# 2024 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940 "2023-12-01T06:01:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 100
**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:** [October 13, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1982 "2024-10-13T03:37:59Z")
Probably wouldn’t have been eligible for the pool, since his only claim-to-fame other than his cancer was that he was a celebrated recruit, but Tylee Craft dies at 23 from cancer. > **[North Carolina’s Tylee Craft dies at 23 after cancer battle | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/12/sport/north-carolina-tylee-craft-cancer-battle-spt-intl/index.html)** > > University of North Carolina wide receiver Tylee Craft has died at the age of 23 after a cancer battle, the school announced on Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1983 "2024-10-13T04:17:20Z")
eleven TDs for Death, 0 for Death Pool ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1984 "2024-10-13T06:25:15Z")
Can I put Cancer on my list for next year? 😒 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1985 "2024-10-13T13:30:11Z")
Cancer is not going to die next year. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1986 "2024-10-13T17:26:42Z")
How about Guinea worm disease? Has that been ended yet? I know Jimmy Carter wanted to outlive it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1987 "2024-10-13T17:29:56Z")
He wants to live until this coming Tuesday, so he can vote for Harris. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1988 "2024-10-13T17:36:04Z")
That too! But what’s special about Tuesday? The [GA SOS’s site](https://sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/Absentee_Voting_In_Georgia_Rev_3-30-22.pdf) says absentee ballots should have been mailed out this past Monday. Any reason why he can’t vote and mail it as soon as he receives it? ETA: I assume he filed to receive an absentee ballot, rather than having to vote in person, given the state of his health. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1989 "2024-10-13T17:55:42Z")
Not sure, the article I read said ballots would be valid for mailing starting the 15th. Whatever the case, I hope he does get the vote. As I’ve said before my maternal grandmother voted in 2012, with the help of a great granddaughter. She did not live to the election but she had a vote! She would have been 108 that year. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1990 "2024-10-14T04:23:14Z")
> **[Alex Salmond, leading figure in Scottish independence movement, dies at age 69...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/12/europe/alex-salmond-dead-scotland-intl-latam/index.html)** > > Politicians across Scotland and the United Kingdom have paid tribute to former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who died Saturday at the age of 69. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1991 "2024-10-14T14:19:53Z")
This one means something to me. He’s not on my Dope list this time but he is on my Giraffe list. I’ve had him on lists for some time, because he was born on New Year’s Eve. And not only that, but in 1954. So he and I were born on the same day. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1992 "2024-10-14T21:00:54Z")
Ward Christensen logs off: > **[Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/)** > > Christensen kick-started online culture by inspiring thousands of hobbyist communities. Brian (ran some low user BBSes) ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1993 "2024-10-14T21:39:27Z")
[Lilly Ledbetter](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lilly-ledbetter-equal-pay-womens-rights-activist-dies-86-rcna175271), who died over the weekend at age 86, > **[Opinion | Lilly Ledbetter got the last laugh](https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/lilly-ledbetter-dies-86-equal-pay-supreme-court-rcna175290)** > > Denied justice before the Supreme Court, she kept fighting in Congress until she won. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1994 "2024-10-16T04:48:05Z")
[Baltazar Ushca](https://honoraryunsubscribe.com/baltazar-ushca/), famous for being the last Iceman of Chimborazo. (Yes, he has a wiki page.) Also… > **[Brooklyn Rapper Ka Dies at 52](https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/ka-dead-brooklyn-rapper-1235800407/)** > > Brooklyn rapper Ka has died at 52 years old. Get the details. > **[Salaam, part of Jets' Sack Exchange, dies at 71](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41700163/abdul-salaam-member-jets-sack-exchange-dies-71)** > > Abdul Salaam, who played for the Jets from 1976 to 1983 and was part of the team's New York Sack Exchange, has died at the age of 71, according to his widow, Debbie. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1995 "2024-10-16T21:49:24Z")
I’m only seeing it on TMZ but they are reporting Liam Payne died after falling from his hotel balcony. > **[Liam Payne Dead at 31 After Fall from Buenos Aires Hotel Room](https://amp.tmz.com/2024/10/16/liam-payne-dies-hotel-balcony-one-direction/)** > > Liam Payne is dead after a fall from his hotel balcony in Argentina ... TMZ has learned. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1996 "2024-10-16T22:00:29Z")
A member of One Direction fell to his death. Oh, the jokes……must not make jokes. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1997 "2024-10-16T22:05:46Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > A member of One Direction fell to his death. > Oh, the jokes……must not make jokes. Like his one direction was down? That kind of thing? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1998 "2024-10-16T22:10:45Z")
Oh that’s the one! STRAIGHT down! ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1999 "2024-10-16T22:13:52Z")
Confirmed by Reuters. [https://www.reuters.com/world/one-direction-singer-liam-payne-found-dead-buenos-aires-local-media-reports-2024-10-16/](https://www.reuters.com/world/one-direction-singer-liam-payne-found-dead-buenos-aires-local-media-reports-2024-10-16/) ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2000 "2024-10-16T22:14:02Z")
Man, what could have happened? Uh, suicide? Very strange. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2001 "2024-10-16T22:19:29Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Man, what could have happened? Uh, suicide? Very strange. TMZ was saying there were reports he was acting erratically and has had addiction problems. So either a drunken accident or deliberate act. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=99) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=101)