2023 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool

I’m guessing members of this board might be interested to hear - in a totally non-ghoulish way - that Céline Dion’s family members can’t find any effective treatments for her disease.

Carl Davis leaves 14 points on the board. Among other achievements, he helped Paul McCartney write Liverpool Oratorio.

So I went to check this name and entering “Carl” on my spreadsheet kept bringing up Tucker Carlson. Wishful thinking I guess.

Died in May but apparently not reported until today, I guess.

I remember “The Reivers” It was a really good movie.

I remember from nigh on fifty years ago his work in the WWII documentary series The World at War.

My heart will go on. Especially if she lives past December 31.

I really liked that series. I watched it on Armed Forces Television while I was stationed in the Army at Camp Humphies in Korea.I remember the scene in which bulldozers were being used to shovel emaciated corpses into a mass grave outside a concentration camp One gal in the barracks wrinkled her nose and said “Ew! why do they have to show that?” I opened my mouth to respond but someone else beat me to it “So we remember and hopefully it doesn’t happen again.”

Well respected man about town John Gosling has moved on into the Waterloo Sunset.

Sandra Bullcok’s partner has died.

Bullock

If Sandra Bullock’s partner qualifies as a celebrity, then I’m sure Clint Eastwood’s mistress certainly does!

Oh. oof

Thank you.

Detroit Tigers’ catcher from the 60’s and radio color guy Jim Price has called his last game. He was still on the air up til about a month ago I believe. He was never my favorite guy behind the mic, but I’d definitely gotten used to him over the years.