# 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:** 121
**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:** [January 1, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2402 "2025-01-01T04:31:09Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > 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) And his toupee died at about 27. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2403 "2025-01-01T05:34:31Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [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. I had him for Discrete Math way back in the day at NC State. He actually did teach many of the classes, and had open office hours (I remember all the M&M dispensers he had sitting around). ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2404 "2025-01-01T05:35:29Z")
> 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. When the second tower fell that morning, Brown responded with the horror most viewers no doubt felt. > > “Good lord,” he said. “There are no words.” I’ll always be able to hear that, the same way I’ll always be able to hear the _beep_ before Challenger blew up. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2405 "2025-01-01T05:58:01Z")
His name is familiar. I may have had him for a class, but the only non-theater instructors I remember are Dr Danby for Calc, fractals, and diffy-qs and Dr Evasdaughter for freshman English. ---
**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, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2406 "2025-01-01T06:00:05Z")
OK, the game is over! Sometime tomorrow I’ll post all the awards, ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2407 "2025-01-01T14:21:17Z")
**YAY!!** I came in 87th! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2408 "2025-01-01T18:08:52Z")
Anyone have her? > **[Jocelyn Wildenstein, 1940 – 2024](https://www.evesobits.com/post/jocelyn-wildenstein-1940-2024)** > > Colorful socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein, 84, died in Paris on Dec. 31. Jocelyne Périssetwas born in Switzerland and was a gal about town when she met and married art dealer Alec Wildenstein in 1978. After two children and a fraught divorce, Jocelyn... ---
**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:** [January 1, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2409 "2025-01-01T18:14:59Z")
Was Carter the last death on our lists? ---
**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, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2410 "2025-01-01T18:16:09Z")
He sure was. A final act of service. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2411 "2025-01-01T18:18:04Z")
Putting all flags at half-staff during inauguration works for me. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2412 "2025-01-01T18:29:37Z")
Catwoman died? ---
**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, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2413 "2025-01-01T18:46:49Z")
Okay, okay! Here they come, the winners! **Registered at Last** is the top winner, with 263 points. That’s a lot of death, because not only did they get the most points, but they win the _Quantity not Quality_ award this year, for the most picks that won points. They had six, and that makes you wonder. **Wheelz** wins the _Robbing the Cradle_ award, for picking Liam Payne. He was 31, garnering 69 points at one blow. **MarkF2004** has the _Opening Kickoff_ award, for David Soul. **Loach** got the _Inside Track With the Grim Reaper_ award, for the most unique picks, having three. Jimmy Carter gave a number of players the _Final Hours_ award. even though they got no points for him. Congrats to **Gyrate, NoNoNO, DeannaD, Dr. Girlfriend, precambrianmollusc, notfrommensa, Nother Yinzer, Mrs Ducky, Bucky PO, Shoeless, Paul Was in Saudi, Kent Clark, Wheelz, adrian cohen, gkster, monstera deliciosa, Dancer Flight, and Superdude** all had Carter. Thanks to all who played! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2414 "2025-01-01T18:56:49Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > They had six, and that makes you wonder. It does, doesn’t it? 🧿 ---
**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, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2415 "2025-01-01T18:58:18Z")
I just made up an award, most points per death. I had 210 points from 4 deaths, and that’s 52.5 points per death (ppd), so I won my own award - quite an achievement, huh? Looks like Mean Mr. Mustard was next by this measure with 151/3 = 50.333… ppd. There were four people with 97/2 = 48.5 ppd. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2416 "2025-01-01T21:04:41Z")
Another late addition, though I’m sure no one had him: Former MLB player Lenny Randle [died at 75 on December 29.](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43239871/lenny-randle-12-year-big-leaguer-often-spotlight-dies) He was dubbed “The Most Interesting Man in Baseball” in 2015, for such things as speaking 5 languages, performing stand-up comedy, and punching his manager in the face during an argument. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2417 "2025-01-01T21:43:02Z")
Congrats winners! 🥳 And thanks to **Baker** for keeping this thing going! ---
**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, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2418 "2025-01-01T22:38:38Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > **Loach** got the _Inside Track With the Grim Reaper_ award, for the most unique picks, having three. It was an honor to just be nominated. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2419 "2025-01-01T22:51:50Z")
Thank you, O Death Mistress! 'Tis a hard job, indeed. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2420 "2025-01-01T23:45:09Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > **Wheelz** wins the _Robbing the Cradle_ award, for picking Liam Payne. He was 31, garnering 69 points at one blow. I’d like to thank alcohol, cocaine, and gravity for this honor. And of course, huge thanks to our deathmistress **Baker** for all your hard work! ---
**Author:** ![Deanna\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Deanna\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deanna_D)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/2421 "2025-01-02T01:59:54Z")
So, that’s a wrap for my first year ever joining the festivities of the Celebrity Death Pool. I feel like enjoying it as much as I did is wrong somehow, so I just won’t dwell on that and instead, focus on 2025. And, congrats to all the winners! 🏆 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=120) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=122)