# 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:** 112
**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 23, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2222 "2024-11-23T14:46:24Z")
Well then where am I supposed to go to bury this envelope under half a ton of garbage? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2223 "2024-11-24T03:41:57Z")
It’s just a week until the 2025 thread starts!!! ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2224 "2024-11-24T03:49:27Z")
Chuck Woolery has died at 83, according to his brother’s social media. No link yet. ---
**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 24, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2225 "2024-11-24T03:57:44Z")
Does it say how he died? All the usual sources say he is alive. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2226 "2024-11-24T04:06:30Z")
He came back in 2 and 2. ---
**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 24, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2227 "2024-11-24T04:11:48Z")
One site I check in on every day or two seems to always have a clickbait in the corner that says something to the effect of (as the one I just saw) “A sad end for Ellen Degeneris. Prayers.” Most of the time these get no traction, but I can imagine they might now and then, as it is a rather busy site. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2228 "2024-11-24T04:53:31Z")
[TMZ is reporting it.](https://www.tmz.com/2024/11/23/chuck-woolery-wheel-of-fortune-host-dead-dies/) ---
**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 24, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2229 "2024-11-24T05:14:19Z")
Confirmed by Wiki: [Chuck Woolery - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Woolery) ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2230 "2024-11-24T16:43:13Z")
And AP confirms it as well. > **[Chuck Woolery, smooth-talking game show host of 'Love Connection' and...](https://apnews.com/article/obituary-chuck-woolery-508f37c136ccbc4c8ad48a4fd582674b)** > > Chuck Woolery, the affable, smooth-talking game show host of “Wheel of Fortune,” “Love Connection” and “Scrabble” who later became a right-wing podcaster, skewering liberals and accusing the government of lying about COVID-19, has died. Seemed like an OK guy, I have some vague recall he may have come out to support Trump, but perhaps I’m thinking only of Wink Martindale or someone else. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2231 "2024-11-24T17:00:06Z")
No, he was a total wingnut. Read the posted article about his podcast/Twitter antics. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2232 "2024-11-25T14:21:07Z")
> **[Barbara Taylor Bradford, ‘A Woman of Substance’ Novelist, Dies at 91](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/obituaries/barbara-taylor-bradford-dead.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes)** > > Her own rags-to-riches story mirrored those of many of her heroines, and her dozens of books helped her amass a fortune of $300 million. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2233 "2024-11-26T16:45:32Z")
“He obviously needed a hospital.” “A hospital? What is it?” “It’s a big building with doctors and patients. But that’s not important right now.” > **[Jim Abrahams, ‘Airplane!,’ ‘Naked Gun’ and ‘Hot Shots!’ Master of Mirth, Dies...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jim-abrahams-dead-airplane-naked-gun-hot-shots-1236071689/)** > > He and boyhood friends Jerry and David Zucker got their start with 'The Kentucky Fried Movie,' and they also were behind 'Top Secret!' and 'Ruthless People.' ---
**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:** [November 26, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2234 "2024-11-26T17:04:54Z")
I guess you could have told us earlier, but he wasn’t dead then. ---
**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 26, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2235 "2024-11-26T18:06:21Z")
I guess I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2236 "2024-11-26T19:09:18Z")
Surely, you can’t be … Nah. Too easy. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2237 "2024-11-27T00:38:54Z")
Earl Holliman has passed away A movie he was in is on TCM right now, Forbidden Planet. He was the cook > **[Earl Holliman | Actor](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391096/?ref_=tt_cst_t_7)** > > Known for: Forbidden Planet, The Sons of Katie Elder, Giant ---
**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:** [November 27, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2238 "2024-11-27T05:18:11Z")
> **[Fred Harris, former US senator from Oklahoma and presidential hopeful, dies...](https://apnews.com/article/fred-harris-new-mexico-oklahoma-b439a6bf41806c898ed0e08abf2bc748)** > > Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent 1960s, has died. He was 94. ---
**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 27, 2024, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2239 "2024-11-27T06:30:20Z")
I remember voting for Fred Harris at the mock Democratic Convention our state school system put on in '76. Some governor dude from Georgia showed up there to give a speech – most of us in my group were hesitant to support him because he was too conservative. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2240 "2024-11-28T18:12:20Z")
The end of an era. [The Rev. Robert Dixon, last living Buffalo Soldier, dies at age 103](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-rev-robert-dixon-last-living-buffalo-soldier-dies-at-age-103/ar-AA1uGayK?ocid=BingNewsSerp) ---
**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:** [November 29, 2024, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2241 "2024-11-29T04:24:02Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > A movie he was in is on TCM right now, Forbidden Planet. He was in about 3 over the last day or two. I always liked this Mug. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=111) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=113)