# 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:** 45
**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 5, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/882 "2024-04-05T15:56:24Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@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. But isn’t that more degenerative than sudden death? His brother Vernon revealed he collapsed after getting out of the sauna. He’s not sure if he slipped or just passed out. He also said his brother didn’t have a history of drug use. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/883 "2024-04-05T19:14:56Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > He’s not sure if he slipped William Holden tripped while drunk, gashed his head on a table and bleed out. I suspect this is probably how I’ll go down, having all sharp furniture. ---
**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 5, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/884 "2024-04-05T23:23:12Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I suspect this is probably how I’ll go down No, I see you having a [spectacular and somewhat ironic](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001587/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) end, like that one director, who finished rather like a scene from one of his movies. ---
**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 6, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/885 "2024-04-06T02:31:07Z")
Pat Zachry dead at 71. He was a decent pitcher and had a successful major league career but he’s best known as being part of one of the worst trades in baseball history. He was traded to the Mets for Tom Seaver. > **[Former Mets pitcher Pat Zachry dead at 71](https://sports.yahoo.com/former-mets-pitcher-pat-zachry-173828369.html)** > > Former Mets pitcher Pat Zachry has died at the age of 71 after a lengthy illness. ---
**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 6, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/886 "2024-04-06T02:55:35Z")
> **[Gaetano Pesce, Italian Architect and Designer Celebrated for Surreal...](https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/italian-architect-and-designer-gaetano-pesce-dead-at-84-1234701769/)** > > Pesce was known for his eccentric innovations that straddled the worlds of art, design, and industry. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/887 "2024-04-06T03:56:40Z")
Just letting players know that this coming Sunday I will be gone for three days, heading northeast for a trip to see the eclipse and other things. If anyone has points coming in that time post it hear and I’ll add them in when I get back. ---
**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 6, 2024, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/888 "2024-04-06T05:21:05Z")
Death takes a holiday. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/889 "2024-04-06T05:47:08Z")
I have g0t to remember that 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:** [April 6, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/890 "2024-04-06T06:25:12Z")
> **['Yellowstone' spinoff actor Cole Brings Plenty found dead at 27 after going...](https://ew.com/cole-brings-plenty-found-dead-at-27-yellowstone-spinoff-actor-8627845)** > > Cole Brings Plenty, the actor known for his work on '1923,' has been found dead at 27 after going missing and being sought by Kansas police in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident. ---
**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 7, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/891 "2024-04-07T04:09:30Z")
> **[Eli Noyes Dies: Oscar-Nominated Stop-Motion Animator Who Worked On MTV’s...](https://deadline.com/2024/03/eli-noyes-dead-stop-motion-animator-1235868173/)** > > ELi Noyes, the Oscar-nominted stop-motion animator who worked on the MTV series 'Liquid Television' and HBO's 'Braingames' among other credits, has died at 81. ---
**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 8, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/892 "2024-04-08T02:49:32Z")
I once had a 69 Mets themed list. Maybe I should have had it this year. > **[Jerry Grote, member of 1969 Miracle Mets, dies at 81: 'Backbone of a young...](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/jerry-grote-member-of-1969-miracle-mets-dies-at-81-backbone-of-a-young-mets-team/)** > > Grote was inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame in 1992 ---
**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 8, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/893 "2024-04-08T17:56:05Z")
> **[Albert "Tootie" Heath, percussive paragon of modern jazz, dies at 88](https://www.wrti.org/arts-desk/2024-04-03/albert-tootie-heath-percussive-paragon-of-modern-jazz-dies-at-88)** > > An alert, expressive drummer, Albert "Tootie" Heath was also the last of the legendary Heath Brothers. He died on April 3 in Santa Fe, NM, at 88. ---
**Author:** ![Tyronne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Tyronne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyronne)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/894 "2024-04-08T22:24:30Z")
Laugh now, But I correctly Predicted that Olivia De Havilland would live to 100 and Dawn French and James Best Would be the Last Surviving cast members of Vicar of Dibley. Also Frankie Avalon will be the Last Surviving member of Grease and The Actress who Played Nancy in 1968 Oliver! will Outlive the Actor who played Oliver! ---
**Author:** ![Tyronne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Tyronne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyronne)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/895 "2024-04-08T22:25:59Z")
Oh and Julie Andrews will definitely be the last Surviving Cast Member of Mary Poppins, Sound of Music (Already Outlived 2 of the Von Trapps) and possibly Victor/Victoria. Oh and of the Three Jane will die before Bert and Mary ---
**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 8, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/896 "2024-04-08T22:37:11Z")
> [@Tyronne](#): > > Oh and Julie Andrews will definitely be the last Surviving Cast Member of Mary Poppins, We need a Julie Andrews vs Dick Van Dyke battle to the death! ---
**Author:** ![Tyronne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Tyronne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyronne)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/897 "2024-04-08T22:37:52Z")
Maggie Smith will be the Last Surviving Teacher in the First Harry Potter movie 😉 Marion Ross will be the Last Surviving Cast Member of Happy Days 😀 ---
**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:** [April 8, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/898 "2024-04-08T23:07:17Z")
But who will be the last Beatle? Make you’re prediction here: > [@Predict it here! The last living Beatle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-it-here-the-last-living-beatle/920890): > > So we got two Beatles left: Paul & Ringo. They’re both really old, and neither will probably live to sing “Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m 164.” Vote now for which one you think will be the LAST LIVING BEATLE. DO NOT VOTE FOR WHICH ONE YOU THINK WILL DIE NEXT. Who will be the last living Beatle: Paul or RIngo. Vote now before it’s too late! [poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-it-here-the-last-living-beatle/920890/1) ---
**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 8, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/899 "2024-04-08T23:26:01Z")
I believe Ringo is older, so he will outlive Wing man. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/900 "2024-04-08T23:31:17Z")
The poll should include Pete Best. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/901 "2024-04-09T00:51:19Z")
> [@Tyronne](#): > > Maggie Smith will be the Last Surviving Teacher in the First Harry Potter movie Maggie Smith will be the last surviving human on Earth, outliving Estelle Parsons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=46)