# 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:** 111
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2202 "2024-11-20T18:45:05Z")
Three now I 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:** [November 21, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2203 "2024-11-21T01:16:17Z")
Lyricist Peter Sinfield [no longer believes](https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/crimson-and-christmas-hit-lyricist-sinfield-dies/ar-AA1uhTfo) in Father Christmas – 20 pts gone to waste. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2204 "2024-11-21T07:53:17Z")
Andy Paley [gone at 28 points.](https://variety.com/2024/music/news/andy-paley-brian-wilson-collaborator-spongebob-dead-1236216365/) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2205 "2024-11-21T12:19:19Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Lyricist Peter Sinfield [no longer believes](https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/crimson-and-christmas-hit-lyricist-sinfield-dies/ar-AA1uhTfo) in Father Christmas – 20 pts gone to waste. Ah, man. This is, by far, my favorite Christmas song. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2206 "2024-11-21T14:43:28Z")
And this my favorite performance of it: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/U6-PAKOt7sM/maxresdefault.jpg "I believe in Father Christmas - Greg Lake - Ian Anderson") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6-PAKOt7sM) ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2207 "2024-11-21T14:58:29Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Lyricist Peter Sinfield [no longer believes](https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/crimson-and-christmas-hit-lyricist-sinfield-dies/ar-AA1uhTfo) in Father Christmas – 20 pts gone to waste. I wonder what will go onto his Epitaph? ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2208 "2024-11-21T14:59:34Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > And this my favorite performance of it: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6-PAKOt7sM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6-PAKOt7sM) Odd song for a church service. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2209 "2024-11-21T15:44:58Z")
Odd song for anywhere. I never heard this before so I looked up the lyrics. I don’t see what’s to like about it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2210 "2024-11-21T16:33:53Z")
John “Two Jags” Prescott, Deputy PM under Tony Blair, has driven off to the [Chiltern Hundreds](https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/guides/factsheets/procedure/p11/) in the sky. > **[How the ‘Prescott Punch’ defined him as Labour’s firebrand - and vital for Blair](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-prescott-labour-death-unions-tony-blair-b2288224.html)** > > Obituary: The charismatic deputy prime minister, who has died at the age of 86, was known best for punching a member of the electorate and acting as a vital bridge for Tony Blair to reach the unions He will forever be remembered for responding to a protestor who threw an egg at him by punching the protestor in the face and grappling with him in the street: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2g52QtvyDg4/maxresdefault.jpg "\*That\* Prescott Punch") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g52QtvyDg4) ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2211 "2024-11-21T18:38:05Z")
Thanks for sharing that performance. Beautiful tune. Couldn’t distinguish too many of the words other than Peace on Earth so don’t know what was objectionable about the lyrics or why it wasn’t suitable for a church service. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2212 "2024-11-22T01:00:49Z")
Here are the lyrics. > **[Greg Lake - I Believe in Father Christmas Lyrics | Lyrics.com](https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/25321698/Greg+Lake/I+Believe+in+Father+Christmas)** > > I Believe in Father Christmas Lyrics by Greg Lake from the 100 Christmas album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: They said there'll be snow at Christmas > They said there'll be peace on earth > But instead it just kept on... ---
**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:** [November 22, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2213 "2024-11-22T01:37:06Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > don’t know what was objectionable about the lyrics or why it wasn’t suitable for a church service It strikes me as a bit cynical. Compare [_Ticket to Heaven_](https://youtu.be/O7x6AVUr83w?si=phvUWFCn2BXOLKbd) by Dire Straits: a lovely-sounding song with a dark message. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2214 "2024-11-22T17:35:33Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > Thanks for sharing that performance. Beautiful tune. > > Couldn’t distinguish too many of the words other than Peace on Earth so don’t know what was objectionable about the lyrics or why it wasn’t suitable for a church service. I always considered it more of an anti-Christmas song. Certainly not a religious song. They sold me a dream of Christmas They sold me a silent night And they told me a fairy story 'Til I believed in the Israelite And I believed in father Christmas I looked to the sky with excited eyes That I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn And I saw him and through his disguise And at the end: Hallelujah, Noel be it heaven or hell The Christmas we get we deserve Yes it’s my favorite Christmas song. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2215 "2024-11-22T18:47:23Z")
Alice Brock of “Alice’s Restaurant” has died at age 83. > **[Alice Brock of 'Alice's Restaurant’ dies - The Berkshire Edge](https://theberkshireedge.com/alice-brock-of-alices-restaurant-dies/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGtsGpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHelAEoiyg_S_HXsdayHBOEOEZZCmQSupinkPQsV7aCX_JW2Sob6zaSoNSg_aem_FmMguUNd7lIQFz-6PAbT0w)** > > "This year we get to add one more to those whose life we celebrate - An important one. Alice was a lifelong friend.” Arlo Guthrie wrote in the announcement of Brock's death. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2216 "2024-11-22T19:04:34Z")
I shall celebrate by visiting the town dump on Thanksgiving day. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2217 "2024-11-22T19:05:37Z")
Then you need to find a cliff. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2218 "2024-11-22T19:11:56Z")
And so close to Thanksgiving. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2219 "2024-11-22T19:49:23Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > I shall celebrate by visiting the town dump on Thanksgiving day. Be sure to bring your shovels and rakes and implements of destruction. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2220 "2024-11-22T22:49:05Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > I shall celebrate by visiting the town dump on Thanksgiving day. Be sure and post your 27 8x10 color glossy photos with circles and arrows and a paragraph description on the back of each one. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2221 "2024-11-22T23:20:41Z")
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