# 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:** 68
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1342 "2024-06-27T23:04:13Z")
Read his tribute to his cat Cuddles.🐈💙😢 ---
**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 28, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1343 "2024-06-28T04:58:13Z")
> **[Tom Prasada-Rao, musician who captured anguish over George Floyd, dies at 66](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/06/27/prasada-rao-folk-music-dies/)** > > The Maryland-based folk singer’s viral hit “$20 Bill” came amid the protests and rage in 2020 after Floyd was murdered by a police officer in Minnesota. ---
**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 28, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1344 "2024-06-28T18:19:31Z")
_Street Outlaws_ star Lizzy Musi has [died at 33](https://people.com/street-outlaws-star-lizzy-musi-dead-at-33-breast-cancer-diagnosis-8671026) following a battle with breast cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1345 "2024-06-28T23:48:00Z")
Aw, man. He was awesome. > **[Martin Mull, Comic Actor of 'Clue,' 'Roseanne' and 'Arrested Development,'...](https://www.thewrap.com/martin-mull-comic-actor-of-clue-roseanne-dies-at-80/)** > > Martin Mull, best known for his roles in "Clue," "Roseanne" and "Arrested Development," died Thursday at age 80. ---
**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 28, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1346 "2024-06-28T23:53:06Z")
Wow, I’m sad to see this one for sure. Clue is one of my 10 out of 10 movies, absolute perfection. Loved him in many other things. Gene Parmesan!!! The world is a bit less funnier. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1347 "2024-06-29T00:32:32Z")
I liked him on Fernwood Tonight. Also his song Do The Nothing. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1348 "2024-06-29T00:55:10Z")
Martin Mull was always good value. I saw him most recently in _Not Dead Yet_, and he stole every episode he was in. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1349 "2024-06-29T11:23:03Z")
Fernwood is sad 2 Night. I wonder if Happy Kyne and the Mirth Makers will perform at the service. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1350 "2024-06-29T12:37:55Z")
Colonel Mustard, in the library, with the Icy Hand of 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 29, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1351 "2024-06-29T14:23:49Z")
The Baby Bull has passed at age 86. I remember him playing for both the Giants and Cards. What I didn’t remember is that he was one of the first successful Designated Hitters. > **[Orlando Cepeda, the slugging Hall of Fame first baseman nicknamed 'Baby...](https://apnews.com/article/orlando-cepeda-died-86-giants-2d8b17a39dd0814b290f175196b938d8)** > > “Our beloved Orlando passed away peacefully at home this evening, listening to his favorite music and surrounded by his loved ones,” his wife, Nydia, said in a statement released through the team. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1352 "2024-07-01T03:46:54Z")
Bud Smith, well known editor, has died. He edited The Exorcist, Sorcerer, and The Karate Kid, along with many others. (12 points) > **[Bud S. Smith, Editor of ‘Sorcerer,’ ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘Flashdance,’ Dies at 88](https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/bud-smith-dead-karate-kid-sorcerer-flashdance-1236049758/)** > > Bud S. Smith, a film editor Oscar-nominated for 'The Exorcist' and 'Flashdance,' has died. He was 88. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1353 "2024-07-02T20:56:02Z")
U.S. Congressional Gold Medalist [Romay Davis](https://honoraryunsubscribe.com/romay-davis/), one of the last remaining members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion dies at 104. > **[6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6888th_Central_Postal_Directory_Battalion)** > > The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, nicknamed the "Six Triple Eight", was a predominantly black battalion of the Women's Army Corps (WAC). The 6888th had 855 women, amongst whom were three Latinas, both enlisted and officers, and was led by Major Charity Adams. It was the only predominantly all-black US Women's Army Corps unit sent overseas during World War II. The group motto was "No mail, low morale". > The battalion was organized into five companies, Headquarters, Company A, During W... ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1354 "2024-07-02T23:08:03Z")
“Forget it, Jake. It’s the SDMB Celebrity Death Pool.” > **[Robert Towne, Oscar-Winning ‘Chinatown’ Screenwriter, Dies at 89](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-towne-dead-chinatown-shampoo-1235937929/amp/)** > > The San Pedro native also wrote 'The Last Detail,' 'Shampoo' and 'Tequila Sunrise' and forged a superstar reputation as a script doctor and consultant.  ---
**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:** [July 3, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1355 "2024-07-03T13:19:09Z")
> **[Ismail Kadare, giant of Albanian literature, dies aged 88](https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jul/01/ismail-kadare-giant-of-albanian-literature-dies-aged-88)** > > His allegorical stories, informed by life under state communism, drew international praise but he insisted that he was not a political writer > **[June Leaf, Influential Artist Whose Work Explored the Possibilities of...](https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/june-leaf-artist-dead-1234711294/)** > > June Leaf, a beloved artist whose work in many mediums found new and bizarre ways of seeing the world, has died at 94. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1356 "2024-07-05T01:49:03Z")
> **[The Remarkable Legacy of Artist and Feminist Audrey Flack, Dead at 93](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/remarkable-legacy-artist-feminist-audrey-flack-died-180978318/)** > > Even in the final years of her life, the renowned photorealist created searing works of art that further established her among the giants of her field ---
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1357 "2024-07-06T01:48:15Z")
[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/science/v-craig-jordan-dead.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/science/v-craig-jordan-dead.html) ---
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1358 "2024-07-06T16:57:52Z")
Minnesota Vikings’ rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson was among three people killed in a car crash early Saturday morning. > **[Vikings’ rookie Khyree Jackson killed in Maryland car crash that claimed the...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/vikings-rookie-khyree-jackson-killed-maryland-car-crash-claimed-lives-rcna160541)** > > Authorities said the driver of a silver Infiniti, identified as Cori Clingman, attempted to change lanes while “driving at a high rate of speed." ---
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1359 "2024-07-06T17:07:13Z")
Damn that sucks ---
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1360 "2024-07-06T17:23:53Z")
Apparently not his/friend’s fault, but nothing good happens after midnight when you’re mixing a cocktail of speed, alcohol/drugs, and driving for anyone involved. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1361 "2024-07-06T17:55:59Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Minnesota Vikings’ rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson was among three people killed in a car crash early Saturday morning. Wow, shocking. Just like that, always gets me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=69)