# 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:** 54
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1062 "2024-05-01T21:39:29Z")
> **[Duane Eddy, Grammy-Winning ‘Peter Gunn’ Guitarist, Dies at 86](https://variety.com/2024/music/people-news/duane-eddy-dead-peter-gunn-1235988900/)** > > Duane Eddy, guitarist with hits in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s including the theme to TV series "Peter Gunn" and "Rebel Rouser," died April 30. ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1063 "2024-05-01T23:36:39Z")
[Electric Light Orchestra Keyboardist Richard Tandy Dead at 76 (ultimateclassicrock.com)](https://ultimateclassicrock.com/richard-tandy-dead/) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1064 "2024-05-02T00:08:40Z")
Dammit! I have tickets to see ELO in Pittsburgh later this year. You’re supposed to die _after_ the farewell tour, not during. ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1065 "2024-05-02T00:19:57Z")
I’m not sure, but I don’t think Richard Tandy had performed with ELO for a while due to health concerns. Regardless, I’m jealous of you. Hope you enjoy the show! ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1066 "2024-05-02T00:48:22Z")
Thanks. I’m really looking forward to this concert. I hope Jeff Lynne doesn’t do anything stupid before September. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1067 "2024-05-02T04:06:21Z")
> **[Marla Adams, 'Young and the Restless' star, Dead at 85](https://www.etonline.com/marla-adams-young-and-the-restless-star-dead-at-85-224295)** > > The actress won a Daytime Emmy for her role on the soap opera. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1068 "2024-05-02T04:12:47Z")
Hey, I had Richard Tandy on my list! 😃 In 2019. ☹ ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1069 "2024-05-02T11:13:57Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Hey, I had Richard Tandy on my list! 😃 > > In 2019 It’s always a conundrum, do I keep a favorite person alive for the next year or go for the points in another death pool. Difficult negotiations with the person’s agent each year 🙃 ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1070 "2024-05-02T12:33:15Z")
If you have that kind of sway with the Angel of Death, then I need to talk to you about a few people on my list… ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1071 "2024-05-02T16:24:52Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > I hope Jeff Lynne doesn’t do anything stupid before September. Like record new music? 😆 Just kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1072 "2024-05-02T16:38:21Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Marla Adams, 'Young and the Restless' star, Dead at 85 | Entertainment Tonight](https://www.etonline.com/marla-adams-young-and-the-restless-star-dead-at-85-224295) I had her on my list of possibles for the Staying Alive pool but she was too young. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1073 "2024-05-02T18:54:22Z")
Ha! No, more like falling off a stage, getting electrocuted by faulty equipment, or dieing in a bizarre gardening accident. Oh, wait. Didn’t a member of ELO get killed by a [giant bale of hay](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366726/Family-ELO-cellist-killed-hay-bale-freak-accident-say-stars-death-avoidable.html)? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1074 "2024-05-02T19:38:02Z")
> **[Longtime CBS analyst Peter Oosterhuis, 75, dies](https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/40070339/accomplished-player-cbs-golf-analyst-peter-oosterhuis-dies-75)** > > Peter Oosterhuis, who competed in six Ryder Cups, was a two-time runner-up at the Open Championship and later served as a broadcaster for CBS, has died at the age of 75. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1075 "2024-05-03T02:50:59Z")
That should move @jeezums up to 9th place by himself and shift all us tied for 10th down to 11th place and move @GIGObuster down to 10. And… > **[Olga Fikotová, Czech discus thrower who had a Cold War romance with a US...](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/04/20/olga-fikotova-czech-discus-hal-connolly-olympic-gold/)** > > She won gold and broke the world record at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956, having taken up the discus only two years before ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1076 "2024-05-03T05:13:28Z")
| 1 | Registered at Last | 162 | 4 | 2 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | jeezums | 73 | 2 | 1 | | 10 | GIGObuster | 72 | 2 | 0 | | 11 | Dung Beetle | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 11 | Hoopy Frood | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 11 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 11 | Little Nemo | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 11 | Lord Feldon | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 11 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 11 | RobotDevilDog | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 11 | RTFirefly | 50 | 1 | 0 | | 11 | 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 | ---
**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:** [May 4, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1077 "2024-05-04T17:55:11Z")
> **[Dick Rutan Dies At 85 - AVweb](https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/dick-rutan-dies-at-85/)** > > Legendary pilot, educator and adventurer Dick Rutan died Friday according to a press release issued on behalf of the family. (full text follows). He was 85. Rutan, best known for the record-setting non-stop unrefueled circumnavigation he and Jenna... Rutan, best known for the record-setting non-stop unrefueled circumnavigation he and Jenna Yeager accomplished in 1986, was surrounded by family when he died in Kootenai Hospital in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho in the early evening from complications resulting from a year-long bout with Long COVID according to family friends. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1078 "2024-05-04T18:07:37Z")
Aw. I had the honor of meeting Rutan at JPL one time and have several personalized photos of both him and that plane. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1079 "2024-05-04T20:49:13Z")
> **[Peggy Mellon Hitchcock, who helped Timothy Leary turn on, dies at 90 |...](https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2024/may/03/peggy-mellon-hitchcock-who-helped-timothy-leary/)** > > Penelope Green > **[Brian McCardie, 'Line of Duty' actor, dies at 59](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/brian-mccardie-line-duty-actor-dies-59-rcna150169)** > > Even though McCardie only appeared in “Line of Duty” a few times in the show’s first two seasons, his performance was memorable. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1080 "2024-05-05T14:06:07Z")
> **[Bernard Hill: Titanic and Lord of the Rings actor dies](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68962192.amp)** > > Bernard Hill won multiple awards for his acting during the course of his career. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1081 "2024-05-05T14:18:30Z")
> **[Renowned painter and pioneer of minimalism Frank Stella dies at 87](https://www.npr.org/2024/05/04/1112027057/frank-stella-dead-art-minimalist)** > > Frank Stella was one of America's leading minimalist artists and a pioneer of the minimalist movement of the early 1960s. The movement challenged the idea that art was meant to be representative. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=55)