# 2024 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940>\
**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\
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**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:** [July 14, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1422 "2024-07-14T15:14:18Z")

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She put me on the board, but damn that’s sad.

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**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 14, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1423 "2024-07-14T15:18:47Z")

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> [@Larry\_Borgia](#):
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> She put me on the board, but damn that’s sad

Me too. Not points I want, but will take. Both her and Luke Perry. Very sad. ☹

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**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:** [July 14, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1424 "2024-07-14T15:21:19Z")

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I hate doing bandwagon picks but this one I couldn’t ignore.

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**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:** [July 14, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1425 "2024-07-14T15:28:36Z")

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47 points that I will sadly accept. One of my most enduring celebrity crushes.

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**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:** [July 14, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1426 "2024-07-14T15:36:32Z")

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Same here. I’m on the board, but kinda wish it had been someone else who’d put me there yesterday.

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**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 14, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1427 "2024-07-14T15:45:00Z")

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I don’t know what the reaction ranges are on ages of death, but I’d say:

15 and under - Catastrophic shock and life-altering or destroying devastation. Anger a God himself or the universe. Think of Kobe’s dear daughter for a famous one.

16-40 - Devastating. Recovery would take a long time, if ever. I’m over Cobain’s death now, but still kind of pissed.

40-65 - They seemed so healthy and young! I’m very sad they did not get to make it to old age. Shannon, Prince, you name about a ton others.

65-75 - Oh my God, I’m so sad. If they were very healthy, shock over them not reaching genuine old age. George Carlin was 71 and I was really sad because I thought he had at least 10 more years.

75-79 - Damn. Hoping he/she would keep on going.

80+ - Well, this is sad. Let’s remember what they did for the world and what they meant to us.

90+ - Sad, but wow. God bless 'em for having a long life. Jimmy Carter will be here, Dick van Dyke, etc.

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**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:** [July 14, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1428 "2024-07-14T16:09:13Z")

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My first points, ever. But I feel a little guilty.

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**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:** [July 14, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1429 "2024-07-14T16:29:54Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> Jimmy Carter will be here, Dick van Dyke, etc

Odd thing, there: the one was born in Plains GA, the other a year later in West Plains MO.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1430 "2024-07-14T16:30:01Z")

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I’ve never been much of a TV watcher, so she’s just a name to me.

Points is points. I’ll take 'em.

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**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:** [July 14, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1431 "2024-07-14T16:38:54Z")

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Sometimes it pays to get on the bandwagon. According to my unofficial schedule, 60 players had Ms Doherty, (well 53 players had Shannen and 7 players had Shannon). Of those players 35 received points for the first time in 2024. Congrats to all.  
Interestingly one player originally had Pope Francis and another player originally had Jimmy Carter but switched from those picks to Ms. Doherty. Good choice.

As mentioned Mrs. Ducky and Dung Beetle received 24 pts for Richard Simmons and Paul was in Saudi received 4 pts for Ruth Westheimer.

So, here’s what my unofficial tally shows now:

| Player | Score | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Registered\_at\_Last | 263 | 1 |
| RTFirefly | 210 | 2 |
| candide | 194 | 3 |
| phungi | 191 | 4 |
| jeezums | 179 | 5 |
| Happy\_Lendervedder | 173 | 6 |
| Captain\_Klutz | 135 | 7 |
| critter42 | 135 | 7 |
| Kitten\_Mitten | 135 | 7 |
| Loach | 126 | 10 |
| GIGObuster | 119 | 11 |
| Mean\_Mr.Mustard | 109 | 12 |
| Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace | 106 | 13 |
| Superdude | 99 | 14 |
| Hoopy\_Frood | 97 | 15 |
| It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery | 97 | 15 |
| Little\_Nemo | 97 | 15 |
| Lord\_Feldon | 97 | 15 |
| RobotDevilDog | 97 | 15 |
| J-P\_L | 85 | 20 |
| Dung\_Beetle | 74 | 21 |
| Cazzle | 71 | 22 |
| Pardel-Lux | 69 | 23 |
| Stephe96 | 55 | 24 |
| jdracingfan | 54 | 25 |
| zadscmc | 54 | 25 |
| Monstera\_deliciosa | 48 | 27 |
| adriancohen100 | 47 | 28 |
| Bayaker | 47 | 28 |
| Borborygmi | 47 | 28 |
| BuckyPO | 47 | 28 |
| Catamount | 47 | 28 |
| CreaseMunky | 47 | 28 |
| Culling\_The\_Herd | 47 | 28 |
| Dancer\_Flight | 47 | 28 |
| Deanna\_D | 47 | 28 |
| Dr.Girlfriend | 47 | 28 |
| gkster | 47 | 28 |
| GuanoLad | 47 | 28 |
| Gyrate | 47 | 28 |
| Jack\_Batty | 47 | 28 |
| Jegpeg | 47 | 28 |
| Kent\_Clark | 47 | 28 |
| kitap | 47 | 28 |
| Larry\_Borgia | 47 | 28 |
| Lsura | 47 | 28 |
| Mahaloth | 47 | 28 |
| Maus\_Magill | 47 | 28 |
| McDeath\_the\_Mad | 47 | 28 |
| Mona\_Lott | 47 | 28 |
| NoNoNo | 47 | 28 |
| opiewan | 47 | 28 |
| Precambrianmollusc | 47 | 28 |
| Railer13 | 47 | 28 |
| Rebo | 47 | 28 |
| Reindeer\_Flotilla | 47 | 28 |
| RivkahChaya | 47 | 28 |
| Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle | 47 | 28 |
| SuntanLotion | 47 | 28 |
| tuesdayweld | 47 | 28 |
| Wheelz | 47 | 28 |
| WolfpackJeep | 47 | 28 |
| xizor | 38 | 63 |
| JohnT | 24 | 64 |
| Mrs\_Ducky | 24 | 64 |
| ZamboniAce1000 | 24 | 64 |
| MarkF2004 | 20 | 67 |
| Allecher | 12 | 68 |
| Biotop | 8 | 69 |
| blue67ccm | 7 | 70 |
| Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi | 4 | 71 |
| irritant | 2 | 72 |

If you check and notice a discrepancy, please let us know. Thanks.

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**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:** [July 14, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1432 "2024-07-14T16:40:16Z")

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Haven’t heard from Baker in a while so I updated the scores since my last post in early June, which matched Kitten\_Mitten’s scores, but with Picks(Unique) included:

| Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Registered\_at\_Last | 263 | 6(2) |
| 2 | RTFirefly | 210 | 4 |
| 3 | candide | 194 | 4 |
| 4 | phungi | 191 | 4 |
| 5 | jeezums | 179 | 4(1) |
| 6 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 173 | 4(1) |
| 7 | Captain\_Klutz | 135 | 3 |
| 7 | critter42 | 135 | 3 |
| 7 | Kitten\_Mitten | 135 | 3 |
| 10 | Loach | 126 | 3(2) |
| 11 | GIGObuster | 119 | 3 |
| 12 | Wackbjt | 113 | 2(1) |
| 13 | Mean\_MrMustard | 109 | 2 |
| 14 | Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace | 106 | 2 |
| 15 | Superdude | 99 | 3 |
| 16 | Hoopy\_Frood | 97 | 2 |
| 16 | It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery | 97 | 2 |
| 16 | Little\_Nemo | 97 | 2 |
| 16 | Lord\_Feldon | 97 | 2 |
| 16 | RobotDevilDog | 97 | 2 |
| 21 | J-P\_L | 85 | 2 |
| 22 | Dung\_Beetle | 74 | 2 |
| 23 | Cazzle | 71 | 2(1) |
| 24 | Pardel-Lux | 69 | 2 |
| 25 | Stephe96 | 55 | 2(1) |
| 26 | jdracingfan | 54 | 2 |
| 26 | zadscmc | 54 | 2 |
| 28 | Monstera\_deliciosa | 48 | 2(1) |
| 29 | adriancohen100 | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Bayaker | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Borborygmi | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | BuckyPO | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Catamount | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | CreaseMunky | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Culling\_The\_Herd | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Dancer\_Flight | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Deanna\_D | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | DrGirlfriend | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | gkster | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | GuanoLad | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Gyrate | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Jack\_Batty | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Jegpeg | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Kent\_Clark | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | kitap | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Larry\_Borgia | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Lsura | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Mahaloth | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Maus\_Magill | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | McDeath\_the\_Mad | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Mona\_Lott | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | NoNoNo | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | opiewan | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Precambrianmollusc | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Railer13 | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Rebo | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Reindeer\_Flotilla | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | RivkahChaya | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | SuntanLotion | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | tuesdayweld | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | Wheelz | 47 | 1 |
| 29 | WolfpackJeep | 47 | 1 |
| 64 | xizor | 38 | 1 |
| 65 | JohnT | 24 | 1 |
| 65 | Mrs\_Ducky | 24 | 1 |
| 65 | ZamboniAce1000 | 24 | 1 |
| 68 | MarkF2004 | 20 | 1(1) |
| 69 | Allecher | 12 | 1(1) |
| 70 | Biotop | 8 | 1(1) |
| 71 | blue67ccm | 7 | 1 |
| 72 | Moriarty | 4 | 1 |
| 72 | Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi | 4 | 1 |
| 74 | irritant | 2 | 1 |
| 75 | Baker | 0 | 1(1) |

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**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:** [July 14, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1433 "2024-07-14T16:53:47Z")

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Back in the top 10!

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**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:** [July 14, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1434 "2024-07-14T16:57:59Z")

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I spot a difference between both lists:  
12 Wackbjt 113 2(1)  
75 Baker 0 1(1)  
are in @phungi’s, but not in @Kitten_Mitten’s list, and there must be other discrepancies too, as one list has 72, the other 75 entries.  
But hey! I am almost on the upper third.  
Starting to wonder what happens should @Registered_at_Last gets all 13 picks right before the end of the year. Will the alternates then come into play? Does he get to choose new candidates? Spooky prescience there 😱

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**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1435 "2024-07-14T17:24:07Z")

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All you people who picked Shannen Doherty are monsters! Monsters I say!

(I went agains the grain and picked Tori Spelling instead. Phooey)

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**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:** [July 14, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1436 "2024-07-14T17:28:06Z")

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Nice to be on the board finally.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1437 "2024-07-14T17:36:26Z")

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> [@Moriarty](#):
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> All you people who picked Shannen Doherty are monsters! Monsters I say!

Given that we’re playing a game where we get points on account of other people kicking the bucket, I’d have to agree. Of course, the players who _didn’t_ pick Doherty are monsters too. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1438 "2024-07-14T17:40:51Z")

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Sadly, it appears that Shannen, Richard Simmons, and Trump’s singed ear were too much to take for former NFL standout Jacoby Jones.

> **[Former Texans, Ravens wide receiver, Super Bowl standout Jacoby Jones died...](https://www.click2houston.com/sports/2024/07/14/former-texans-ravens-wide-receiver-super-bowl-standout-jacoby-jones-died-overnight-at-his-home-in-houston-area/)**
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> Jacoby Jones had recently celebrated his 40th birthday

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**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1439 "2024-07-14T17:41:00Z")

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Monsters, with points.

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**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:** [July 14, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1440 "2024-07-14T18:11:41Z")

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No one wants to be a pointless monster.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1441 "2024-07-14T22:21:42Z")

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Okay, I am back and have some catching up to do. Please be patient, I am going to go back and recount things. As of now I have updated to the beginning of June, and I also give thanks to phungi and Kitten Mitten for their posts.

Shannon Doherty will give me a lot of work.

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