# 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:** 65
**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 12, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1282 "2024-06-12T20:46:24Z")
[Howard Fineman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Fineman#Career) fails to report his own passing ---
**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 13, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1283 "2024-06-13T04:19:00Z")
Some newspaper articles bury the lede. This one certainly didn’t. The opening sentence gets right to the heart of this guy’s legacy. > **[Former Mayor and Governor Neil Goldschmidt Dies at 83](https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/06/12/former-mayor-and-governor-neil-goldschmidt-dies-at-83/)** ---
**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 13, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1284 "2024-06-13T05:18:29Z")
[Françoise Hardy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Hardy), French Big-Deal, 80. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1285 "2024-06-13T05:44:56Z")
Wow, what a sad story, not Goldschmidt but the young girl whose life he ruined. ---
**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 13, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1286 "2024-06-13T16:04:54Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Some newspaper articles bury the lede. This one certainly didn’t. The opening sentence gets right to the heart of this guy’s legacy. Wow. You were not kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1287 "2024-06-13T16:52:19Z")
What a scumbag. I feel so bad for that little girl. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1288 "2024-06-13T17:31:58Z")
I had to check. That was a different Mayor of Portland from the [Expose Yourself to Art](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expose_Yourself_to_Art) guy. I rejoice. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1289 "2024-06-13T18:26:19Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > What a scumbag. I feel so bad for that little girl Due got off with no charges, too. My Bible teacher in high school was having sex with one of the 15-year old girls that went to the school. He was fired, banned from the campus, and the girl’s family did not want to press any charges or go anywhere with it. Criminally, he got off with no charges. He ended up running a golf shop in town. If you would like to know how different the world was(this was around 1997), he actually continued to attend the church. He had only recently become youth pastor, which he obviously lost his job as well. He must have stayed at the church a year or two after. ---
**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 13, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1290 "2024-06-13T18:47:42Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > I had to check. That was a different Mayor of Portland from the [Expose Yourself to Art](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expose_Yourself_to_Art) guy. I rejoice. Bud was freakin’ awesome [![](https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/s_371Jrr-Qla2DX53iqukCE6bco=/1280x0/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/3P6ZVU6TPBHZ3I55JYK76MKCXY.jpg) ](https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/s_371Jrr-Qla2DX53iqukCE6bco=/1280x0/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/3P6ZVU6TPBHZ3I55JYK76MKCXY.jpg) He cashed his points a few years ago. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1291 "2024-06-15T14:23:52Z")
Footballers are dying, but not the ones I have in my themed list. First the very young Matija Sarkic: > **[Matija Sarkic, Millwall and Montenegro goalkeeper, dies aged 26](https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/15/matija-sarkic-millwall-and-montenegro-goalkeeper-dies-aged-26)** > > Millwall have announced that their goalkeeper Matija Sarkic has died at the age of 26 in the town of Budva in Montenegro And then the much better known Kevin Campbell, only 54: > **[Kevin Campbell, former Arsenal and Everton striker, dies aged 54](https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/15/kevin-campbell-former-arsenal-and-everton-striker-dies-aged-54)** > > Kevin Campbell, the former Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Everton striker, has died at the age of 54 ---
**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:** [June 16, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1292 "2024-06-16T18:48:57Z")
Maybe it is the beginning of a new trend towards frank honesty? > **[Paul Pressler, Disgraced Christian Conservative Leader, Dies at 94](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/16/obituaries/paul-pressler-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0E0.SVsf.dG294eHnr0XA&smid=url-share)** > > A former judge, he helped steer the Southern Baptist Convention to the right. But at least seven men accused him of sexual abuse. ---
**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 17, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1293 "2024-06-17T18:48:01Z")
Former MLB player and coach Mike Brumley [was killed in a car crash](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40366468/former-infielder-coach-mike-brumley-killed-crash-61). He was 61. ---
**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 17, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1294 "2024-06-17T22:55:57Z")
> **[Famed New York City chef James Kent dies at 45](https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/famed-new-york-city-chef-james-kent-dies/story?id=111168479)** > > James Kent, the famed New York City chef, died on Saturday, his hospitality group announced. > **[Tejano singer and TV host Johnny Canales, who helped launch Selena's career,...](https://apnews.com/article/canales-death-tejano-music-selena-57f08320807cfb7977d624a28319f5e6)** > > Tejano singer and longtime television music show host Johnny Canales has died, according to a statement from his family. Canales was 77. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1295 "2024-06-18T14:54:24Z")
> **[Anouk Aimée, Enigmatic Star of ‘A Man and a Woman,’ Dies at 92](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/obituaries/anouk-aimee-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0k0.By8j.-j4XTaVMbIn2&smid=url-share)** > > The French actress had already made an impression in international film when she appeared in Claude Lelouch’s 1966 romance, a role that earned her an Oscar nomination. [Gift link] ---
**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:** [June 18, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1296 "2024-06-18T19:26:12Z")
Just saw a tweet from Frankie Boyle suggesting Noam Chomsky has died. Anyone have anything official? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1297 "2024-06-18T19:29:11Z")
No news, but The Jacobin just published an obituary: > **[Let’s Celebrate Noam Chomsky, the Intellectual and Moral Giant](https://jacobin.com/2024/06/noam-chomsky-obituary-media-theory-elites)** > > More than any other thinker in the postwar era, Noam Chomsky has embodied Karl Marx’s favorite dictum: “nothing human is alien to me.” ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1298 "2024-06-18T19:29:49Z")
Lots people online saying Noam has died but no official links that I can see. ---
**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 18, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1299 "2024-06-18T19:32:43Z")
> **[William Donaldson, SEC chief who bolstered watchdog powers, dies at 93](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/06/14/william-donaldson-sec-stock-exchange-dies/)** > > Mr. Donaldson’s expansive career included leading the New York Stock Exchange and founding the Yale School of Management. ---
**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 18, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1300 "2024-06-18T21:46:44Z")
ABCNews says that his wife says that reports of [Chomsky’s death is untrue](https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/noam-chomskys-wife-reports-famed-linguists-death-false-111230880). ---
**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 19, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1301 "2024-06-19T00:58:06Z")
The Giants just announced the death of Willie Mays. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=66)