# 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:** 88
**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 10, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1742 "2024-09-10T02:54:24Z")
I thought we all understood that old people are not a good bet because of how much practice they have had at not dying. I always think back to Orson Bean who, at 91, had to be hit by _two cars_ before he could die. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1743 "2024-09-10T02:59:29Z")
Yeah, I like to quote George Burns (1896-1996): “If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age.” ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1744 "2024-09-10T03:30:15Z")
> [@zadscmc](#): > > Mr. Kranepool, whom I met twice, gives me some points, I believe. I met him once when I was in Little League. A few years ago I had a themed 69 Mets list. Could have used him then. ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1745 "2024-09-10T03:42:27Z")
I checked, and while I said he wouldn’t die on my watch, I did some checking-and he _didn’t_ die on my watch, because I had gone off duty two and a half hours before! I checked the chart and the actual person on watch scribbled in “comma” something…I can’t seem to make out the rest of the name. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1746 "2024-09-10T03:47:33Z")
I met him at a church event in 1968 or 69. I have an autographed BB from that event (do I know where did I put that?). I met him again at a Trenton Thunder game around 2012/3 (I can’t find a reference for that). He seemed to be a very gracious person. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2024, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1747 "2024-09-10T10:14:02Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I thought we all understood that old people are not a good bet because of how much practice they have had at not dying. I always think back to Orson Bean who, at 91, had to be hit by _two cars_ before he could die. Sidenote: my 92-year-old father was hit by a speeding car a couple of years ago. Knocked him into the air and onto the windshield. Escaped with a broken leg (below the knee) and bruising. Still going strong years later. He may be unkillable (not that I want him to die, mind you). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1748 "2024-09-10T14:21:22Z")
I wouild like to put out a request to all players to check their lists. I have some numbers not adding up in my calculations but if I have left anyone’s points off nobody is complaining so far. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1749 "2024-09-10T14:51:46Z")
I am working hard t catch up on passing out points, as I have added them in for a couple celebs. ---
**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 10, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1750 "2024-09-10T14:57:25Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I wouild like to put out a request to all players to check their lists. I have some numbers not adding up in my calculations but if I have left anyone’s points off nobody is complaining so far. You missed my 2 points for Peter Marshall, which moves me from 73rd place to… ☹ 73rd place. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1751 "2024-09-10T18:00:45Z")
I was checking my list and got excited because I saw that he died. Then I looked at the date: 29 May 1957. Wrong James Whale. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1752 "2024-09-11T04:46:36Z")
Biotop, that is one change I have noted and when I put up the newest list that will be taken care of. Sorry. ---
**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 12, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1753 "2024-09-12T01:00:48Z")
> **[Alberto Fujimori, a former president of Peru who was convicted for human...](https://apnews.com/article/fujimori-peru-lima-died-777fdfcb09eafd731a7412c8bf1a2f64)** > > Alberto Fujimori, the former Peruvian president whose decadelong presidency began with triumphs only to end in a disgrace of autocratic excess that sent him to prison, has died. I think I had him on my list several years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1754 "2024-09-12T05:54:06Z")
Folks I need your help. I have been trying to reconcile my list of names and have been having trouble with it. The celebrities I have noted do not match up with the points on my list. The following is a list of the names I think have been posted so far and how many points each is worth. If you keep track of such things please let me know if you see any discrepancies. I’m sure they are there. The list is more or less in the order they croaked. | David Soul | 20 | | --- | --- | | Franz Beckenbauer | 22 | | Joyce Randolph | 1 | | Peter Schickele | 12 | | Jonnie Irwin | 50 | | Toby Keith | 38 | | Bobby Hehir | 35 | | Lefty Driesell | 8 | | Jason Smith | 50 | | Kenneth Mitchell | 51 | | Chris Mortenson | 28 | | OJ Simpson | 24 | | Rocket Norton | 27 | | Paul Auster | 23 | | Mohammed Deif | 42 | | Gena Rowlands | 6 | | James Earl Jones | 7 | | Peter Marshall | 2 | | Ed Kranepool | 21 | | Shannon Doherty | 47 | | Ruth Westheimer. | 4 | | Bob Newhart | 6 | | John Mayall | 10 | | Jane McAlevey | 41 | | Rob Burrow | 59 | | Corey Williams | 54 | | Willie Mays | 7 | ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1755 "2024-09-12T12:48:23Z")
Dabney Coleman is not on this list. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1756 "2024-09-12T14:32:16Z")
Add Richard Simmons. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1757 "2024-09-12T17:49:31Z")
Hi Baker, In addition to the names listed by Stephe96 and DungBeetle: Dabney Coleman 8 Richard Simmons 24 here are two other names that I think are missing: Richard Lewis 24 Roger Corman 2 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1758 "2024-09-12T18:39:53Z")
Thanks to Steph96, Dung Beetle, and Kitten Mitten for their help. A problem I had was that I added points to a lot of people for a poster who wasn’t dead. In taking them off I think I made more mistakes. I spent hours yesterday and today trying to reconcile the totals, and I think there are still a couple of issues with the list I am about to post. If anyone sees more mistakes please please PLEASE let me know. I have really tried to get this thing right. In the future I should pay even more attention to entries. Never hesitate to tell me if you see something you think needs correcting. And unlike a certain political candidate I didn’t go looking for points for me, lol, I’m still in last place. | 1 | Registered at Last | 263 | 6 | 2 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | jeezums | 221 | 5 | 2 | | 3 | RTFirefly | 210 | 4 | 0 | | 4 | candide | 194 | 4 | 0 | | 5 | phungi | 191 | 4 | 0 | | 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 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 109 | 2 | 0 | | 13 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 106 | 2 | 0 | | 14 | Superdude | 99 | 3 | 0 | | 15 | Hoopy Frood | 97 | 2 | 0 | | 15 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 97 | 2 | 0 | | 15 | Little Nemo | 97 | 2 | 0 | | 15 | Lord Feldon | 97 | 2 | 0 | | 15 | RobotDevilDog | 97 | 2 | 0 | | 20 | J-P L | 85 | 2 | 0 | | 21 | zadscmc | 75 | 3 | 1 | | 22 | Dung Beetle | 74 | 2 | 0 | | 23 | Cazzle | 71 | 2 | 1 | | 24 | Pardel-Lux | 69 | 2 | 0 | | 25 | Stephe96 | 62 | 3 | 1 | | 26 | NoNoNo | 60 | 3 | 0 | | 27 | jdracingfan | 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 | Precambrianmollusc | 53 | 2 | 0 | | 28 | RivkahChaya | 53 | 2 | 0 | | 34 | Monstera delciosa | 48 | 2 | 1 | | 35 | adriancohen100 | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Bayaker | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Borborygmi | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Catamount | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | CreaseMunky | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Culling\_The\_Herd | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Deanna\_D | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Dr. Girlfriend | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | gkster | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | GuanoLad | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Gyrate | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Jack Batty | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Jegpeg | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | kitap | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Larry\_Borgia | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Lsura | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Maus Magill | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | McDeath\_the\_Mad | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Mona\_Lott | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | opiewan | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Railer13 | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Rebo | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Reindeer\_Flotilla | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | SuntanLotion | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | tuesdayweld | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Wheelz | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | WolfpackJeep | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 62 | xizor | 44 | 2 | 0 | | 63 | ZamboniAce 1000 | 30 | 2 | 0 | | 64 | JohnT | 24 | 1 | 0 | | 64 | Mrs. Ducky | 24 | 1 | 0 | | 66 | MarkF2004 | 20 | 1 | 1 | | 67 | blue67ccm | 19 | 3 | 1 | | 68 | Shoeless | 16 | 2 | 1 | | 69 | Allecher | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 70 | Paul was in Saudi | 11 | 2 | 0 | | 71 | Biotop | 10 | 2 | 2 | | 72 | commasense | 6 | 1 | 0 | | 72 | Czarcasm | 6 | 1 | 0 | | 72 | Nother Yinzer | 6 | 1 | 0 | | 75 | Moriarty | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 76 | irritant | 2 | 1 | 0 | | 77 | Baker | 0 | 1 | 1 | ---
**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 12, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1759 "2024-09-12T20:25:56Z")
Woohoo! I’ve moved up to 14th place! ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1760 "2024-09-12T22:57:54Z")
> **['Karate Kid' Star Chad McQueen Dead at 63](https://amp.tmz.com/2024/09/12/karate-kid-star-chad-mcqueen-dead/)** > > 'Karate Kid' star Chad McQueen is dead at 63. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1761 "2024-09-13T03:46:55Z")
Herbie Flowers is taking a walk on the underside. > **[Herbie Flowers, Bassist on Lou Reed’s ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ and Songs by...](https://variety.com/2024/music/news/herbie-flowers-bassist-walk-on-the-wild-side-dead-1236137298/)** > > Herbie Flowers — who performed with David Bowie, Paul McCartney, and created the iconic bassline for Lou Reed’s 'Walk on the Wild Side' — has died. I do like this quote from an interview he did for “Bass Player”: > [@](#): > > But I’m sick of people saying, ‘_Walk On The Wild Side_ is a classic, you must be rolling in it!’ I got paid £12, and [David] Bowie – who was voted Producer of the Year – didn’t even show up until all the tracks were down. That’s good production, isn’t it? Phone some clever people up, stay out of the way, then collect the award! It was just a lucky thing. I got paid £12 for the session, end of story. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=89)