# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/322 "2024-01-03T19:07:44Z")
The joy of the Opening Kickoff is that for a little while a player is in the lead. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/323 "2024-01-03T19:08:18Z")
But right now, all of us are tied for the lead. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/324 "2024-01-03T19:10:54Z")
I don’t want to be tied, I want to have it in my own right. Just once before I go I’d like to at least place in the top 10. I’ve won points in this game, but never even got near the lead ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/325 "2024-01-03T19:29:11Z")
I’ve hit in the themed list already. pbbbtttttt! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/326 "2024-01-03T19:41:39Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Just once before I go I’d like to at least place in the top 10. I’ve won points in this game, but never even got near the lead I’ve got a quick formula for that. 1. When December rolls around, look at the past few years, see which current players are consistently near the top. Four or five such players should be plenty. 2. Look at their lists for the year that’s finishing up. Make a list of the people on their lists who are still alive. 3. Pick your 13 candidates from that list. If you’ve got time, google the names, since after all, those picks were made a year ago, and things change. That may give you an idea of which ones are at death’s door, and which ones seem to have some time remaining. If you don’t have time, go with the names that are on the most lists among the top players you selected in (1). I usually do _some_ research of my own, but some years, the above approach is all I have the time and energy for. I haven’t finished out of the top 10 since 2014. ---
**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 4, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/327 "2024-01-04T04:22:09Z")
The search function on this board is weird sometimes. I searched for “Frank Ryan” in this topic and it didn’t show anything. ETA: And if you search now, the only result that comes up is this very post. Sometimes it seems to parse the titles of hyperlinks, and sometimes it doesn’t. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/328 "2024-01-04T18:02:23Z")
Although he died last week (year), it’s still worth noting. I don’t think anybody had him on their 2023 list. > **[Joey Meyer, DePaul University Basketball Coach, Dead at 74](https://people.com/joey-meyer-depaul-university-basketball-coach-dead-at-74-8420988)** > > Joey Meyer, DePaul University's men's basketball coach from 1984 to 1997, has died at the age of 74. He has the second-most wins in the program's history behind his father, Ray Meyer. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/329 "2024-01-04T23:33:55Z")
A celebrity only software geeks would know: > **[RIP: Software design pioneer Niklaus Wirth](https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/niklaus_wirth_obituary/)** > > Evangelist of lean software and devisor of 9 programming languages and an OS was 89 ---
**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:** [January 4, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/330 "2024-01-04T23:53:08Z")
[Pointlessly pointless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/2256), Glynis Johns is mentioned in the '23 thread as having held on to all of her points and given up 0 today. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/331 "2024-01-05T00:20:12Z")
Yes, she would have given me the Opening Kickoff award, as I had her for 2023. The only consolation is that over on the other board I still used her, so there I have the First Cadaver Award. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/332 "2024-01-05T14:52:29Z")
Actor David Soul gone at 80. > **[David Soul](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Soul)** > > David Soul (born David Richard Solberg; August 28, 1943 - January 4, 2024) was an American-British actor and singer. He was known for his role as Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson in the television series Starsky & Hutch from 1975 to 1979; Joshua Bolt on Here Come the Brides from 1968 to 1970; and Officer John Davis in Magnum Force in 1973. As a singer, he scored one US hit and five UK hits with songs such as "Don't Give Up on Us" (US, CAN, & UK No. 1) in 1976 and "Silver Lady" (UK No. 1) i... ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/333 "2024-01-05T15:37:57Z")
Looks like he gave up on us, baby. ---
**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 5, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/334 "2024-01-05T15:47:08Z")
The vampires of Salem’s Lot finally caught up. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/335 "2024-01-05T15:47:34Z")
But he did provide one of our players with the Opening Kickoff Award. **MarkF2004** gets 20 points ---
**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 5, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/336 "2024-01-05T18:29:04Z")
Actor [Christian Oliver](https://people.com/actor-christian-oliver-and-2-daughters-dead-after-plane-crashes-in-caribbean-8422726) was killed in a plane crash, along with his two daughters, aged 10 and 12. Oliver was 51. He also, at times, used the name Christian Klepser. ---
**Author:** ![MarkF2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@MarkF2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF2004)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/337 "2024-01-05T19:00:15Z")
I just had a Hutch his time was nigh… Arf. ---
**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 6, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/338 "2024-01-06T03:31:37Z")
Never mind. Wrong artist. ---
**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 6, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/339 "2024-01-06T04:04:02Z")
> **[Tony Nominee Maurice Hines, Choreographer and Danc...](https://www.broadway.com/buzz/203616/tony-nominee-maurice-hines-choreographer-and-dancer-on-stage-and-screen-dies-at-80/)** > > Dancer, choreographer and actor Maurice Hines died of natural causes at the Actors Fund Home, an assisted living facility in Englewood, New ... ---
**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:** [January 6, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/340 "2024-01-06T04:56:18Z")
FYI, Maurice Hines died on Dec 29, 2023. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/341 "2024-01-06T18:34:40Z")
Oh balls! For the first time since it’s inception, I forgot to get my Death list in. Oh well, life happens sometimes. No points this year. Following for what might have been. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=18)