# 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:** 105
**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 24, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2082 "2024-10-24T01:51:53Z")
Man, that is rough. I remember the first time we saw a Maiden album cover back in 1980. It was disturbing enough as it was, without being on acid at the time as well. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2083 "2024-10-24T01:59:48Z")
“_Doc Savage-Man Of Bronze Casket_” ---
**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 24, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2084 "2024-10-24T02:06:35Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Former MLB pitcher [Fernando Valenzuela](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41952316/dodgers-legendary-pitcher-fernando-valenzuela-dies-63) has died at 63. Harry Turtledove was off by sixteen years. ---
**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 24, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2085 "2024-10-24T15:44:31Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > What a terrible way to lose his wife and son. In my brain I had him mixed up with Joe Lara and his weird wife. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2086 "2024-10-24T21:41:04Z")
> **[Jack Jones, “Wives and Lovers” and ‘Love Boat’ Theme Singer, Dies at 86](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/jack-jones-dead-love-boat-theme-1236044634/)** > > Once pegged as an heir to Frank Sinatra, the son of Allan Jones and Irene Hervey also had hits with "Lollipops and Roses," "The Impossible Dream" and "Call Me Irresponsible." ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2087 "2024-10-24T21:49:16Z")
Never mind - already cited. ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2088 "2024-10-24T23:02:47Z")
Elizabeth Francis has died at age 115. She is only famous for her age. ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2089 "2024-10-24T23:07:42Z")
Reminds me of a joke by Michael Che: (Paraphrased) A nun, believed to be the world’s oldest person has died at the age of 118. The cause of death was listed as “answered prayer.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2090 "2024-10-24T23:34:12Z")
[Rudy May dies at 80, hours after 1981 World Series rival Fernando Valenzuela passes away](https://www.sportskeeda.com/baseball/news-rudy-may-dies-80-hours-1981-world-series-rival-fernando-valenzuela-passes-away) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2091 "2024-10-25T00:14:08Z")
_Thomas Jefferson survives._ ---
**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 25, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2092 "2024-10-25T00:32:46Z")
Brilliant! ---
**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 25, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2093 "2024-10-25T02:04:51Z")
> **[Gold medal-winning sprinter who took up running at 100 dies at 108](https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/gold-medal-winning-sprinter-running-100-dies-108/story?id=115103732)** > > Julia Hawkins, nicknamed "Hurricane," set a 100-meter dash world record in 2017. ---
**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 25, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2094 "2024-10-25T02:33:14Z")
The lesson there is that, if you start running, you will die eight years later. ---
**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 25, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2095 "2024-10-25T03:08:30Z")
“All I know is that Richard Burton (notoriouslly hard-living actor) lived longer than Jim Fixx. (famous running advocate)” _Attributed to pro football quarterback Sonny Jurgenson_ ---
**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 25, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2096 "2024-10-25T13:21:22Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > “All I know is that Richard Burton (notoriouslly hard-living actor) lived longer than Jim Fixx. (famous running advocate)” Yeah, I mean Keith Richards has smoked forever(did he ever quit?). Best we can do is make the healthiest decisions possible and hope for the best. I suppose Lady Bird Johnson lived a long time, but she quit drinking for a long time and probably healed her body. ---
**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 25, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2097 "2024-10-25T13:35:28Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > > > “All I know is that Richard Burton (notoriouslly hard-living actor) lived longer than Jim Fixx. (famous running advocate)” > > Yeah, I mean Keith Richards has smoked forever(did he ever quit?). Best we can do is make the healthiest decisions possible and hope for the best. > > I suppose Lady Bird Johnson lived a long time, but she quit drinking for a long time and probably healed her body. He supposedly quit smoking in 2019 and other substances earlier than that. Still drinks. ---
**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 25, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2098 "2024-10-25T13:40:30Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > He supposedly quit smoking in 2019 and other substances earlier than that. Still drinks. It makes me think of…a movie with Michael J. Fox. I can’t remember which one. This older guy lights up a cigarette and Fox says, “Hey, aren’t those things bad for you?” The older guy says something like, “I’m 80-something years old. Everything is good for me!” EDIT: ChatGPT says it is The Frighteners, but I think that only highlights how bad ChatGPT can be. That isn’t it, I don’t think. ---
**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 25, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2099 "2024-10-25T15:43:50Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > “All I know is that Richard Burton (notoriouslly hard-living actor) lived longer than Jim Fixx. (famous running advocate)” > _Attributed to pro football quarterback Sonny Jurgenson_ That is funny. Burton checked out less that three weeks after Fixx, and the age difference was only six points. But Fixx was not a life-long health fanatic: he started running at age 35, after being a heavy smoker. It seems as though what killed him was the unexpected fame. ---
**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 25, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2100 "2024-10-25T18:17:38Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > > > “All I know is that Richard Burton (notoriouslly hard-living actor) lived longer than Jim Fixx. (famous running advocate)” > > _Attributed to pro football quarterback Sonny Jurgenson_ > > That is funny. Burton checked out less that three weeks after Fixx, and the age difference was only six points. But Fixx was not a life-long health fanatic: he started running at age 35, after being a heavy smoker. It seems as though what killed him was the unexpected fame. Fixx also had some very bad genetic factors. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2101 "2024-10-25T19:52:31Z")
> **[Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead Co-Founder and Bassist, Dead at 84](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phil-lesh-grateful-dead-dead-1234809976/)** > > The Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh, who helped co-found the legendary band and served as their bassist, has died at the age of 84. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=104) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=106)