# 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:** 29
**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 8, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/562 "2024-02-08T02:30:41Z")
Does Don Henley have an alibi? ---
**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 8, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/563 "2024-02-08T03:03:36Z")
> **[Bob Beckwith, retired firefighter in famous image with Bush after 9/11, dies...](https://apnews.com/article/nyc-sept-11-firefighter-bullhorn-president-bush-8caa995b0ba69c95e7201b9e3bb2eb8a)** > > A retired firefighter who became part of an iconic image of American unity after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has died at the age of 91. ---
**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 8, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/564 "2024-02-08T03:39:01Z")
My dad and grandfather were both career firefighters. This one hurts. ---
**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 8, 2024, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/565 "2024-02-08T09:25:48Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Elvis is everywhere but Mojo isn’t. He’s [drinking with Jesus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzgYERQ5ndk) now. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/566 "2024-02-08T15:46:21Z")
OUT - LAWWWWWWWWWWWWW COUNTRY! I’ll miss his crazy ass. ---
**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 9, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/567 "2024-02-09T03:57:04Z")
> **[Aston “Family Man” Barrett, Bob Marley Bassist, Dies at 77](https://pitchfork.com/news/aston-family-man-barrett-bob-marley-bassist-dies-at-77/)** > > The key reggae figure played on “Could You Be Loved,” “Get Up Stand Up,” and “No Woman, No Cry,” as well as songs by Lee “Scratch” Perry and Peter Tosh, among 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 9, 2024, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/568 "2024-02-09T04:10:16Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Aston “Family Man” Barrett, Bob Marley Bassist, Dies at 77 | Pitchfork](https://pitchfork.com/news/aston-family-man-barrett-bob-marley-bassist-dies-at-77/) I’m sensing a pattern… > **[Blues legend, Gary, Indiana native Donald Kinsey has died](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/news/blues-legend-donald-kinsey-has-died/)** > > He played alongside many music legends, touring and recording with reggae greats Bob Marley and Peter Tosh as well as Mick Jagger and Albert King. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2024, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/569 "2024-02-09T05:39:47Z")
> **[Henry Fambrough, Last Surviving Original Member of the Spinners, Dead at 85](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/henry-fambrough-last-surviving-original-member-the-spinners-dead-obit-1234964504/)** > > Henry Fambrough, the last surviving original member of the Spinners and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, has died at the age of 85. ---
**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 9, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/570 "2024-02-09T14:29:26Z")
Another musical legend gone: > **[Seiji Ozawa remembered](https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/seiji-ozawa-remembered)** > > Seiji Ozawa (September 1, 1935 – February 9, 2024) ---
**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 9, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/571 "2024-02-09T14:48:47Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [Henry Fambrough, the Spinners' Last Surviving Original Member, Dead](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/henry-fambrough-last-surviving-original-member-the-spinners-dead-obit-1234964504/) Guess he won’t be around anymore. (Spinners: underrated) mmm ---
**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 9, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/572 "2024-02-09T19:34:00Z")
Robert Badinter, the French Justice minister who abolished the death penalty in the land of the guillotine dies aged 95: > **[Muere Robert Badinter, el ministro de Justicia que abolió en Francia la pena...](https://elpais.com/internacional/2024-02-09/muere-robert-badinter-el-ministro-de-justicia-que-abolio-en-francia-la-pena-de-muerte.html)** > > El jurista pasó de ser el ministro más impopular del país, cuando acabó con la guillotina, a convertirse en un gran referente moral de Francia Mon ministre, respect. That was quite a life you lived. ---
**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 9, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/573 "2024-02-09T19:52:18Z")
A guy who went to my HS (same year), who won an Oscar for animation on the recent _Pinocchio_ movie just coughed up 36 points, and got coverage in the _Oregonian_. That is on the edge of “celebrity”. I recognized his name but did not really cross paths. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/574 "2024-02-10T04:33:40Z")
Some interesting news to pass along: > **[O.J. Simpson undergoing treatment for prostate cancer but not in hospice care](https://abc7.com/oj-simpson-cancer-chemotherapy-hospice-rumors/14406713/)** > > Simpson posted a video saying he's not in hospice care and plans to host friends in Las Vegas for Super Bowl Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/575 "2024-02-10T04:41:52Z")
…and **Cazzle** prickss up their ears. ---
**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 10, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/576 "2024-02-10T05:12:34Z")
C’mon, OJ! Overdo that Super Bowl Sunday! ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/577 "2024-02-11T17:35:44Z")
Another Bob, Bob Moore of Bob’s Red Mill, has died at 94. > **[Bob's Red Mill Founder Bob Moore Dead at 94: 'We Will Truly Miss His Energy'](https://people.com/bobs-red-mill-founder-bob-moore-dead-at-94-8575695)** > > Bob's Red Mill founder, Bob Moore, died on Saturday Feb. 10, at age 94. His death was announced in a statement posted on Bob's Red Mill social media accounts on Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/578 "2024-02-11T19:05:14Z")
His family is requesting charitable donations instead of flours. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/579 "2024-02-11T19:43:43Z")
Aw, man! it’s good quality product too! a little bit more, expensive, but way, way worth it. ---
**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 11, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/580 "2024-02-11T22:19:52Z")
> **[Former Irish PM John Bruton hailed as ‘humbling and unassuming’ at funeral](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/10/former-irish-pm-john-bruton-hailed-as-humbling-and-unassuming)** > > Leaders pay respects to former taoiseach of 1990s ‘rainbow coalition’ as he is laid to rest in Dunboyne ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/581 "2024-02-12T01:05:17Z")
Marathon World Record holder dies. Kevin Kiptum. 24 years old. [https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/12/sport/marathon-world-record-holder-kelvin-kiptum-dies-intl-hnk/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/12/sport/marathon-world-record-holder-kelvin-kiptum-dies-intl-hnk/index.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=30)