# 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:** 28
**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 6, 2024, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/542 "2024-02-06T10:40:37Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > [August](https://britishroyalfamily.fandom.com/wiki/August_Brooksbank) is a son, not a daughter. Obviously an unreliable source from which I copied and pasted… ---
**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 6, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/543 "2024-02-06T12:01:10Z")
And [here’s](https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/06/entertainment/toby-keith-death/index.html) a CNN cite. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/544 "2024-02-06T13:59:12Z")
So he’s no longer good as he once was? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/545 "2024-02-06T14:09:30Z")
Tonight I’m going to make a Toad Suck Pond in his honor. ---
**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 6, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/546 "2024-02-06T14:18:01Z")
How do you like him now? ---
**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, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/547 "2024-02-06T14:27:26Z")
He might be good once as he ever was, but I don’t intend to find out. ---
**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, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/548 "2024-02-06T14:29:08Z")
How many of us had him listed? ---
**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, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/549 "2024-02-06T14:43:55Z")
I did a quick search and seven had him on their lists (plus 1 had him as an alternate). This should move both candide and Kitten Mitten into a tie for first. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/550 "2024-02-06T15:20:08Z")
I like him for 38 points and tied for 1st ( @Hoopy_Frood I had him also) ---
**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:** [February 6, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/551 "2024-02-06T16:28:56Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > (plus 1 had him as an alternate). Yeah, that would be me, dammit. ---
**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 6, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/552 "2024-02-06T16:45:10Z")
I’m surprised I didn’t have him - I created my list mostly by poaching others’. ---
**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 6, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/553 "2024-02-06T17:32:20Z")
I know I had him on a list somewhere but somehow he didn’t make it to the finals. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/554 "2024-02-06T17:45:08Z")
I had Toby for my first points of the year ---
**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 6, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/555 "2024-02-06T20:55:54Z")
They had joked for so long that he wouldn’t be King for very long, but I didn’t expect this to happen quite so quickly. Still, he will probably have a few years in him yet. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/556 "2024-02-06T21:17:07Z")
Keith had six players pick him. We now have a four way tie for first place. | 1 | candide | 88 | 2 | 0 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Captain Klutz | 88 | 2 | 0 | | 1 | critter 42 | 88 | 2 | 0 | | 1 | Kitten Mitten | 88 | 2 | 0 | | 5 | GIGObuster | 72 | 2 | 0 | | 6 | Dung Beetle | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 6 | Happy Lendervedder | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 6 | Hoopy Frood | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 6 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 6 | jeezums | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 6 | Little Nemo | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 6 | Lord Feldon | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 6 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 6 | phungi | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 6 | RobotDevilDog | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 6 | RTFirefly | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 6 | Superdude | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 18 | J-P L | 38 | 1 | 0 | | 18 | xizor | 38 | 1 | 0 | | 20 | Pardel-Lux | 22 | 1 | 0 | | 21 | MarkF2004 | 20 | 1 | 1 | | 22 | Allecher | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 23 | Monstera delciosa | 1 | 1 | 1 | ---
**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 7, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/557 "2024-02-07T00:29:45Z")
Color me impressed. 5 weeks into the new year, and a bunch of folks have 88 points. I’m tied for 24th. ---
**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 7, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/558 "2024-02-07T11:00:44Z")
Former President of Chile and the country’s richest man crashed his helicopter into a lake and was later found dead. Three passengers survived, they swam to the shore. He was 74. > **[Former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera dies in helicopter crash](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/06/former-chilean-president-sebastian-pinera-dies-in-helicopter-crash)** > > Minister says Piñera’s body recovered from scene of crash in lake near southern town of Lago Ranco ---
**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 7, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/559 "2024-02-07T21:30:35Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I’m tied for 24th. I’m ahead of you! Alphabetically. ---
**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 8, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/560 "2024-02-08T01:23:57Z")
Elvis is everywhere but Mojo isn’t. > **[Mojo Nixon, Unabashed Outlaw Cult Hero, Dead at 66](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mojo-nixon-dead-obituary-1234964257/)** > > Mojo Nixon, the unabashed cult favorite who recorded novelty hits like 'Elvis Is Everywhere' and 'Don Henley Must Die,' has died at the age of 66. ---
**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 8, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/561 "2024-02-08T01:53:19Z")
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