# 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:** 90
**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:** [September 14, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1782 "2024-09-14T14:07:26Z")
Shannen Doherty, and she also gave me points, so at least 29 Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1783 "2024-09-14T14:40:03Z")
Doherty actually was picked by 60 players, but those with just 47 haven’t had any additional points added. She must have one of the highest bandwagon rates ever. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1784 "2024-09-14T14:45:40Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > those with just 47 haven’t had any additional points added I’m lost. What does this mean, please? mmm ---
**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1785 "2024-09-14T14:51:47Z")
Those folks with just 47 points had Doherty but no other picks that have died so far. So there are fewer people with exactly 47 points than actually benefitted from her passing in the game. I have 53 points because I had her + someone else who died, in my case Bob Newhart. ---
**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 14, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1786 "2024-09-14T15:00:26Z")
Franca Bettoia died. Probably only known to Americans as the costar of _The Last Man on Earth,_ the most accurate adaptation of _I Am Legend._ > **[Franca Bettoia, Italian Actress in ‘The Last Man on Earth,’ Dies at 88](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/franca-bettoia-dead-last-man-on-earth-1236001752/)** > > The widow of 'La Cage aux Folles' actor Ugo Tognazzi also starred in ‘Man of Straw,’ ‘Duel of Champions’ and ‘Day by Day, Desperately.’  ---
**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:** [September 14, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1787 "2024-09-14T15:17:00Z")
71 points if anyone had her. > **[Michaela DePrince: America's trailblazing ballerina dies at 29](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trailblazing-ballerina-michaela-deprince-dies-085753473.html)** > > A war orphan from Sierra Leone, DePrince moved to the US and ended up performing with Beyoncé. I hope…not suicide. I always think that when someone is young. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1788 "2024-09-14T20:05:53Z")
I never heard of her but OMG she was gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1789 "2024-09-14T20:29:53Z")
Very sad. And according to this article, Michaela’s mom died just 2 days before her > **[Late PA Ballerina Michaela DePrince Lost Mom 2 Days Before She Died](https://dailyvoice.com/pa/drexel-hill-upper-darby/late-pa-ballerina-michaela-deprince-lost-mom-2-days-before-she-died/)** > > A day after learning of ballerina Michaela DePrince's sudden death, her family has revealed that her adoptive mom passed away two days prior, according to a Facebook post on Saturday, Sept. 14. Elaine Deprince of Cherry Hill, NJ died … ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1790 "2024-09-15T01:12:35Z")
Perhaps she was so sad about that that she simply passed. Died of a broken heart. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1791 "2024-09-15T01:23:36Z")
Maybe. I think that is how Carrie Fisher’s mother died, just a day or two after her. I know an older couple who had a son that was a police officer. He was shot and killed in action around 2013. She grew very ill afterwards, not just with depression but other things. She died and her husband insists it was of a “broken heart” from losing their son. I believe it, it drained her physically and mentally. ---
**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 16, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1792 "2024-09-16T01:01:02Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Perhaps she was so sad about that that she simply passed. Died of a broken heart. The article says she didn’t know about her daughters death when she died ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1793 "2024-09-16T03:58:09Z")
No link yet but: Tito Jackson, original member of the Jackson 5, has died at 70. ---
**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 16, 2024, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1794 "2024-09-16T04:54:24Z")
it is recorded on the wikithing ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1795 "2024-09-16T05:07:58Z")
Sad to say a pointless death. ---
**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 16, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1796 "2024-09-16T05:36:40Z")
[Link](https://people.com/tito-jackson-dies-at-70-8713026) from _People Magazine_’s website. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1797 "2024-09-16T12:10:20Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Tito Jackson, original member of the Jackson 5, has died at 70. Sad news. Every time I see one of Michael’s brothers, I realize how perfectly handsome Michael would have been if he just left his face alone. All of them look normally handsome and combine Michael’s talent into that and he would still be a hearthrob for many if he was: - alive - plastic-surgery free Katherine. Jackson has now outlived Michael and Tito, along with one baby that sadly died the day it was born(premature 8 weeks or so). ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1798 "2024-09-16T12:41:06Z")
The NYTimes says this about the timeline on Michaela DePrince’s death: “Her adoptive mother died on Wednesday, a day after Michaela did. Her health had been declining in recent months after her congenital heart failure worsened. She died before she could learn of Michaela’s death — which, after the deaths of her three sons, her family said, was an act of divine grace.” ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1799 "2024-09-18T12:43:08Z")
You may not know his name but you certainly know his songs: > **[JD Souther, Singer Who Co-Wrote Eagles Classics Like ‘New Kid in Town,’ Dies...](https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/jd-souther-dead-eagles-new-kid-in-town-1236148047/)** > > JD Souther, the singer, songwriter and actor who co-wrote hits of the Eagles like "New Kid in Town" and "Best of My Love," died Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1800 "2024-09-18T14:34:49Z")
Thanks for linking that very well-done piece on JD from Variety. Lots of memories in there. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1801 "2024-09-18T18:00:44Z")
Wrote some terrific bestsellers, my favorite probably being “Night Fall.” > **[Nelson DeMille, best-selling author and Long Island native, dead at 81](https://nypost.com/2024/09/18/entertainment/nelson-demille-dead-author-long-island-native-dies-at-81/)** > > Born in Long Island, DeMille was known for his suspense and action novels, such as “Plum Island,” “The Charm School,” and “The General’s Daughter.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=91)