# 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:** 57
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1122 "2024-05-12T01:08:43Z")
Actress and stuntwoman Susan Backlinie - aka Chrissy Watkins, the first victim in _Jaws_ has died. > **[Susan Backlinie of JAWS fame passes away aged 77 — The Daily Jaws](https://thedailyjaws.com/news/susan-backlinie-of-jaws-fame-passes-away-aged-77)** > > Susan Backlinie former actress and stuntwoman best-known for her role as Chrissie Watkins, the first shark victim in Steven Spielberg's blockbuster JAWS (1975), has died at the age of 77. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1123 "2024-05-12T01:57:32Z")
Trivia: he played the FBI director in _The Silence of the Lambs_ > **[Roger Corman, Pioneering Independent Producer and King of B Movies, Dies at 98](https://variety.com/2024/film/news/roger-corman-dead-producer-independent-b-movie-1235999591/amp/)** > > Roger Corman, who directed and produced hundreds of B movies and discovered Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, has died. He was 98. ---
**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 12, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1124 "2024-05-12T02:51:50Z")
I just listened to a segment on Corman on this month’s Dana Gould Hour podcast. I hadn’t thought about him in ages, then he pops up twice in one week. ---
**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 12, 2024, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1125 "2024-05-12T04:44:50Z")
I believe that’s 2 points for me! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1126 "2024-05-12T11:10:40Z")
Sole possession of 11th place for uperdude! 😁 Wait, was that supposed to be _überdude_? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1127 "2024-05-12T14:24:24Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > I just listened to a segment on Corman on this month’s Dana Gould Hour podcast. I hadn’t thought about him in ages, then he pops up twice in one week. I was actually thinking of the shark victim the other day too. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1128 "2024-05-12T14:26:39Z")
Two points for (the uber) **Superdude** , and **Irritant** : | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Registered\_at\_Last | 162 | 4(2) | | 2 | candide | 88 | 2 | | 2 | Captain\_Klutz | 88 | 2 | | 2 | critter42 | 88 | 2 | | 2 | Kitten\_Mitten | 88 | 2 | | 6 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 85 | 2 | | 6 | phungi | 85 | 2 | | 8 | Loach | 79 | 2(2) | | 9 | jeezums | 73 | 2(1) | | 10 | GIGObuster | 72 | 2 | | 11 | Superdude | 52 | 2 | | 12 | Dung\_Beetle | 50 | 1 | | 12 | Hoopy\_Frood | 50 | 1 | | 12 | It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery | 50 | 1 | | 12 | Little\_Nemo | 50 | 1 | | 12 | Lord\_Feldon | 50 | 1 | | 12 | Mean\_MrMustard | 50 | 1 | | 12 | RobotDevilDog | 50 | 1 | | 12 | RTFirefly | 50 | 1 | | 20 | J-P\_L | 38 | 1 | | 20 | Wackbjt | 38 | 1 | | 20 | xizor | 38 | 1 | | 23 | Cazzle | 24 | 1(1) | | 23 | JohnT | 24 | 1 | | 23 | ZamboniAce1000 | 24 | 1 | | 26 | Pardel-Lux | 22 | 1 | | 27 | MarkF2004 | 20 | 1(1) | | 28 | Allecher | 12 | 1(1) | | 29 | Biotop | 8 | 1(1) | | 30 | irritant | 2 | 1 | | 31 | Monstera\_deliciosa | 1 | 1(1) | ---
**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 12, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1129 "2024-05-12T15:00:04Z")
Hello phungi, I tried to message you but for some reason my computer will not allow me to do that. I have been shadowing Baker’s lists for several years and I DM her when I have a discrepancy; sometimes my discrepancy was incorrect and sometimes it was correct. So, I’ve compared my schedule with your list and found 4 discrepancies. One was Superdude being misspelled that has been corrected. The others are that you have someone named Wackbjt tied for 20. That’s not on Baker’s May 3 list or mine; as a matter of fact, I don’t have that person listed as being in the 2024 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool. Also, you have John T and ZamboniAce1000 listed as tied for 23rd. Those are not on Baker’s May 3 list or mine and I checked to see if possibly they had someone die between May 3 and yesterday and I don’t see where any announcement of the death of someone age 76 was made. Would you please let me know if I have incorrectly not included points for those 2 participants and who died for them. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1130 "2024-05-12T23:40:15Z")
Thanks for the “head’s up”, I made a scorekeeper by going through the posts up until the Dec 31 11:59 CST cut-off, and I hope I got things right: Wackjbt [posted a list](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/152) on Dec 25, that is where I got their picks (and they got points for Toby Keith) JohnT [picked Richard Lewis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/194), as did [ZamboniAce1000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/87) (it looks like [Richard Lewis’ death](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/richard-lewis-dies-age-76-curb-your-enthusiasm-comedian/) was never posted) ---
**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 13, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1131 "2024-05-13T00:44:55Z")
Thanks phungi. Since my husband had severe medical issues this year, I hadn’t been checking the wikipedia list of deaths so missed Richard Lewis. Wackjbt posted at 151 with commentary and spaces between choices. At post 154 Allecher advised Wackjbt that they needed to post a clean list. At post 155 Baker politely requested that Wackjbt post a clean list. At post 157 Baker said she made an executive decision that she was not counting lists that don’t conform to the rules until they come back and do it correctly. So, that is why I think that Baker’s list with scores as of May 3 didn’t include Wackjbt … but I could be mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1132 "2024-05-13T14:54:37Z")
Again, I appreciate the extra set of eyes… I am going to keep Wackjbt in the list for now, and defer to the DeathMistress when she returns. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1133 "2024-05-13T17:44:36Z")
David Sanborn, an influential saxophonist, who found success across the genres of pop, R&B, jazz and more, died Sunday. [He was 78.](https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/13/entertainment/david-sanborn-death/index.html) ---
**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:** [May 13, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1134 "2024-05-13T22:13:37Z")
Just came in to post this. I was working in Tower Records when he was big. It wasn’t fun for this metalhead. That said, you can’t deny his influence, and cancer sucks. RIP. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1135 "2024-05-14T00:15:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > David Sanborn, an influential saxophonist, who found success across the genres of pop, R&B, jazz and more, died Sunday. > > [He was 78.](https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/13/entertainment/david-sanborn-death/index.html) _Lethal Weapon_ wouldn’t be the same without him. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1136 "2024-05-15T02:23:24Z")
Author Alice Munro has died at 92. > **[Canadian writer and Nobel prize winner Alice Munro dies at 92](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-69011945)** > > The Canadian writer was known as the "master of the contemporary short story". ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1137 "2024-05-15T02:43:13Z")
A single point likely coming in sooner rather than later… > **[Jimmy Carter's grandson says he's is 'coming to the end' after over a year in...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/14/jimmy-carter-grandson-coming-end/73691736007/)** > > Jason Carter, former President Jimmy Carter's grandson, gave an update on his grandfather's health on Tuesday, saying that he's "coming to the end." ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1138 "2024-05-15T02:48:33Z")
There will be a lot of +1s to people’s scores. ---
**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 15, 2024, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1139 "2024-05-15T05:07:39Z")
> **[The 'most important mentor' ever: Chris Edley, legal and education scholar,...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/13/christopher-edley-affirmative-action-scholar-dead/73675284007/)** > > Edley, a prominent civil rights scholar who held posts at Harvard and Berkeley and senior titles under prominent Democrats in the U.S., died Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Deanna\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Deanna\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deanna_D)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1140 "2024-05-16T00:31:57Z")
And now I feel bad that this will be how I get my first ever point. 😢 ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1141 "2024-05-16T01:42:15Z")
It ain’t a done deal yet. At this point I won’t be surprised if he holds out until October. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=58)