# 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:** 7
**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:** [August 25, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/121 "2023-08-25T12:56:06Z")
riding that late-August Russian wave! | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | GIGObuster | 79 | 2(1) | Russians on the edge (Of windows). | | 2 | Registered\_at\_Last | 48 | 1(1) | The Canadians: | | 3 | smithsb | 32 | 1 | Russian mobsters/monsters: | | 4 | Little\_Nemo | 23 | 2(1) | Sex Symbols from the 50’s and 60’s | | 4 | xizor | 23 | 2(1) | Crooners | | 6 | Bayaker | 22 | 1(1) | The Mary Tyler Moore Show universe | | 7 | Kitten\_Mitten | 19 | 1 | Favorite singers/musicians | | 8 | Bad.Wiring | 18 | 1 | Chicago (born in Chicago, or in the play/movie/band Chicago) | | 9 | Catamount | 11 | 1(1) | The Old Folks Home on Sesame Street | | 9 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 11 | 1(1) | The Whole 90 YARDS | | 11 | Railer13 | 5 | 1(1) | Former NFL Head Coaches | ---
**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:** [August 25, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/122 "2023-08-25T13:43:36Z")
We have often joked here about loading all of our picks on a plane and have it go down, but has it ever happened before that someone got a twofer (or more) from a single incident? I don’t ever remember that happening before! ---
**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:** [August 25, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/123 "2023-08-25T14:10:40Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > We have often joked here about loading all of our picks on a plane and have it go down, but has it ever happened before that someone got a twofer (or more) from a single incident? I don’t ever remember that happening before!. This is a great question and I don’t know the answer. We need a hall-of-fame of sorts for amazing picks or strange occurrences. I believe a Doper had Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes the year she died and she was a really out-of-nowhere type of death. It was kind of incredible. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/124 "2023-08-25T18:25:48Z")
The way I see it… Planes have windows, so it qualifies for my theme… 🙂 Now as it is very possible that the plane was shot down… I was here in America, I didn’t do it, nobody saw me do it, you can’t prove anything, [Gets pull out by Russian security] Long Live Ukraine!!.. /jk ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/125 "2023-08-26T12:58:41Z")
When Benazir Bhutto was assasinated it was on December 27. She gave me my only points for that year and the award for last points. I don’t know why I had her except she was a woman in a traditionally male role in a male dominated society that had unrest. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/126 "2023-09-18T00:19:14Z")
Ooh, apparently I got one. I didn’t expect that! > **[Glenda Jackson, fearless actor and politician, dies aged 87](https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/jun/15/glenda-jackson-oscar-winner-and-former-labour-mp-dies-aged-87)** > > Her singular passion lit up performances from Women in Love to King Lear and drove her 23-year middle career as an MP In June, and I’m just realizing now 🤣 ---
**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:** [September 19, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/127 "2023-09-19T16:19:39Z")
| Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | GIGObuster | 79 | 2(1) | Russians on the edge (Of windows). | | 2 | Registered\_at\_Last | 48 | 1(1) | The Canadians: | | 3 | smithsb | 32 | 1 | Russian mobsters/monsters: | | 4 | Little\_Nemo | 23 | 2(1) | Sex Symbols from the 50’s and 60’s | | 4 | xizor | 23 | 2(1) | Crooners | | 6 | Bayaker | 22 | 1(1) | The Mary Tyler Moore Show universe | | 7 | Kitten\_Mitten | 19 | 1 | Favorite singers/musicians | | 8 | Bad.Wiring | 18 | 1 | Chicago (born in Chicago, or in the play/movie/band Chicago) | | 9 | Cazzle | 13 | 1(1) | Death Comes For The 48th Academy Awards | | 10 | Catamount | 11 | 1(1) | The Old Folks Home on Sesame Street | | 10 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 11 | 1(1) | The Whole 90 YARDS | | 12 | Railer13 | 5 | 1(1) | Former NFL Head Coaches | ---
**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:** [September 21, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/128 "2023-09-21T21:57:28Z")
Nevermind ---
**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:** [September 25, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/129 "2023-09-25T21:59:03Z")
David McCallum has given me 10 points. (Incidentally, if he had died a week ago, it would’ve been 11. I’m glad he got to celebrate one last birthday, but come on Ducky…) > **[David McCallum](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McCallum)** > > David Keith McCallum Jr. (19 September 1933 – 25 September 2023) was a Scottish actor and musician. He gained wide recognition in the 1960s for playing secret agent Illya Kuryakin in the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. His other notable television roles include Carter in Colditz (1972–1974) and Steel in Sapphire & Steel (1979–1982). Beginning in 2003, McCallum gained renewed international popularity for his role as NCIS medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard in the American tele... ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/130 "2023-09-26T13:18:53Z")
| Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | GIGObuster | 79 | 2(1) | Russians on the edge (Of windows). | | 2 | Registered\_at\_Last | 48 | 1(1) | The Canadians: | | 3 | smithsb | 32 | 1 | Russian mobsters/monsters: | | 4 | Little\_Nemo | 23 | 2(1) | Sex Symbols from the 50’s and 60’s | | 4 | xizor | 23 | 2(1) | Crooners | | 6 | Bayaker | 22 | 1(1) | The Mary Tyler Moore Show universe | | 7 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 21 | 2(2) | The Whole 90 YARDS | | 8 | Kitten\_Mitten | 19 | 1 | Favorite singers/musicians | | 9 | Bad.Wiring | 18 | 1 | Chicago (born in Chicago, or in the play/movie/band Chicago) | | 10 | Cazzle | 13 | 1(1) | Death Comes For The 48th Academy Awards | | 11 | Catamount | 11 | 1(1) | The Old Folks Home on Sesame Street | | 12 | Railer13 | 5 | 1(1) | Former NFL Head Coaches | ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/131 "2023-09-28T13:18:05Z")
> **[Harry Potter actor Sir Michael Gambon dies aged 82](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66949848)** > > The actor, a four-time Bafta award winner, was best known for playing Dumbledore in the hit film series. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/132 "2023-09-29T12:53:42Z")
Another 10 for me with Sen. Feinstein’s passing. > **[Dianne Feinstein](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein)** > > Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (/ˈfaɪnstaɪn/ FYNE-styne; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933 - September 28, 2023) was an American politician who served six terms as United States senator from California, since winning a special election in 1992. Since 1993, she had been the state's senior senator. A member of the Democratic Party, she served three terms as mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. > A San Francisco native, Feinstein graduated from Stanford University in 1955. She was e... ---
**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:** [September 29, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/133 "2023-09-29T13:30:04Z")
| Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | GIGObuster | 79 | 2(1) | Russians on the edge (Of windows). | | 2 | Registered\_at\_Last | 48 | 1(1) | The Canadians: | | 3 | smithsb | 32 | 1 | Russian mobsters/monsters: | | 4 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 31 | 3(3) | The Whole 90 YARDS | | 5 | Little\_Nemo | 23 | 2(1) | Sex Symbols from the 50’s and 60’s | | 5 | xizor | 23 | 2(1) | Crooners | | 7 | Bayaker | 22 | 1(1) | The Mary Tyler Moore Show universe | | 8 | Kitten\_Mitten | 19 | 1 | Favorite singers/musicians | | 9 | Bad.Wiring | 18 | 1 | Chicago (born in Chicago, or in the play/movie/band Chicago) | | 10 | Cazzle | 13 | 1(1) | Death Comes For The 48th Academy Awards | | 11 | Catamount | 11 | 1(1) | The Old Folks Home on Sesame Street | | 12 | Railer13 | 5 | 1(1) | Former NFL Head Coaches | ---
**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:** [September 29, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/134 "2023-09-29T13:45:34Z")
My decision to pick nonagenarians is finally starting to produce fruit! And here come flu season, baby! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/135 "2023-09-29T14:21:22Z")
Don’t get your hopes up. I once had a list of people at least 95yo and got three points that year. As someone once said, if you reach great age you get very good at staying alive. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/136 "2023-09-29T16:21:19Z")
I’ve been playing since 2018, and all of my lists in the main death pool have been entertainers over 90 years old. The best year was 2022, when I had 17 points with 4 picks. In 2020 I had 3 picks, but only got 2 points for the year, because a couple of them were over 100. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/137 "2023-09-29T18:44:59Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Don’t get your hopes up. I once had a list of people at least 95yo and got three points that year. As someone once said, if you reach great age you get very good at staying alive. Yeah, I’ve used the same themed list for three years now, and most of my picks are in their 90s. I had one death on my list two years ago (Cloris Leachman) and one pointless death last year (Nehemiah Persoff at age 102) and so far nobody’s had the courtesy to cough up any points for me this year. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/138 "2023-09-29T19:28:39Z")
That year I got three points? The following Jan 4th one of my picks, Alicia Rhett, passed. Couldn’t she have checked out a little sooner? _Why yes, this handbasket is very comfortable._ ---
**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:** [September 30, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/139 "2023-09-30T02:03:02Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > My decision to pick nonagenarians is finally starting to produce fruit! My plan to pick people who were celebrities six or seven decades ago seems to be fading. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/140 "2023-09-30T02:18:23Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Don’t get your hopes up. I once had a list of people at least 95yo and got three points that year. As someone once said, if you reach great age you get very good at staying alive. Someone? > [@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. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921.md?page=8)