# 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:** 70
**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 29, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1381 "2023-07-29T16:02:35Z")
> **[Julian Barry Dies: Writer Of Oscar-Nominated Lenny Bruce Biopic And Acclaimed...](https://deadline.com/2023/07/julian-barry-dead-obituary-lenny-screenwriter-broadway-play-was-92-1235449728/)** > > Julian Barry, whose 1971 Broadway play and 1974 movie, both titled Lenny and telling the story of legendary comic Lenny Bruce, died Tuesday at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 92. His death was re… ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1382 "2023-07-31T17:11:46Z")
> **[Paul Reubens, actor best known as Pee-wee Herman, dies at 70](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna97343)** > > He rose to fame in the 1980s playing the whimsical, child-like character on TV and in movies. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1383 "2023-07-31T17:12:47Z")
Pee Wee gone flaccid? ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1384 "2023-07-31T17:53:49Z")
I remember the indecent exposure incident (my parents explained it to me as “Pee-wee took his pants off in public, and he can’t have a TV show anymore because he was a bad boy”), but I don’t remember much about the 2004 obscenity charge. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1385 "2023-07-31T18:07:50Z")
The last living munchkin from The Wizard of Oz has gone over the rainbow at 91. > **[Betty Ann Bruno](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Ann_Bruno)** > > Betty Ann Bruno (née Cain; October 1, 1931 – July 30, 2023) was an American child actress turned reporter and television host who worked for KTVU-Channel 2 in San Francisco for over 20 years, until her retirement in 1992. > Betty Ann Cain was born on October 1, 1931 in Wahiawa, Hawaii, but grew up in Hollywood, California. > As a child, she appeared in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz as one of the munchkins. Before that she had a bit role in John Ford's 1937 film The Hurricane. Her work in televisi... ---
**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 31, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1386 "2023-07-31T18:17:05Z")
Pee Wee, a Munchkin…is there a theme here? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1387 "2023-07-31T18:23:00Z")
I did find one member of The Wizard of Oz still alive. Caren Marsh, who was a stand-in for Judy Garland, stlill lives at 104. > **[Caren Marsh Doll](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caren_Marsh_Doll)** > > Caren Marsh Doll (née Morris; born April 6, 1919), also credited as Caren Marsh, is an American former stage and screen actress and dancer specializing in modern dance and tap. She is notable as Judy Garland's stand-in in The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Ziegfeld Girl (1941). She is one of the last surviving actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood. > From 1937 until 1948, Marsh appeared in motion pictures with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, including a small uncredited part in Gone with the Wind. She became ... ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1388 "2023-07-31T19:17:23Z")
Pee-wee isn’t dead. He’s hiding in the basement at the Alamo. ---
**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 31, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1389 "2023-07-31T19:29:14Z")
Local news lady reports on Pee Wee and finishes by saying, _“He was best known for Pee Wee’s Playhouse”._ Um… Not so sure about that, actually. 🤔 ---
**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 31, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1390 "2023-07-31T19:29:40Z")
I’d never heard of this guy, but he seems like a Darwin Award contender. > **[Instagram Stunt Star Remi Lucidi, 30, Dead After Falling from 68th Floor of...](https://people.com/instagram-stunt-star-remi-lucidi-dead-falling-hong-kong-skyscraper-7567543)** > > French daredevil Remi Lucidi died last week after falling from the 68th floor of a Hong Kong skyscraper, according to reports ---
**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 31, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1391 "2023-07-31T20:21:37Z")
Hope he filmed on the way down (morbid thought - sorry) ᵐᵃᵏᵉˢ ⁿᵒᵗᵉ ᶠᵒʳ ⁿᵉˣᵗ ʸᵉᵃʳ’ˢ ᵗʰᵉᵐᵉ ---
**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 31, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1392 "2023-07-31T20:33:29Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I’d never heard of this guy I had. In fact, [on the Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread/931945/8295). Yesterday. I mean, no, had not heard of him before yesterday. But, before today, at least ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1393 "2023-07-31T21:42:32Z")
> **['Euphoria' Star Angus Cloud Dead at 25](https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/31/euphoria-star-angus-cloud-dead-dies/?adid=social-tw)** > > Angus Cloud -- famous from 'Euphoria' -- has died at his family's home in Oakland ... TMZ has learned. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1394 "2023-08-01T02:50:44Z")
> **[Hugh Carter Jr., Jimmy Carter’s 'Cousin Cheap,' has died](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/26/hugh-jimmy-carter-peanut-brigade-00108428)** > > He helped organize the “Peanut Brigade” that helped elect his cousin. > **[Wrestling: Adrian Street, flamboyant legend, dies aged 82](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-66361848)** > > In a tribute, his wife says the Welsh wrestler was the total opposite of how he behaved on stage. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1395 "2023-08-01T16:46:05Z")
NJ Lieutenant Governor dies a day after being rushed to the hospital. At the time she was acting Governor since the Governor is out of the country on vacation. > **[New Jersey Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver dies after undisclosed medical issue](https://abc7ny.com/amp/new-jersey-lieutenant-governor-sheila-oliver-death-nj-gov/13582418/)** > > New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, who was serving as acting governor while Gov. Phil Murphy is out of the state, has died after being taken to a hospital for an undisclosed medical issue. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1396 "2023-08-02T12:34:16Z")
> **[Marc Gilpin, Young Actor on ‘Jaws 2,’ Dies at 56](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marc-gilpin-dead-jaws-2-1235549284/amp/)** > > The brother of 'Frasier' star Peri Gilpin portrayed one of Roy Scheider's two sons in the 1978 sequel. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1397 "2023-08-03T00:23:54Z")
I guess I should take responsibility for Randy Meisner’s passing. I had him on my list in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. Left him off in 2023. On my excel sheet under reason for including in prior years I had “alcohol soaked Eagle”. Not sure why I left him off this year. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1398 "2023-08-03T01:43:19Z")
> **[Edward Sexton, bespoke tailor of ‘Abbey Road’ style, dies at 80](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/29/edward-sexton-tailor-beatles-dies/)** > > Mr. Sexton's splashes of color and experiments in style became part of the fashion revolution in London's Swinging Sixties. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1399 "2023-08-04T16:23:00Z")
Mark Margolis, who played Hector on ‘Breaking Bad’, passes at age 83. > **[‘Breaking Bad’ actor Mark Margolis dead at 83](https://ktla.com/news/local-news/breaking-bad-actor-mark-margolis-dead-at-83/)** > > Mark Margolis, a longtime actor perhaps best known for his role as Hector Salamanca in the prestigious television show “Breaking Bad,” has died at the age of 83, according to publicist … ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1400 "2023-08-04T18:37:27Z")
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