# 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:** 61
**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:** [May 25, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1202 "2024-05-25T20:20:30Z")
Individual-ONE claims that when the FBI raided his place, he “nearly escaped death”. By my understanding, that means that he did not actually escape death, even though he remains oddly unburied. Unfortunately, the raid was not this year, so anyone who has him on their list is SoL. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1203 "2024-05-25T23:01:05Z")
And besides mangling the phrasing, the Defendant omits the relevant fact that he wasn’t on the premises on the day of the raid. ---
**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 25, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1204 "2024-05-25T23:07:08Z")
Are you guys in the right thread? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1205 "2024-05-25T23:12:34Z")
[Moderating] No, they are not. Take it to one of the political forums. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1206 "2024-05-26T03:28:52Z")
It doesn’t look like anybody picked him, but Richard M. Sherman, until now the surviving half of the songwriting duo with his brother Roger famous for so many Disney earworms, passed away at age 95. (The retired football cornerback of the same name is still alive.) ---
**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 26, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1207 "2024-05-26T04:02:29Z")
Wouldn’t have been a valid pick since it’s a dog, but the dog from the Doge meme has died. > **[Kabosu, the Dog Who Defined 'Doge,' Dead at Age 18](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/kabosu-shiba-inu-doge-meme-dead-1235027259/)** > > Kabosu, the internet-famous Shiba Inu who came to define the wildly popular 'doge' meme, has died at the age of 18. ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1208 "2024-05-26T04:42:19Z")
Doug Ingle of Iron Butterfly, last original member and writer of _In-a-gadda-da-vida_: > **[Iron Butterfly founder Doug Ingle dead at 78](https://www.loudersound.com/news/iron-butterfly-founder-doug-ingle-dead-at-78)** > > Lead singer, organ player and main songwriter of Iron Butterfly Doug Ingle passed away surrounded by family ---
**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:** [May 26, 2024, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1209 "2024-05-26T06:26:39Z")
18 times 7 is 126 anyway, no points would have been awarded. ---
**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 26, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1210 "2024-05-26T16:41:42Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NpuUgeHj458/hqdefault.jpg "By I. Ron Butterfly (The Simpsons)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpuUgeHj458) ---
**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 26, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1211 "2024-05-26T17:09:04Z")
On the Golf channel they read a statement from Grayson Murray’s parents which said, in part, that he took his own life. Very sad. The players are wearing red and black pins in honor of Grayson who always wore black & red on Sundays to honor his favorite team, the Carolina Hurricanes. ---
**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 27, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1212 "2024-05-27T17:29:38Z")
Former NBA Hall of Fame player and announcer Bill Walton has [died at age 71](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40229031/nba-champion-hall-famer-bill-walton-dies-71). ---
**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:** [May 27, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1213 "2024-05-27T17:40:23Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Bill Walton RIP, Bill. He was a heckuva college hoops player, a good NBA player whose career was slowed by injuries, and an absolutely terrible basketball announcer. But he was also a fellow Deadhead, and I will fire one up in his honor. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1214 "2024-05-27T17:54:12Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Former NBA Hall of Fame player and announcer Bill Walton has [died at age 71](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40229031/nba-champion-hall-famer-bill-walton-dies-71) I will always remember him from the 2000 Australia Olympics coverage. He was hilariously bad and I mean that in an almost endearing way. He just had very little television capability and was a bit of a goof, one who had no idea he was clueless. Anyway, 71 is far too young. ---
**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 27, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1215 "2024-05-27T18:09:51Z")
Johnny Wactor, 37 yr old former soap opera actor (General Hospital), was shot & killed by some men who were attempting to steal his catalytic converter. [GH actor killed in Los Angeles](https://abc7.com/post/general-hospital-actor-johnny-wactor-killed-los-angeles-catalytic-converter-theft/14875210/) ---
**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 28, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1216 "2024-05-28T03:51:29Z")
> **[Don Perlin, Comic Book Artist Who Found Success Late, Dies at 94](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/26/arts/don-perlin-dead.html)** > > His Moon Knight was a hit in the 1970s, 30 years after he began his career. Bloodshot, another popular superhero, followed two decades later. ---
**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 28, 2024, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1217 "2024-05-28T04:54:23Z")
That sucks. Always liked Moon Knight, since I discovered him in the 90s ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1218 "2024-05-29T01:06:34Z")
Elizabeth MacRae, best known for her role as Gomer Pyle’s girlfriend Lou-Ann Pouvie, has died at 88. > **[Elizabeth MacRae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_MacRae)** > > Elizabeth Hendon MacRae (February 22, 1936-May 28, 2024) is an American actress who performed in dozens of television series and in nine feature films, working predominantly in productions released between 1958 and the late 1980s. Among her more widely recognized roles is her recurring character as Lou-Ann Poovie on the sitcom Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., which was originally broadcast from 1964 to 1969. > Born in Columbia, South Carolina in 1936, Elizabeth MacRae is the middle child of three children... ---
**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:** [May 29, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1219 "2024-05-29T01:33:40Z")
That’s weird because I was just checking to see which Gomer Pyle cast members were still alive a couple of days ago. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1220 "2024-05-29T01:52:10Z")
So you’re responsible? ---
**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:** [May 29, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1221 "2024-05-29T01:53:11Z")
Don’t blame me. She was alive when I checked on her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=62)