# 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:** 119
**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 28, 2024, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2362 "2024-12-28T06:22:06Z")
> **[Political leaders and industry titans pay tribute to former Indian Prime...](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/27/manmohan-singh-death-draws-tributes-from-political-industry-leaders-.html)** > > Former Indian PM Manmohan Singh’s passing triggered an outpouring of tributes from Indian political figures, world leaders and industry titans. > **[Richard Parsons, Former Time Warner CEO, Dies at 76](https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/richard-parsons-dead-time-warner-cbs-1236260229/)** > > Richard D. Parsons, an executive who had a hand in untangling some of the media industry’s knottiest dilemmas, died Thursday in Manhattan. He was 76.  ---
**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 28, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2363 "2024-12-28T08:02:29Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Check your lists folks. What am I? Foddin’ Santa Claws? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2364 "2024-12-28T11:10:22Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I have shirts from Frankfurt Indiana, where the high school has a fierce dachshund as a mascot. The Fighting Hot Dogs. I know someone who went there, and when she later (many years) acquired a Dachshund, she named him Frank. Frank the Weiner dog. As he got elderly, they acquired a Weiner puppy, and named her Beans. Beans & Frank. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2365 "2024-12-28T11:52:52Z")
There are a [**lot of Weiners**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weiner) in this world, but I always thought the dog was called Wiener, as in Vienna’s demonym. Like the **[Wiener Würstchen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_sausage)**, because it is also called a sausage dog. I hope I am not wrong, that would take a lot of fun from those dogs for me. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2366 "2024-12-28T17:59:17Z")
I think Pope Benedict XVI might be the winner there… he died on New Year’s Eve 2022. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2367 "2024-12-28T18:38:22Z")
I think you are right. He died on my birthday. ---
**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 28, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2368 "2024-12-28T20:15:49Z")
Wow…be careful what you wish for, huh? ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2369 "2024-12-29T03:18:28Z")
> **[Shyam Benegal, influential director of India’s ‘parallel cinema’, dies aged 90](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/24/shyam-benegal-indian-director-parallel-cinema-dies)** > > The film-maker challenged mainstream Bollywood and pioneered a new wave cinema movement in the 1970s that tackled social issues ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2370 "2024-12-29T05:05:22Z")
Former NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion and multi-time NWA National Heavyweight champion Jax Dane passed away at 48 years old on Wednesday, December 25. > **[Jax Dane Dead, Former NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Unexpectedly Dies At...](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1747063/jax-dane-dead-former-nwa-worlds-heavyweight-champion-unexpectedly-dies-age-48/)** > > Former NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion and multi-time NWA National Heavyweight champion Jax Dane passed away at 48 years old on Wednesday, December 25. ---
**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 29, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2371 "2024-12-29T05:30:31Z")
In dictators I didn’t know about, its: > **[Desi Bouterse, a dictator convicted of murder who twice ruled Suriname, has...](https://apnews.com/article/suriname-bouterse-dies-dictator-fe5300461c2239c7bbdb6b5272660ed0)** > > Former Surinamese dictator Desi Bouterse has died at 79. He was a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony and then returned to power by election three decades later despite charges of drug smuggling and murder. ---
**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 29, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2372 "2024-12-29T06:46:54Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Former supermodel/actress Dayle Haddon, 76. > > [Model Dayle Haddon dies after suspected carbon monoxide leak](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/12/27/dayle-haddon-dies/77273645007/) I initially just glanced over this post. When I later read the article I realized how close I was to this when it happened. At most a mile or two. According to the articles published it was a house owned by her daughter and son-in-law who is the actor Marc Blucas. Although I wouldn’t call Blucas an A-lister, the area is becoming known for celebrities. Bradley Cooper, Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik all live there. To me it’s just the close place we go to get good meals. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2373 "2024-12-29T06:51:31Z")
Weird Al’s parents Nick and Mary died together from carbon monoxide poisoning. He performed less than a week later, I was there. He said he’d perform up to the funeral because as long as he was doing that he wasn’t crying. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2024, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2374 "2024-12-29T07:07:14Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Weird Al’s parents Nick and Mary died together from carbon monoxide poisoning. He performed less than a week later, He actually performed the same day! ---
**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 29, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2375 "2024-12-29T16:13:54Z")
> **[Charles Dolan, media pioneer and Cablevision founder, dies at 98](https://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/charles-dolan-obituary-q7oxmtoh)** > > Dolan founded Home Box Office Inc., later known as HBO, American Movie Classics and launched the country's first 24-hour cable channel for local news. ---
**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 29, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2376 "2024-12-29T18:40:36Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Weird Al’s parents Nick and Mary died together from carbon monoxide poisoning. He performed less than a week later, I was there. He said he’d perform up to the funeral because as long as he was doing that he wasn’t crying. It was Al’s parents’ deaths that got us to install carbon monoxide detectors in our house. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2377 "2024-12-29T21:09:02Z")
Zero points but a very notable death; > **[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 100, dies](https://www.ajc.com/news/former-us-president-jimmy-carter-100-dies/3ODQTR5NHVDTDF2SXOU34MKNZM/)** > > Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at home in Georgia. ---
**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 29, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2378 "2024-12-29T21:17:05Z")
A real American hero. And a GREAT president. ---
**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 29, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2379 "2024-12-29T21:24:30Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > A real American hero. And a GREAT president Agreed. Also a strong candidate for the Final Hours award. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2380 "2024-12-29T21:38:02Z")
A pointless death, but not a pointless life. Godspeed. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2381 "2024-12-29T21:54:51Z")
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