# 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:** 75
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1482 "2024-07-18T21:24:08Z")
I sadly get points for Bob ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1483 "2024-07-18T22:42:15Z")
First points of the year for me, I believe. Could have had two in one week if that guy in Pennsylvania had aimed a little better. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1484 "2024-07-18T23:11:39Z")
I had Tommy Smothers on my list but he died just before we started (12/27/23) so Bob is my first hit of the year. Thanks, Bob. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1485 "2024-07-18T23:20:47Z")
Newhart is my first points of the year, too. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1486 "2024-07-18T23:27:39Z")
| 1 | Registered at Last | 263 | 6 | 2 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | RTFirefly | 210 | 4 | 0 | | 3 | candide | 194 | 4 | 0 | | 4 | phungi | 191 | 4 | 0 | | 5 | jeezums | 179 | 4 | 1 | | 6 | Happy Lendervedder | 173 | 4 | 1 | | 7 | Captain Klutz | 135 | 3 | 0 | | 7 | critter 42 | 135 | 3 | 0 | | 7 | Kitten Mitten | 135 | 3 | 0 | | 10 | Loach | 126 | 3 | 2 | | 11 | GIGObuster | 119 | 3 | 0 | | 12 | Wackbjt | 113 | 2 | 1 | | 13 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 109 | 2 | 0 | | 14 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 106 | 2 | 0 | | 15 | Superdude | 99 | 3 | 0 | | 16 | Hoopy Frood | 97 | 2 | 0 | | 16 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 97 | 2 | 0 | | 16 | Little Nemo | 97 | 2 | 0 | | 16 | Lord Feldon | 97 | 2 | 0 | | 16 | RobotDevilDog | 97 | 2 | 0 | | 21 | J-P L | 85 | 2 | 0 | | 22 | Dung Beetle | 74 | 2 | 0 | | 23 | Cazzle | 71 | 2 | 1 | | 24 | Pardel-Lux | 69 | 2 | 0 | | 25 | Stephe96 | 55 | 2 | 1 | | 26 | jdracingfan | 54 | 2 | 0 | | 26 | zadscmc | 54 | 2 | 0 | | 28 | BuckyPO | 53 | 2 | 0 | | 28 | Dancer\_Flight | 53 | 2 | 0 | | 28 | Kent\_Clark | 53 | 2 | 0 | | 28 | Mahaloth | 53 | 2 | 0 | | 28 | NoNoNo | 53 | 2 | 0 | | 28 | Precambrianmollusc | 53 | 2 | 0 | | 28 | RivkahChaya | 53 | 2 | 0 | | 35 | Monstera delciosa | 48 | 2 | 1 | | 36 | adriancohen100 | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Bayaker | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Borborygmi | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Catamount | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | CreaseMunky | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Culling\_The\_Herd | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Deanna\_D | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Dr. Girlfriend | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | gkster | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | GuanoLad | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Gyrate | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Jack Batty | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Jegpeg | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | kitap | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Larry\_Borgia | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Lsura | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Maus Magill | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | McDeath\_the\_Mad | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Mona\_Lott | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | opiewan | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Railer13 | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Rebo | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Reindeer\_Flotilla | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | SuntanLotion | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | tuesdayweld | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Wheelz | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | WolfpackJeep | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 64 | xizor | 44 | 2 | 0 | | 65 | ZamboniAce 1000 | 30 | 2 | 0 | | 66 | JohnT | 24 | 1 | 0 | | 66 | Mrs Ducky | 24 | 1 | 0 | | 68 | MarkF2004 | 20 | 1 | 1 | | 69 | blue67ccm | 13 | 2 | 0 | | 70 | Allecher | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 71 | Biotop | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 72 | Czarcasm | 6 | 1 | 0 | | 72 | NotherYinzer | 6 | 1 | 0 | | 72 | Shoeless | 6 | 1 | 0 | | 72 | commasense | 6 | 1 | 0 | | 76 | Paul was in Saudi | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 76 | Moriarty | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 78 | irritant | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 79 | Baker | 0 | 1 | 1 | ---
**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 18, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1487 "2024-07-18T23:52:37Z")
Abner Haynes, who was the first Player of the Year and also the first Rookie of the Year in the American Football League in 1960, has passed at the age of 86. Haynes was a star first for the Dallas Texans, and then for the Chiefs when the team moved to Kansas City. > **[Kansas City Chiefs' Hall of Fame Running Back Passes Away](https://www.newsweek.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs-hall-fame-running-back-passes-away-1927360)** > > Abner Haynes, who starred for the Kansas City Chiefs prior to the AFL-NFL merger, passed away at the age of 86. ---
**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 19, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1488 "2024-07-19T02:48:18Z")
> **['Guiding Light' actor and model Renauld White dies at 80](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/07/02/renauld-white-dead-guiding-light-actor-model/74277000007/)** > > Renauld White, a soap opera actor and the first Black man to cover GQ has died at age 80. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2024, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1489 "2024-07-19T11:16:04Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > One of those deaths made me sad, the other made me…less sad. I’ll leave it to the reader to figure out which was which. Same. ---
**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 19, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1490 "2024-07-19T15:14:21Z")
I didn’t see 70s singer/songwriter [Dave Loggins](https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/dave-loggins-dead-please-come-to-biston-singer-songwriter-1236068565/) listed anywhere. He died earlier this month at age 76. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1491 "2024-07-19T16:22:38Z")
On Dave Loggins: > [@](#): > > And in an unquantifiable sense, his biggest “hit” might actually be the theme song he wrote for golfing’s Augusta Masters Golf Tournament, which has been used since 1982. An obituary placed in the [Tennessean](https://www.tennessean.com/obituaries/pokr0878306?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1hUPBDDx3EZuNjev3K0ryNyunLtd5moEuMl-98AzCmHsWIv1Fttcj_MBY_aem_9pfwsZtQoIk7ISTrxwi18g) says the golfing theme is “the longest running sports theme in history.” [Barry Stoller](https://www.classical-music.com/features/tv-and-film-music/match-of-the-day-theme-tune) might want a word about the “longest-running sports theme” claim. But “Please Come To Boston” remains an excellent song. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1492 "2024-07-19T16:48:38Z")
Great-I have been pushed back to 80th place. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1493 "2024-07-19T17:13:11Z")
I will forever associate “Please Come to Boston” with the one and only time I was asked to open at the restaurant where I normally closed. I had to get there at 5 am, and I never had such a _mellow_ experience there, compared to how it was when I was normally working and the bar was open. Anyway, my first time ever hearing PCtB was when I was checking the sugar/sweetener caddies on the tables. “Wow, I’m gonna cry…Who _is_ this?” I guessed Jim Messina, in fact! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1494 "2024-07-19T20:28:41Z")
Well, **Bob Newhart** , may his memory be for a blessing, got me 6 points. With my 47 from Shannen Doherty, I now have 53. This is the first year I’ve been on the board at all, in all my years on the SDMB. I actually WON on Fathom, once. And I won with just 4 people, but they were relatively young-- 60s & 70s. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1495 "2024-07-19T22:38:36Z")
Don’t you mean in a tie for 72nd? ---
**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 20, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1496 "2024-07-20T00:11:07Z")
> **[Cheng Pei-pei, ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ and ‘Come Drink With Me’...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/cheng-pei-pei-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-come-drink-with-me-actress-dead-at-78-1235952807/)** > > Cheng starred in 20 wuxia action films for Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers Studios and was dubbed the "Queen of Swords." ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1497 "2024-07-20T00:19:29Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > But “Please Come To Boston” remains an excellent song. He also wrote “Pieces of April”, performed by Three Dog Night. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1498 "2024-07-20T00:31:10Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > But “Please Come To Boston” remains an excellent song. I just listened to it. I have absolutely no recollection of having heard it before. Wikipedia says it was released in 1974, when I was in college. And mostly the new music I was listening to was what was being played around my dorms, and I guess that wasn’t one of those songs. (Coincidentally, one of those albums that _did_ get played a few doors down the hall one year was “Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina Sittin’ In” and which I still listen to fairly often as a result. _Dan_ Loggins co-wrote “Vahevala” on that album. Not sure where he fits in the family tree.) ---
**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 20, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1499 "2024-07-20T01:01:58Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Not sure where he fits in the family tree. Dan appears to be [Kenny’s brother](https://oldtimemusic.com/dan-loggins-facts/) (they were both born in Everett WA). ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1500 "2024-07-20T02:04:20Z")
The live version of “Vahevala” **rocks**. The album version is so-so. Sort of like Buffett’s “One Particular Harbor.” Album - meh. Live - Fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1501 "2024-07-20T02:56:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Dan appears to be [Kenny’s brother](https://oldtimemusic.com/dan-loggins-facts/) And was the inspiration for Kenny’s “Danny’s Song.” (although [Anne Murray](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdXKVcjxT-c) had the bigger hit with it.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=76)