# 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:** 64
**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:** [June 6, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1262 "2024-06-06T17:53:15Z")
Glad you are getting some range of motion back! Happy to assist longer, or step back while bowing humbly to the DeathMistress ---
**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:** [June 8, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1263 "2024-06-08T02:42:39Z")
Per [this post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-apollo-8-astronaut-william-anders/1002619), former Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders has died at 90. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1264 "2024-06-09T01:42:18Z")
Chet Walker, NBA Allstar, has died at age 84. Hall of Fame forward Chet Walker, a seven-time NBA All-Star known as “The Jet” for his speed, has died at the age of 84, the NBA announced. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1265 "2024-06-09T09:10:13Z")
> **[Michael Mosley: Body found in Symi search for missing presenter](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kk9gvw8l0o.amp)** > > The body - which has yet to be identified - was found at a small cliff on the island of Symi. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1266 "2024-06-10T17:18:20Z")
British TV presenter Simon Cowell dead at 72. No, not the guy from X Factor and American Idol. > **[Simon Cowell (conservationist)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cowell_(conservationist))** > > Simon Maxwell Cowell MBE (19 April 1952 – 9 June 2024) ws a British conservationist, television presenter, and author best known for hosting the Animal Planet documentary series Wildlife SOS from 1996–2014. He was the founder of Wildlife Aid Foundation, originally titled Wildlife Aid, which is a charitable organization dedicated to the "rescue, rehabilitation, and release of British wildlife". > In his early life, Cowell suffered from stuttering, and enjoyed singing. He attended the City of Lon... ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1267 "2024-06-10T17:47:27Z")
Let’s see: I’ve got a British radio presenter, but nope, no British TV presenter. 😀 ---
**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:** [June 10, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1268 "2024-06-10T18:41:33Z")
Not the Simon Cowell of crap TV shows. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1269 "2024-06-11T02:36:57Z")
He’s just trying out the latest version of his fasting diet. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1270 "2024-06-11T07:24:18Z")
Body confirmed as Mosley’s. He may have had a heart attack that caused the cliff fall. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1271 "2024-06-11T17:13:16Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Body confirmed as Mosley’s. He may have had a heart attack that caused the cliff fall. The articles I’ve read said he was seated when he died. It may have been heat stroke that ultimately caused his death. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1272 "2024-06-11T18:34:17Z")
James Lawson, civil rights activist and advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr., dies at age 95. > **[The Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights leader who preached nonviolent...](https://apnews.com/article/james-lawson-civil-rights-leader-d0abdb6dda2a4d0597e47fea48f161a0)** > > The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died. He was 95. His family said Monday that Lawson died peacefully on Sunday. The Rev. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1273 "2024-06-11T19:53:16Z")
I met him several years back. I used to work for the union that organized the Memphis sanitation workers back in '68 and he was at some commemoration function. Real amazing dude, if felt like you were meeting American history personified when you talked to him. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1274 "2024-06-11T20:09:27Z")
Some YouTube guy died at 40. Four million followers and his mom may have cared. Read what you will about “unfortunate accident”. My uncaring and disinterested guess is: Doing something stupid to get clicks. > **[Comicstorian YouTuber Ben Potter dies at 40 in 'unfortunate accident'](https://ew.com/comicstorian-youtuber-ben-potter-dies-40-unfortunate-accident-8661510)** > > Popular YouTube star Ben Potter, best known as Comicstorian, died in an 'unfortunate accident,' his wife Nathalie announced. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1275 "2024-06-12T03:24:10Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Some YouTube guy died at 40. Four million followers and his mom may have cared. Read what you will about “unfortunate accident”. My uncaring and disinterested guess is: Doing something stupid to get clicks. > [Comicstorian YouTuber Ben Potter dies at 40 in unfortunate accident](https://ew.com/comicstorian-youtuber-ben-potter-dies-40-unfortunate-accident-8661510) The dude talked about comic books over pictures of comic book art. I don’t think he ever appeared in his videos. The chances of him doing something stupid for clicks is about zero. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1276 "2024-06-12T03:31:14Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > James Lawson, civil rights activist and advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr., dies at age 95. Another coincidence. I’m currently reading _Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968_ by Thomas Ricks and Lawson is one of the main figures in the book. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1277 "2024-06-12T05:30:48Z")
[Jeannette Charles](https://honoraryunsubscribe.com/jeannette-charles/), Queen Elizabeth II impersonator best known for movies such as _The Naked Gun_, _National Lampoon’s European Vacation_, and _Goldmember_ is dead at 96, the same age the real Elizabeth was when she died. Also… > **[Lynn Conway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway)** > > Lynn Ann Conway (January 2, 1938 – June 9, 2024) was an American computer scientist, electrical engineer and transgender activist. > She worked at IBM in the 1960s and invented generalized dynamic instruction handling, a key advance used in out-of-order execution, used by most modern computer processors to improve performance. She initiated the Mead–Conway VLSI chip design revolution in very large scale integrated (VLSI) microchip design. That revolution spread rapidly through the research unive... ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1278 "2024-06-12T13:59:27Z")
Jerry West, NBA legend, has made his last jump shot. Age 86. He’s the figure on the NBA logo. > **[NBA legend Jerry West dies at age 86](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-legend-jerry-west-dies-at-age-86-134646038.html)** > > One of basketball's most accomplished contributors, West was a staple of the sport across eight decades, winning nine championships as a player, scout, coach, executive and consultant. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1279 "2024-06-12T14:25:52Z")
Aw. I was a giant Lakers fan back in the day. My father and I watched games together, with commentary from Chick Hearn. Jerry was one of the good ones. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1280 "2024-06-12T18:16:07Z")
The oldest verified living man in the U.S. passed on the title. > **[Morrie Markoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrie_Markoff)** > > Morrie Markoff (January 11, 1914 – June 3, 2024) was an American blogger, writer, artist, and supercentenarian. He was the oldest verified living man in the United States and the oldest known active blogger in the world. > Morrie Markoff was born on January 11, 1914, to a Jewish family in a tenement in New York City, and grew up in East Harlem. The family was struck by Spanish flu pandemic in 1918; his older brother died of the disease but he survived. He went on to train as a machinist under th... ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1281 "2024-06-12T18:25:05Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > …dead at 96, the same age the real Elizabeth was when she died. You have to admire the dedication to her craft. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=65)