# 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:** 68
**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 27, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1341 "2023-07-27T18:49:49Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > The important thing is to maintain the same level of intoxication. It’s working for me! > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Bam Margera on the other hand… I’ve had this bum on my list for years, and he continues to disappoint… ---
**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:** [July 27, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1342 "2023-07-27T18:53:03Z")
Hang in there, he still has plenty of time to die young in a fiery blaze. ---
**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 27, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1343 "2023-07-27T19:06:30Z")
Ditto. That’ll teach me to copy off you. ---
**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 27, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1344 "2023-07-27T19:10:42Z")
I chose mostly celebrities with pilot or helicopter licenses. So far all have them have landed safely. ---
**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 27, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1345 "2023-07-27T19:18:47Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Ditto. That’ll teach me to copy off you. The first time I picked him, I figured no Doper had heard of him. Now he’s on a bunch of lists. ---
**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 27, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1346 "2023-07-27T19:24:23Z")
My son is (was?) a skateboarder, so Bam and Brandon Novak were my dark horses. My very healthy dark horses, full of life! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1347 "2023-07-27T19:28:38Z")
[George Alagiah dies](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jul/24/bbc-newsreader-george-alagiah-dies-aged-67), and several of us inherit 33 points. Points at last! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1348 "2023-07-27T19:28:49Z")
I have four lists, two on the Dope(regular and themed) and two on the Giraffe(regular and themed) Out of all of them only one celeb has done me the favor of passing, and that was a unique pick over one hundred years of age. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1349 "2023-07-27T19:38:34Z")
Also, a half-dozen or so of us have James Whale on their lists. [He’s ending treatment for his terminal cancer](https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/james-whale-says-not-long-27228256), and says he has just months to live. Would be 28 points if he dies this year. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1350 "2023-07-27T19:42:11Z")
Good thing I’m checking my list, here’s another: Mutulu Shakur, Black liberation activist and Tupac’s stepfather, [passed away earlier this month](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/mutulu-shakur-black-liberation-activist-stepfather-tupac-dies-72-rcna93480). 28 points for me and ~~several others~~ GIGObuster. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1351 "2023-07-27T20:01:56Z")
| 1 | phungi | 106 | 2 | 2 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | GIGObuster | 70 | 2 | 0 | | 3 | jeezums | 62 | 2 | 1 | | 4 | Hoopy Frood | 61 | 2 | 0 | | 4 | McDeath the Mad | 61 | 2 | 0 | | 4 | RTFirefly | 61 | 2 | 0 | | 7 | Happy Lendervedder | 57 | 2 | 0 | | 8 | Reindeer Flotilla | 44 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | tuesdayweld | 44 | 1 | 0 | | 10 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 42 | 1 | 0 | | 11 | Stephe96 | 36 | 2 | 0 | | 12 | KittenMitten | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | RobotDevilDog | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 15 | ataraxy22 | 28 | 1 | 0 | | 15 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 28 | 1 | 0 | | 17 | zadscmc | 26 | 2 | 1 | | 18 | lel | 25 | 1 | 1 | | 19 | Railer 13 | 23 | 2 | 0 | | 20 | Bad Wiring | 21 | 2 | 0 | | 21 | JohnT | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 21 | RollOutTheBarrel | 19 | 1 | 1 | | 21 | Shoeless | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 24 | kayT | 17 | 1 | 0 | | 25 | J-P l | 16 | 1 | 0 | | 25 | Karl Gauss | 16 | 1 | 0 | | 27 | Paul Was in Saudi | 15 | 3 | 0 | | 28 | Pardel-Lux | 14 | 1 | 1 | | 29 | Allecher | 13 | 1 | 1 | | 30 | GuanoLad | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 30 | Mahaloth | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 30 | romansperson | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 30 | xizor | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 34 | commasense | 8 | 2 | 0 | | 35 | NotherYinzer | 7 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Ponch8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | | 37 | Biotop | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 37 | Borborygmi | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 37 | Spoiler Virgin | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 40 | Catamount | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 40 | Superdude | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 40 | WolfpackJeep | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 43 | 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:** [July 27, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1352 "2023-07-27T23:30:21Z")
From tied for 40th to tied for 4th. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1353 "2023-07-27T23:43:39Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > My son is (was?) a skateboarder, so Bam and Brandon Novak were my dark horses. My very healthy dark horses, full of life! Speaking of “very healthy dark horses, full of life,” there’s [Kate Keltie](https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/neighbours-star-kate-keltie-deletes-gofundme-after-raising-37k-cancers-gone/news-story/9abcca65ed4c78401540e94edda67933), whose breast cancer, as of last fall, had supposedly spread to her lymph nodes, blood, and hip bones. But by February, she said she was cancer-free, and she shut down her GoFundMe and pocketed the $37K there. Don’t know what’s going on, but I don’t think I’ll have her on my 2024 list. ---
**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 28, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1354 "2023-07-28T00:19:09Z")
Randy Meisner, one of the founders of The Eagles, has taken it to the limit one last time. > **[Randy Meisner, Eagles Founding Member, Dead at 77](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/randy-meisner-eagles-founding-member-001538036.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall)** > > Randy Meisner, the Eagles' founding bassist, died Wednesday at 77. He sang and co-wrote the band's hit 'Take It to the Limit.' ---
**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 28, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1355 "2023-07-28T02:48:01Z")
Ooooh…fourth place. Best position I’ve ever been in a Death Pool. Also I find it interesting that the three of us tied for fourth place each have two deaths but at most only one death overlap and none is shared between all three of us. Anyway… > **[Bo Goldman, Oscar-Winning Screenwriter on ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bo-goldman-dead-cuckoos-nest-melvin-howard-screenwriter-1235546036/)** > > He started out on Broadway and live television and penned 'Shoot the Moon,' 'The Rose' and 'Scent of a Woman,' too. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1356 "2023-07-28T03:01:10Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > Years ago I put Colin Farrell on my list because he seemed determined to live fast and die young. Then he seemed to slow down which was good for him, not good for my score. > > Steve-O looked doomed a decade or so ago, maybe 15 years ago. Now he is clean and sober and I’m glad for him. I had Robert Downey Jr on my first Deathpool list. He looked like a good pick back in 2000. ---
**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 28, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1357 "2023-07-28T03:07:36Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > > > Bam Margera on the other hand…. > > Good pick, as would have been Brian Dunn. If you’re referring to the _Jackass_ cast member, it was Ryan Dunn. ---
**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 28, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1358 "2023-07-28T03:08:35Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I had Robert Downey Jr on my first Deathpool list. He looked like a good pick back in 2000. Should have gone with Mort instead. He would not have been a score in '00, but he was worth 32 a year later. And geez, with a name like Mort … ---
**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 28, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1359 "2023-07-28T03:11:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I had Robert Downey Jr on my first Deathpool list. He looked like a good pick back in 2000. My first list, at least that I still have, was 20 years ago. 2003. I had Britney Spears. And Madonna. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1360 "2023-07-28T03:22:08Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > My first list, at least that I still have, was 20 years ago. 2003. > > I had Britney Spears. And Madonna. Here are my picks in the first Deathpool for the year 2000. Leo DiCaprio (still alive) Snoop Dogg (still alive) Robert Downey Jr (still alive) Kate Moss (still alive) Roseanne (still alive) Richard Pryor (died in 2005) Anna Nicole Smith (died in 2007) Elizabeth Taylor (died in 2011) Scott Weiland (died in 2015) Kirk Douglas (died in 2020) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=69)