# 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:** 78
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1541 "2023-09-06T09:37:35Z")
So many potential jokes about this, all of which have already been done in everyone’s heads… ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1542 "2023-09-07T01:53:42Z")
The Boss is canceling more shows because of (wink, wink) “peptic ulcer disease.” Sure, Jan. > **[Bruce Springsteen postpones September shows to treat peptic ulcer disease](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/09/06/bruce-springsteen-postpones-tour-peptic-ulcer-disease/70781977007/)** > > Bruce Springsteen will be briefly sidelined for treatment for peptic ulcer disease, causing the postponement of his September shows. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1543 "2023-09-07T03:44:09Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Lovell died. Married 71 years. Fucking Quitters! Oh, wait… ---
**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:** [September 7, 2023, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1544 "2023-09-07T04:37:19Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Too late. > > [Smash Mouth's Lead Singer Steve Harwell Dead at 56](https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/04/smash-mouth-lead-singer-steve-harwell-dead-dies/) > > I read that he had a very tragic life-altering experience in 2001 that lead to his extremely heavy drinking. His son died of leukemia at 6 months. 6 months old. > > Rumors are that he drank extremely heavily the past 20 years and now has died from liver failure. > > I feel for the guy. Best joke I’ve heard about this death: “Well, I guess the years stopped coming.” ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1545 "2023-09-07T12:44:18Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Best joke I’ve heard about this death: > > “Well, I guess the years stopped coming.” Say, nice handbasket. Where are you headed? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1546 "2023-09-08T19:00:59Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Say, nice handbasket. Where are you headed? Same place all of us in this thread are! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1547 "2023-09-09T00:32:43Z")
> ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1548 "2023-09-09T00:44:42Z")
Dr. Richard Moriarty, creator of the Mr. Yuk sticker, has died. > **[Dr. Richard Moriarty, founder of Mr. Yuk sticker, dies at 83](https://triblive.com/local/regional/dr-richard-moriarty-founder-of-mr-yuk-sticker-dies/)** > > When people found out Dr. Richard Moriarty was the man behind the Mr. Yuk sticker, they would say how the sticker saved them from drinking something that could have killed them. Or that the 1970s commercial, where a narrator with a menacing laugh... ---
**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:** [September 9, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1549 "2023-09-09T00:53:25Z")
[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/science/ferid-murad-nobelist-dead.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/science/ferid-murad-nobelist-dead.html) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1550 "2023-09-09T04:09:34Z")
> [@Old\_Wench](#): > > Dr. Richard Moriarty, creator of the Mr. Yuk sticker, has died. Stretching ‘celebrity’ to its breaking point. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1551 "2023-09-09T11:06:38Z")
Well, he probably helped to save numerous lives and it was all over the news here, where Mr. Yuk was born. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1552 "2023-09-09T23:31:11Z")
I have _never_ heard of Mr. Yuk. Ever. And I’m an Old Fart. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1553 "2023-09-09T23:50:48Z")
They used to use Jolly Roger to flag poisonous things, but then someone observed that children, whom you want to not touch the stuff, would see a smiling face rather than a death’s head, so he created something more visually icky. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1554 "2023-09-10T20:37:33Z")
[This Mr. Yuk PSA](https://youtu.be/wLsONa3gKIQ?si=QvmI104tSrfZGX8k) traumatized plenty of us back in the 70s. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1555 "2023-09-10T23:22:10Z")
I don’t remember if there were any Mr. Yuk commercials in the 80s but I do remember the campaign was still going strong at that point. My sisters and I got a hold of a bunch of those stickers and decided to plaster them all around our home. Particularly on leftovers we didn’t like. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1556 "2023-09-10T23:22:45Z")
> **[Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi dies aged 95 in South Africa](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66761543)** > > South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pays tribute to him as a "formidable leader". ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1557 "2023-09-10T23:50:23Z")
> **[Country singer-songwriter Charlie Robison dies at age 59](https://www.wnct.com/entertainment-news/country-singer-songwriter-charlie-robison-dies-at-age-59/?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow)** > > Robison died at a hospital in San Antonio after suffering cardiac arrest and other complications, according to a family representative. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1558 "2023-09-11T14:00:26Z")
After all the deaths by PowerPoint he caused, it’s about time. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1559 "2023-09-11T20:33:52Z")
> **[Marc Bohan, former Dior creative director and friend to the stars, dies at...](https://apnews.com/article/marc-bohan-dior-dies-e49e772dfef09a62b1489d5ac7e9df0d)** > > Luxury fashion house Dior has confirmed that longtime former artistic director Marc Bohan has died at 97. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1560 "2023-09-12T14:00:48Z")
[Ian Wilmut](https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66777318), creator of Dolly the sheep, age 79. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=77) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=79)