# 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:** 26
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/502 "2024-02-02T20:32:36Z")
Well, I didn’t really know who this person was, but I’m grateful for the points just the same. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/503 "2024-02-02T20:51:49Z")
It looks to me like GIGObuster was the only one with points already who had Irwin. So we’re gonna have something like a 13- or 14-way tie for second. Happy to be part of that melee! ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/504 "2024-02-02T21:20:58Z")
> **[Former Newsday editor, David Kahn, leading cryptography expert, dies at 93](https://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/obituary-david-kahn-codebreakers-v3ycrbtm)** > > "Hey, if this guy David Kahn comes up to you, don't give him any information." He wrote the Codebreakers, published in 1967–a major popular work on cryptography. > **[Don Murray, a Star in Films That Took on Social Issues, Dies at 94](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/movies/don-murray-dead.html)** > > An Oscar-nominated role opposite Marilyn Monroe in “Bus Stop” led to a long career in film and TV and onstage, in productions that grappled with race, drugs, homosexuality and more. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/505 "2024-02-02T22:07:20Z")
Jonnie Irwin did give seventeen people points. | 1 | GIGObuster | 72 | 2 | 0 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | candide | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | Captain Klutz | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | critter 42 | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | Dung Beetle | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | Happy Lendervedder | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | Hoopy Frood | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | jeezums | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | Kitten Mitten | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | Little Nemo | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | Lord Feldon | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | phungi | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | RobotDevilDog | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | RTFirefly | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | Superdude | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 18 | Pardel-Lux | 22 | 1 | 0 | | 19 | MarkF2004 | 20 | 1 | 1 | | 20 | Allecher | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 21 | Monstera delciosa | 1 | 1 | 1 | ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/506 "2024-02-02T22:46:32Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Well, I didn’t really know who this person was _I Cry FOUL!_ If you don’t know who he is, how can he really be a “Celebrity” to be on your list??? I’m off to protest! To someone… somewhere… for something… ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/507 "2024-02-02T23:06:55Z")
Well that’s that, I’m definitely not going to be in the top 20 this year. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/508 "2024-02-02T23:09:57Z")
Don’t give up! ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/509 "2024-02-02T23:22:52Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > [Former Newsday editor, David Kahn, leading cryptography expert, dies at 93 - Newsday](https://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/obituary-david-kahn-codebreakers-v3ycrbtm) > > He wrote the Codebreakers, published in 1967–a major popular work on cryptography. _The Codebreakers_ was my father-in-law’s favorite book, and when he was U. S. consul-general in Lyons, France, in 1969, he invited Kahn to visit the residence when Kahn was in the area. They chatted for a while about the book, cryptography, etc., and Kahn asked my wife-to-be (then nine years old), “Do you know how to play pinball?” Apparently, he was something of an expert on that, too. They all went to a nearby bar, where Kahn taught my wife how to play pinball. She says, “He beat me, but nicely, and gave me a number of tips on how to play.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/510 "2024-02-02T23:28:16Z")
That is a wonderful story! I like the stories of Spider Robinson, who admired the work of Heinlein. He told a story about how, on his daughter’s birthday, RAH called him and asked for the daughter to be put on the phone. Robinson was so pleased about that. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/511 "2024-02-02T23:53:42Z")
Wow! I think I will hold the record for the biggest fall in the score this year: from tied first to 18th. Top that! PS: Who the ~~\*\*\*\*~~ hell was Irwin? Never mind, I’ll check the wikipedia link. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/512 "2024-02-03T00:24:54Z")
**Wayne Kramer** , co-founder of MC5, dead at 75. I just recently read his memoir, one of the best rocknroll memoirs I have encountered. [link](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/feb/02/wayne-kramer-co-founder-of-rock-band-mc5-dies-aged-75) mmm ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/513 "2024-02-03T00:29:09Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > As reported by Variety: > [Carl Weathers Dead: Rocky’s Apollo Creed, Star Wars, Predator Actor Was 76 (variety.com)](https://variety.com/2024/film/news/carl-weathers-dead-rocky-predator-star-wars-1235895634/) And also, along with Schwarzenegger, one of the most iconic arms in meme history. [![](https://i.ibb.co/ZLT7ZYn/IMG-1765.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/ZLT7ZYn/IMG-1765.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/514 "2024-02-03T00:53:46Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Who the ~~\*\*\*\*~~ hell was Irwin? Never mind, I’ll check the wikipedia link. He hosted some British television series so he wasn’t well known outside of his home country. But he announced he was terminally ill with cancer about a year ago so a lot of us jumped on the bandwagon. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/515 "2024-02-03T00:55:25Z")
[Brian Griffin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Griffin_(photographer)) has died. But not the one you’re thinking of. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/516 "2024-02-03T01:11:32Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > **Wayne Kramer** , co-founder of MC5, dead at 75. > > I just recently read his memoir, one of the best rocknroll memoirs I have encountered. > > [link](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/feb/02/wayne-kramer-co-founder-of-rock-band-mc5-dies-aged-75) > > mmm He kicked out the last motherfucking jam out. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/517 "2024-02-03T02:48:10Z")
I have now scored more points in this year’s pool than I totaled in last year’s. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/518 "2024-02-03T02:51:17Z")
Ditto. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/519 "2024-02-03T03:41:15Z")
The tree-murder version of NYT had a lengthy obit for a Letha Dawson Scanzoni, 12pts, who strove mightly for most of her life to embed a feminist perspective into evangelical Christianity, and advocated for Christian acceptance of homosexuals. My mother, in whose paper I read this, one of the most adamant feminists you will meet (though she is mostly not aggressive about it), had never heard of this woman, but I think a lot of Christians have. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/520 "2024-02-03T14:41:32Z")
Gotta admit, I’ve never heard of her. Looks like it turned out to be a futile project - these days, both feminists and people who advocate for gay acceptance find themselves anathematized (if that’s a word) PDQ. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/521 "2024-02-05T03:34:34Z")
> **[Namibia president and anti-apartheid activist Hage Geingob dies. He pushed...](https://apnews.com/article/namibia-president-hage-geingob-dies-hospital-f01eb59f2ea02c9459ffa96b0c25e0e0)** > > Namibia’s president and founding prime minister Hage Geingob has died at age 82 while receiving treatment for cancer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=27)