# 2024 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940>\
**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\
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**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:** [April 11, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/942 "2024-04-11T14:55:28Z")

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It’s all over the place now.

As was his wife heyoooooo…

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/943 "2024-04-11T15:03:13Z")

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It would be fitting if they use a Slow White Bronco as the Hearse.

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**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/944 "2024-04-11T15:09:55Z")

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Or maybe someone will put a memorial Bronco on display, the way a local Chevy dealer put a Monte Carlo out front so people could leave flowers after Dale Earnhardt died.

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**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 11, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/945 "2024-04-11T15:22:49Z")

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I think I heard he was going to be taken to Cleat Hill in a Hertz.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/946 "2024-04-11T16:13:32Z")

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| 1 | Registered at Last | 135 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2 | candide | 88 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Captain Klutz | 88 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | critter 42 | 88 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Kitten Mitten | 88 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Happy Lendervedder | 85 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | phungi | 85 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Loach | 79 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | GIGObuster | 72 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Dung Beetle | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Hoopy Frood | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | jeezums | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Little Nemo | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Lord Feldon | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | RobotDevilDog | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | RTFirefly | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Superdude | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | J-P L | 38 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | xizor | 38 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Cazzle | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Pardel-Lux | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MarkF2004 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Allecher | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Biotop | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Monstera delciosa | 1 | 1 | 1 |

I still remember Jay Leno’s comment, after OJ said he couldn’t afford to look for the “real” killer anymore. Leno said “C;mon, how much does a mirror cost?”

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**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 11, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/947 "2024-04-11T16:26:25Z")

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My favorite comment was from Norm Macdonald after the verdict. “Well it’s finally official. Murder is legal in the state of California.”

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**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 11, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/948 "2024-04-11T16:27:07Z")

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“OJ said he loved Nicole so much he would die for her. Imagine what rotten luck that is. The only person who would die for you…kills you!”

Peak Norm.

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**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 11, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/949 "2024-04-11T17:13:37Z")

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It’s like Sirhan Sirhan complaining about being denied parole; “I sincerely believe that if Robert Kennedy were alive today, I believe he would not countenance singling me out for this kind of treatment.”

Bad luck, killing the one guy who thinks you should be let out of prison.

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**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 11, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/950 "2024-04-11T17:44:18Z")

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Yeah, the world lost a good one when ole Norm passed on.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2SSVIg4Noqc/maxresdefault.jpg "Norm Macdonald Constant Shitting on OJ Simpson") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SSVIg4Noqc)

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**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:** [April 11, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/951 "2024-04-11T17:53:29Z")

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Loved that clip!

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/952 "2024-04-11T19:25:39Z")

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> [@notfrommensa](#):
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> It would be fitting if they use a Slow White Bronco as the Hearse.

Is John Elway available?

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**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 11, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/953 "2024-04-11T19:38:16Z")

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Well done.

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**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 11, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/954 "2024-04-11T19:48:10Z")

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![](https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExNDQ2Y2F4azhxeTNsZXd4cnFqOGlkd25za2wwczYwMnZxMGUwYjM3biZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/iP3GyAWP9NrlpI0Ilt/giphy.gif)

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**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 11, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/955 "2024-04-11T21:38:36Z")

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If points were snacks, these points are the veggie sticks and hummus dip of points. Guilt-free snacking. The opposite of Johnny Ruffo points.

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**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/956 "2024-04-12T00:25:55Z")

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Hold those points!

> **[O.J. Simpson Allowed To Remain Living After Coffin Doesn’t Fit](https://www.theonion.com/o-j-simpson-allowed-to-remain-living-after-coffin-does-1851403804)**
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> LAS VEGAS—With onlookers gasping as the former football star made a big show of being too big for the casket, O.J. Simpson was reportedly allowed to remain alive Thursday after his coffin didn’t fit. “If the coffin doesn’t fit, you must let him live...

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**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 12, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/957 "2024-04-12T01:20:46Z")

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“Didn’t fit,” my ass.

[![](https://i.ibb.co/4FLL2K4/IMG-1805.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/4FLL2K4/IMG-1805.jpg)

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**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:** [April 12, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/958 "2024-04-12T08:00:05Z")

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Why you expect gloves to fit your ass?

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/959 "2024-04-12T10:25:54Z")

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Do these gloves make my ass look fat? 🙂

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**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:** [April 12, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/960 "2024-04-12T16:09:41Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Trina Robbins has died at 85.
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> [https://www.cbr.com/trina-robbins-iconic-comic-book-creator-historian-obituary/?fbclid=IwAR3OsgVJCo56efstnrcboOzqp\_mKJvvx-k\_Kh-y2yEP9kzq1h7kndU39AM8\_aem\_AQPzcGjqJ\_Ha-yVNDmqWraH6xdrOPzH1Nqy\_bnyWTySVSkDa57BE\_RrsyUMB7QUywB7mpKthEeUoyk5shuZXJcpf](https://www.cbr.com/trina-robbins-iconic-comic-book-creator-historian-obituary/?fbclid=IwAR3OsgVJCo56efstnrcboOzqp_mKJvvx-k_Kh-y2yEP9kzq1h7kndU39AM8_aem_AQPzcGjqJ_Ha-yVNDmqWraH6xdrOPzH1Nqy_bnyWTySVSkDa57BE_RrsyUMB7QUywB7mpKthEeUoyk5shuZXJcpf)

We’re all more than one thing, but the one thing I remember her for was her denunciation of Robert Crumb.

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**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 12, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/961 "2024-04-12T16:20:51Z")

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I just hope prostate cancer is enjoying this brief window of popularity.

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