# 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:** 74
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1461 "2023-08-19T12:08:35Z")
Thank you, Alice Ladas! You made a difference where it counts. šŸ˜Š ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1462 "2023-08-19T16:12:15Z")
Anyone have Broadway star Chris Peluso? He died at 60 points. ---
**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 19, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1463 "2023-08-19T19:09:08Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I always hate reading about death by motorcycle crash. In my dadā€™s case he was struck and killed by a truck, not the other way round. Sorry to hear about this. What a tragic loss. My wife has been thankful her entire life. Her father was by a semi-truck on the expressway that flipped over on its side, crushing at least one car ahead of him and killing everyone inside. He survived because he was just behind them and he escaped with no real injuries of note. This was in the mid-to-late 1980ā€™s. ---
**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, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1464 "2023-08-19T19:29:06Z")
> **[Paul Brodeur, journalist who exposed asbestos hazards, dies at 92](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/08/10/paul-brodeur-dead/)** > > As a staff writer at the New Yorker, he delved into public health issues and occupational hazards. He also wrote ā€œThe Stunt Man,ā€ a novel turned film. ---
**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, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1465 "2023-08-19T20:06:20Z")
I am happy your family was blessed like that. If I ever go in an accident I just hope itā€™s instantaneous. I donā€™t want to know death is coming, like being in a plane going down. See, Iā€™m not afraid of being dead, Iā€™ll be in Heaven afterwards, but I sure as heck am afraid of dying. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1466 "2023-08-20T00:14:54Z")
Hey, hey, pallbearer! > **[The ā€˜Paulā€™ of 1960s Pop Duo ā€˜Paul & Paula,ā€™ Ray Hildebrand, Dies at 82](https://variety.com/2023/music/news/ray-hildebrand-dead-paul-paula-pop-duo-1235700560/)** > > Ray Hildebrand, who topped the pop charts in the 1960s as half of the duo Paul & Paula, died Friday in Kansas City at age 82. No cause of death has been given. Paul & Paula reached No. 1 inā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1467 "2023-08-20T00:34:09Z")
> **['This Is Us' Star Ron Cephas Jones Dead at 66](https://www.tmz.com/2023/08/19/this-is-us-star-ron-cephas-jones-dead-dies-william-hill/?adid=social-tw)** > > 'This Is Us' star Ron Cephas Jones died at 66 from lung disease. ---
**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 20, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1468 "2023-08-20T01:09:27Z")
Too soon! Nah, I laughed. ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1469 "2023-08-20T02:16:43Z")
> **[Grandson of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, says 'we're in the final chapter' in...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/19/politics/josh-carter-carters-health-update/index.html)** > > The grandson of former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter said ā€œitā€™s clear weā€™re in the final chapterā€ in an interview with People published Saturday. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1470 "2023-08-20T08:23:56Z")
Loved him in _Luke Cage_. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1471 "2023-08-21T19:33:43Z")
40 more days, just a little over a month, hold out for the 1 point, Jimmy. ---
**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 22, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1472 "2023-08-22T00:03:11Z")
1 point would look good to me now ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1473 "2023-08-23T00:33:12Z")
> **[David Jacobs, Creator of ā€˜Dallasā€™ and ā€˜Knots Landing,ā€™ Dies at 84](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/david-jacobs-dead-dallas-knots-landing-1235572625/)** > > Both primetime soap operas ran for 14 seasons on CBS and for a total of more than 700 episodes. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1474 "2023-08-23T18:00:25Z")
Wagner Group head honcho and attempted mutineer Yevgeny Prigozhin is ā€œfeared deadā€ following a plane crash. > **[Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin 'on board' crashed Russian plane](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66599733)** > > The head of the Russian private military company was on the passenger list of 10 people who died. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1475 "2023-08-23T18:12:08Z")
But, when it crashed, did he fall out his window? ---
**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 23, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1476 "2023-08-23T18:38:23Z")
Putin is totally phoning it in these days. ---
**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 23, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1477 "2023-08-23T21:00:04Z")
Tonight in a loser gets cremated cage matchā€¦ > **[Wrestling Legend Terry Funk Dead At 79](https://www.tmz.com/2023/08/23/wrestling-legend-terry-funk-dead-at-79/)** > > Wrestling legend Terry Funk -- a WWE Hall of Famer -- has died ... Ric Flair announced Wednesday. Iā€™m finally on the board! ---
**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 23, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1478 "2023-08-23T21:27:02Z")
Tried to overthrow Putin. Is now dead. Rinse. Repeat. > **[Russian agency says mercenary leader Prigozhin was aboard plane that crashed,...](https://apnews.com/article/russia-wagner-prigozhin-jet-crash-a7859e4e57f2efa2547dfbe5bdbaa1b2)** > > Russiaā€™s civil aviation agency says mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was aboard a plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday. All 10 people aboard were killed. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1479 "2023-08-23T21:35:52Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Putin is totally phoning it in these days. It was a real dick move for him to kill nine other people. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1480 "2023-08-23T21:45:42Z")
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