# 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:** 18
**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, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/342 "2024-01-06T18:39:28Z")
Would be just my luck for Keith Richards to kick off. Been riding that horse for 20 years! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/343 "2024-01-06T18:43:49Z")
Let me know what your list would have been and we can track it. But you know, not many chose Richards this year. Hmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/344 "2024-01-06T21:06:37Z")
> [@imthjckaz](#): > > No points this year. I had that last year, with a list submitted. 😀 ---
**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, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/345 "2024-01-06T22:41:02Z")
Lacey Underall is skinny-skiing her way through the giant caddy shack in the sky. [Cindy Morgan dead at 69.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Morgan) ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/346 "2024-01-06T23:12:56Z")
Derek Draper (on my alternate list) dies at 56 > **[Derek Draper: Kate Garraway says husband has died, aged 56](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67742004)** > > The former political adviser, had multiple health issues after first being hospitalised with Covid in 2020. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/347 "2024-01-07T00:02:39Z")
44 points down the drain. 🙁 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/348 "2024-01-07T00:15:46Z")
Last year the Opening Kickoff was on Jan 6. Looks like this year it will go longer. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/349 "2024-01-07T00:19:53Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > **MarkF2004** gets 20 points I am confused. Glad to still be on the race, of course. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/350 "2024-01-07T00:44:07Z")
if it makes a difference, According to wiki, Cindy Morgan died in 2023. Her roommate came back from the holidays and found her dead presumably of Natural Causes. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/351 "2024-01-07T00:51:15Z")
😢 Another pointless death. ---
**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 7, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/352 "2024-01-07T01:01:44Z")
Huh, i just noticed that too. Wikipedia originally had her death listed as today (Jan. 6), but just now changed it. ---
**Author:** ![MarkF2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@MarkF2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF2004)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/353 "2024-01-07T12:15:54Z")
What is confusing you? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/354 "2024-01-07T12:21:43Z")
> [@MarkF2004](#): > > What is confusing you? I think this: > [@Baker](#): > > **MarkF2004** gets 20 points Followed by this? > [@Baker](#): > > Last year the Opening Kickoff was on Jan 6. Looks like this year it will go longer. (I was confused, too) mmm ---
**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:** [January 7, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/355 "2024-01-07T15:10:13Z")
That is correct, @Mean_Mr.Mustard has explained it perfectly. And you are the one getting the Opening Kickoff Award (or not), you have a stake in this. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/356 "2024-01-07T15:46:50Z")
I’m happy that I explained it perfectly, but I remain confused. 1/4/24 – David Soul dies at 80. @MarkF2004, who had Soul, gets 20 points. 1/5 – @Baker acknowledges MarkF’s 20 points and Opening Kickoff award. 1/6 – Baker says the Opening Kickoff award will go longer than 1/6. ❓ mmm ---
**Author:** ![MarkF2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@MarkF2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF2004)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/357 "2024-01-07T16:17:21Z")
Ah, I didn’t realise there was uncertainty about the award… I await our Deathmistress to (as t’were) put us out of our misery… He _is_ dead tho’…yes? ---
**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 7, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/358 "2024-01-07T16:43:19Z")
I wouldn’t read too deeply into it. The award was awarded. Baker probably just forgot. It happens, especially when you’re running a massive death pool. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/359 "2024-01-07T17:13:15Z")
You are probably right, it’s just that I am confused, surely **Baker** can clear everything up. In the meantime, some news: > **[Zagallo was everything to Brazil - his record-setting involvement defined the...](https://theathletic.com/5183466/2024/01/07/mario-zagallo-brazil-obituary/)** > > The iconic Brazilian player and coach Mario Zagallo died on Saturday Mario Zagallo, Brasilian who lost against Uruguay died yesterday, aged 92. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/360 "2024-01-07T19:11:14Z")
Soul gave the Opening Kickoff. I’m a confused DeathMistress myself and I think I was pondering the other game where I myself got the Opening Kickoff, ---
**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 7, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/361 "2024-01-07T19:48:12Z")
I know. It wasn’t announced until now and it’s not the first 2023 dropped in a 2024 death pool thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=19)