# 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:** 113
**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 29, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2242 "2024-11-29T06:47:34Z")
> **[Helen Gallagher Dies: Two-Time Tony Winner & ‘Ryan’s Hope’ Matriarch Was 98](https://deadline.com/2024/11/helen-gallagher-dead-ryans-hope-broadway-1236188492/)** > > Helen Gallagher, who won Tony Awards for' 'Pal Joey' and 'No, No, Nanette' and starred on all 13 seasons of daytime soap 'Ryan's Hope,' died November 24 at 98. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2243 "2024-11-29T16:21:58Z")
Peggy Caserta, who had an eventful life, died clean aged 84 after a lifetime of heroin. Staying voluntarily in a Mexican jail because the drugs were so good is something I never had read before: > **[Peggy Caserta, Who Wrote a Tell-All About Janis Joplin, Dies at 84](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/books/peggy-caserta-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dk4.7qrQ.5hByUdAfjuCa&smid=url-share)** > > Her Haight-Ashbury clothing store was ground zero for the counterculture. But she was best known for a tawdry book — which she later disavowed — published after Ms. Joplin’s death. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2244 "2024-11-29T19:19:20Z")
Medrick Burnett Jr, 20 yrs old, dies of head injury suffered while playing a football game between his team Alabama A&M against Alabama St last month. > **[Alabama A&M LB Burnett dies from head injury](https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/42680658/alabama-lb-medrick-burnett-jr-dies-head-injury)** > > Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, a linebacker for the Alabama A&M Bulldogs, has died from an in-game head injury he suffered in October. ---
**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 29, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2245 "2024-11-29T22:04:18Z")
Former Canadian Basketball Player (and ironically named) [Chad Posthumus](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/chad-posthumus-celebration-life-sea-bears-winnipeg-1.7395507) died November 20 at the age of 11 3-point shots. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2246 "2024-11-30T00:38:02Z")
> **[Female racing pioneer 'Motorcycle Mary' McGee dies a day before documentary...](https://apnews.com/article/motorcycle-mary-mcgee-dead-documentary-hamilton-6e17e5a0ba0dad90b30b088fc9584584)** > > Her family says McGee died of complications from a stroke at her home in Gardnerville, Nevada, the day before a documentary on her career was released. ---
**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 30, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2247 "2024-11-30T14:20:59Z")
> **[My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar, 44, found dead in Tennessee home: report](https://nypost.com/2024/11/30/entertainment/my-chemical-romance-drummer-bob-bryar-44-found-dead-in-tennessee-home/)** > > Former My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar was found dead inside his Tennessee home on Tuesday, according to a report. He was 44 years old. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2248 "2024-12-01T02:20:01Z")
[No Rapture for Hal Lindsey](https://www.christianitytoday.com/2024/11/died-late-great-planet-earth-end-times-hal-lindsey/), author of the 1970 bestseller, _The Late Great Planet Earth_. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2249 "2024-12-01T02:31:25Z")
Aw. It was that book that got me saved. See you eventually Hal. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2250 "2024-12-01T02:43:53Z")
Okay, so I have 31 days left for twelve celebs to kick the bucket. There’s still a chance I could eke out a win. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2251 "2024-12-01T03:31:42Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > [No Rapture for Hal Lindsey](https://www.christianitytoday.com/2024/11/died-late-great-planet-earth-end-times-hal-lindsey/), author of the 1970 bestseller, _The Late Great Planet Earth_. Oooh, a common mention on our modern Abe Vigoda thread. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2252 "2024-12-01T03:38:50Z")
Well, tomorrow the 2025 thread goes up! ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2253 "2024-12-01T04:28:06Z")
One point left on the table. > **[Legendary St. John's basketball coach Lou Carnesecca dies at 99, school confirms](https://abc7ny.com/amp/post/legendary-st-johns-basketball-coach-lou-carnesecca-dies-99-school-confirms/15608165/)** > > Legendary St. John's basketball coach Lou Carnesecca has died at 99, the school confirmed on Saturday. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2254 "2024-12-01T14:46:05Z")
Jean Goebel Rather, wife of Dan Rather, signed off at age 89. > **[Jean Rather, wife of former longtime CBS News anchor Dan Rather, dies at 89](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jean-rather-wife-of-dan-rather-dies-age-89/)** > > Jean Rather, the wife of former longtime CBS News anchor Dan Rather, died Tuesday at the age of 89 following a battle with cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2255 "2024-12-01T15:53:19Z")
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**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:** [December 1, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2256 "2024-12-01T19:49:31Z")
Wayne Northrop, the once and future (and once and future and once yet again) “Roman Brady/John Black” of the _Days Of Our Lives_ soap opera has died at age 77. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2257 "2024-12-03T05:17:47Z")
> **[Academy Award Winner Marshall Brickman Dies at 85](https://playbill.com/article/academy-award-winner-marshall-brickman-dies-at-85)** > > Brickman co-wrote the books for Broadway's Jersey Boys and and The Addams Family . ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2258 "2024-12-03T19:08:37Z")
> **[Peter Westbrook, Olympic fencing medalist whose foundation changed lives,...](https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/peter-westbrook-dies-fencing)** > > Peter Westbrook competed at five Olympics, won a bronze medal in 1984 and created a foundation in 1991. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2259 "2024-12-03T21:52:11Z")
Debbie Nelson, mother of Eminem and frequent subject of his music, has [died at 69 years old](https://www.tmz.com/2024/12/03/eminem-mom-debbie-nelson-dead/). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2260 "2024-12-03T22:30:30Z")
Sheesh, I’m 69, I could have been his mother. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2261 "2024-12-03T22:44:43Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Sheesh, I’m 69, I could have been his mother. How is your spaghetti? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=114)