# 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:** 103
**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 18, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2042 "2024-10-18T12:46:46Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > > [@Baker](#): > > > > Yes, Wheelz did. > > Whoa! I’d totally forgotten I had him. My first-ever unique pick. > > I think I read something about his addiction struggles last year and figured he was worth a spot. Good thing you took the plunge. ---
**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 18, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2043 "2024-10-18T13:24:00Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Whoa! I’d totally forgotten I had him. My first-ever unique pick. I’ve been in this thing 20 years and I believe last year, I had my first unique pick with Don Wildmon, that right-wing extremist guy. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2044 "2024-10-18T13:47:55Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Good thing you took the plunge. Well, _I_ didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2045 "2024-10-18T14:20:23Z")
I have had several unique picks over the years. That’s what I often look for. The one I remember best was Benazir Bhutto. She was killed on 12/27 of that year and got my my only points, as well as the final hours award. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2046 "2024-10-18T14:55:20Z")
I think my John Mayall pick earlier this year was unique, and probably my first one. Heck, I’m lucky if I get any picks at all, much less unique ones! ---
**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 18, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2047 "2024-10-18T15:30:42Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I think my John Mayall pick earlier this year was unique, and probably my first one. Heck, I’m lucky if I get any picks at all, much less unique ones! You have to train all year for this. My 2025 has 15 names already. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2048 "2024-10-18T17:03:53Z")
I think the only unique pick I’ve ever had was Honor Blackman. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2049 "2024-10-18T19:11:39Z")
This is a huge year for me. The first time I had a unique pick, AND the first time I had more than one overall pick! All within the span of the last three weeks! ---
**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 19, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2050 "2024-10-19T03:38:06Z")
A Czech Holocaust historian of some note, [Yehuda Bauer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehuda_Bauer), gives no one 2pts. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2051 "2024-10-20T06:59:45Z")
Inger Lorre, lead singer of the band The Nymphs, [has died at 61](https://www.loudersound.com/news/inger-lorre-rip). ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2052 "2024-10-20T11:14:31Z")
Any relation to Peter Lorre? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2053 "2024-10-20T14:03:00Z")
Not that I’m aware of. She was Australian ---
**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:** [October 20, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2054 "2024-10-20T14:28:21Z")
Unlikely. Inger Lorre’s real name was Lori Wening and Peter Lorre’s real name was Laszlo Lowenstein. ---
**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 20, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2055 "2024-10-20T19:07:59Z")
> **[Toni Vaz Dies: NAACP Image Awards Founder, Stunt Performer & Actor Was 101](https://deadline.com/2024/10/toni-vaz-dead-naacp-image-awards-founder-1236113915/)** > > Toni Vaz, an actor-turned-pioneering stunt performer who founded the NAACP Image Awards, died October 4 at the MPTF campus near Los Angeles. She was 101. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2056 "2024-10-21T00:13:22Z")
I guess he’s not famous, but one of the Navajo Code Talkers gave up negative points. A warrior to the end. [John Kinsel Sr., one of the last Navajo Code Talkers who served in WWII, dies at 107 | PBS News](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/john-kinsel-sr-one-of-the-last-navajo-code-talkers-who-served-in-wwii-dies-at-107#:~:text=(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20John%20Kinsel%20Sr,announced%20Kinsel's%20death%20on%20Saturday). ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2057 "2024-10-21T01:59:54Z")
> ---
**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 21, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2058 "2024-10-21T02:30:48Z")
Fall placidly amid the noise and the haste, as far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with the sidewalk. (opening line of the poem _Defenstrata_) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2059 "2024-10-21T02:42:27Z")
As a person fond of parodies this is superb. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2060 "2024-10-21T03:13:20Z")
That could do apply to Liam Payne. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2061 "2024-10-21T16:55:59Z")
Philip Zimbardo has embarked on his last experiment. > **[Stanford psychologist behind the controversial 'Stanford Prison Experiment'...](https://www.npr.org/2024/10/20/g-s1-29097/stanford-psychologist-behind-the-controversial-stanford-prison-experiment-dies-at-91)** > > Philip G. Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial experiment that was intended to examine the psychological experiences of imprisonment, has died. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=102) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=104)