# 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:** 49
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/962 "2024-04-12T16:37:46Z")
That’s _if_ prostate cancer is the real killer! ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/963 "2024-04-12T18:39:02Z")
> **[Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS 'NewsHour' nightly newscast,...](https://apnews.com/article/robert-macneil-dead-e4ec419d2ad26170280287f0688bb145)** > > MacNeil died of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, according to his daughter, Alison MacNeil. ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/964 "2024-04-12T21:19:14Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > We’re all more than one thing, but the one thing I remember her for was her denunciation of Robert Crumb. What was her issue with R. Crumb? ---
**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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/965 "2024-04-12T21:33:45Z")
She condemned him as a sexist pig. From a strictly academic feminist viewpoint, oh Hell yes. But Crumb is both a humorist and an artist, and he shouldn’t have been held to the same standards as lawmakers and moral heroes, and as a humorist and artist herself she had no right to make that accusation unless he was using his clout to deny her or other women livelihoods or to extort them for sex. Crumb mastered the 20th C. Modernist method of letting the Id out and laughing it away for all its pain and corruption. We’ve moved on since then, not without good reason, but I’ve not noticed any improved methods emerging. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/966 "2024-04-12T21:37:15Z")
I don’t think academic feminism is needed to spot the misogyny in Crumb’s art. It was obvious to me as a teen. It’s pretty gross. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/967 "2024-04-12T21:58:35Z")
This is one I’m sorry to hear of. ---
**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, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/968 "2024-04-12T23:21:56Z")
K pop star [Park Boram](https://www.tmz.com/2024/04/12/park-boram-k-pop-singer-dead-dies-report/) has died at age 30. Also, the world’s oldest conjoined twins, Lori and George Schappell, [have reportedly died aged 62](https://www.tmz.com/2024/04/12/world-oldest-conjoined-twins-lori-george-schappell-dead-62-guiness-world-records/). George was originally born Dori, but came out as transgender in 2007. ---
**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 13, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/969 "2024-04-13T00:35:04Z")
My goodness. Dude had a hard row to hoe. ---
**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 13, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/970 "2024-04-13T00:49:25Z")
Yeah. Being born conjoined and not being able to be separated, having to spend your days in a wheelchair due to the nature of the conjoinment, coming out as transgender, especially as late in life as he did, and dying at 62. That’s…a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/971 "2024-04-13T00:50:05Z")
Seperate identical twins also get rhyming names. I knew a Ronald and Donald. Good on George for changing the name. ---
**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 13, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/972 "2024-04-13T01:34:42Z")
This brings to mind a question: Do conjoined twins count as one or two selections in the Pool? An argument could be made that, for instance, since Abby and Bethany Hensel are two different people (legally speaking, for instance, [Abby was just revealed to have been married since 2021, while Bethany is still single](https://people.com/conjoined-twins-abby-and-brittany-hensel-spotted-out-after-wedding-photo-8630068), that one could use them as two different picks in future Pools. I don’t necessarily agree with that argument, but I could see someone making the argument that they are two legally distinct people in an attempt to double-up on points. ---
**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 13, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/973 "2024-04-13T01:53:30Z")
If they are 2 people, they should take up 2 spots on your list. And for that reason, if you only want to take up one spot you should be allowed to predict just one of them. ---
**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 13, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/974 "2024-04-13T03:27:36Z")
> **[Thomas Gumbleton, Detroit Catholic bishop who opposed war and promoted social...](https://apnews.com/article/thomas-gumbleton-detroit-bishop-obituary-86eeb6953b7532249e6f0c0e48d688f3)** > > Thomas Gumbleton, a Catholic bishop in Detroit, has died. For decades, he was an international voice against war and racism and an advocate for labor and social justice. > **[Nijole Sadunaite, Lithuanian Nun Who Opposed Soviet Rule, Dies at 85](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/world/europe/nijole-sadunaite-dead.html)** > > A dissident who promoted democracy and religious freedom, she was arrested by the K.G.B. After independence from Moscow, she was honored by Lithuania’s Parliament. ---
**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 13, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/975 "2024-04-13T13:47:53Z")
I had not heard of [fashioniste Roberto Cavalli](https://people.com/fashion-designer-roberto-cavalli-dead-at-83-8630881), such as I can recall, but enough others have that his 17 point exit is news-ish. ---
**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 14, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/976 "2024-04-14T16:41:17Z")
[![](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_70,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_100,w_100,c_scale/v200/f1171511a799cbd26ebbd3721d297fe5) ](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_70,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_100,w_100,c_scale/v200/f1171511a799cbd26ebbd3721d297fe5) ---
**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 14, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/977 "2024-04-14T18:48:31Z")
Eleanor Coppola was the wife of Francis but also made documentaries like _Heart of Darkness._ > **[Filmmaker and Coppola family matriarch Eleanor Coppola dies at 87](https://www.npr.org/2024/04/13/1244620503/eleanor-coppola-dead)** > > The documentarian was known for chronicling the movie-making process of family members Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola. ---
**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 15, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/978 "2024-04-15T00:52:04Z")
> **[Faith Ringgold, quilt and visual artist, dies at 93](https://www.npr.org/2024/04/13/685930840/faith-ringgold-quilt-and-visual-artist-dies-at-93)** > > Known best for her story quilts depicting African-American experiences and feminine life, she also created paintings, sculpture and children's books. She was 93. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/979 "2024-04-15T01:17:36Z")
Sorry to hear about Faith Ringgold. Worcester Museum of Art just had a great exhibit about her, including the story quilt that became the award-winning children’s book _Tar Beach._ [Faith Ringgold: Freedom to Say What I Please | Worcester Art Museum](https://www.worcesterart.org/exhibitions/faith-ringgold/) ---
**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 15, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/980 "2024-04-15T01:24:51Z")
> **[Peter Higgs, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, 1929-2024](https://www.ft.com/content/31770025-9490-483f-82d2-4f59db823c64)** > > His pioneering theoretical work helped us understand what made the universe possible 94 years for doing the math. “The concept of the Higgs field and the Higgs boson is unique in particle physics,” said Mark Thomson, professor of particle physics at Cambridge university and the UK candidate to be Cern’s next director-general. “It is unlike anything else we have seen.” ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/981 "2024-04-15T05:38:59Z")
That’s the third time Higgs has died in this thread. Is that like a quantum physics thing? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=50)