# 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:** 94
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1861 "2023-11-05T12:48:19Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > I was curious, so I looked up the [2013 pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/2135). CAMJAY77 indeed won with 385 points, with #2 at 335. Here’s the winning totals from 2013 on: 2013 385 2014 241 2015 300 2016 482 2017 331 2018 454 2019 343 (me!) 2020 247 2021 247 2022 265 ETA: I didn’t play in 2013, and I got a big fat zero in my first attempt in 2014, but since then, my worst year (wrt both points and ranking) was 2020, when I finished with 143 points and tied for 9th. I’d love to have 143 points right now! ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1862 "2023-11-05T18:49:41Z")
David Kirke won’t be bouncing back from this one. > **[David Kirke, the World’s First Bungee Jumper, Dead at 78](https://people.com/david-kirke-the-worlds-first-bungee-jumper-dead-at-78-8383202)** > > David Kirke, the man who carried out the world's first-ever modern-day bungee jump, has died at 78, according to reports ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1863 "2023-11-05T23:48:39Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > 2014 241 I’m not even in the pool this year, because in all the years I did play, I haven’t even tallied 241 total points. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1864 "2023-11-06T12:56:12Z")
I had Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett that year. Didn’t get the trifecta! Still no points this year. Those evil politicians I picked have made deals with the devil, I tell ya! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1865 "2023-11-07T02:06:20Z")
I have a themed list elsewhere that involves police and government officials in Uvalde and the state of Texas. Not a single one has passed. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1866 "2023-11-07T04:54:04Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Being the sicko that I am I have gone back and figured out how many points someone could have got if they had C.S. Lewis, Aldous Huxley, and JFK in a Death Pool list. One hundred twenty one points. Better than the forty-six points you would have gotten for Mahatma Gandhi and Orville Wright back in 1948. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2023, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1867 "2023-11-07T08:56:24Z")
[Stuntman Taraja Ramsess](https://ew.com/movies/black-panther-stuntman-taraja-ramsess-fatal-car-crash/), 41, was killed in an auto accident on October 31 that also claimed the life of three of his children. Ramsess had been in _Creed III_ and _Wakanda Forever,_ as well as the _Hunger Games_ franchise. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1868 "2023-11-07T12:13:03Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > [Stuntman Taraja Ramsess](https://ew.com/movies/black-panther-stuntman-taraja-ramsess-fatal-car-crash/), 41, was killed in an auto accident on October 31 that also claimed the life of three of his children. Horrific. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1869 "2023-11-07T21:19:21Z")
I was sad to discover actress Lara Parker died back on October 12 at the age of 84. She was amazing as Angelique on Dark Shadows and deserves to be noted here. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1870 "2023-11-08T14:31:05Z")
Two of those years it was my points listed (ie winner in 2012, 2015 & 2022) I used the same strategy for this year and I have zip. I have never been out of the top 10 (possibly top 5, would have to check to be sure). I should have used my themed list here. At least I have points in that pool. I only remember one time when the defending champ got a goose egg the following year, and that was when Rachm Qoch went out in a blaze of glory picking all the members of an obscure death cult. And just for fun … here is the post with past winners. It needs updating. [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archival-list-of-death-pool-winners-awards-2003-present/805718](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archival-list-of-death-pool-winners-awards-2003-present/805718) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1871 "2023-11-08T15:03:48Z")
I always loved reading @Rachm_Qoch 's lists each year on January first. Because you knew, these folks gonna die. 😲 ---
**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:** [November 8, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1872 "2023-11-08T15:09:29Z")
I just transferred the data over to a spreadsheet that is live. If anyone would like to help edit it and add more recent results, I’d appreciate it: > **[Death Pool Winner History](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZMOjZdqqlMkrtXCBaeNe1dGAwU9bsNi1iuZJspG4gPM/edit?usp=sharing)** > > Sheet1 > > \# of players,First Death,Lastt Death,Points,Winner Name,Best Pick Total > 2003,Jan 18,Nov 9,115,Cisco,4 > 2004,Jan 5,Nov 11,95,Lance Murdoch,4 > 2005,Jan 6,Dec 10,202,Rachm Qoch,7 > 2006,Jan 6,Dec 26,329,Rachm Qoch,8 > 2007,192,Jan 2,Dec 27,283,Rachm... ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1873 "2023-11-08T15:16:37Z")
I fixed your typo! Lastt → Last ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1874 "2023-11-08T15:26:13Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > Two of those years it was my points listed (ie winner in 2012, 2015 & 2022) I used the same strategy for this year and I have zip. Yeah, I _still_ remember 2015. 😝 2014 was my first Death Pool, and I got zero, but I’ve been in the top 10 every year since, including a first and a second. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1875 "2023-11-08T16:59:21Z")
You know, I’ve been on this board for over 20 years, and I can’t recall ever having seen any posts by @Rachm_Qoch at any point in my history here. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1876 "2023-11-08T17:04:02Z")
I think he only ever posted in the Death Pool threads. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1877 "2023-11-08T17:13:50Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > You know, I’ve been on this board for over 20 years, and I can’t recall ever having seen any posts by @Rachm_Qoch at any point in my history here. I just remember him from the Death Pools. I don’t know how he did it, but he did it. I mean, I would have accused cheating if we didn’t literally see that his list was in before Jan 1. It was an incredible time on the Death Pool. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1878 "2023-11-08T17:48:50Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@Superdude](#): > > > > You know, I’ve been on this board for over 20 years, and I can’t recall ever having seen any posts by @Rachm_Qoch at any point in my history here. > > I just remember him from the Death Pools. I don’t know how he did it, but he did it. I mean, I would have accused cheating if we didn’t literally see that his list was in before Jan 1. > > It was an incredible time on the Death Pool. Not without its controversy. I don’t know if he came out and explicitly said it but it seemed like his death cult pick and subsequent disappearance was in response to criticism from others. He did stretch the definition of celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1879 "2023-11-08T17:55:13Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > just remember him from the Death Pools. I don’t know how he did it, but he did it. I mean, I would have accused cheating if we didn’t literally see that his list was in before Jan 1. Are we sure he didn’t cheat, for example by breaking rule 7. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1880 "2023-11-09T08:16:45Z")
Former NFL player [Matt Ulrich](https://people.com/super-bowl-champ-indianapolis-colts-matt-ulrich-dead-at-41-8399516), who won a Super Bowl in 2006 as a member of the Indianapolis Colts, has died at 41. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=93) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=95)