# 2023 \[THEMED\] Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 2, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921 "2022-12-02T13:57:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/81 "2023-01-20T13:33:35Z")
David Crosby, 19 points for **Kitten\_Mitten** & **xizor** : | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Registered\_at\_Last | 48 | 1(1) | The Canadians: | | 2 | Kitten\_Mitten | 19 | 1 | Favorite singers/musicians | | 2 | xizor | 19 | 1 | Crooners | | 4 | Little\_Nemo | 5 | 1(1) | Sex Symbols from the 50’s and 60’s | ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/82 "2023-01-20T15:11:23Z")
And now by posting I was in third place, I’ve dropped to fourth place. Who started this crazy game? Somebody should talk to that guy about rules creation. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/83 "2023-01-31T08:34:14Z")
I’m seeing reports that Louise Harrison (George’s older sister) has died in Florida at age 93. Alas, I did not include her on my Beatles-themed list, so her death was very much pointless. ---
**Author:** ![Bad.Wiring](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bad.wiring/32/13010_2.png) [@Bad.Wiring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad.Wiring)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/84 "2023-02-15T23:32:40Z")
I’m on the board! > **[Raquel Welch, One Million Years B.C. Actress and Hollywood Sex Symbol, Dead...](https://people.com/movies/raquel-welch-dies-at-82/)** > > Actress Raquel Welch died Wednesday morning following a short illness, PEOPLE confirmed ---
**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:** [February 16, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/85 "2023-02-16T05:14:54Z")
Eighteen more points for me. Which I believe moves me to tenth place. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/86 "2023-02-16T16:07:16Z")
18 Points for **Little\_Nemo** and **Bad.Wiring** | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Registered\_at\_Last | 48 | 1(1) | The Canadians: | | 2 | Little\_Nemo | 23 | 2(1) | Sex Symbols from the 50’s and 60’s | | 3 | Kitten\_Mitten | 19 | 1 | Favorite singers/musicians | | 3 | xizor | 19 | 1 | Crooners | | 5 | Bad.Wiring | 18 | 1 | Chicago (born in Chicago, or in the play/movie/band Chicago) | ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/87 "2023-02-28T05:04:10Z")
Vyacheslav Rovneiko, Russian oligarch, but not on MY list, dammit. > **[Ex-Putin spy & Vlad ally found dead hours apart in latest mystery Russia...](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21489838/russian-oligarch-found-dead-moscow-mystery/)** > > A MAJOR Russian oligarch and a former politician in Putin’s party have been found dead hours apart in the latest mystery deaths to hit Russia’s elite. The body of Vyacheslav Rovneiko, 5… ---
**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:** [February 28, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/88 "2023-02-28T20:38:16Z")
I feel your pain. [Gorden Pinsent](https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gorden-pinsent-actor-icon-1.6760868), Canadian icon, dead at 92. Not on my list, but in my heart. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/89 "2023-03-10T01:11:49Z")
> **[Robert Blake Dies: Actor In ‘Baretta’ And ‘In Cold Blood’ Was 89, Beat...](https://deadline.com/2023/03/robert-blake-dead-actor-in-baretta-in-cold-blood-was-89-beat-real-life-murder-rap-1235284339/)** > > Robert Blake, the controversial actor who won a Lead Actor Emmy for Baretta and starred in films including In Cold Blood and Lost Highway before a murder trial ended his career, died today of heart… Robert Blake gives me my first 11 points of the year. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/90 "2023-03-10T01:34:27Z")
And also me. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/91 "2023-03-10T15:50:22Z")
I do not see a list from you posted… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/92 "2023-03-10T17:55:20Z")
I believe romansperson had Blake in the main pool. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/93 "2023-03-10T18:19:08Z")
**Happy\_Lendervedder** enters the Leader Board: | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Registered\_at\_Last | 48 | 1(1) | The Canadians: | | 2 | Little\_Nemo | 23 | 2(1) | Sex Symbols from the 50’s and 60’s | | 3 | Kitten\_Mitten | 19 | 1 | Favorite singers/musicians | | 3 | xizor | 19 | 1 | Crooners | | 5 | Bad.Wiring | 18 | 1 | Chicago (born in Chicago, or in the play/movie/band Chicago) | | 6 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 11 | 1(1) | The Whole 90 YARDS | ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/94 "2023-03-11T00:22:46Z")
Yes, sorry about that @phungi - I posted in the wrong thread! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/95 "2023-03-11T01:39:34Z")
I’m not sorry for your loss. 🍻 ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/96 "2023-03-11T20:06:41Z")
5 points for me. > **[Hall of Fame Vikings coach Grant dies at age 95](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35835975/bud-grant-led-vikings-4-super-bowls-hof-career-dies)** > > Bud Grant, the Hall of Fame coach who led the Minnesota Vikings to four Super Bowl appearances, has died at the age of 95. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/97 "2023-03-13T12:43:14Z")
| Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Registered\_at\_Last | 48 | 1(1) | The Canadians: | | 2 | Little\_Nemo | 23 | 2(1) | Sex Symbols from the 50’s and 60’s | | 3 | Kitten\_Mitten | 19 | 1 | Favorite singers/musicians | | 3 | xizor | 19 | 1 | Crooners | | 5 | Bad.Wiring | 18 | 1 | Chicago (born in Chicago, or in the play/movie/band Chicago) | | 6 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 11 | 1(1) | The Whole 90 YARDS | | 7 | Railer13 | 5 | 1(1) | Former NFL Head Coaches | ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/98 "2023-05-23T22:08:33Z")
A former left-handed Beatles bassist dies and I didn’t have him in my Beatles-themed pool. What are the odds? > **[Chas Newby, former bassist for The Beatles, dies aged 81](https://metro.co.uk/2023/05/23/chas-newby-dead-former-bassist-for-the-beatles-dies-aged-81-18833519/?ito=socialmetrouktwitter)** > > He was the first left-handed bassist for the band. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/99 "2023-06-07T16:11:58Z")
I just found out that one of my picks, [Garn Stephens](https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/garn-stephens-obituary?id=51999536), died in April at the age of 78. Woohoo 22 points for me! I mean may God rest her soul. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/100 "2023-06-09T13:46:33Z")
| Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Registered\_at\_Last | 48 | 1(1) | The Canadians: | | 2 | Little\_Nemo | 23 | 2(1) | Sex Symbols from the 50’s and 60’s | | 3 | Bayaker | 22 | 1(1) | The Mary Tyler Moore Show universe | | 4 | Kitten\_Mitten | 19 | 1 | Favorite singers/musicians | | 4 | xizor | 19 | 1 | Crooners | | 6 | Bad.Wiring | 18 | 1 | Chicago (born in Chicago, or in the play/movie/band Chicago) | | 7 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 11 | 1(1) | The Whole 90 YARDS | | 8 | Railer13 | 5 | 1(1) | Former NFL Head Coaches | [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921.md?page=6)