# 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:** 79
**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 31, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1562 "2024-07-31T04:43:49Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > Calley’s is the first obit I’ve seen on here that I have read without an ounce of sadness. Good riddance to a thoroughly awful human being. Plus 1111. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1563 "2024-07-31T15:35:01Z")
And unlike the majority of the people in this thread, here is someone who actually did something of lasting importance: > **[Robin Warren, pathologist who identified the true cause of most stomach ulcers...](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/07/29/robin-warren-nobel-ulcers-helicobacter-obituary/)** > > He and Barry Marshall won a Nobel prize for their work on the bacterium, Helicobacter pylori ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1564 "2024-07-31T19:53:34Z")
I never heard of these two guys, but I agree, the is a really important discovery. ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1565 "2024-07-31T19:55:43Z")
[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/business/media/kathy-willens-dead.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.\_U0.JU8i.W9ydQPE7Q5jT&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/business/media/kathy-willens-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1._U0.JU8i.W9ydQPE7Q5jT&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb) Photojournalist Kathy Willens has died. ---
**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 31, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1566 "2024-07-31T20:04:06Z")
Oh dear, Robin Warren was one of my heroes! OK, 87 years is not bad, but I am saddened nonetheless. ---
**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 31, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1567 "2024-07-31T22:32:22Z")
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran Multiple sources. He was born 1962 or 63; day unknown. I’ve got him in the themed thread. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1568 "2024-07-31T22:51:30Z")
I saw that, but I wish I could have it here and give points for someone like that. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1569 "2024-08-01T01:28:51Z")
I have Yahya Sinwa who is the Hamas leader in Gaza, so maybe soon I’ll get points and make our glorious death mistress happier , what more could a player want! ---
**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:** [August 1, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1570 "2024-08-01T12:51:21Z")
[Film Star Randal Malone has died at 66.](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/randal-malone-dead-singled-out-1235963770/) For those who don’t remember, he introduced himself as “film star” Randal Malone. I think it was a joke because he was in a few movies, etc. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1571 "2024-08-01T15:02:59Z")
Medal of Honor recipient and former foreign policy advisor to the Obama campaign > **[Retired Army Capt. Paul Bucha, Connecticut’s last living Medal of Honor...](https://www.stripes.com/veterans/obituaries/2024-07-31/medal-honor-bucha-army-vietnam-14684871.html)** > > Retired Army Capt. Paul “Bud” Bucha, a Medal of Honor recipient, died Wednesday in West Haven, Conn. He was 80. He received the Medal of Honor in May 1970 for his actions during the Vietnam War. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1572 "2024-08-01T20:38:54Z")
> **[Alma Powell, wife of late Secretary of State Colin Powell, dies at 86 | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/29/politics/alma-powell-dies/index.html)** > > Alma Johnson Powell, the wife of the late Secretary of State Colin Powell, has died. She was 86. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1573 "2024-08-01T20:45:32Z")
> **[Israel says it has confirmed that chief of Hamas' military wing was killed in...](https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israel-confirmed-hamas-military-wing-chief-mohammed-deif-112467335)** > > The Israeli military says it has confirmed that the head of Hamas’ military wing was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July JERUSALEM – The Israeli military said Thursday that it has confirmed that the head of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July. The announcement came a day after an apparent Israeli strike in the Iranian capital killed Hamas’ top political leader. Age 58. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1574 "2024-08-06T06:07:40Z")
> **[Nobel Prize-winning physicist Tsung-Dao Lee dies at age 97](https://apnews.com/article/tsung-dao-lee-nobel-physics-obituary-a8d9804312ccb1d3d5c89da4661440fe)** > > Chinese-American physicist Tsung-Dao Lee, who in 1957 became the second-youngest scientist to receive a Nobel Prize, has died at age 97. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1575 "2024-08-06T18:23:50Z")
> **[Charles Cyphers, ‘Halloween’ Actor, Dies at 85](https://variety.com/2024/film/news/charles-cyphers-dead-halloween-1236096596/amp/)** > > Charles Cyphers, known for his role as Sheriff Leigh Brackett in the 'Halloween' franchise, died from a brief illness on Sunday. He was 85. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1576 "2024-08-06T19:31:09Z")
I already have 13 new names for next year. Need to see some movement! ---
**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:** [August 6, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1577 "2024-08-06T19:45:32Z")
Like, 4 of those names will die before NYE? ---
**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:** [August 7, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1578 "2024-08-07T01:14:13Z")
Former MLB player [Billy Bean](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40753711/bean-openly-gay-ex-player-worked-mlb-dies-60), who came out as gay after he finished playing and served as the senior vice president of Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion, has died at 60. Note: not to be confused with [Billy Beane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Beane?wprov=sfti1), who was played by Brad Pitt in the film _Moneyball_. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1579 "2024-08-07T04:59:44Z")
[Leonard Engelman](https://honoraryunsubscribe.com/leonard-engelman/), Emmy nominee, Lifetime Achievement award winner, and the first person Cher thanked when she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1988 for Moonstruck. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2024, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1580 "2024-08-07T05:38:36Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Former MLB player [Billy Bean](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40753711/bean-openly-gay-ex-player-worked-mlb-dies-60), who came out as gay after he finished playing and served as the senior vice president of Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion, has died at 60. > > Note: not to be confused with [Billy Beane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Beane?wprov=sfti1), who was played by Brad Pitt in the film _Moneyball_. That did confuse me for a while. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1581 "2024-08-08T01:07:18Z")
> **[Patti Yasutake, Who Appeared in ‘Beef’ and ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 70](https://variety.com/2024/legit/news/patti-yasutake-dead-beef-star-trek-1236097412/)** > > Patti Yasutake, who was a regular on "Beef" and played Nurse Alyssa Ogawa on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," died Aug. 5 in Santa Monica of cancer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=78) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=80)