# 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:** 41
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/802 "2024-03-22T02:28:48Z")
> **[Martin Greenfield: Tailor who survived Auschwitz and dressed presidents dies](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68625246)** > > Martin Greenfield was one of the US' most renowned tailors, dressing six presidents and numerous celebrities. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/803 "2024-03-22T15:27:29Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > So was River Phoenix. Ouch! ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/804 "2024-03-22T17:51:25Z")
Noted primatologist Frans de Waal, who studied the origin of empathy in chimpanzees, stops monkeying around: > **[Frans de Waal, Who Found the Origins of Morality in Apes, Dies at 75](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/20/science/frans-de-waal-died.html)** > > An unusually popular primatologist, he drew the attention of Newt Gingrich, Isabella Rossellini, the philosopher Peter Singer and the reading public. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/805 "2024-03-22T18:23:16Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > stops monkeying around: Alright. This is _funny._ ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/806 "2024-03-22T18:58:00Z")
Who is going to be “that guy” that points out that apes aren’t monkeys? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/807 "2024-03-22T19:14:57Z")
[![](https://external-preview.redd.it/wHcnVuRsyyulrz--csKWOkegvh9o_e4vI2iKKtqyWsE.jpg?auto=webp&s=9c60b0d5e4aa0fdf1b9987802ea8afbebfdd2e6b) ](https://external-preview.redd.it/wHcnVuRsyyulrz--csKWOkegvh9o_e4vI2iKKtqyWsE.jpg?auto=webp&s=9c60b0d5e4aa0fdf1b9987802ea8afbebfdd2e6b) This guy? ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/808 "2024-03-22T19:33:55Z")
Nitpick: As I see it, apes are cladistically [monkeys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey), and [wikipedia seems to agree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape) with me. Simians and monkeys have the same scope, are therefore synonyms. All apes are monkeys/simians, but not all simians/monkeys are apes. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > stops monkeying around I’ll try not to accidentally ape him. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/809 "2024-03-22T19:36:11Z")
never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/810 "2024-03-22T20:13:47Z")
Something tells me Kate Middleton will be a _very_ popular pick in 2025. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/811 "2024-03-22T21:21:15Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Who is going to be “that guy” that points out that apes aren’t monkeys? Gimme a break! I was trying to come up with a good simian pun, at lunch in a noisy breakroom. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/812 "2024-03-23T21:22:35Z")
Owner of the Baltimore Orioles, Peter Angelos, has [died at 94](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39794332/long-baltimore-orioles-owner-peter-angelos-dies-94). ---
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/813 "2024-03-27T01:42:14Z")
[David Seidler](https://honoraryunsubscribe.com/david-seidler/), stutterer who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The King’s Speech. Also… > **[Artist Behind Iconic Children's Book Character Babar the Elephant Dies at 98](https://people.com/artist-behind-iconic-childrens-book-character-babar-the-elephant-dies-98-8620068)** > > Laurent de Brunhoff carried on his father's legacy by writing over 45 books featuring Babar the elephant > **[Lisa Lane, Chess Champion Whose Reign Was Meteoric, Dies at 90](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/us/lisa-lane-dead.html)** > > She was the first chess player to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated. But people focused more on her looks than on her ability. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/814 "2024-03-27T16:00:03Z")
> But people focused more on her looks than on her ability. Emanuel Lasker had the same burden. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/815 "2024-03-27T16:25:07Z")
Hawt [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwShM41TDSehbLVD-ZLtU79gr_m46P5tLtSVetfmYQA9Vng3WfDIPENknSD3l8DCXWfjJYVlDdVUwk-tg) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwShM41TDSehbLVD-ZLtU79gr_m46P5tLtSVetfmYQA9Vng3WfDIPENknSD3l8DCXWfjJYVlDdVUwk-tg) ---
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/816 "2024-03-27T17:22:49Z")
Daniel Kahneman will no longer think, neither fast nor slow: > **[Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/business/daniel-kahneman-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.f00._Vjo.X8Kv6Hp7r2Xo&smid=url-share)** > > He helped pioneer a branch of the field that exposed hard-wired mental biases in people’s economic behavior. The work led to a Nobel. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/817 "2024-03-27T17:59:04Z")
I wonder if the news will trickle down. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/818 "2024-03-27T20:49:57Z")
Minimalist sculptor Richard Serra died. Basically, he leaned big slabs of rough metal against each other. This would make the people who had to walk around them unhappy, or in the case of the wife of an assistant who was killed in a collapse very unhappy. [![](https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2010/10/rs_OneTonProp.jpg?quality=100) ](https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2010/10/rs_OneTonProp.jpg?quality=100) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/819 "2024-03-27T20:51:00Z")
Was that supposed to be art? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/820 "2024-03-27T20:58:07Z")
Minimalism had kind of a zen thing going for it. When it was combined with massive earth works it was really impressive. But it was eclipsed by high technology being applied to art. All major art is now produced with a dedicated IT department ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/821 "2024-03-27T21:31:58Z")
Seeing reports that former Sen. Joe Lieberman has died at 82. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=42)