# 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:** 44
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/862 "2024-04-02T19:08:45Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I really liked Joe Flaherty. He delivered an incredibly important letter back in 2015. [![](https://i.redd.it/7ee5q8y343sc1.png) ](https://i.redd.it/7ee5q8y343sc1.png) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/863 "2024-04-02T19:40:13Z")
Give the man his due. He owned a TV network. RIP Mr Caballero. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/864 "2024-04-02T22:11:38Z")
Now who’s going to host [Blood Sucking Monkeys from West Mifflin, PA](https://youtu.be/MEjdt_n1l-4?si=PTXqequf6zTywql7)? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/865 "2024-04-03T02:39:02Z")
[Daniel Kahmeman](https://honoraryunsubscribe.com/daniel-kahneman/), psychological researcher and winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work, particularly on psychology of the [anchoring effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring_effect) and the [availability heuristic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_heuristic). ---
**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:** [April 3, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/866 "2024-04-03T03:04:52Z")
Author John Barth has died at 93. > **[John Barth](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barth)** > > John Simmons Barth (/bɑːrθ/; May 27, 1930 – April 2, 2024) was an American writer who is best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include The Sot-Weed Factor, a whimsical retelling of Maryland's colonial history, Giles Goat-Boy, a satirical fantasy in which a university is a microcosm of the Cold War world, and Lost in the Funhouse, a self-referential and experimental collection of short stories. He Jo... ---
**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:** [April 4, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/867 "2024-04-04T03:57:46Z")
> **[Pittsburgh baseball icon Larry Lucchino, who helped transform Red Sox and...](https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/mlb/2024/04/02/larry-lucchino-obituary-pittsburgh-baseball-camden-yards-red-sox/stories/202404020066)** > > Larry Lucchino, a Pittsburgh native and top baseball executive credited with transforming the Boston Red Sox and revolutionizing ballpark design, has died... > **[Maryse Condé: Author who won 'alternative Nobel Literature Prize' dies at 90](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68712276)** > > The acclaimed author won an award set up in place of the scandal-hit Nobel Literature Prize in 2018. ---
**Author:** ![Tyronne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Tyronne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyronne)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/868 "2024-04-04T09:40:16Z")
Hot Take: DVD will be the last Surviving Cast member of te DVD show and the Last Surviving cast member of the Film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Craig T. Nelson will be last survivor of the film Poltergeist ---
**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:** [April 4, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/869 "2024-04-04T14:33:57Z")
> [@Tyronne](#): > > and Craig T. Nelson will be last survivor of the film Poltergeist Oliver Robins is still alive and healthy. I know him. His SO is one of my best friends. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/870 "2024-04-04T20:08:03Z")
He’s celebrated his last barthday. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/871 "2024-04-04T20:39:47Z")
Adrian Schiller has died unexpectedly, aged 60. > **[British star dies ‘suddenly and unexpectedly’ at 60](https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-deaths/adrian-schiller-dead-at-60-netflix-stars-passing-sudden-and-unexpectedly/news-story/3fa7efac65238ffaed0adb4773d1342a)** > > British actor Adrian Schiller, best known for his roles in The Last Kingdom and Victoria, has died “suddenly and unexpectedly”. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/872 "2024-04-04T21:13:38Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Former NFL cornerback Vontae Davis was found dead at the oh so young age of 35 > > [Vontae Davis Dies at 35; Former NFL Pro Bowl CB Was Drafted in 1st Round in 2009](https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/10115196-vontae-davis-dies-at-35-former-nfl-pro-bowl-cb-was-drafted-in-1st-round-in-2009.amp.html) > [@Superdude](#): > > What are we thinking? Suicide? Accidental overdose? > > 35 is WAY too young. > [@Loach](#): > > I read several articles but there wasn’t enough to read between the lines Something related to CTE is my first thought, whenever a football player dies young. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/873 "2024-04-04T21:21:30Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Something related to CTE is my first thought, whenever a football player dies young. CTE is primarily a lineman’s problem. Running backs are vulnerable to it as well. QBs, slightly less. But a cornerback plays mostly out in the defensive backfield and tends to have less exposure to potential head injuries. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/874 "2024-04-04T21:50:54Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > Something related to CTE is my first thought, whenever a football player dies young. > > CTE is primarily a lineman’s problem. Running backs are vulnerable to it as well. QBs, slightly less. But a cornerback plays mostly out in the defensive backfield and tends to have less exposure to potential head injuries I’m not knowledgeable enough to have a well-founded opinion, so this is just idle speculation; but while cornerbacks aren’t down in the trenches slamming into tackles and defensive ends, they are out running at top speed to take down fleet-footed wide receivers. On those occasions that they _do_ butt heads with a wideout, the momentum has to add some extra force, no? ---
**Author:** ![Tyronne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Tyronne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyronne)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/875 "2024-04-04T21:58:29Z")
Whoever is alive in 60 years (assuming this board Still Exists) Seeing as With Famous Siblings the Younger One always dies first I Predict Nick will Die first Than Joe than Kevin Rooney will Probably go 20 Years Before Kate Casey Affleck will Probably die in his 60s while ben in his 80s Jake Gyllenhaal will probably die at 75 while Maggie will probably go one week before her 90th birthday Kay will probably go about 30 years Before Danielle Elle will Probably live till her late 80s while Dakota will probably live to 99 Josephine will probably die fairly young with Karthine Living to 80 ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/876 "2024-04-04T22:13:49Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Something related to CTE is my first thought, whenever a football player dies young. Nothing is official, but his brother said he may have slipped and hit his head. Sort of CTE at an accelerated rate, if you will. > **[Vontae Davis may have slipped after sauna, according to brother Vernon](https://sports.yahoo.com/vontae-davis-may-slipped-sauna-150336797.html)** > > Vontae Davis was founded unresponsive in his home gym and was later pronounced dead at the scene. Also, in other deadly news, longtime South Florida radio hosts (long since retired) “Paul and Young Ron” are now half as alive as they once were. > **[Legendary South Florida radio host Ron Brewer of ‘Paul & Young Ron’ dies](https://www.local10.com/news/local/2024/04/04/legendary-radio-host-ron-brewer-of-paul-young-ron-dies/)** > > Ron Brewer, a member of the legendary half of the “Paul & Young Ron” morning show has died. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/877 "2024-04-05T01:53:38Z")
Author Lynne Reid Banks of The Indian in the Cupboard fame has died at 94. > **[Lynne Reid Banks](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne_Reid_Banks)** > > Lynne Reid Banks (31 July 1929 – 4 April 2024) was a British author of books for children and adults. > Banks wrote forty-eight books, including the best-selling children's novel The Indian in the Cupboard, which has sold over 15 million copies and has been successfully adapted to film. Her first novel, The L-Shaped Room, published in 1960, was an instant and lasting best seller. It was later made into a movie of the same name and led to two sequels, The Backward Shadow and Two is Lonely. Banks... ---
**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:** [April 5, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/878 "2024-04-05T02:06:31Z")
Awww. Me and my kids did enjoy those books. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/879 "2024-04-05T02:42:22Z")
> **[Christopher Durang Dies: Playwright With A Genius For The Absurd Was 75](https://deadline.com/2024/04/christopher-durang-dead-playwright-1235872874/)** > > Christopher Durang, one of American's most accomplished playwrights whose works include Tony winner Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, had died. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2024, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/880 "2024-04-05T04:57:33Z")
> [@Tyronne](#): > > Hot Take: DVD will be the last Surviving Cast member of te DVD show and the Last Surviving cast member of the Film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang That’s pretty unlikely. Van Dyke is 98. Larry Matthews is 68, Adrian Hall is 65, and Heather Ripley is 64. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/881 "2024-04-05T13:11:22Z")
(Minor hijack) This is not 100% accurate, as RB, LB, and DBs are increasingly represented in the samples of professional athletes with CTE. While these are not the most recent numbers (pulling directly from [this 2013 article:](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3624697/)) > Positions played by National Football League players positive for CTE included offensive linemen (26%), running backs (20%), defensive linemen (14%), linebackers (14%), quarterbacks (6%), defensive backs (6%), tight ends (6%) and wide receivers (6%). …the same trends are listed in [a more recent 2017 article](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5807097/) > | Characteristics | Mild CTE (n = 44) | Severe CTE (n = 133) | Total (n = 177) | > | --- | --- | --- | --- | > | Offensive lineman | 8% (18) | 29% (22) | 37% (21) | > | Defensive lineman | 8% (18) | 27% (20) | 35% (20) | > | Running back | 4% (9) | 27% (20) | 31% (18) | > | Linebacker | 12% (27) | 14% (11) | 26% (15) | > | Defensive back | 4% (9) | 18% (14) | 22% (12) | > | Quarterback | 2% (5) | 11% (8) | 13% (7) | [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=45)