# 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:** 120
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2382 "2024-12-29T22:03:24Z")
Carter just had to steal my “final hours” award. Harrumph!! ---
**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, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2383 "2024-12-29T22:06:28Z")
Assuming Carter is it, then the award is shared with eighteen people. So there is that. And I have PMed one player who did not provide an alternate, while the two other players who had already selected Carter have had their first alternates installed. So, how many folks who have not posted yet are deciding on a replacement? 55 hours, 51 minutes left. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2384 "2024-12-29T22:16:29Z")
[He strikes again.](https://youtu.be/czfKPaypNsU?si=18rr_EdAWcP-dBqV) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2385 "2024-12-30T04:39:10Z")
> **[Linda Lavin Dies: ‘Alice’ Star & Tony-Winning Broadway Actor Was 87](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/linda-lavin-dies-alice-star-042057034.html)** > > Linda Lavin, known for her role in the sitcom Alice and for her Tony-winning turn in the 1986 play Broadway Bound, died Dec. 29. She was 87. ---
**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 30, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2386 "2024-12-30T05:16:02Z")
A lot of celebs avoiding 2025. That’s got to be a sign. ---
**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 30, 2024, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2387 "2024-12-30T05:27:50Z")
I think I had Linda Lavin a year or two ago. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2388 "2024-12-30T14:07:53Z")
So Alice doesn’t live here anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2389 "2024-12-30T14:14:13Z")
Nice! 🥇 Not too long ago, I ran across a rerun of that sitcom for the first time in…I dunno, decades? And I was able to sing along with the theme song word for word. I used to be sad, I used to be shy Funniest thing, the saddest part is I never knew why… ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2390 "2024-12-30T15:21:35Z")
Hugo Sotil, former Barça player, has died in Lima after spending almost two weeks in the ICU. Rest in peace, Cholo! Link in Spanish: > **[Muere Hugo Sotil, el 'Cholo' del Barça](https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/muere-hugo-sotil-cholo-barca-113006425)** > > Sotil estaba ingresado en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI) del Hospital Dos de Mayo en Lima desde el 19 de diciembre de 2024 ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2391 "2024-12-30T22:46:31Z")
Gold Leader down. > **['Star Wars' Actor Angus MacInnes Dead at 77](https://www.tmz.com/2024/12/30/star-wars-actor-angus-macinnes-dead/)** > > Angus MacInnes -- a prolific actor who appeared in the original "Star Wars" film -- has died ... according to a Facebook post by a family member. ---
**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 30, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2392 "2024-12-30T23:13:16Z")
I loved that they brought him back for _Rogue One_ and even got him to voice some more dialogue to make those clever cameos work. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2393 "2024-12-31T00:32:42Z")
Word is going around on X that former MLB player **Lenny Randle** has died at 75. No official confirmation yet. > ---
**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:** [December 31, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2394 "2024-12-31T03:27:45Z")
Randle’s death now posted on the [Seattle Mariners website.](https://www.mlb.com/mariners) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2395 "2024-12-31T04:38:59Z")
I’m going to be upset if Bruce Willis passes before midnight tomorrow. It will give me a lot of work in the 2025 thread. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2396 "2025-01-01T01:30:13Z")
Remember two or three years ago, when people on a lot of players’ lists were croaking left and right on New Year’s Eve? So far, so good this NYE, hope it stays that way. And by the way, _ **happy birthday!** _ ---
**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:** [January 1, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2397 "2025-01-01T02:26:44Z")
[Donald Bitzer](https://honoraryunsubscribe.com/donald-bitzer/), creator of PLATO, the first computerized teaching platform, arguably the first social networking platform which would inspire Xerox’s Palo Alto research center to create the GUI and the mouse. Also… > **[Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, dies...](https://www.wtvr.com/news/national-news/warren-upton-oldest-living-pearl-harbor-attack-survivor-dead-dec-29-2024)** > > The oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah has died. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2398 "2025-01-01T02:39:57Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Remember two or three years ago, when people on a lot of players’ lists were croaking left and right on New Year’s Eve? So far, so good this NYE, hope it stays that way. You know you just jinxed the whole damn thread, and especially @Baker! Tomorrow I expect to wake up to the news that the Motion Picture & Television Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility burned to the ground ---
**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:** [January 1, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2399 "2025-01-01T04:16:28Z")
Aaron Brown, former anchor for ABC and CNN died (Sunday, 12/29) at age 76. > **[Aaron Brown, former CNN anchor, dies at 76](https://www.nbcnews.com/media/aaron-brown-former-cnn-anchor-dies-rcna185883)** > > On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Brown started his career at the network earlier than expected, anchoring from a Manhattan rooftop as the attacks were happening. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2400 "2025-01-01T04:28:46Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > > [@RTFirefly](#): > > > > Remember two or three years ago, when people on a lot of players’ lists were croaking left and right on New Year’s Eve? So far, so good this NYE, hope it stays that way. > > You know you just jinxed the whole damn thread, and especially @Baker! Tomorrow I expect to wake up to the news that the Motion Picture & Television Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility burned to the ground I can still win! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2401 "2025-01-01T04:30:12Z")
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