# 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:** 73
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1441 "2023-08-12T21:59:39Z")
> **[Shelley Smith, Super Model Turned Actress, Dies at 70](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/shelley-smith-super-model-turned-185252831.html)** > > She starred with Martin Short on 'The Associates' and with Yaphet Kotto on 'For Love and Honor' and was a popular celebrity contestant on game shows. ---
**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 12, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1442 "2023-08-12T22:49:26Z")
> **[Brice Marden, painter revered for his distinctive approach to abstraction,...](https://www.cnn.com/style/brice-marden-abstract-artist-obit-tan/index.html)** > > Marden rose to prominence in the 1960s and ’70s, combining elements of Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art and Minimalism into his own unique idiom. ---
**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 13, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1443 "2023-08-13T00:06:05Z")
Tom Jones has died, age 95. No, not THAT Tom Jones. This Tom Jones was the lyricist for the long-running musical “The Fantasticks”. > **[Tom Jones Dies: Wrote Book And Lyrics For Long-Running ‘The Fantasticks’, Was 95](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tom-jones-dies-wrote-book-221602964.html)** > > Tom Jones, who wrote the book and lyrics for the musical “The Fantasticks” that ran for 42 years, died on Friday at his home in Sharon, Conn. He was 95 and passed from cancer, his son said. The Fan… ---
**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 13, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1444 "2023-08-13T20:26:27Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > …the long-running musical “The Fantasticks”. Saying it’s long-running is like saying Usain Bolt is fast. The original run of the Fantasticks has the record for the longest running production of any kind in the history of American Theater. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1445 "2023-08-14T03:15:37Z")
Another person about to be off our lists is Bob Barker. If he makes it four more months, he’s 100 years old. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1446 "2023-08-14T12:43:32Z")
Most of my lists have had people over 100. Not all of us are in this just for the points. > [@commasense](#): > > As always, I’m playing the odds, not going for points. The maximum I could earn, if all of these wonderful actors dropped dead in early January, is 84. This is the youngest average batch since I started playing the Death Pool in 2017, and the first time that I don’t have anyone over 100 on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1447 "2023-08-14T14:25:18Z")
I currently am on the board with a unique pick over 100. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1448 "2023-08-14T17:25:19Z")
One half of 90s rap duo Timbaland & Magoo has died. No, not the famous one, the other guy > **[Timbaland & Magoo](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbaland_%26_Magoo)** > > Timbaland & Magoo were a rap duo consisting of producer/rapper Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley and rapper Melvin "Magoo" Barcliff, formed in 1989. Hailing from Norfolk, Virginia, the duo first met when they were teenagers. They later paired up as a duo and released their debut album Welcome to Our World, spawning their highest-charting single "Up Jumps da Boogie". They released two more studio albums as a group, Indecent Proposal in 2001 and Under Construction, Part II in 2003. The latter was me In... ---
**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:** [August 14, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1449 "2023-08-14T19:45:25Z")
21-year-old Russian hockey player Rodion Amarov has died. 79 points for me! ---
**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 14, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1450 "2023-08-14T20:01:31Z")
It’s difficult to phrase a response to this that isn’t too ghoulish. But you are playing the crap out of this game, my dude! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1451 "2023-08-14T20:42:28Z")
And we now have a new player in first place! | 1 | Happy Lendervedder | 136 | 3 | 1 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | phungi | 106 | 2 | 2 | | 3 | GIGObuster | 70 | 2 | 0 | | 4 | jeezums | 62 | 2 | 1 | | 5 | Hoopy Frood | 61 | 2 | 0 | | 5 | McDeath the Mad | 61 | 2 | 0 | | 5 | RTFirefly | 61 | 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:** ![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:** [August 14, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1452 "2023-08-14T21:45:49Z")
I would quit, but then my entire list would get killed in a freak Hot Dog cart tragedy. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1453 "2023-08-15T14:30:59Z")
I would like to protest this pick on the sole grounds that I did not include him on my list… ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1454 "2023-08-17T03:33:36Z")
This news may be of interest: > **[Bruce Springsteen has 'been taken ill,' postpones two concerts with the E...](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/08/16/entertainment/bruce-springsteen-ill-concert-postpone/index.html)** > > Bruce Springsteen is taking some time to rest and putting off two concert dates. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2023, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1455 "2023-08-17T09:54:00Z")
British celebrity interviewer **Sir Michael Parkinson** has died, aged 88. His show was a staple for most of my life. > **[Sir Michael Parkinson: Chat show host dies aged 88](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66411604)** > > He was one of British TV's biggest names, with a long-running, star-studded Saturday night chat show. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1456 "2023-08-17T18:45:21Z")
Not posted yet: Music executive (co-founder of A&M Records) and noted racehorse owner Jerry Moss has died at 88. > **[Music mogul Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Records, dies at 88](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/17/music-mogul-jerry-moss-co-founder-of-am-records-dies-aged-88)** > > With A&M partner Herb Alpert, Moss was behind the success of the Carpenters, Cat Stevens and the Police, among hundreds of artists ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1457 "2023-08-18T16:18:27Z")
> **[Carol Duvall Dies: HGTV’s “Queen Of Crafts” Was 97](https://deadline.com/2023/08/carol-duvall-dead-hgtv-queen-of-crafts-1235522349/)** > > Carol Duvall, known as HGTV’s “Queen of Crafts” and beloved host of The Carol Duvall Show, which ran on the network for more than a decade, died July 31 in Traverse City, Mic… ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1458 "2023-08-18T16:24:09Z")
Oh no. I adored Carol Duvall. I wish her shows were on DVD or streaming. ---
**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 19, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1459 "2023-08-19T05:00:09Z")
> **[Trailblazing sex therapist and author of The G Spot was 'a force of nature,'...](https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/alice-kahn-ladas-obituary-1.6937149)** > > Alice Kahn Ladas — a psychologist and psychotherapist whose career centred around women’s pleasure and reproductive health — died on July 29 at her home in Santa Fe, N.M. She was 102. > **[Renata Scotto, Italian opera singer, dies at 89](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/16/renata-scotto-italian-opera-singer-dead)** > > The soprano, who made 314 appearances at the Metropolitan Opera, was a ‘profound connoisseur of voice and repertoire’ > **[Alex Collins, former Ravens running back, killed in motorcycle crash at age 28](https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/former-ravens-rb-alex-collins-dies-at-age-28/)** > > Alex Collins, a former college standout at Arkansas, played with the Ravens in 2017 and 2018. He played five NFL seasons. > **[Clarence Avant, the ‘Godfather of Black Entertainment,’ Dies at 92](https://variety.com/2023/music/news/clarence-avant-dead-black-godfather-1235695291/)** > > Clarence Avant, whose unofficial title of the “Black Godfather” spanned the worlds of music, sports, entertainment and politics, died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles, according to a statement fro… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1460 "2023-08-19T05:51:20Z")
I always hate reading about death by motorcycle crash. In my dad’s case he was struck and killed by a truck, not the other way round. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=72) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=74)