102](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/14/evelyn-witkin-dead/)** > > She received a Lasker Award for demonstrating basic features of the DNA-damage response mechanism, which defends organisms against radiation and other threats. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1297 "2023-07-16T22:28:40Z")
I recognize the name of that award from a novel, one of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan books. His wife Caroline, a noted eye surgeon, was awarded the Lasker. As was said in the book, “There’s only one higher award, and you have to go to Stockholm to collect it.” ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1298 "2023-07-17T18:42:41Z")
Francisco Ibañez, creator of _Clever & Smart_ (aka _Mort & Phil_) has died at age 87. > **[Spanish comic strip artist Francisco Ibanez dies aged 87](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spanish-comic-strip-artist-francisco-ibanez-dies-aged-87-2023-07-15/)** > > Francisco Ibanez, Spain's best-known comic artist of the late 20th century and who was famous for the children's strip "Mortadelo and Filemon", has died, his publisher said on Saturday. He was 87. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1299 "2023-07-18T00:54:37Z")
> **[Devils mourn death of former coach Billy MacMillan](https://www.nj.com/devils/2023/07/devils-mourn-death-of-former-coach-billy-macmillan.html)** > > Billy MacMillan, former NHL player and the first coach in New Jersey Devils history, died Saturday. He was 80 years old. ---
**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 20, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1300 "2023-07-20T01:12:44Z")
> **[Angelo Mozilo, Countrywide Financial CEO and key player in 2008 financial...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/17/business/angelo-mozilo-death-countrywide-mortgage/index.html)** > > Angelo Mozilo, former chief executive of Countrywide Financial and a key player in the subprime mortgage meltdown that led to the 2008 financial crisis, died Sunday. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=66)