# 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:** 27
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/522 "2024-02-05T18:08:17Z")
Look for King Charles to be a very, very popular guess in next year’s Celebrity Death Pool. > **[King Charles diagnosed with cancer](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/king-charles-diagnosed-cancer-rcna137293?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=NBC%20News&utm_medium=social&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXz0tKzkstL9ZLLCjQy8nMy9bPL3byCTYMDQh3T7KPL0pNSy0qSi2yLSnPLClJLQIAe7waPTYAAAA%3D&_referrer=twitter&_branch_match_id=1201315050268454784)** > > The news comes a week after both Princess Kate and King Charles III were discharged from a private London clinic after individual procedures. ---
**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 5, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/523 "2024-02-05T18:40:18Z")
They are saying King Charles does not have prostate cancer, which is good news, but they are not saying what type he does have. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/524 "2024-02-05T19:52:53Z")
I don’t think I’ve seen pictures of Charles smoking, but wasn’t it lung cancer his grandfather died of? ---
**Author:** ![knavette57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knavette57/32/3871_2.png) [@knavette57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knavette57)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/525 "2024-02-05T19:57:38Z")
Yes, it was, and also his Aunt Margaret died of the same. Both were heavy smokers, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/526 "2024-02-05T20:03:15Z")
If Prince William dies withing the next fifteen years then George his son could possibly become king by twenty five, as his great grandmother became queen at that age. Hopefully though William will stay healthy. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/527 "2024-02-05T20:58:47Z")
So if Charles passed, Camilla wouldn’t become Queen? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/528 "2024-02-05T21:19:50Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > So if Charles passed, Camilla wouldn’t become Queen No. The line of succession is determined by the children of the sovereign. So William, King Charles’ firstborn is next in line. Following him is his eldest child, Prince George. Here is the entire line of succession, as listed [here](https://en.as.com/latest_news/what-is-the-british-royal-familys-line-of-succession-who-is-next-after-king-charles-iii-n/): The current British line of succession 1. Prince William, Prince of Wales - King Charles’ eldest child 2. Prince George of Wales - Prince William’s first child 3. Princess Charlotte of Wales - Prince William’s second child 4. Prince Louis of Wales - Prince William’s third child 5. Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex - King Charles’ second child 6. Archie Mountbatten-Windsor - Prince Harry’s first child 7. Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor - Prince Harry’s second child 8. Prince Andrew, Duke of York - Queen Elizabeth’s third child 9. Princess Beatrice - Prince Andrew’s first daughter 10. Sienna Mapelli Mozzi - Princess Beatrice’s first daughter 11. Princess Eugenie - Prince Andrew’s second daughter 12. August Brooksbank - Princess Eugenie’s first daughter 13. Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex - Queen Elizabeth’s fourth child 14. James Mountbatten-Windsor, Prince Edward’s second child 15. Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor, Prince Edward’s first child 16. Anne, Princess Royal, the second child of Queen Elizabeth 17. Peter Philips - the Princess Royal’s eldest child 18. Savannah Philips - Peter Philips’ eldest child 19. Isla Philips - Peter Philips’ second child 20. Zara Tindell (née Philips) - the Princess Royal’s second child 21. Mia Tindall - Zara Tindell’s first child 22. Lena Tindell - Zara Tindell’s second child 23. Lucas Tindell - Zara Tindell’s third child ---
**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:** [February 5, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/529 "2024-02-05T21:38:13Z")
Would Camilla become the Queen Stepmother? ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/530 "2024-02-05T21:50:18Z")
Camilla is a Queen Consort (spouse of the Sovereign), not a Queen Regnant (Sovereign). ---
**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 5, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/531 "2024-02-05T21:50:20Z")
Queen Stepmother sounds fitting, but don’t get carried away: not all cancers are that deadly. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/532 "2024-02-05T22:47:41Z")
[Queen Dowager or Dowager Queen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_dowager) would likely be the title applied but yes, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. The Windsors are a hardy bunch. Plus Charles eats all that organic stuff - that’s got to help. ---
**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 5, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/533 "2024-02-05T23:19:50Z")
Where does Ralph fit into all that? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/534 "2024-02-05T23:37:31Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Where does Ralph fit into all that? Only if they all take a picture on metal bleachers. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/535 "2024-02-05T23:51:52Z")
[Yoko is dead](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dko_Abe). Abe, not Ono. Mother of former PM Shinzo, not Sean. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/536 "2024-02-06T02:10:00Z")
RIP British sci-fi author Christopher Priest. Loved "The Inverted World. " > **[Christopher Priest, 1943—2024 - Reactor](https://reactormag.com/christopher-priest-1943-2024/)** > > It’s possible that you might only know Christopher Priest as the author of The Prestige, which Christopher Nolan adapted into a very appealing movie in 2006. It is the reason so many Priest obits are headed with images that include David Bowie... ---
**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 6, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/537 "2024-02-06T03:44:41Z")
> **[Legendary house singer Michael Watford has died](https://www.nme.com/news/music/legendary-house-singer-michael-watford-has-died-3579448)** > > Michael Watford, legendary New Jersey house singer known for his tracks such as 1994's 'So Into You', has died.  ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/538 "2024-02-06T05:02:05Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > 1. August Brooksbank - Princess Eugenie’s first daughter [August](https://britishroyalfamily.fandom.com/wiki/August_Brooksbank) is a son, not a daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/539 "2024-02-06T09:27:13Z")
The last of the Home Guard has left us. > **[Dad’s Army actor Ian Lavender dies aged 77](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/feb/05/dads-army-actor-ian-lavender-dies-aged-77)** > > Lavender played Private Pike in the much-loved British sitcom and also appeared in EastEnders ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/540 "2024-02-06T09:34:16Z")
Sorry I don’t have a link. Toby Keith.😟 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/541 "2024-02-06T09:35:58Z")
Here’s one. > **[Country singer Toby Keith reportedly dies after battle with cancer](https://www.kfvs12.com/2024/02/06/country-singer-toby-keith-reportedly-dies-after-battle-with-cancer/)** > > The 62-year-old singer died peacefully, surrounded by family, according to a post on his official website. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=28)