# 2023 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool

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**Category:** The Game Room\
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**Created:** [December 1, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831 "2022-12-01T04:02:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1252 "2023-07-03T02:31:34Z")

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@Baker A study found that the shingles vaccine may help prevent dementia:  
[Causal evidence that herpes zoster vaccination prevents a proportion of dementia cases | medRxiv](https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.05.23.23290253v1)  
Discussion here:  
[Want to Significantly Reduce the Possibility of Dementia: Get the Shingles Vaccine - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-significantly-reduce-the-possibility-of-dementia-get-the-shingles-vaccine/984655)

And I wonder how many of us here have made it to July with no score? In 2022, the first year I played, I was on the board by Jan 6 with Sidney Poitier. Beginner’s luck! This year, one of my picks (I posted my list on Dec 30 2022) died on Dec. 31, and none of my other picks has seen fit to do what they should.

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