# 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:** 86
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1702 "2024-09-07T21:09:22Z")
> **[Will Jennings, Oscar Winner for “My Heart Will Go On” and “Up Where We...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/will-jennings-dead-oscar-winner-my-heart-will-go-on-tears-of-heaven-1235994415/)** > > A member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, he also was behind hits performed by Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Mariah Carey and Barry Manilow. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1703 "2024-09-08T02:20:51Z")
[Silent Scott Simon](https://deadline.com/2024/09/scott-simon-dead-sha-na-na-grease-1236080522/) - formerly Screamin’ Scott Simon - of Sha Na Na sings his last note at 75. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1704 "2024-09-08T16:17:01Z")
> **[Waffle House CEO Walt Ehmer dies at the age of 58](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/waffle-house-ceo-walt-ehmer-dies-age-58.amp)** > > The president and CEO of Waffle House, Walter G. “Walt” Ehmer, has died at the age of 58, according to the Atlanta Police Foundation. He also served on the foundation's board of trustees. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1705 "2024-09-08T16:22:43Z")
Is there something suspicious about Ehmer’s death? He was only 58 and the article says “the circumstances surrounding his death have not been released at this time.” But what struck me as unusual was that the announcement came from the Atlanta Police Foundation. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1706 "2024-09-08T16:26:19Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Is there something suspicious about Ehmer’s death? Last I heard, he had developed a syrup addiction. He was mainlining quarts at a time. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1707 "2024-09-08T16:27:51Z")
So y’all are saying the authorities should quit waffling on the cause of his death? ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1708 "2024-09-08T16:30:21Z")
His ashes will be scattered, chunked, smothered and diced. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1709 "2024-09-08T17:51:04Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Is there something suspicious about Ehmer’s death? He was only 58 and the article says “the circumstances surrounding his death have not been released at this time.” But what struck me as unusual was that the announcement came from the Atlanta Police Foundation. The Atlanta Police Foundation is a non-profit. It’s not the police department. Ehmer was on the foundations Executive Committee. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1710 "2024-09-08T18:20:50Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Is there something suspicious about Ehmer’s death? I take it you’ve never been to a Waffle House. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1711 "2024-09-08T18:33:06Z")
Have you? What are you not telling us? ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1712 "2024-09-08T18:38:28Z")
All I’m saying is that I was not at _that_ Waffle House at _that_ particular time. Anything beyond that, you can speak with my attorney. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1713 "2024-09-08T19:21:41Z")
I heard he was at one of the Waffle House locations doing an inspection and one of the faulty stoves in the back fell right over on him. Pancaked. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1714 "2024-09-08T19:23:13Z")
There’s a IHOP joke in there somewhere. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1715 "2024-09-08T19:29:02Z")
Or maybe something with abit of iron-y to it? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1716 "2024-09-08T19:39:18Z")
Maybe it is a faked death. He’s going to disappear and live off the griddle. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1717 "2024-09-08T19:47:22Z")
That’s a real “hot t(c)ake.” ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1718 "2024-09-08T20:52:16Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > The Atlanta Police Foundation is a non-profit. It’s not the police department. Ehmer was on the foundations Executive Committee. Did they just pretend to be the police department when fund raising? Well, apparently not. From Wiki: The organization generated $28.1 million in 2021, a fifteen-fold increase from its 2011 revenue and the highest revenue of all the 150 similar police foundations, double that of Las Vegas Police Foundation. Revenue is often generated from corporate donations,[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Police_Foundation#cite_note-:0-1) including from [Roark Capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roark_Capital_Group), [Silver Lake Management](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Lake_(investment_firm)), and restaurant company [Inspire Brands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspire_Brands).[[7]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Police_Foundation#cite_note-7) Expenditure includes spending on security cameras and paying for the majority of the $90 million [Cop City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cop_City) emergency services training centre. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1719 "2024-09-09T02:30:28Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > There’s a IHOP joke in there somewhere. IHOP there’s a joke in there somewhere. Fixed that for you. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1720 "2024-09-09T04:40:44Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > The Atlanta Police Foundation is a non-profit. It’s not the police department. Ehmer was on the foundations Executive Committee. > > Did they just pretend to be the police department when fund raising? Well, apparently not. From Wiki: The organization generated $28.1 million in 2021, a fifteen-fold increase from its 2011 revenue and the highest revenue of all the 150 similar police foundations, double that of Las Vegas Police Foundation. Revenue is often generated from corporate donations,[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Police_Foundation#cite_note-:0-1) including from [Roark Capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roark_Capital_Group), [Silver Lake Management](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Lake_(investment_firm)), and restaurant company [Inspire Brands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspire_Brands).[[7]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Police_Foundation#cite_note-7) Expenditure includes spending on security cameras and paying for the majority of the $90 million [Cop City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cop_City) emergency services training centre. I have zero knowledge of the foundation beyond what I read today. Ehmer wasn’t the only business heavy hitter on the executive board. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1721 "2024-09-09T19:11:55Z")
Possible points incoming? > **[Harvey Weinstein rushed to hospital for emergency heart surgery, sources tell...](https://abc7.com/post/harvey-weinstein-rushed-rikers-island-hospital-emergency-heart-surgery-sources-abc-news/15282835/)** > > The emergency comes as Weinstein is due in court this week in New York, where prosecutors had been presenting evidence to a grand jury as they work to secure a new indictment against Weinstein on sex crimes charges. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=85) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=87)