# 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:** 79
**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:** [September 12, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1561 "2023-09-12T14:44:25Z")
Well shit, can’t they clone him? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1562 "2023-09-12T19:37:39Z")
> **[‘The Bachelorette’ star dead at 36](https://nypost.com/2023/09/12/the-bachelorette-australia-star-charlie-newling-dead-at-36/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost)** > > Paramedics attempted to revive him at a park in Sydney around 11 p.m. but he was unable to be saved. ---
**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 13, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1563 "2023-09-13T04:12:39Z")
[Molly Holzchlag](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/molly-holzschlag/), “Fairy Godmother of the Web”, author, web designer, and open web proponent. ---
**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 14, 2023, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1564 "2023-09-14T04:14:38Z")
> **[Former New York City police commissioner Howard Safir dies](https://apnews.com/article/howard-safir-obituary-police-commissioner-1ad3afe20e4859104b91061d528ffc0b)** > > Howard Safir, the former New York City police commissioner whose four-year tenure in the late 1990s included sharp declines in the city’s murder tolls but also some of its most notorious episodes of police killings of Black men, has died. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1565 "2023-09-14T14:01:40Z")
Max Gomez, known for decades on NYC news programs as “Dr Max”, died after a long illness. Although over the years he discussed other personal medical issues on the air he did not disclose his cancer diagnosis. I didn’t realize until seeing articles after his death that he wasn’t a medical doctor. He had a Ph.D in neuroscience. > **[Dr. Max Gomez, award-winning medical reporter for CBS New York, dies at age...](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/newyork/news/dr-max-gomez-award-winning-medical-reporter-for-cbs-new-york-dies-after-long-illness/)** > > Dr. Max was deeply loved and respected in our newsroom, by medical professionals he worked with, patients who shared their stories with him, and our viewers. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1566 "2023-09-15T13:43:43Z")
> **[Michael McGrath, Tony-Winning Actor, Dies at 65](https://variety.com/2023/theater/news/michael-mcgrath-dead-tony-winning-actor-1235724482/)** > > Michael McGrath, a stage and film actor who earned a Tony Award for his role in 2012 musical “Nice Work if You Can Get It,” has died. He was 65. He died at home in Bloomfield, New Jersey on Thursda… ---
**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 15, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1567 "2023-09-15T15:32:36Z")
Stand-up comedian [Geechy Guy](https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/geechy-guy-a-favorite-vegas-comic-found-dead-at-59-2900901/) (real name: Michael Paul Cathers), who beat Ray Romano on _Star Search_ and was a quarterfinalist on _America’s Got Talent_, has died at 59. He had often claimed to be the fastest joke-telling comic, with 676 told in an hour, at the Improv at Harrah’s in 2011. But Guinness World Records has listed English comedian Tim Vine (who set his record of 499 on October 7, 2004) as the official record-holder. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1568 "2023-09-15T17:01:53Z")
> **[Former North Carolina US Sen. Lauch Faircloth dies at 95](https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/former-north-carolina-us-sen-lauch-faircloth-dies-95/4RXXOSVJINAJ5KZURFUYWMZ5PU/)** > > Faircloth, who served one Senate term before losing to then-unknown Democrat John Edwards in 1998, died at his home in Clinton, said Brad Crone, a former campaign aide and close friend. Former US Senator Lauch Faircloth has died a pointless death. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1569 "2023-09-15T19:16:08Z")
> **[Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, known for his inflated forms,...](https://apnews.com/article/fernando-botero-colombia-dead-sculpture-701ff1a26225875fb86f25072a19e3eb?taid=6504685982f50c00016164bc&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter)** > > Renowned Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose depictions of people and objects in plump, exaggerated forms became emblems of Colombian art around the world, has died. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1570 "2023-09-16T15:47:51Z")
I’ve always been particularly fond of his Mona Lisa. [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.-aqjhaqt0s1vn0cuTVeUAwHaI2?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.-aqjhaqt0s1vn0cuTVeUAwHaI2?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ---
**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:** [September 17, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1571 "2023-09-17T18:13:01Z")
> **[Billy Miller (actor)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Miller_(actor))** > > William John Miller II (September 17, 1979 – September 15, 2023) was an American actor. He was best known for his soap opera roles as Billy Abbott on CBS' The Young and the Restless, and Jason Morgan and Drew Cain on ABC's General Hospital. > Miller was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and grew up in Grand Prairie, Texas. As a child, Miller spent five years as a patient of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, an organization he now supports. > He attended Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas, an... Soap Opera actor Billy Miller has died at 43. He notably played Billy Abbott on the Young and the Restless. ---
**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 18, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1572 "2023-09-18T00:02:05Z")
> **[Lisa Lyon, bodybuilding pioneer and inspiration for Marvel’s Elektra, dead at 70](https://nypost.com/2023/09/08/lisa-lyon-bodybuilding-pioneer-and-marvel-inspiration-dead-at-70/)** > > Comic book writer Frank Miller also modeled the Marvel Comics character Elektra off of Lyon. ---
**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 18, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1573 "2023-09-18T21:37:33Z")
Folk singer **Roger Whittaker** has died at the grand old age of… (looks at notes, shuffles papers) …13 points for me, please. > **[Roger Whittaker: Durham Town folk singer dies at 87](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66843162)** > > The folk singer, famous for his whistling, singing and guitar playing, dies in France. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1574 "2023-09-18T21:40:01Z")
Fairly well known Luke Skywalker impersonator “Fluke Skywalker” has died from suicide. John Stevens was his name. He was facing child pornography charges. > **['Fluke Skywalker' dies by suicide following criminal charges](https://local12.com/news/local/fluke-skywalker-dies-suicide-following-criminal-charges-cincinnati-john-stevens-child-porn-pornography-sexually-oriented-matter-minor-children-fundraising-charity-community-star-wars)** > > A local man known for portraying Luke Skywalker apparently died by suicide. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1575 "2023-09-19T01:40:16Z")
**GuanoLad** goes from a tie for 33rd to a tie for 20th. Also, he is tied with **phungi** for having two unique picks. | 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 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 54 | 2 | 0 | | 9 | Reindeer Flotilla | 44 | 1 | 0 | | 9 | tuesdayweld | 44 | 1 | 0 | | 11 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 42 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | smithsb | 38 | 1 | 1 | | 13 | Stephe96 | 36 | 2 | 0 | | 14 | KittenMitten | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 14 | RobotDevilDog | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 16 | ataraxy22 | 28 | 1 | 0 | | 16 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 28 | 1 | 0 | | 18 | zadscmc | 27 | 2 | 0 | | 19 | lel | 25 | 1 | 1 | | 20 | GuanoLad | 24 | 2 | 2 | | 20 | Jack Batty | 24 | 1 | 1 | | 22 | Railer 13 | 23 | 2 | 1 | | 23 | Bad Wiring | 21 | 2 | 0 | | 23 | Loach | 21 | 1 | 0 | | 25 | JohnT | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 25 | RollOutTheBarrel | 19 | 1 | 1 | | 25 | Shoeless | 19 | 1 | 0 | | 28 | J-P L | 17 | 2 | 0 | | 28 | kayT | 17 | 1 | 0 | | 30 | Karl Gauss | 16 | 1 | 0 | | 30 | Paul Was in Saudi | 16 | 4 | 0 | | 32 | Pardel-Lux | 14 | 1 | 1 | | 33 | Allecher | 13 | 1 | 1 | | 34 | Mahaloth | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 34 | romansperson | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 34 | xizor | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 37 | commasense | 8 | 2 | 0 | | 38 | NotherYinzer | 7 | 1 | 0 | | 38 | Ponch8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | | 40 | Biotop | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 40 | Borborygmi | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 40 | Spoiler Virgin | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 43 | Catamount | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 43 | Superdude | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 43 | WolfpackJeep | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 46 | Baker | 1 | 2 | 1 | | 46 | Dr. Girlfriend | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 46 | Flik the Blue | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 46 | imthjckaz | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 46 | journeyfan | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 46 | Lord Feldon | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 46 | Mrs. E | 1 | 1 | 0 | ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1576 "2023-09-19T03:05:26Z")
Former Kentucky governor [Brereton Jones](https://www.wkyt.com/2023/09/18/former-kentucky-governor-dies-84/) has died at 84. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1577 "2023-09-21T21:58:52Z")
[Katherine Anderson, Co-Founder Of The Marvelettes, Dead At 79 (yahoo.com)](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/katherine-anderson-co-founder-marvelettes-155707972.html) ---
**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:** [September 23, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1578 "2023-09-23T02:50:08Z")
> He was 82. Don’t know where the missile black sea fleet embed came from? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1579 "2023-09-24T02:22:27Z")
Spotted today, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter drop by a local festival. Jimmy turns 99 next week. > **[Former President Jimmy Carter makes an appearance at Georgia festival days...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-president-jimmy-carter-makes-appearance-georgia-festival-days-9-rcna117008?ex=digest)** > > The outing comes seven months after Jimmy Carter entered hospice care at his home following a series of brief hospital stays. ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1580 "2023-09-24T03:25:22Z")
_Go, go, go Jimmy, go_ _Go, go, go Jimmy, go_ _Jimmy nail wood_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=78) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=80)