# 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:** 85
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1681 "2023-10-06T13:42:05Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Any other recent or soon-to-be famous centenarians? Eva Marie Saint was born 7/4/1924. Unsurprisingly, she’s the oldest living Oscar winner. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1682 "2023-10-06T13:53:01Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Eva Marie Saint was born 7/4/1924. Unsurprisingly, she’s the oldest living Oscar winner. And Norman Lear is 101 and I think still active. I could see him making 105, which would be great. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1683 "2023-10-06T13:53:21Z")
> **[Jordan Levy, former Worcester mayor and radio show host, dies at 79](https://www.telegram.com/story/news/2023/10/06/jordan-levy-former-worcester-mayor-and-wtag-host-dies-at-79/71081767007/)** > > Mourning a businessman, public official, radio host. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1684 "2023-10-06T15:56:15Z")
With two exceptions all the folks still on my list are at least 95. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1685 "2023-10-06T20:41:11Z")
Darn. How did I not include him on my list of entertainers over 90? ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1686 "2023-10-07T05:03:09Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I know! It’s October and I have no points! It’s the 2000’s and I have no points! Shut Up, Lady! 😄 ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1687 "2023-10-07T05:34:30Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > It’s the 2000’s and I have no points! When have you ever? In any thread? ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1688 "2023-10-07T12:51:48Z")
We sure know how to pick some healthy inconsiderate bastards, don’t we? Is there a competition for that? ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1689 "2023-10-07T14:09:18Z")
I guess it says a great deal for modern medical science. And money. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1690 "2023-10-08T21:45:31Z")
Shitty way to go and way too young. I always liked him. One of my favorite TV chefs > **[Michael Chiarello, Celebrity Chef and Former Food Network Star, Dies at 61](https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/michael-chiarello-dead-food-network-1235748613/amp/)** > > Michael Chiarello, a celebrity chef and former Food Network star, has died. He was 61. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1691 "2023-10-09T08:29:04Z")
Wow. What a shock. I always liked him too. Way too young. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2023, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1692 "2023-10-09T09:26:25Z")
> **[Shawna Trpcic, Costume Designer for ‘The Mandalorian’ and ‘Ahsoka,’ Dies at 56](https://variety.com/2023/artisans/news/shawna-trpcic-dead-smandalorian-star-wars-1235747985/)** > > Shawna Trpcic, the Emmy-nominated costume designer for 'The Mandalorian' and 'Ahsoka,' has died at the age of 56. I remember her name largely from the Mandalorian credits and my wondering how the hell one pronounces “Trpcic”, but in all seriousness her work was fantastic. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1693 "2023-10-09T14:55:18Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I get excited, thinking that maybe _this_ year Linda Ronstadt is finally going to do me a favor, and then I get _bupkis_. > [@Biotop](#): > > Bear’s great Dick Butkus has died at 80. So close. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1694 "2023-10-09T19:44:57Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > With two exceptions all the folks still on my list are at least 95. Can’t remember which Death Pooler originally said it, but they’ve got a lot of practice in not dying and have gotten quite good at it. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1695 "2023-10-10T17:02:00Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Can’t remember which Death Pooler originally said it, but they’ve got a lot of practice in not dying and have gotten quite good at it. Sigh. This is the second time this month somebody wrote that they remembered the quote but didn’t remember who said it. > [@Celebrity Death Pool 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/131): > > The problem with picking people this age is that they’ve spend decades not dying and they’ve gotten really good at it. I’m trying to build a legacy here, people. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1696 "2023-10-10T18:58:49Z")
> [@Celebrity Death Pool 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/131): > > > [@RTFirefly](#): > > > > Can’t remember which Death Pooler originally said it, but they’ve got a lot of practice in not dying and have gotten quite good at it. > > Sigh. This is the second time this month somebody wrote that they remembered the quote but didn’t remember who said it. > > > [@Celebrity Death Pool 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/131): > > > > The problem with picking people this age is that they’ve spend decades not dying and they’ve gotten really good at it. > > I’m trying to build a legacy here, people Oh, dear. Um, sorry to burst your _amour propre_, but Terry Pratchett beat you to the idea, if not the exact quote: > [@The Last Hero](#): > > **Six Beneficient Winds** : But … they’re so old! > > **Mr Saveloy** : Indeed, and of course, this is true. They are _very old_ barbarian heroes. > > **Six Beneficient Winds** : Oh, my … > > **Mr Saveloy** : That’s right. They’ve had a lifetime’s experience of not dying. They’ve become very good at it." … ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1697 "2023-10-10T19:46:42Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Oh, dear. Um, sorry to burst your _amour propre_, but Terry Pratchett beat you to the idea, if not the exact quote: Pratchett clearly stole the line from me. Seventeen years before I said it. I assume time travel or precognition or black magic was involved. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1698 "2023-10-10T20:38:00Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > Oh, dear. Um, sorry to burst your _amour propre_, but Terry Pratchett beat you to the idea, if not the exact quote: > > Pratchett clearly stole the line from me. Seventeen years before I said it. I assume time travel or precognition or black magic was involved L-space. The Librarian periodically trolls the SDMB for ideas. Pratchett’s next novel would have featured a plane on a treadmill, a declawed cat, and Opal. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1699 "2023-10-10T20:54:24Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > and Opal At least you included 3. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1700 "2023-10-10T21:21:03Z")
A sad story…at least for those not playing the SDMB Celebrity Death Pool. America’s sweetheart, Olympic champion Mary Lou Retton is apparently not long for this world. 45 points, in case you were curious. > **[Olympic Medalist Mary Lou Retton 'Fighting For Her Life' In ICU With Illness](https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/10/olympic-gold-medalist-mary-lou-retton-fighting-for-life-illness-fundraiser/?adid=social-tw)** > > Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton is fighting for her life in the ICU with a rare form of pneumonia, her daughter said on Tuesday. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=84) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=86)