# 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:** 31
**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 14, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/602 "2024-02-14T18:28:07Z")
his coffin will be 3" tall, covered with a sugar glaze ---
**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 14, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/603 "2024-02-14T18:54:28Z")
Oh man! They should play the sound of a toaster popping up at some point during the funeral. Can you imagine the look on everyone’s face? ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/604 "2024-02-15T02:42:15Z")
Don Gullett who was on three World Series winners dead at 73. > **[Former Yankees, Reds World Series-winning pitcher Don Gullett dead at 73](https://nypost.com/2024/02/14/sports/former-reds-yankees-pitcher-don-gullett-dead-at-73/amp/)** > > He twice received Cy Young Award votes, finishing as high as fifth in 1975 when the Reds won the first of their two back-to-back World Series titles. ---
**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 16, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/605 "2024-02-16T03:29:14Z")
Denise Matthews aka Vanity has passed at the age of 65. ---
**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 16, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/606 "2024-02-16T03:38:59Z")
8 years ago (at 57) ? (on February 15th) ---
**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 16, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/607 "2024-02-16T03:44:24Z")
Lord. I’m sorry.🤦‍♀️ ---
**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 16, 2024, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/608 "2024-02-16T05:39:58Z")
Paul Neary, comic book artist and editor, has died at 74. ---
**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 16, 2024, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/609 "2024-02-16T08:49:33Z")
He drew one of the creepiest stories I have ever read in the pages of **2000AD**. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DYzuMlFXUAYm7uk.jpg:large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DYzuMlFXUAYm7uk.jpg:large) [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DYzuND6X0AAlI-N?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DYzuND6X0AAlI-N?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DYzuNgbW0AI3-8R?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DYzuNgbW0AI3-8R?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/610 "2024-02-16T11:44:45Z")
Alexei Navalny dies at 47 a brave man , no word on how , will skip the window jokes . > **[Russian activist and Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison](https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/16/russian-activist-and-putin-critic-alexei-navalny-dies-in-prison)** > > Opposition leader, 47, was being held in jail about 40 miles north of Arctic Circle ---
**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 16, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/611 "2024-02-16T15:29:34Z")
Seriously? Fifty three points gone to waste? ---
**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 16, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/612 "2024-02-16T15:33:30Z")
A truly sad affair. I will never understand why he went back to Russia after being saved from poisoning in a German hospital. ---
**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 16, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/613 "2024-02-16T17:58:14Z")
> **[Died: Joel Belz, Founder of World Magazine](https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2024/february/obit-joel-belz-world-founder-christian-journalism.html)** > > A “newspaper man at heart,” he believed Christians needed “sound journalism, grounded in facts and biblical truth.” ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/614 "2024-02-17T14:41:10Z")
Former Maryland coach Lefty Driesell finally gets me on the board with 8 points. > **[Lefty Driesell](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefty_Driesell)** > > Charles Grice "Lefty" Driesell (December 25, 1931 – February 17, 2024) was an American college basketball coach. He was the first coach to win more than 100 games at four different NCAA Division I schools, Driesell led the programs of Davidson College, the University of Maryland, James Madison University, and Georgia State University. He earned a reputation as "the greatest program builder in the history of basketball." At the time of his retirement in 2003, he was the fourth-winningest NCAA ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/615 "2024-02-17T15:57:56Z")
| 1 | candide | 88 | 2 | 0 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Captain Klutz | 88 | 2 | 0 | | 1 | critter 42 | 88 | 2 | 0 | | 1 | Kitten Mitten | 88 | 2 | 0 | | 5 | Happy Lendervedder | 85 | 2 | 0 | | 5 | phungi | 85 | 2 | 0 | | 7 | GIGObuster | 72 | 2 | 0 | | 8 | Dung Beetle | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | Hoopy Frood | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | jeezums | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | Little Nemo | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | Lord Feldon | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | RobotDevilDog | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | RTFirefly | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 8 | 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 | Biotop | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 24 | Monstera delciosa | 1 | 1 | 1 | ---
**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 18, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/616 "2024-02-18T17:01:48Z")
> **[Alvin Moscow, Shipwreck Chronicler and Prolific Collaborator, Dies at 98](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/books/alvin-moscow-dead.html)** > > After writing a best seller about the sinking of the Andrea Doria, he was a co-author with Richard M. Nixon, Patty Hearst, William S. Paley and others. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/617 "2024-02-20T22:14:50Z")
Meat from the Porky’s movies will not be down for breakfast. > **['Porky's' Star Tony Ganios Dead at 64, Suffered Heart Attack After Surgery](https://amp.tmz.com/2024/02/20/porkys-star-actor-tony-ganios-dead-dies-heart-attack-surgery/)** > > Tony Ganios -- famous from "Porky's" and a ton of other cult classic films -- has died. ---
**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 20, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/618 "2024-02-20T22:42:34Z")
Loved him The Wanderers. “Leave. The Kid. Alone.” ---
**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 20, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/619 "2024-02-20T22:45:40Z")
The [Assmann is dead.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Assmann) ---
**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 21, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/620 "2024-02-21T10:27:41Z")
German footballer and World Cup Winner 1990 has died: Andreas “Andi” Brehme, 63. > **[Andreas Brehme, scorer of World Cup-winning West Germany goal, dies at 63](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/20/andreas-brehme-west-germany-world-cup-winner-dies)** > > Andreas Brehme, the scorer of the goal that won West Germany the 1990 World Cup, has died at the age of 63 No, he was not on my list. Not even in the themed one. ---
**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 21, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/621 "2024-02-21T16:24:55Z")
Ewen Macintosh of the original British _The Office_ dead at 50. > **[Ewen MacIntosh, star of the British version of ‘The Office,’ dies at 50](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/ewen-macintosh-star-british-version-office-dies-50-rcna139729)** > > MacIntosh was best known for playing the hilarious role of Keith in the series from 2001 to 2003. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=32)