# 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:** 53
**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 25, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1042 "2024-04-25T13:01:36Z")
What is the youngest death that scored points in the history of our Death Pool here on the Dope? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1043 "2024-04-25T16:57:49Z")
I should keep notes but I’ll have to go back and look around. ---
**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 25, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1044 "2024-04-25T17:00:35Z")
I remember a recent one from a few years ago that involved a car accident in Australia that happened on about December 28th or so. As I recall, she was in the hospital for 5 weeks before they pulled the plug, and several people got something like 77 points for her. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1045 "2024-04-25T17:05:22Z")
This may be the youngest, a Russian hockey player named Rodion Amirov. He was 21 when he died last year ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1046 "2024-04-25T17:27:56Z")
Until the ‘no one under 18’ rule was put in place, it was Hunter Kelly, Jim Kelly’s (NFL QB) son, who died of some horrible disease very young. ---
**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 25, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1047 "2024-04-25T17:54:33Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Until the ‘no one under 18’ rule was put in place, it was Hunter Kelly, Jim Kelly’s (NFL QB) son, who died of some horrible disease very young Not quite. Somebody chose Hunter Kelly (who I believe was five at the time). So I created the “No one under eighteen” rule and she made a different pick. Ironically, Hunter Kelly did not die until three years later. The person this poster picked as a substitute was Layne Staley, who did die that year and scored her sixty-six points. ---
**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 26, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1048 "2024-04-26T03:09:10Z")
> **[Helen Vendler, a towering presence in poetry criticism, has died - The Boston...](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/04/23/metro/helen-vendler-towering-presence-poetry-criticism-dies-90/)** > > “Helen understood that all poets needed what she did so they could take the next step,” said Jorie Graham, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1049 "2024-04-26T03:44:10Z")
25 royal points possibly coming soon? > **[King Charles’ funeral plans reportedly being updated regularly after cancer...](https://nypost.com/2024/04/25/world-news/king-charles-funeral-plans-updated-amid-cancer-battle-report/)** > > “Everyone is staying optimistic, but he is really very unwell. More than they are letting on.” ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1050 "2024-04-26T04:36:41Z")
I’d not put a lot of faith in that, apparently he is responding well to treatment and keeping those plans updated is par for the course. Pretty sure he is on my list so I should be even more dismissive of that article in the hopes of being made more of a fool of if he croaks, but on the flip side , it would be my first points of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1051 "2024-04-26T06:29:13Z")
I’m a little surprised only three players pick the king. ---
**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 26, 2024, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1052 "2024-04-26T07:05:01Z")
Pretty sure that number will increase, providing he is still alive in December. ---
**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 26, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1053 "2024-04-26T16:22:36Z")
He will pass late on NYE, precipitating a huge 237-post argument about time zones. ---
**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 26, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1054 "2024-04-26T17:39:23Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > He will pass late on NYE, precipitating a huge 237-post argument about time zones. No argument. The rules are clear. Chicago time is the one that counts. ---
**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 26, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1055 "2024-04-26T17:53:32Z")
Just saw the breaking news about Charles returning to public duties; it showed up in the breaking news area of my Windows taskbar as "King Charles - ". Made me wonder how many of you saw the same thing and had some kind of reaction. 😶 ---
**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 26, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1056 "2024-04-26T18:29:44Z")
In mine it would have a 50/50 chance of being about a dog. ---
**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 27, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1057 "2024-04-27T02:15:08Z")
> **[Carrie Robbins Dies: Broadway Costume Designer From Poodle Skirts Of ‘Grease’...](https://deadline.com/2024/04/carrie-robbins-dead-broadway-1235887100/)** > > Carrie Robbins, whose more than 30 years as a Broadway costume designer saw her involvement in 1972’s Grease, for which she contributed the production’s signature poodle skirts, and the nuns’ habits of 1983’s Agnes of God, died following a brief... ---
**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 27, 2024, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1058 "2024-04-27T08:25:10Z")
He was mentioned in the “[in defense of Russia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defence-of-russia/969166/1548)” thread, but not here: troubled soul and deluded useful idiot Russell Bentley went to the Russian occupied Donbass [to fight for the liberation](https://www.newsweek.com/russell-texas-bentley-interview-pro-russia-donbas-ukraine-1684450) of the Holy Russian Territory from Ukrainian nazis. Some patriots from Siberia, hearing his thick foreign accent, thought he was a spy, arrested him, tortured him, raped him and [killed him](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pro-kremlin-texan-russell-bentley-who-fought-for-russia-found-dead-in-ukraine/ar-AA1nmgQd). 36 wasted points to top off a wasted life. ---
**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 30, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1059 "2024-04-30T23:03:59Z")
Is the Grim Reaper on vacation?? ---
**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 30, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1060 "2024-04-30T23:23:39Z")
## Melvin! [![](https://ew.com/thmb/8EBAn9-L61aN7eqCWQGw3ghe-KU=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/htra204_vv202-2-2000-43e6773322294d8f9ef07fc353d579e9.jpg) ](https://ew.com/thmb/8EBAn9-L61aN7eqCWQGw3ghe-KU=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/htra204_vv202-2-2000-43e6773322294d8f9ef07fc353d579e9.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1061 "2024-05-01T05:21:29Z")
OK, this one is actually pretty sad, at least for me: > **[Paul Auster, Prolific Author and Brooklyn Literary Star, Dies at 77](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/books/paul-auster-dead.html)** > > With critically lauded works like “The New York Trilogy,” the charismatic author and patron saint of his adopted borough drew worldwide acclaim. Lung cancer, unsurprisingly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=54)