# 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:** 116
**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 11, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2302 "2024-12-11T15:40:06Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > sports is full of lame and generic sounding team names The Toronto Raptors NBA team started playing in 1995. They chose their name primarily because of the popularity of the Jurassic Park movie. I’m okay with the name, but I wonder what they would have chosen had that movie not been released when it was. And now it’s probably time to end the hijack. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2303 "2024-12-11T15:53:34Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > (‘Commanders’ looks especially stupid when the team isn’t particularly commanding on the field.) I rather preferred when they ‘FootballTeam’. Like, you know, FT Washington. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2304 "2024-12-11T18:52:45Z")
You don’t have anything on Washburn University of Topeka, Kansas. We are the Ichabods!!! Named after Ichabod Washburn, whose donation in the late 1860’s saved the school. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2305 "2024-12-11T19:26:44Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Washburn University of Topeka, Kansas Down the search hole for Washburn. An Ichabod!!! [![](https://www.ichabodshop.com/storeimages/16-1767734-1.jpg) ](https://www.ichabodshop.com/storeimages/16-1767734-1.jpg) ---
**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 11, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2306 "2024-12-11T20:33:58Z")
> **[Shuntaro Tanikawa, giant of Japanese poetry, dies aged 92](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/19/shuntaro-tanikawa-japanese-poet-death-age-92)** > > The poet also wrote the lyrics for the Astro Boy theme song and translated Peanuts into Japanese ---
**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:** [December 11, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2307 "2024-12-11T21:09:58Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Cleveland Guardians legend Rocky Colavito dead at age 91 > > sorry, that just doesn’t sound right. should be: > > Cleveland Indians legend Rocky Colavito dead at age 91 Actually if my Dad was still alive he would say: Detroit Tigers Hotdog player Rocky Colavito dead I remember sitting with Dad in the bleachers in the early '60’s and Dad would call him a hotdog because he would always swing for the fences to be some kind of big man. I searched and didn’t see this previously reported. Spartans of a certain age, your university president died almost a month ago. [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/us/politics/clifton-r-wharton-jr-dead.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/us/politics/clifton-r-wharton-jr-dead.html) ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2308 "2024-12-11T21:22:06Z")
From November… > **[Braves Hall of Famer Rico Carty passes away at 85](https://www.mlb.com/news/rico-carty-passes-away)** > > Rico Carty was popular enough to be elected to start an All-Star Game as a write-in candidate. > Memories of Carty’s 1970 All-Star election and the batting title he won that same year were rekindled on Sunday, as the former outfielder passed away at... ---
**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:** [December 11, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2309 "2024-12-11T21:23:57Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > You don’t have anything on Washburn University of Topeka, Kansas. We are the Ichabods!!! Named after Ichabod Washburn, whose donation in the late 1860’s saved the school. I drove by a high school in San Antonio where the team name was the Buttons. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2310 "2024-12-11T21:51:11Z")
In Poca, West Virginia, the high school team is called the Dots. > **[Poca Dots are still in the running for the best mascot in America poll from...](https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/poca-dots-are-still-in-the-running-for-the-best-mascot-in-america-poll-from/article_837519fd-33c6-5593-89b4-20ce6b7aa994.html)** > > The Poca Dots from Poca High School in Putnam County are still in the running to win “the best mascot in America” poll from Scorebook Live. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2311 "2024-12-12T03:39:06Z")
I have shirts from Frankfurt Indiana, where the high school has a fierce dachshund as a mascot. The Fighting Hot Dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2312 "2024-12-12T07:55:27Z")
Actually it’s Frankfort Indiana > **[Frankfort High School](https://frankforthotdogs.com/)** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2313 "2024-12-12T13:48:38Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Guardians and Commanders sound weird to us because they’re new. I suspect that in less than a generation nobody will think twice about them. Commanders won’t improve for the reason I already gave, unless the team becomes really dominant for a long time. And ‘Guardians’ when it doesn’t bring to mind the image of someone doing nothing but just standing next to a door, guarding it, it just reminds me of all those forms requiring the signature of your parent (or guardian). Lame. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2314 "2024-12-12T17:08:37Z")
Cleveland should have gone with “Rocks” for the new team name. ---
**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 12, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2315 "2024-12-12T17:10:07Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Cleveland should have gone with “Rocks” for the new team name Not the first to suggest it. I liked that or Spiders. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2316 "2024-12-12T18:06:57Z")
Was very disappointed that they didn’t go with “Spiders”. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2317 "2024-12-12T18:08:15Z")
At least they rejected “Steamers”. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2318 "2024-12-14T18:03:34Z")
As we all should. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2319 "2024-12-14T21:19:09Z")
Yesterday was Dick Van Dyke’s 99th birthday. He’s still alive. Just thought you’d want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2320 "2024-12-14T21:30:34Z")
I once had a list all of people who were at least 95. But as someone has said, by then they are very good at living, and I only got three points that year. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2321 "2024-12-14T21:37:41Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > as someone has said, by then they are very good at living I think the phrasing is “_so much practice at not dying that they have gotten really good at it_”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=115) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=117)