# 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:** 23
**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 23, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/442 "2024-01-23T04:32:33Z")
Here’s a [link to a story](https://abcnews.go.com/US/dexter-scott-king-youngest-son-martin-luther-king/story?id=106572462) for verification. ---
**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 23, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/443 "2024-01-23T15:31:17Z")
Frank Farian died. Or possibly he had someone else die for him. Is death-syncing a thing? > **[Frank Farian, creator of Boney M and Milli Vanilli, dies aged 82](https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/23/frank-farian-creator-of-boney-m-and-milli-vanilli-dies-aged-82)** > > German singer and producer behind hits such as Daddy Cool and Rasputin shaped the eurodisco genre and later steered Milli Vanilli to fame ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/444 "2024-01-23T18:47:19Z")
Chicago Cub Legend Ryne Sandberg has been diagnosed with Cancer > **[Cubs icon Ryne Sandberg diagnosed with cancer](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39364181/cubs-hall-famer-ryne-sandberg-diagnosed-cancer)** > > Ryne Sandberg, who played 15 seasons for the Chicago Cubs during a Hall of Fame career, said he has been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. ---
**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 23, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/445 "2024-01-23T19:26:49Z")
> **[Charles Osgood, veteran CBS newsman and longtime host of "Sunday Morning,"...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charles-osgood-veteran-cbs-newsman-and-longtime-host-of-sunday-morning-dies-at-91/)** > > Often referred to as CBS News' poet-in-residence, the Emmy- and Peabody Award-winner also wrote and anchored "The Osgood File," his daily radio show which ran for more than four decades. He died at 91. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/446 "2024-01-23T21:00:32Z")
Gary Graham, genre actor from the TV version of _Alien Nation_, _Star Trek Enterprise_, and terrible Mecha movie _Robot Jox_, dies aged 73. > **[Gary Graham, ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ Actor, Dies at 73](https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/gary-graham-dead-star-trek-enterprise-1235883509/)** > > Gary Graham, the actor best known for starring in 'Star Trek: Enterprise,' died on Monday. He was 73. ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/447 "2024-01-23T22:58:29Z")
I liked Osgood’s book Nothing Could Be Finer Than A Crisis That Is Minor. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/448 "2024-01-23T23:14:57Z")
I liked that show Alien Nation. ---
**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 23, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/449 "2024-01-23T23:43:23Z")
_Hollywood Knights_! I’ve been struggling to figure out where I recognized Gary Graham from outside of _Robot Jox_. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/450 "2024-01-24T04:18:12Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > My grandmother was less than a month from her 108th birthday when she passed. Farkin’ Quiter! Just kidding. You know that. Bless her! ---
**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 24, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/451 "2024-01-24T05:06:19Z")
[Michael Che] A Catholic nun in France who was believed to be the oldest person in the world has died at 118. The cause of death was listed as‘answered prayer’ [/Michael Che] ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/452 "2024-01-24T05:20:43Z")
Oh yes, no problem. We missed her terribly but she’s with Grandpa again, after thirty+ years of widowhood. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/453 "2024-01-24T22:20:18Z")
“Brand New Key” was memorably performed in _Boogie Nights,_ as I recall. > **[Melanie, Singer Who Performed at Woodstock and Topped Charts With ‘Brand New...](https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/melanie-dead-brand-new-key-singer-woodstock-1235886892/amp/)** > > Melanie, the singer who performed at Woodstock and had pop hits with 'Brand New Key' and 'Lay Down,' has died at age 76. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/454 "2024-01-24T22:42:26Z")
Always liked “What Have They Done to My Song Ma”. She just sounds so appropriately tired and disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/455 "2024-01-25T03:31:49Z")
Oddly, I heard “Brand New Key” the other day as background music in a casino. I don’t think I had heard the song in 50 years, but I remember the exact place where I once heard it (a hang out place for 10-12 year old kids, pinball machinges etc) I googled to see when it was a hit, and sure enough, it fit the time frame on when I would have been at that hang out, ---
**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 25, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/456 "2024-01-25T03:42:08Z")
The other day I tripped across one of those “these were the hits this week 50 years ago” or something like that, and “Brand New Key” was on it. I hadn’t thought of that song in years until then. It’s weird, isn’t it? ---
**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 25, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/457 "2024-01-25T12:34:34Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > pinball machinges What are those, a game that folds down when not in use? mmm ---
**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 25, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/458 "2024-01-25T14:43:57Z")
I love _The Nickel Song_. ---
**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 26, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/459 "2024-01-26T00:52:07Z")
> **[Carl Andre: the ‘OJ of the art world’ leaves behind a troubling legacy |...](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/jan/25/carl-andre-artist-legacy)** > > The death of the 88-year old artist, known for his ‘pile of bricks’ artwork, demands we also remember dark allegations ---
**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 26, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/460 "2024-01-26T00:57:23Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > [@notfrommensa](#): > > > > pinball machinges > > What are those, a game that folds down when not in use? > > mmm I think you find them at the side of the bun, where they allow you to flipper up the top half so that you can lay the lettuce and burger and special sauce, etc, on the bottom half before bumpering it shut. ---
**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 26, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/461 "2024-01-26T03:03:46Z")
> **[Herbert Coward, known for Toothless Man role in 'Deliverance,' dies in North...](https://apnews.com/article/herbert-coward-deliverance-toothless-crash-cc5b443c2a0705400fa9876b76f1533f)** > > Authorities say Herbert Coward, known for his “Toothless Man” role in the movie “Deliverance,” has died in a crash on a western North Carolina highway. He was 85. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=24)