# 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:** 21
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/402 "2024-01-16T14:46:25Z")
Former Broncos and Falcons coach [Dan Reeves has called his last time out.](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32972670/dan-reeves-former-nfl-coach-player-dies-77) ---
**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 16, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/403 "2024-01-16T15:02:31Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Former Broncos and Falcons coach [Dan Reeves has called his last time out](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32972670/dan-reeves-former-nfl-coach-player-dies-77) My themed list is former NFL head coaches. Alas, Reeves wasn’t one of the 13 oldest former coaches, so no points for me. ---
**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 17, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/404 "2024-01-17T02:22:32Z")
> **[Sir Roy Calne: Pioneering Cambridge surgeon dies aged 93](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-67907549)** > > Sir Roy Calne's son, Russell, says his dad was a "genius" who will be missed by those who knew him. ---
**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 17, 2024, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/405 "2024-01-17T08:31:43Z")
Kay Bernstein, former ultra fan (sounds like a polite hooligan), elected president of our local football club Hertha BSC Berlin in 2022, dropped dead yesterday, just like that, aged 43 > **[Hertha Berlin's president and former ultra fan Kay Bernstein dies aged 43 |...](https://www.flashscore.com/news/soccer-bundesliga-hertha-berlin-s-president-and-former-ultra-fan-kay-bernstein-dies-aged-43/GnS4DNc3/)** > > Hertha Berlin president Kay Bernstein, a former ultra fan who surprisingly took over the presidency in 2022, has died at the age of 43, the club said in a statement on Tuesday. Concerning the cause of dead the media write it was not violent, no suicide, nor were drugs involved. ---
**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 18, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/406 "2024-01-18T02:37:44Z")
> [@Allecher](#): > > Peter Schickele **Peter Schickele, musical parodist behind ‘P.D.Q. Bach,’ dies at 88** [https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/peter-schickele-musical-parodist-behind-pdq-bach-dies-at-88/ar-AA1n9g0J](https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/peter-schickele-musical-parodist-behind-pdq-bach-dies-at-88/ar-AA1n9g0J) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/407 "2024-01-18T03:07:56Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Peter Schickele, musical parodist behind ‘P.D.Q. Bach,’ dies at 88 Now that’s a tragedy. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/408 "2024-01-18T03:15:27Z")
I’ve been a Peter Schickele fan for 35 years, since being in a community chorus where we sung a number of his pieces. He was funny and clever, and great on stage–I was impressed to see him live at Carnegie Hall in 1994. Several of his Schickele Mix episodes and PDQ Bach albums are available on Youtube. ---
**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 18, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/409 "2024-01-18T03:29:32Z")
Clearly they must play the _Fuga Vulgaris_ at his funeral. ( [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBTpuxUa4Vs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBTpuxUa4Vs) ) ---
**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 18, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/410 "2024-01-18T13:39:08Z")
Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević has suffered a fatal heart attack at just 46 years old. > **[Dejan Milojević: Golden State Warriors assistant coach dies at 46 | CNN](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/01/18/sport/dejan-milojevic-dies-golden-state-warriors-intl-spt/index.html)** > > Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević died Wednesday morning after suffering a heart attack, according to the team. He was 46. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/411 "2024-01-18T14:20:40Z")
Schickele did write a serious, non-parodic _Requiem_, I believe for a friend. I read about it in a profile of him in _Smithsonian_ magazine; he mentioned overhearing a pair of fans assuming it was another humorous P.D.Q. Bach piece. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/412 "2024-01-18T15:50:43Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Peter Schickele, musical parodist behind ‘P.D.Q. Bach,’ dies at 88 Darn, I had hoped to keep him alive by including him on my list. I will listen to " Concerto For Horn And Hardart" in his honor. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/413 "2024-01-18T17:10:58Z")
> [@Allecher](#): > > I will listen to " Concerto For Horn And Hardart" in his honor. When I was first introduced to P.D.Q. Bach’s music, I remember asking “what’s a Hardart?” Apparently Horn and Hardart was a NYC chain of automats, or something along those lines. A good play on words which I hadn’t had the context to appreciate at first sight. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/414 "2024-01-18T17:34:47Z")
| 1 | GIGObuster | 22 | 1 | 0 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Pardel-Lux | 22 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | MarkF2004 | 20 | 1 | 1 | | 4 | Allecher | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 5 | Monstera delciosa | 1 | 1 | 1 | A unique pick for Allecher ---
**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 19, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/415 "2024-01-19T01:13:12Z")
> **[Shawn Barber, Canadian pole vault record holder, dies at 29 from medical...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/shawn-barber-canadian-pole-vault-record-holder-dies-29-medical-complic-rcna134606)** > > Barber was a standout pole vaulter at the University of Akron, where he captured back-to-back NCAA indoor championships in 2014 and 2015. Barber was a standout pole vaulter at the [University of Akron](https://gozips.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/shawn-barber/3423), where he captured back-to-back NCAA indoor championships in 2014 and 2015. He won the NCAA outdoor crown as well in 2015, before taking gold later that summer at the Pan-Am Games. Barber carried a wave of momentum into worlds that season in Beijing. He took gold over Germany’s Raphael Marcel Holzdeppe. ---
**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 19, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/416 "2024-01-19T03:38:05Z")
> **[Ex-Penn president Claire Fagin, 1st woman to lead an Ivy League school, dies...](https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/claire-fagin-university-of-pennsylvania-1st-woman-ivy-league-president-nursing/)** > > Claire Fagin served as the University of Pennsylvania's interim president from 1993 to 1994 after leading its nursing school. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/417 "2024-01-19T15:06:07Z")
World Golf Hall of Famer Jackie Burke, two time major winner, passed away today at age 100, just a few days short of his 100th birthday. Jackie won 16 times on the PGATour, including the 1956 Masters and 1956 PGA Championship > ---
**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 19, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/418 "2024-01-19T16:10:46Z")
Wait…he passed away at age 100, _and_ a few days before his 100th birthday? ---
**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 19, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/419 "2024-01-19T16:46:34Z")
Guess **notfrommensa** was rounding up. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/420 "2024-01-19T16:50:58Z")
I used to read the obituaries of people who died at ninety nine. One time a guy died only two days before his 100th. The obituary was standard, but the last line made it shine. _ **The party planned for his 100th birthday will go on as scheduled.** _ ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/421 "2024-01-19T17:36:22Z")
Typo. I knew he was a 100. His birthdate was one day different than my mother’s birthdate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=22)