# 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:** 42
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/822 "2024-03-27T21:44:18Z")
[https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-senator-joe-lieberman-dies-82-media-reports-2024-03-27/](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-senator-joe-lieberman-dies-82-media-reports-2024-03-27/) Reuters confirmed Edit Reuters is reporting that media has reported , so not a primary source. Maybe Joe L will dramatically change his mind? ---
**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, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/823 "2024-03-27T21:55:57Z")
I thought Lieberman was somewhere in the picks but I’m not seeing him there. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/824 "2024-03-27T22:02:55Z")
Confirmed by CNN and others. [https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/politics/joe-lieberman/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/politics/joe-lieberman/index.html) ---
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/825 "2024-03-27T23:28:56Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Was that supposed to be art? Doubles as a coffin. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/826 "2024-03-28T00:30:45Z")
Serra’s “Twain” sculpture in St. Louis has been a continuing “discussion” for more than 40 years now. One time I stood inside the triangle, and if you looked out one of the spaces at just the right angle, you could sort of see a rather striking image. But since Serra didn’t include instructions and a giant X to mark where to stand, finding the spot where an average human being might sort of like it is strictly a crapshoot. [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/79110874b5b3513ec90c1654f30bdf8a/tumblr_mgbejipJf81r5tlawo1_540.jpg) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/79110874b5b3513ec90c1654f30bdf8a/tumblr_mgbejipJf81r5tlawo1_540.jpg) ---
**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 28, 2024, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/827 "2024-03-28T10:03:21Z")
I like the look of it. Less keen on the whole “falling over and killing people” thing. It reminds me of the issues they had with the “[B of the Bang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_of_the_Bang)” sculpture which involved giant metal spikes that started coming loose. Fortunately nobody got skewered there. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/828 "2024-03-28T16:34:35Z")
Wasn’t there a sculpture with giant umbrellas that came loose in a windstorm and killed somebody? I bet Farmer’s hasn’t seen _that_. ETA Yes. It was an installation by Christo ---
**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 28, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/829 "2024-03-28T16:38:16Z")
We’re veering into hijackery here. I’ll gather some stuff and start a dedicated thread in Cafe Society, where it can languish and sink on its own paucity of merits ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/830 "2024-03-29T13:16:35Z")
“I want your DOA, Mayo!” > **[Louis Gossett Jr., First Black Man To Win Supporting Actor Oscar, Dies At 87](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/louis-gossett-jr-first-black-man-to-win-supporting-actor-oscar-dies-at-87_n_6606bad6e4b0c13128d04003?d_id=7476641&ncid_tag=tweetlnkushpmg00000027&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=us_entertainment)** > > Gossett went to Hollywood for the first time in 1961 to make the film version of “A Raisin in the Sun.” ---
**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:** [March 29, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/831 "2024-03-29T14:50:39Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > “I want your DOA, Mayo!”. Wasn’t quite an Abe Vigoda, but he played the older type guy for longer than some actors. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/832 "2024-03-29T18:17:15Z")
I just saw the news about Gossett on TV. Bummer, I really liked him. I think my favorite movie of his was “Enemy Mine” And again, I am surprised nobody picked him. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/833 "2024-03-29T18:51:32Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I am surprised nobody picked him I think many of us simply forgot that he was mortal. ---
**Author:** ![Deanna\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Deanna\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deanna_D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/834 "2024-03-30T02:33:21Z")
I talked my wonderful boyfriend into helping me make my first picks ever in the Death Pool. I’ve been randomly telling him about different celebrities that have passed, and remind him that we still have no points. I just asked him if he’d heard about Louis Gosset. He said, “Yeah, and I bet he was good for some points for somebody.” I think I have finally ruined a good man. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/835 "2024-03-30T14:06:27Z")
> [@Deanna\_D](#): > > I think I have finally ruined a good man. High five, sister! 🖐 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/836 "2024-03-31T00:01:41Z")
_He will be assimilated._ ---
**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 31, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/837 "2024-03-31T02:39:09Z")
_Chanting_ One of us! One of us! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/838 "2024-03-31T02:41:41Z")
Except for one themed list I made last year, I don’t really want any of my picks to pass on. As I’ve said before, if I was a celeb and someone put me on their list I’d be flattered I was still remembered. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/839 "2024-03-31T03:05:37Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Except for one themed list I made last year, I don’t really want any of my picks to pass on. As I’ve said before, if I was a celeb and someone put me on their list I’d be flattered I was still remembered That’s why the life pool is a nice idea as well. We can submit a list of people over 80 we hope to survive. My entire list this year for the Death Pool I am also pulling for(though Cheney…um, no). ---
**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 31, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/840 "2024-03-31T03:57:22Z")
> **[Linda L Bean, LL Bean heiress who backed Trump, dies aged 82](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/25/linda-l-bean-dead)** > > Entrepreneur, whose grandfather Leon Leonwood Bean founded outdoor retailer in 1912, was key donor to Republican party > **[B.C. singer Eleanor Collins, the first lady of Canadian jazz, dead at 104 |...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/eleanor-collins-obituary-1.7132681)** > > Known as Canada's first lady of jazz, Eleanor Collins broke barriers by headlining her own national television series and worked with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Oscar Peterson. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/841 "2024-03-31T04:50:41Z")
I wonder who will have LL Bean after this. I have bought a number of things from them, but that was before Frump. If I find out the heirs support Rump I’ll never buy from them again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=43)