# 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:** 50
**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 15, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/982 "2024-04-15T06:14:08Z")
You mean like he is dead and not dead at the same time? ---
**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, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/983 "2024-04-15T12:49:45Z")
Apologies on Higgs, looked back a few pages - nada. Should have done a full search. It’s never happened before ( 🙄). ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/984 "2024-04-15T15:03:35Z")
Bennett Braun has gone to test his theories in person: > **[Bennett Braun, Psychiatrist Who Fueled ‘Satanic Panic,’ Dies at 83](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/us/bennett-braun-dead.html)** > > He diagnosed dozens of patients with what he said were suppressed memories of being tortured by cults. He later lost his license. ---
**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 15, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/985 "2024-04-15T18:00:28Z")
We won’t know until you open the coffin. ---
**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 15, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/986 "2024-04-15T18:11:17Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Bennett Braun has gone to test his theories in person: > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/us/bennett-braun-dead.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/us/bennett-braun-dead.html) My parents made us throw away Might and Magic I: Secrets of the Inner Sanctum after a visitor to Sunday School told them how DND took over his life and ruined the life of others. Many, many, many years later I finally was able to look up what the Secret of the Inner Sanctum was since it bothered me since the mid-to-late 80’s. Great parents, but this one they got a bit caught up in. By college, I had joined a DND group and played many Final Fantasy, other JRPG’s, and quite a few WRPG’s(Wizardry, Fallout, etc.). Never went back to Might and Magic. I think it was too clunky. ---
**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, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/987 "2024-04-15T20:21:28Z")
> **[Don Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, dead at 90](https://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending/don-wright-pulitzer-prize-winning-editorial-cartoonist-dead-90/TSTGP3BFOZHPBKU2TPEDPGYEMA/)** > > Don Wright was nationally syndicated and won two Pulitzer Prizes for editorial cartooning. ---
**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 15, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/988 "2024-04-15T20:48:44Z")
CJ Snare, who was the lead singer of the 90s band FireHouse, has [died aged 64](https://people.com/cj-snare-firehouse-singer-dead-64-sad-day-rock-n-roll-8628150). ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/989 "2024-04-15T21:22:52Z")
With that name, I’d figure he’d have been the drummer! /rimshot ---
**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 15, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/990 "2024-04-15T21:30:18Z")
Go to your room. ETA: Ken Holtzman, who threw two no-hitters for the Chicago Cubs and won four World Series for the Yankees and Oakland A’s, [has died at 78](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39949851/ken-holtzman-threw-2-no-hitters-won-4-ws-titles-dies-78). ---
**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 15, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/991 "2024-04-15T22:27:11Z")
And that’s… All She Wrote. ---
**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 15, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/992 "2024-04-15T22:30:19Z")
This is why I love you. ---
**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 15, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/993 "2024-04-15T22:31:34Z")
Aw shucks! I just did what had to be done. 😊 ---
**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:** [April 16, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/994 "2024-04-16T17:13:10Z")
Whitey Herzog, who managed my two favorite MLB teams, the Royals and Cardinals, has called for his last hit-and-run, age 92. His teams, playing a style called ‘Whiteyball’, featured aggressive baserunning and emphasized speed and defense. > **[HOF skipper Herzog, known for 'Whiteyball', dies](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39954883/hall-fame-manager-whitey-herzog-dies-age-92)** > > Hall of Fame manager Whitey Herzog, who led the Cardinals to a World Series title in 1982, has died at age 92. ---
**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 16, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/995 "2024-04-16T20:15:46Z")
It’s a run on ball players, apparently. Carl Erskine, a great hurler for the Brooklyn/L.A. Dodgers, has passed at 97 years old. > **[Carl Erskine, a Star Pitcher of the Dodgers’ Glory Years, Is Dead at 97](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/obituaries/carl-erskine-dead.html)** > > The record-setting pitcher known as Oisk in Brooklyn was the last surviving member of “The Boys of Summer.” ---
**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 16, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/996 "2024-04-16T20:37:26Z")
[Dan Wallin](https://honoraryunsubscribe.com/dan-wallin/), Oscar nominated (_Woodstock_ [1970], and _A Star is Born_ [1976]) and Emmy winning sound engineer with over 600 TV and movie credits to his name. Also: > **[Ushio Amagatsu, Japanese Dancer Who Popularized Butoh, Dies at 74](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/arts/dance/ushio-amagatsu-dead.html)** > > He brought worldwide attention to a radical yet elemental form of contemporary dance that emerged in the wake of wartime destruction. ---
**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 16, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/997 "2024-04-16T23:26:13Z")
I would have bet money that Erskine and Herzog were already dead. Erskine was the last link to the Brooklyn Dodgers of my father’s youth. My father probably would have traded one of us to keep them in Brooklyn. ---
**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 17, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/998 "2024-04-17T03:08:46Z")
Herzog was at the Cardinals opening day ceremony just two weeks ago. The only thing wrong anyone noticed was that he stayed in the owner’s box rather than coming out on the field with the other old-timers. He still had all his marbles and was up to date on the current Cardinals team and baseball in general. Even in his 90s he was always good for a quote. ---
**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 17, 2024, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/999 "2024-04-17T09:41:46Z")
TikTok gossip columnist [Kyle Marissa Roth](https://twentytwowords.com/tiktok-star-kyle-marisa-roth-dead-aged-36/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=22story&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABHUtFFEA195Ihre4sBFTgwaS4haAeX1DtRVhhDJueZP1WAn6R1N_H_0p2NQ_aem_ATtt1SbRIWiPG8A5XgNH9Pl3Pmx5W5GSJNtjE8R44-E4ZrSWwKm_zi0Q-_anEyCzNlM) has died at 36 under “mysterious circumstances.” ---
**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 17, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1000 "2024-04-17T11:51:22Z")
A visit to Cabin Cove, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1001 "2024-04-17T15:17:16Z")
Senator/Governor Graham passes at 87 [https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/16/politics/bob-graham-dies/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/16/politics/bob-graham-dies/index.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=51)